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6BNGAREE '"T
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Proprietor.
Manufacturer of Steam Engines
and Boilers.
- Iron and Brass Castings of all!
Descriptions made to Order. S
T was awarded tho first premium I
J[ on castings at the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society Fairs, |
hold in Columbia, November, 1871, i
'72 *73.
MANUFACTURE
I Tr
Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes, j11
ALSO
took tne nrst rreimum at oiaic i
Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73! -j
Manufacturer of
Grist Mills Irons of all sizes.;
For Sale. |B
Gin Gearing of the following sizes, j
9 feet wheel and pinion $30 00 I\]
10 " 44 " " 32 50
11 " " u " 35 00
i? ? ?? " nn n
14" " " !ZZ!Z! so oo|N|
With Bolts $6.50 Extra for each set. |
Auti-friction plates and Balls for Cot-| a
tou Press $10.00 and $12.00 per set. i
D. B. SMITH, Agent,
Abbeville S. C. ~
Dec. 10, 1873, 3o-tf J
Nftw Store! i.
NEW GOODS!iii
The undersigned have just optic t
an entire iww stock of i *
GROCERIES, h
Provision and Liquors, jj.1
As well as Other Goods ir:0
meir Jjiuc. j"
At the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, rc-|in
cwitly TROWBUIDUE & CO., where M1
we will be pleased to serve the public !()|
CHEAP FOR CASII. j'w
A. M. HILL.
Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tt jb<
CARPENTRY, j"
i
nPIlE undersigned hereby gives no-1
JL tice that he is prepared to do all!
kinds of CAIt PEN TICK'S WORK and .
1JU1LDING. He also repairs |'
COTTON GINS, THRESHERS '
AND FANS. !?
A full supply of GIN MATERIAL}
always on hand. Farmers arc requested
to bring their Gins up early in the season,
to allow time to have them properly i
prepared.
Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, J
the Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds |
of rubber and loathei bolting.
D. B. SMITH,
Abbeville C. H? S. C.
I July 15, 1871 14-Cm ijj
Mark the Spot of Your De- I!
ceased Friends.
IVIarble Works- 11
A FULL line of stock on band and
all work sold at the lowest price, '
and work done in thebest workman-like
manner. Several hundred new and '
P handsome designs on hand to make
selections from. We will duplicate citv .
price in all monumental work, by whicb
, parties can save freight. r
Very respectfully, jl
J. D. CHALMERS. I
Sept 1, 1874,21-tf \
C. WEST & SONS, I
ALADDIN soxlty
THE BEST OIL IX USE. ||
(WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST.
Water white in color. Fully deoderiacd. \y
And it will not explode.
It burns in all Coal Oil and Kerosene t(
Lamp. TRY IT. Ask for "Aladdin ?
security," and take no other.
C. WEST & SONS. C
113 and 115 W. Lombard St., Bait. Md. ia
Nov. 7, 1874 gO-Cm IJ
new flour;
LARD, 1
SUGAR,
BACON, 1
COFFEE, .
TOBACCO, '
NAILS, &c., &c., at J
MRE, GAMBRELL & CO'S. ;
Sept. 9 22-tf I
eb. 17,1875, 45-tf J
THE ALSTON HOUSE.:
1 TllA Mi sfiAQ f!ATP.P
ANNOUNCE to the PUBLIC that!
they still keep The ALSTON HOUSE i \
open to persons who apply for regular i I
or transient BOARD during this year.? |
Board reasonable. Fare as good as the ]
Country affords,
te r Jft.n )3-tf 1
STEAM
III III
Columbia, S. C.
?. W. WING,
[Proprietor.
MANUFACTURER OF
aeVi Tllinilc Tlnnro.
UUJLAj A/A1UUW) A/VVXMf
WINDOW
AND DOOR FRAMES,
iside Pivot Blinds and Slitters
COLUMNS,
Pilasters,
MANTEL PIECES,
louldings, Brackets,
Haiid-Rails,
[EWELS, BALUSTRES,
tnnll Wa?V nf nil TlnfirmiT\+i rvn
mi nun ui an uusuiijjuuij.
.11 "Work Guaranteed A No. 1.
May 28, 1874, 7-ly.
TOVEST &TINWARE,
AMPS, OIL, &G? &C..
FOR SALE BY
I W. LAWSON & CO
AT
'ost Office Building.
rllE subscribers have now on hand,
and arc selling at lower rates
tan ever before, t .e most complete
lock of Stoves, Tin-Ware, Lamps,
il. &e? which they have ever offered
) the people of Abbeville.
Their assort ment of Cooking Stoves
unusually large, comprising the
mst popular varieties, as the "Marin,"
the "Cotton States," "Fire Side,"
Forest City," -'Director" and others,
hich will be guaranteed to plcyse
r?l K iii vl<? riricp.
Their Stock of Kerosene Lamps is
nusually large ami scicct, and will
L' (bund to offer inducements 10 those
ithing a good article at low rates.
Tliey have No. 1 Kerosene Oil. at
rices ranging from 23 cents to 40
i.Is per gallon.
