The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, January 26, 1876, Image 1
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Vol. XII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1876. No.4.
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THE SHIP.
The wind cries out to the wate"s:
"However this thing began.
I do not know,
But I find it so
We are bat the slaves of man.
"The pigmy buflds him a monster
By the might of-his puny band;
It carries things
Like a sea gull's wings;
He. rides it from land to land.
"'He catches my breath to waft him,
As he dancs over your waves;
The wounds you feel
Of the mighty keel
* And the wind and sea ane slaves."
Seth Peckams Troubles,
-0
I am a bachelor, and of cours(
everybody knows it; bat they
will not stop at that, bat want tc
know why I am a bacholor and
vain.
When I was within a few rods
of the creek, I heard a rush in the
~ T i I~
There I sat shivering on a limb,
wet and chilled all over. Nothing
short of a gold mine would have i
induced me to come dovs n and
face that dog; but as no one offer- J
ed me a gold mine or anything
else, I remained on my airy seat. t
I whistled, swore and called the t
dog pet names, and then went '
near the ground and asked him if I
I could come down.
All was still for a few moments, t
and I was making ready to jump I
to the ground, when I was star- C
tied almost out of my wits by hear- N
ing an unearthly growl, accompa
nied by a fearful bark and howl
combined. This was too much for
me. I was always a little ner- d
vous, and this unwelcome surprise I
totally unstrung me. With a a
crash and a cry, mingled with a
howl, I fell doiWnward, and struck d
square on the dog's back. In an s
instant I was on my feet and ma- r
king tracks in some direction- c
where I knew not. a
After running for half an hodr I
stopped to rest and find out where s
I was going, and see if I was pur
sued. Finding that I was not, I o
rested; but where I was I could not b
tell. I wandered on in the dark- t
ness, for the moon had gone down
and I could hardly see my way. Y
I was very sleepy-felt just as a
though I could easily go to sleep
on the ground and sleep forever, I
if it had not been for the hound I
had left behind me. On I went- 8
stumbling over logs and sticking
my nose against every tree that v
was in my reach. s
Suddenly I saw before me what t
appeared to be a house. I made
for it with a rush. And after fall- c
ing three times I reached forth
my hand and felt a wall. The
next thing to find was a door, so s
I commenced feeling carefully ,
round with one hand, and guarding b
my nose with the other. After a
going along three walls in this man- v
ner I came to a fourth, and there i
found a door. I knocked and poun.d- e
ed and yelled until I was hoarse,but f
received no r'esponse: I am a very i,
even tempered man on most alloc- b
casions, but this was- too much for t
me. I stepped back about two feet, a
spit on my hands, and made a rush e
for the door, intending to kick it a
open when I arrived. t
I arrived and kicked, but that a
door escaped my avenging foot, j
for the latter struck ~a- solid oak r
sill under the former, and from I
that hour forth the sole of my a
right boot was absent from its fel
low, and 'the favorite teoe, that, one
short moment before (the collision) -e
bad been most prominent among' E
its companions, was now "stove r
up," far from its former position,in a
the direction of my heel- a
Words cannot describe my feel- s
ings. I danced around on one o
foot for about aquarter of an hour,
thoroughly awake, and howling I
like a fiend. Presently I stum- f<
bled against the door, and, to my t
utter astonishment, it burst open ti
and in I went, sprawling, hitting a
my foot against the door jamb b
and running my elbow through 3
the bottom of a chair. d
I made a few appropriate re- r
marks,extricated myself,and arose, s
still remarking-no matter what. b
Now whose house was I in, and r
where were the inmates that I had p
not roused them in this confusion. b
After knocking over two chairs, I
one stove,tables and boxes I reach- fi
ed a kind of shelf hanging from a
the wall.
For a wonder, the first article I a
touched that was moveable was a
box of matches. Never since the ~
fall of Adam was the means of ob- C
taning light more warmly welcom- j
ed. With eager, trembling hands
I scratched on the wall to light it, u
but it was no go-the match or d
the wall or both was wet. I threw t<
it away, andI in so doing, knocked I
over the box and spilled the con- ri
tents on the floor. I picked ano- t
ther one up and tried it as before, I
but it was useless. I sat down on t'
the floor and tried about two hun
dred matches sixteen different l<
times, and at '-st struck a light, r'
but just as it was growing from a
childbood to ripe old age I took s
a sudden fit to sneeze, and youS
know as well as I do that the b
match went out. I picked up an
)f my illustrious ancestors and
-ommenced going over them all
Lgain. I must have fallen asleep
vhere I was, for the last thing
[ remember on that memorable
,vening I was sitting on the floor,
rying to strike matches and
,alking to myself in an angry
vay.