Their Stock of Tin-Ware contains
rery variety of Buckets, Boilers,
ans. Coffee Pots, &e., and fill the
iclves from floor to celling.
The subscribers solicit a call and
xamitiation from their itiends, and
rel confident in their ability to please.
H. W. LAWSON & CO.
\T 11 107 1 01 t f -
i>UV. 11, loit Ol-u
:ALL AND SEE!
0(KJ lbs Bacon Sides,
,000 lb? Bacon Shoulders,
,000 lbs Bulk Sides,
.'SOU lbs Plain Hams,
oOO lbs Sugar Cured Canvassed Hams,
larrels and Kits New Mackerel,
larrels and Half-Barrels White Fish,
larrels N. O. Syrup,
Do. Florida "
Do. Sugar House Syrup,
Div rVmini/in Kmrur
5.000 lbs Fresh Wheat Bran,
100 Barrels New Crop Flour,
1,000 Jbs Assorted Sugar,
500 lbs " Coffees,
J,000 yds " Bagging,
.SO Bundles Beard Tie,
All our goods are guaranteed, both as
) quality and price. Call and see.
)uPre, Gambrell & Co.
Oct. 21 27-tf
ientistry! hkntistry !!
Dr. H. D. WILSON
PkFFERS his professional services U
LF the people of Abbeville Count}
nd of upper South Carolina. Having
ust finished a course of study in tin
'ennsylvania College of Dental Bur
ery, he feels fully competent to attem
o all cases requiring the exe'.cise o.
killed Dental Surgery that may b<
irought to him. He asks the patronag<
f the neonle. and iruarantees full ant
omplete satisfaction. He has procure
, full set of first-class Dental Instru
uents, and is prepared to do first-clas
k'ork at most reasonable rates.
8?" OFFICE jnst over Post Office.
I. GOLDSMITH. 1*. KIND
(xoldsmitli & "Kind,
FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS
(PHCEXIX IRON WORKS,
COLUMBIA, S. C
WWANUFACTURERS of Steam En
Vl gines of all sizes; Horse powers
;ircular and Mulejr Saw Mills, Oris
,nd Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Or
lamental, House and Store Fronts, Iroi
tailings, Agricultural Implements, etc
irass and Iron Castings of all kind
uade to order on short notice, and oi
he most reasonable terms. Also, man
ifacturers of Cotton Presses.
May 28, 1873, 7-12m
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Wood and Willow Ware,
Boots and Shoes,
Crockery and Glass "Ware
A. Full Assortment of Stapli
jroods of every description, a
DuPre, Gambrell&Co's
ct. 31 33-tf
AFTER THE BALL. t
P
They sat and combed their beautiful t<
hair, 0
Their long black tresses owe by one, +
As they laughed and talked in the
chamber there, a
After the revel was done. v
I
Idly they talked of waltz and quad- c
rille,
Idly they laughed, like other girls, t
Who over the fire, when all is still, ((
Comb out their braids and curls.
v
Robes of satin and Brussels lace, h
^ Knots of flowers, and ribbons too, t
ocaiterea nuoui in every piace, ^
After the revel is through.
And Maud and Madge, in robes of white ^
white J
The prettiest night goes under the b
sun, s
Stocklngless, slipperless, sit in the j
night e
After the revel is done.
Sit and comb their beautiful hair, 11
Those wonderful waves of brown and r
gold, q
| Till the fire is out in the chamber there, j(
And the little bare feet are cold.
When out of the gathering winter chill, v
And out of the bitter St. Agnes weather,
While the fire is out and the house is t
still, ,,
Maud aud Madge together? ?
fc
Maud and Mage, in robes of white,
The prettiest night gowos under the
sun,
Curtained away from the chilly uight, )
After the revel is done. j
Float along iu a splendid dream,
To a golden gittcrn's thinking tone,
While a thousand lustres shimmering n
stream, N a
In a palace's grand saloon. h
a
Flashes of jewels and flutter of laces,
Tropical odors sweeter than musk,
Men and women with beautiful faces, 1
And eyes of beautiful dusk. )'
t
I And one face shining like a star, J<
| One face haunting the dreams of cacli, o
! And one voice sweeter than others are,
Breaking in silvery speech.
! Telling through lips of bearded bloom ^
I An old, old story o'er again, J(
As down the royal bannered room,
j To a golden gitteru's strain, v
I jt
! Two and two they dreamily walk, 0
While an unseen spirit walks beside, |
And all unheard, in lover's talk,
| He claimcth one for his bride.
\C
j Oh, Maud and Madge dreamed on together,
I r
With never a pang of jealous fear! j
! For here the bitter St. Agnes weather ; j
Shall whiten another year. 1
*
Robed for the bridal and robed for the : I
tomb
Braided brown licit* and golden tress, j
There'll bo but one of you left for the j,
bloom
j Of the bearded lips to'press!
| Only one robe for the bridal pearls, f
I The robe of satin and Brussels lace? ; \
| Only one to blush through her curls j
j At sight of a lover's face.
L
O, beautiful Madge, in your bridal j
white! j1
For you the revel has just'begun ; > f
But for her who sleeps 111 your arms to j (
u'ght js
J The revel of life is done!
| But robed and crowned with saintly If
bliss, | *
Queen of Heaven and br'de of the sun, i n
O' beautiful Maud, you'll never miss c
j The kisses another has won ! ,,
j Chased by Wolves. j|
| That was a threat winter among the L
scattered farms and settlements of;j
! the Upper Aroostook Valley. Bitter i|
cold, to be Kure, but with just snow),
enough to make the goiug easy lor j ?j
| man and beast. Thero never wasL
such a time for sleighiug and fori,
bees of all sorts. Never such a wiu-!
ter for wild animals, either, and the ! r
wholo country was alive with bear (
and wolf yarns. Trade was lively, jj
and the smart-looking store at Square '
j Four Corners could hardly ever be;
j descried by both its owners the samejj
niglit, no matter what ttic irone was. That
was the way the coolness be-!j
gan between the members of thej
firm of Oakes & iIaplcson. If it was! t
Jim Oakes' turn to go out, Hurry jf
Mapleson was sure he would spend1]
the evening at Squire Galbraith's on 11
the hill, and when it was the other
way Harry would seowl at his ensto c
mere till shutting-up time, in the eer- t
! taint)* that Jim's cutter was hauled ,
I in under the capacious shed at the c
Squire's.
Two bouncing, merry-eyed, self-1
I willed, whole-souled girls were Mag-'^
jgie and Annie Galbraith, and such:(
belles were they of the villago and;.
j nil the country round, that, either i
>!Jim or Harry might have been iu a'(
Hmanner contented, sinco they bad aj
.jfair certainty that neither one of ,
; them would catch tho Galbrath girls',
j alone.
I i Foolish fellows, as they were, how-Jj
j ever, they let the mutual coolness |
j grow, until now it was pretty evident |
j that a crisis could not long be post-!
. poned. In fact, each one had deter-1'
h mined in his own mind not to let the ;1
other out alone again, business or no '
business, and it was by a sort of com(
imon consent that they both mado
"(arrangement to go to the grand quiltjing
bee at Elder Moseley's, or at tho |
?.hcad of Feather Lako. a dozen milesu
I a way. 1
. I Not a word did they say to each/
r other beforehand, but they both hit i
i,Ion tho same evening for calling at .
I Squire Galbraith's to sccuro their i
^partners. I
| This, too, was awkward again, and ;|
s i tho girls themselves seemed to feel it. j
a They wore shy and offish, and theroji
" were endless blunders and blushes all I
around, but tho upshot of it all was
- that Mafrcio was driven to the Elder's I
by Jim Oakes, while llarry Maplcson i
took charge of the blooming Annie.
The sleighing was splendid, and
the fun at the quilting was of tho
genuine ofa-timo, up country Bort, but
' none of the party from Square Fiur
B Corners seemed to enjoy it to tho i
t full.
Jeff Galbraitb, the younger broth
er of the two bolles, a sturdy, brighteyed,
practical joker of sixteen or
hereabout, after teasiDg both cou- t
les to his heart's contont, managing I
o keep both his sisters in the hands r
f other admirers for more than two- ]
hirds of the time, finally retired to i
corner to devise with himself tho 1
rave and means of fresh annoyance.
for was it long befcro a bright idea I
arae to him. t
It did not take him a groat while c
o effect n loan of the horse and
pongo" that had brought his own ?
weight to the quilting, so he would
ave a fair excuse for adding himself [
o Harry Mapleson's turnout, and a
rief absence in the barn-yard ena- r
led him to effect certain promising
Iterations in tho arrangement of 1
im Oalces' cutter. It looked all the l
otter for Jeff's plau that both tho i
leichs were of tho most cosy and
iminutivo pattern, hardly largo ?
nough for two. i
So much done, and Jeff wa9 back t
ti the house just in tim<e to call liar- j
y out from the most comfortable t
uarters ho had had as yet; but Jeff t
soked serious, and Harry came. i
"Have you heard all this about the
solves?" asked Jeff. ?
"What about tbom ?" said Harry. i
"Oh, droves and droves of thom in
ho woods. We must keep together j
oing home, and I wish wo had our f
;uns along." I
Jeff was a trifle taken aback at this 1
3r Harry ropneu.
"Of course I have, and so has Jim. f
fou don't take us for a pair of fools, j
!o you? Doublo barrels, and plenty (
f buckshot." l
Jeff's face lengthened for a mo- i
nent, for ho thought of his lent horse
nd his work in the barn-yard ; but (
is boyish recklessness came to his
id, and he replied : t
' All right; I'll borrow a gun of
ho Elder, and I'll ride home with ?
a" "P^vfc Wntlfino lino hni'rniunrl m\r *
UU. i VJ, .. UU....WU Vw..w.. ..v V,
urnout to take his wifo homo with, d
31* bis girls want their sleigh to their t
wn company." t
Harry again seemed much more
ihilosophieal and don't-carish than t
eff had anticipated, and the young
aker went off to find tlio Elder.