* * * * *
When I awoke I was lying on
he floor in my, own house, my
tead resting gently against the
orner ot the stove,while my body
vas completely surrounded by
vhat looked to be the wreck of a
oatch factory. The sun was
iouring in his hot rays at the open
oor; the birds were singin&sweet
y without and all nature seemed
,nimated with new life.
I thought it was, all a horrible
ream, a wicked delusion and a
nare; but when I attempted to
ise, my sore toe caused. me to
hange my mind and showed how
pt the human mind is to err es
ecially when just aroused from
lumber.
Afte.r I got things strai,ghtened
ut a little and was eating my
reakfast, Deacon Hall rode up to
he door and said,
"Brother Peckham, why didn't
'ou come to church this mornin'
t ten ?"
"'What church at ten to-day ?"
asked, in no little surprise.
"Brother Peckham," said he
averely, "you know we have
ieetin' every Sunday at ten ;" and
rith a painfully pious look he rode
lemnly away without saying ano
her word.
It was several minutes before 1
ould recover from the shock his
vords had occasioned. Was it
*ossible that I could have made
ch a mistake, and, t o-d ay
as Sunday instead of the day
efore? What if it had not rained,
,nd I had not got lost, and had
ent on and seen Victoria .Evange
ne, and she would have known
'hat a fool I was? I turned. mourn
lly away and went into my dom
sile. I tried to feel happy, and
e thankful for all my bad luck on
e previous day, and think it was
,1 for the best. This took consid
rable self-control, but I was
bout conquered when I hit my
oe again-all was lost ! I kne w
Swas Sunday for old Hall never
ested or lied about anythbing. My
ind was made up in an instant.
would try it again if I had to go
11 the way on one foot.
I knew the road was wet and
auddy, and I would be in a ruin
d condition on account of the
2nd; but 1 was not to be baulked
ow. I put- on a new pair of over
lls, rolled them up to my knees,
nd with my boots under my arm
truck boldly forth in the direction
f the Storra plantation.
The sun was almost down when
left home, but I did *not eg.re
r this as the sky was clear, and
he moon would shine in a short
me. I trudged along, whbistling
nd limping as merry as I co'uld
e under the circumstances.
Vhen the sun went down and
(arkness began to spread its drea
y wings over the surrounding
cenry, a kind of lonely feeling
egan to steal over me. I knew I
eared the creek, and the darkness
roved to be mnch greater t han I
ad expected-so dark, in fact,that
had to get down on my knses to
d the foot log. But find it I did
nd commenced to "coon" it across
n my hands and knees. When
bout half-way the log suddenly
iade a crook, or I slipped, . or
omething else-at any rate 1 fell
ff, kicking and splashing into the
uddy water below.
Kind reader, bear with me for
ot relating what was said and
one from thbe time Istruck thbe wa
er until I reach the opposite bank.
lut I did reach it, and now I was
ackless-mad--,-lesperate. N o -.
ing could have stopped me.
was more determined than ever.
> see Victoria Evangeline.
I reached the abode of my be
ved in safety and found my way
cund to the back door. The
greeent between us was that
he should be near the door every
unday night, so that she could
ear my signal if I should come.
The signal agreed upon was
bre scranatchns on the dor
With a beating heart and trem
bling fingers I approached the
house. I scratched twice and was
preparing for the third when a
voice that I knew belonged to old
William Thomas himself said,
"Vick, open the door and drive
that confounded dog away ! I
don't want him in here!"
I jumped back as quick as
the Lord would let me, and hid
behind a bush. I had scarcely got
I settled when the door opened, and
out came the idol of my dreams.
She closed the door and said:
"Seth, is that you ?"
"Thou art right," I murmured,
advancing, and trying to think of
some suitable stanza of poetry.
But my memory failed me. I
would have given worlds if I could
have thought of even one line of
"Mary's little lamb," "Twinkle,
twinkle little star," or anything
else. I was just putting together
a few lines from old "Mother
Goose's Melodies," when my char
mer interrupted me with:
"Seth Peckham, what are you
after ?" I stood stunned with as
tonishment and grief, while she
continued,"Well,if you don't know,
I do! and if you know what's best
for yourself, you won't stay on
these parts more than a very short
time; for if you do I will call my
husband, and have him set the
hounds on you !"