His request for a gun was received ]
rith a degreo of sober acquiescence
hat was an awful cooler on the fun r
if the thing, and the old man said, I
is he brought out an enormous old c
deer-gun" and the ammunitiou to r
natch: t
"Jeff, my boy, ycr right. Wo folks f
ight round the lake ain't in no dan- j
;er, but I wouldn't like to bo eaught|[
o-niglit uetwixi mere ana oquare
vithout weapons. That 'ar old iron i
brows a grist o' lead.'' [
Jeff inwardly acquiesced as lie i
coked down the capacious double- ?
hroat of the big gun, and wondered r
'if the old thing kicked very bad." t
When the lime came, as it soon did,
or the "bee" to break up, the moon ^
vas shining brightly among the fros- r
y trees and on the snowy hillsides, 11
md everything wao propitious for a;<
ide homo. And yot, not only Jim I
uid Maggie, but Harry and Annie, f
eltas if the whole occasion had been
>nc of cross-purposes and misunder- <
itandings. ]
Just then, however, they had a
pccial subject of conversation in j
land, for half the talk among the ]
vomon in the dressing-room at uie 1
ilder's, hud been about tho wolves
uid their doings, and both the girls
vcro well satisfied with tho forehought
which gave them Jiti armed
scort.
Tho first few miles were quickly
kimined over, Jim Oakcs, with his
ighter load, gaining so steadily that
io was half the time out of sight,
.head, in tho windings of the road,
rhe fences were few and far between,'
,nd much ol tho way was through!
he open and now leafless forest. I
Whatever may have been tho cur-j
cut of talk between Jim and Mag-:
;ic, it was suddenly brought to a disistrous
termination before they had
;ot half way to their destination.
A little rise there was in the road,
tnd a rough jolt over it, and, as the
[uielc strain eamo, snap went the
nuf onitirr of l.he thrills to tllO CUttOl'.
Jill) jerked upon the reins, l utjj
hose in turn gave way, and tho nowjj
rco and frightened horse bounded:i
ionic ward, leaving tho disconsolate 11
jouple sitting helplessly in tho cutter, i
A moment of silent dismay follow- i
;d, though Jim had sprung out into
he snow. As ho stood, however, '
gazing after his runaway horse, his It
:ars were saluted by a strange, long- <
rawn, mournful sound, that came!
njinously through tho stillness of I
ho woods, and then seemed to be!
alcen up Jind repeated again andji
igain. # jt
"Jim," exclaimed Maggie, "what's Ij
.hat? What ca? it be ?"
Jim's face was deadly white in tiic <
noonlight, and ho hesitated for n :
nomeiit before he reph'td : I
"Maggie Galbraith, that was tho 1
iowI of a wolf, and it sounds as if
.hero was a pack of them." '
Jingle, jingle, camo tho swift, jang- !
ing bells behind them, and in a mo-1
nont more Harry Maplesou's cutter'>vas
alon ? side. I'
"The wolves 1 Maggie?the wolves !|
?don't you hear thorn ?" cricd Annie, j
"Oh, Auniol and our horse is 1
Tone," returned her sister. What
ihallwcdo?" <
"Quick, Maggie!" hero interrupted ;
Harry Mapleson. "There isn'1 a mo-|
ment to lose. Jump in hero with |?
Annie, and drive on home. Out of I
that, Jiff; wo men must stay and |
tight it out, but the girls will have a i
good chance to get in safe."
Maggio's motions may have been
slow, but before she could answer, i
Ilarry had caught her up, and put
her down again in her scat. i
-jyrivu, nuwi no oxciaimed, ex- ,
citedly. "Tell the Squire to call out
the boys, and corae for ue, but do you
two hurry in."
"What!" cried the girls; "leavo
you hero?"
"Yes," said Jim, "it's your only
ebanco, and ma^bo its tbo best thing
for ub, if you got in soon enough.
Whip up, now. Good-by, Anniol"
"Good-by, Maggio I" shouted Harry
Maploson, and tho quick jinglp of
ho bells rang ou-t again, for the girls
iad too much good aenso'to wait for <
nore than "Good-by, Jim," "Good-by <
larry," and "Good-by, Jeff"?but ]
vliich said which, it would have been i
iard for Jeff to have told. I
Jeff's heart was smiting him terri- i
>ly for tho consequences of his prac,ical
joke, but none tho less did he i
:umc in with a good suggestion:
"We can't hope to foot it in the |
mnw fll-inn/l nf thn vrrtlcpB " Hft flfiid. 1
"Of courso not," said Jim ; "thay'll i
>e on us bcforo we've gone a mile." ]
"Then we'd better make for the 1
ocks," replied Jeff, "short ordor." 1
"Jeff's right I" exclaimed Harry. :
lWo can back up to the rocks and 1
tcep the howling devils in front of i
18." I
Tho next half mile's walking was 1
is near a run as they could make it, 1
ind tho steadi'y nearing sound of 1
,hose warning howls was all tho urjing
they needed, but it brought
,hem up where tho road passed near
he foot of a high rugged, pcrpendicjlar
granite hedge.
"Hurrah 1" suddenly shouted Jeff. 1
'Let's have a fire. I've got some
uatches. Wolves hate fire.
it was aesperaiciy quien wurit, uui
i long pile of fallen branches and
Yagments of trees grew rapidly near
,ho faco of the rock. There had
joen no time to lose, indeed, for, as
[off knelt in the snow, over a handu!
of dry twigs ho was coaxing into
\ blazo, bis companions could already
listinguish among tho forest shadows
,bo dark, griszly, crouching, boundng
forms of their dreaded assailants.
"Burry, Jeff, blaze her up !" shout:d
Jim Ouke's.
"Heavens and earth, what a lot of
hom J" exclaimed Hany.
Jett" sprang to ms ieet, dui ms worK
pas not accomplished till be bad lit
bo pile in adozon places. Merrily the
Iry birch and hickory bark caught
he hot tongues of the curling flamo,
iut before the heavier wood could bo
;indlod, tbo forest glades around
hem Beamed to blaze with fiery eyes.
Bang?bang?bang.
'Ono barrel at a time!" shouted
larry. "Always keep ono back."
The first charge of tbo starving,
avenoue pack had been a ficrco oue,
>ut tbo rattling storm of buckshot
:hecketi it for for a moment. Over
oiled thrco of the monsters, only to
>e instantly torn to pieces by their
ellowa; but even that delay saved
>reciOQ3 umo ana gave a enuuue
oad up agnin.
"There was never such a wolf-bee
ri these woods before," said Jeff, as
10 rubbod his shoulder after the kick
t bad received from Elder Moaley's
iwful gun. "I guess everybody else
nuat bo safe, for they're pretty much
ill hero."
"It looks liko it," said Jim ; and
vhile Jeff was busy loading and was
lot likely to he.ar he turned to his
)arLner-in-trado and half whispered :
'Harry, old fellow, wo can't say
iow this thing'll turn out?let's be
riends."
"Give os your band," said Harry.
I owe you anything lor giving un>
tfaggie us you did."
"Alaggio!" cxclairacd Jim, "Maggie!
\ li, yes. What a fool I have been!
[lurry, my friend, I'm so glad Anuie
a eafe."
"I guess I've been a l'ool, too,"j
ilowly responded Harry; 1 but it's
ill right, now, boys!"'
The fire was blazing furioirsly now;
>ut for a moment the forest devilsj
icemcd to have forgotten tlicir fear)
>f it, as they dashed around it, and i
,he open space at tho end. Not a
ihot could miss, however, and tho efect
of "six grists of buckshot" was
leadlv, but it had to bo followed with
slabbed guns and firo-brands before
he wolves again rotrcated
It was a fearfully cloee thing, and
iot one of tho three got off without a
nark; but tho firebrands carricd them
.hrough.
They hardly felt the bitter cold in
,heir excitement, and could not have
juessed how much time had been
>assud?it might havo been minutos
md it might have been hours. Again
- i\\t\ nnrtlr rtnmn KAiplInff tin
UJU 1/1IU J;UV.U, V.MUIV l?VT ?V I%'FJ|
ind Jeff declared that he had but one
noro load. His friends wero but lit- J
leb .ettor off and things were bcginn-i
ng tolook badly. Even the fire would
lot burn forever.
"Look out, now boys," cried Jim ;
they're a gathering. I declare it
seems as if there was as many as ev;r."
"Not quite," said Jeff? "but there!
ihcy come."
Good aim and true all around; but i
t almost seemed in vain to check
ihat maddened torrent of snapping!
aws and glareing eyes.
The woods had multj-plied tho ech-!
108 of the guns, but just as the three
friends braced themselves for another
liand-to-jaw" struggle another chorus
i>f sound broke gladly in their ears.
Shout, sleigh-bells, wild hurrahs of
jxcitement and delight!?and in a!
moment more than a half dozen swiftly
driven teams came charging down
,hc road from the direction of Square
Four Corners.
The wolvs heard, hesitated, fell
jack; but Harry Mapleson tossed his
for cap in the hair for very joy, and, j
Lhat head piece was the only trophy j
won by the wolves that night. It fell
within reach of a yellow brute, whoj
seized it and darted away, and the j
whole pack followed him, for the!
sracking ot tho firearms had already
begun from tho "reinforcements."
The foremost sleighs dashed gayly
up, and the first to leap out were not
the men,
"Harry I Saved ! exclaimed Maggie
Galbraith.
"Oh, Jim, I'm so gladl" almost
sobbed Annio, while theJSquiro added
half humorously:
"I couldn's help it boys, tho gals
would come along; and 1 guesB I know
now which is which, if you don't*
? ^ ?
The latest thinrr on docket now is
"official sermons." So tho Greenville
Mountaineer -eays.
Adam ilay, a colored citizen of Newark,
N. J, has been appointed a notary
public by Democratic Gov.Bedie
Rev. Loriok Pierce, of Georgia,
celebrated bis.9J.Bt birth on tbo 25th
jf March last. He is still in the full 1
possession of bis mental faculties. In
i letter from him on his ninety-first
birthday, among otheif matters he
mentions his wife, and says: ' *
"The life of Jacob furnishes a biog- :
raphy bo unique as.te find no.parallel :
?at least as to his marriage. I suppose
there never has been another
man whose beloved. Rachel cost him i
fourteen years' labor. These were
part of the evil years of his life. In
this respect I had a more pleasant
time than ihc patriarch. I obtained
;ny wife without monoy or price?a
free and cheerful gift?and In her tbo
richest inheritance earth had to be
3tow. 1 was married when I was
t,wcnt37 four years, six months, and
four days old. Wo lived together
forty-one years and 6?ven months?
which long period only matured and
mellowed first love into richer affection.
She closed her noble Iifo, May
14th, 1850, whilo I was absent in attendance
upon our second General
Conference at St. Louis, Mo. Having
finished her domestic duties and read
her morning lesson, she sat down to
work, and only exclaiming, "what ?
Eain in my head," expired instantly,
uring her last years, next to her
children, her delight was in an Orphan
Asylum over which sho presided;
and upon my first visit to her fresh
grave I found these orphan mourners
gathered around it, and weeping as
for a mother gono?a memorial, more
precious far, than the jewels of a
queen. Sho was one of many duplicates
of Solomon's inspired conception
of a truo woman?concerning
whom wo miL'ht alwavs think ho dis
paired of finding even one. The inspiration,
however, was not to illustrate
their scarcity, but to magnify
their virtues. Those whom ho calls
virtuous, aro thoso in whom moral
courage, adequate to life's demands,
abounds.; such as meet its emergencies
with prompt executive firmness
anc1 skill. Tho prico of such a woman,
ho says, "is fur above rubies.
Tho heart of her husband doth safely
trust in her, so that ho shall have
no need of spoil." All this I realizod
in her whom 1 wedded."
And concludes his letter with these
remarks:
"I am no longer able to sco or to
serve my friends, excopt by this salutation
of well ripened love.
And now, beloved mends, 1 want
you that aro praying for my years to
bo many more, not to ask life lor me,
beyond the ability to do some good.
I am trying to leave tho question of
living or dying entirely with my
Heavenly Father; and yet .1 would
have all my brethren to join me in
the prayer that, if according to the
will of God, my ninety-second birthday
may be spent in Heaven. Farowell."
IIo is perhaps the most remarkable
man living, and is almost idolized by
Christians of all denominations, but
more especially so by tho members
of his own church?tho M. E, Church
South.
Look Out fo:i the I.MrosToa.?
Some time since, a man calling him
self L. \V. Alason, camo to Greenville
and established himself as an
instructor in Penmanship. He claimed
to have boon a former professor of
tho liastman Business College, at Atlanta,
and.alsoofa similar institution
at Pouglikcopsie, N. Y". Ho
also professed boing a member of the
Episcopal Church, a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and also ot the
Good Templars, passing himself as
an unmarried man. After a short
stay, ho proved to bo an impostor
and a suspended Mason, having, as
\vc learn, a wife and children in .Sel
ma, Ala., and another wife in Poughkeepsio.
Whilst hero ho behaved
himself very badly, leaving Greenville
suddenly for parts unknown,
We publish the above statements
for tho benefit of the public at the
solicitation of the Masonic fraternity.
? Greenville EiilQrpriso and Mountaineer.
Wheat Prospects?Chicago, April
10.?The 'Times this morning published
a telegraphic report from Wisconsin,
Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan
and Minnesota, from which it
appears that spring wheat has been
bodily killed in many places, and that
less spring wheat is being sowed on
account of the lateness of tho season
than usual. Tho average of wheat:
Bcems to bo veiy much less than last)
year, though by saving tho product]
of this year it will not fall below that
of last year. Indiana and Wisconsin
promise best for winter wheat, while
Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa do
not report favorably Grasshoppers
are feared in Minnesota, and chinch
bugs in Missouri. In Kansas there
is a disposition in all growing wheat
to rust. There is as much spring j
wheat sown as possiblo, and with |
favorable weather, prospects will un-1
doubtedlv be crood.
SroxoiNd.?This is the way tho.
Pclla (Iowa) Blado puts it: "When
you want a notice of somo enterprise!
in which you aro interested, sponge
on your local paper; but if you want J
any printing done, give your order to
somo drummer out of town, or some!
job office which cannot aid your en-j
tcrpriso by giving it a notico." Middlcburg
(N. Y.) Gazallo gives vent to
it?pent up feelings, in this manner:
Ono of the hardest tasks wo wero
ever asked to perform was to say a
good word for a man who had died
cheating us out of a subscription.
But wo knew tho recording angel
would call his attention to tho matter
and so we did as requested.
At a meeting of tho Confederate
soldiers the other da;/ in Atlanta, so
many wcro dabbed with titles, that
tho following appropriate resolution
was introduced : "Resolved, That the
President appoint a committco of one
to inquire whethor thero were any
urviving privatosof the late war.''
"LITTLE DAN."
rhe Letter Which", Broke a Mother's
Heart
^
You see, tho people at the post- &
office aoon recognise faces and names,
and soon after a man or woman has p
appeared at the general delivery
windosv thrp?.oribur. timos they are q
pretty well known. It ^8 a real pleasure
to h^n^Jcnit "letters to some,
while the cleA'fe-euro little for the 9
calls of others to get hold of their
epistles. a
One day a year or two ago, a fun
ny-looking little old woman, wearing
faded garmonts, but having a tidy
look and a motherly face, appeared
at tho window and asked for-a letter.
Thero was one for her, from a distant j
city, and any ono could have told
that an unlearned boy directed the .
envelope. There was a little "d" in 1
"Detroit," with a big "T" to tho end
of the word, and seemed wonderful z
that tho letter evor reached its desti- i
nation.
Tho old lady felt so good that, tears
in her eyes and yet trying hard to
smile, she put her head into the window
and said:
<lflm nlra ^ Tt'a frrun m xr Jirtv rVnn t
and you don't know how much good \
it docs mo I"
The lady delivery clerk rose -up to ^
look after tho old woman as she j
noted the superscription. "He's in
Buffalo, learning a trade. He's only
a bit of a boy, and there wasn't show 1
for him in Detroit, and besides he 1
was running out nights and going to
the bad. I sent him away, and he's \
working bard and trying to be good, ^
God bless my Dan ! I'm a lone widow,
with only him to love, and I
hope he'll bo good." ^
"I hopo so, too," added tho clerk, *
and after that the two were friends.
Sometimes the letters were far be- i
tween, and when tho old lady would i
worry over the delay, and the big
tears would fall,tho lady would almost t
shed tear with her. "Mother" would t
open her letters at the window, and
if Dan was feeling brave-hearted and
getting along well,both would rejoice, ^
while both would still be anxious if he i
complained and was discouraged.
Almost every week for a year and (
a half tho old lady received a letter, \
and just as regularly sbo camo to ,
post an answer. Sho wrote in a '
quaint old hand, but the toy could r
make out every word, and once,
when he wrote that her writing waa '
improving, she felt all the pride (
which a school-girl could have shown.
Ho improved as well. By-and-by be i
wrote "Detroit" plain and fair, and
ho took extra pains to commence his
"Dear mother" with a grand flourish
and to add something extra after the
words "your son Dan."
Those letters were food and drink 1
to the old lady, and she seemed to actually
grow younger. Little Dan'had
many friends in the post-office, and i
had the mother been ill any carrier >
j would have hunted till midnight to i
find her and hand her the looked-for
letter. Three or lour weeks ago, (
when sho opened her letter, she went
and smiled as over tho first. Dan
wrote that ho was coming homo for
a woek, and her heart was full. Sho I
said sbo'd bavo tho cottage looking
like now for him, and sho!d ,be at tho
depot to welcome him first ofarH. Eve- 1
rybody felt glad with her, and tho
lady clerk was to go up somo evening
and have tea with hor, and see little (
Dan and pruiso and encourage him, |
for tho raoro kind words a boy can i
have tho botteer ho will seek to do. <
There was no letter tho nest Tuesday,
but the two excused its absensc
by saying that Dan was getting !
ready to come home. That was early
in February, .and ho .-.as to come
about tho 1st of March. Tho ne.xt
Tuesday thero was a letter, but the
handwriting wa3 not littlo Dan's. It :
was a strango, business hand, and the i
. 1 Ml . - I I
cierii ion a emu go over nor as sno <
tuned it over. It might bo good <
news, but she feared not. "Jlother"
carao in at the regular hour, and she ,
turned palo as she took the envelope. (
Her fingers tremblod as she opened
it, and aho had to wipe the mist from
her eyes before she could decipher a '
word. She hadn't read over four or
five lino when she uttered a moan 1
and sank right down, like ono crush- '
cd by some awful weight. They lift- 1
od her up and took her homo, the let- '
tor clasped in her stiff fiingers, and
though she camo out of the faint af- j
ter a while, her heart was brokon, t
and in a week she was in ocr grave. j(
Dan was dead! The letter saidt<
that he had been taken suddenly ill, j
and the nothing could save him. Thc|
blow was too heavy for ono with herp
gray hair and chi'dish heart, and hcrjj.
II L LIU UIU t'ULUU I? U 1U1UUI il LU?WII1U i
No more letter commencing "Dear} '
motucr," come from tho dead, and j
the trembling hands whic'ij used tO;i
linger lend over the words: ' My i l
dear boy, l)an," are folded over a j i
life-lens breast, there to rest till the j >
angels unclasp thorn. It
llow to restore tiik prosperity }
of tue State.?Keep your money at j ?
home. Do not send away for any- ,
thing which you can obtain as wellL
hero as elsewhere. We do not advo-|
cato paying ?5 for that which you j
can buy abroad for even S-A.90, bu11
when you can buv your Blank Books i
of the best grade, at prices as low as I c
New York, then send to Walker, k
Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S. C., s
and purchase what you need. All ?
their Blank Books are made in t
Charleston, and your encouragement
will sustain a worthy manufacturing ?
J ? s
enterprise.
<p?
Florida is said to be tho- be9t tim- t
bored State in the Union, there being r
in itfever 3,000,000 acres in timber ,
Jftnd.
In Indiana, logal notices must in j.
tuturo bo piibli&hod both in uerman j
and English' in counties where a Ger- j
man paper is printed. c
A Boston man, recently deceased, I
left a sum of money, tho intorosl of c
which is to be annually invested in ]
thoatro tickets for tho poor. I
Owed to spridg?fres^Mpj^ots. ^ ,
Aguo wjtJjoul fev$r ia
A heavy business?importing C1G-*
The worth of woman?double yon,
) roan. &
Garlic eaters are .not crowded in
treet cars.
An inside dental expense?having
, tooth filled. . ' '
"And still he spelledand still the wonder
grew
That one small head could carry all he
knew."
What is tho Spiritualists' naper?
:Wrapping paper.
A door step is often the first step
n life taken by a little waif. ,
Question of the day?one 1 or two? jL.
s or c? able or ible? m in or
i out? . -1
The farmer's surest speculation8 ^
vill bo in live stock and ploughiharca.
g?'3j|| \i"j:
If there is any thing on eaith that > \,
)eats for aces it is a kind and amiable
vifo.
Km. _ _ i /*1 . t. _ i * _
tvi a rcceniLorryiooi-race oeiwoen
wo girls the one with a blue garter
)eat.
Many men nro blest with the most
iDeommon sense, an<l do not seem
0 know it.
"Send mo a letter with true'; in*
vardness or a parox}T8mal kiss-?
vrites a gushing lover.
Why is the capital of Turkey like
1 whimftipfl! rvnfjpnt. ? Rivoncn il'o
:onstant to no pill.
It is easier to bear up ander our
nifortunes than to surviro tho comaents
of our friends on them.
Carlylo is not a fit man for a census
alter. Ho says "England is populaed
by 40,000,000 souls?mostly fools."
Frank H. Walworth, tho parricide
vho is in the Auburn Insano Assylum
s said to bo in a dying conditiop.
A littlo man observed that bo had
,\vo negative qualities . he never lay
ong in bed and ho never wanted a
glt'Ub CUUl.
St. Louis Las ten thousand dogs,
rko natives wear a section of
stovepipe on each leg during the mad
iog season.
A plain Wisconsin man, horrified
at over-hearing his wife ejaculate,
"That's the kind of a cloths-pin lam,'?
went out to attempt suicide. How
truo, as Pr. Johnson says,
that "every man endeavors with his utmost
care to hide his poverty from
others and his idleness from himself."
Talk about the poetry of motion
and sylph-like grace, but d:d you ever
stand by and see a womaausoaonctined
fork to flop a stove cover off ?"
Wo read a good deal in the papers
of stylish turnouts in "Washington.
Butler's turnout, though not stylish,
bas been much admired*?Arcadian,
A Troy bigamist ran out of tho
back door while his two wives wero
fighting over the question as to which
should have him, and has not sinco
been seen.
When a D.-troitcr was ask(d the
Dther day by a traveler if he had ever
been in Brooklyn he hesitated to reply
: ''Do I look liko one of that sort
of -raeu sir ?"
"I don't care much about.the bug's,"
jaid Warm ley, to tho head of a genteel
boarding-house, "but tho fact is
madam, I haxven't the blood to sparo :
you see that your self."
It has been discovered that shaky
nrms usually oeiong to tiio JUiHrito
persuation, because thay all keep the
lay of their going up a profoand secret.?Boston
Adviser,
A Chicago man thinks that tho
worst speller ought to get tho Dictionary,
and the winter should have
x "wreath of sorrel," or somo other
garden sass, like them Greeks.
When a western man getsadivorco
from a crusading and strong-minded
ivife, the papers say, "Mr. So-and-so v
has resigned his position as husband
or Mrs. So-and-so.
The Providenco Press says it never
leard in funeral .oration of sermon,
ind seldom in private conversation
,hc opinion expressed that a man with
$10,000 incomc bad gone to hell.
Every mau who mails a package
iubject to the new postage rates drops
t into the hole wit-h tho wish that
JcnatO" Hamlin ^bad to sit for two
hours on a hot shovel.
Tbc average Gorilla of Central Af- ica,
now points to Stantley and bis
>and of explores, and pathetically reninds
his grand children that "it is
vhat they may one day expect to
:omc to."
?nnn t ooll no <V>.? .1? ?
^vu(w \stvti w11 UIW 1V1 lllivi' "?!
3 what an Ashland girl posted on tho
Vont gate, and she further added:
'I'm going to eat soiuo onions this
veelc if I never have another beau."
? Cleveland Herald.
During the forty years of wonderngin
the desert the clothes of the Israilitesdid
not wear out; and more than
>nc tailor hereabouts thinks that
omo similar phenomenon can alone
iccount for the dullness of trade in
heir lino.?Boston Transcript.
Two men named Charles II. Miller,
imultancously had divorce suits in a
s'ow Heaven court. A dccree in one
iase was granted. Both Millers took
ho decision for their own, and roaried,
and tho Miller who isn't divorced
hcrefore, has two wives On hand.
A brooklyn lady, whoso husband
las an unpleasant habit of railing at
icr, has hit upon tho plan of calling
n hor sorvants whonjho begins to let
>ut his temper, and then turned to
lim and saying sweetly : "Now my
tear, pleaso go on with your remarks,
lo doesn't go on, at least not as he
)cgan."