"Your- husband !"I gasped; "who
on earth is your husband !"
"My husband is Mr Dick Tony
-my father's overseer. We were
married to-day, and now you
git!"
And I "got" in a hurry-got on
the fence, and jumped down into a
nest of young pigs.
It's a wonder my hair didn't turn
gray then and there. I started
across the pasture at a dead run
the old Sow after me, accompanied
by what seemed to be about two
hundred and fifty-hogs, who had
without an invitation-joined in
the chase. I was still running at
full speed when I saw a white
ghostly object lying on the ground
in front -of me. I shied off to one
side but oh horror of horrors! the
very ground appeared to rise un
der me and carry me off.
But the mystery was soon ex
plained. I had stepped over a
cow or some other kind of a "crit
ter," and it was bellowing,kicking
and smarting like mad. On we
both went, like the wind, followed
by a whole herd of cattle, accom
panied by hogs, sheep, hounds and
negroes. To make everything
complete, the geese, ducks-well,
in fact everything thav could
squeak or squeal, made a noise
that would have raised the hair on
the head of an Egyptian Mummy,
had there been one in hearing.
After going some distance in this
manner, my noble steed suddenly
stopped and I got off over his
head, square into the creek. I
swam across, and reached home
about daylight. Never was there
such an excitement in the State of
Kentucky,but of course I maintain..
ed a profound silence on the subject
when interrogated by the neigh
bors.
Reader, do you wonder that I
still remain a bachelor.
DIDN'T COME OFF.-A few days
ago a De'.roit widower, who was
engaged to a Detroit widow, each
having two or three children, and
both being well off determined to
test her love for him and at the
same time discover if she was ac
tuated by mercenary motives as
some of his friends had asserted.
He called upon her at the usual
evening hour, and after a while re
marked:
"My dear, you know I have
two children, arnd to-day I had
my life insurance policy for $25,
000 changed to their sole benefit
in case of my death."
"You did quite right, my dar
ling," she promptly replied. "I
have three children, as you are
aware. As soon as we were en
gaged I had every dollar's worth
of my property so secured that
they alone can have the benefit of
it."
He looked.
Sho looked.
The naarriage didn't come off at
the time set last week, and it may
~iseUne*ns.
ASTRONOMY FOR 1876.
The year 1876 will be leap year,
its Dominical letters being B A.
The epact is the number of days
between the last new moon and
the first day of the new year.1
The epact is used to tell Easter
Sunday. This year the epact is 4,
and Easter Sunday falls on April
16, Ash Wednesday being March 1. I
There are two eclipses of the
sun during the ensuing year. The
first is an annular eclipse March 25, 1
visible only in its perfect phenom
enon on the linefrom Vancouver's
island to the northwestern shore
of Hudson's Bay. Outside that
limit it is visible throughout the
United States as a partial eclipse.
A total eclipse of the sun occurs
on the afternoon of September
17, not visible on any part of the
American continent.
The eclipses of the moon in 1876
are also two. The first occurs
shortly after 10 o'clock on the
night of March 9. It will be visi
ble in every part of the United
States and Canada. The second 1
eclipse of the moon will take place
on September 3. It will be visible
in this country.
The earth is in perihelion, or
nearest to the sun January 2, and
its aphelion, or greatest distance
from the sun, July 1. The earth
is again in perihelion December
31.
THE SUN.
The vernal equinox or sun's en
trance into Aries occurs March
20; the summer solstice, or sun's
entrance into Cancer, occurs June
20; the autumnal 'equinox, or
sun's entrance into Libra, occurs
September 22; and the winter
solstice, or the sun's entrance into
Capricorn occurs December 21.
THE PLANETS.
Mercury will be at his greatest
elongations from the sun January
28, after sunset, and March 20, be
fore sunrise. If the weather is
clear he may be seen as a small
disk like burnished silver for one
or two days after these dates.
Venus will be an evening star
till July 14, and rise before the
sun duripg the remainder of the
year. She will be at her greatest
briliancy Aagust 20.
Mars will be an evening star
till August 12, and riso before the
sun for th.e remainder of the year.
Jupiter will be a morning star
till May 17, and an evening star
after that date until December -1.4.
H&will be stationary in the head
of Scorpio nearly all the year.)
At 1 o'clock on the morning
of Fe.bruary 28, he will pass so
close to Beta in Scorpio that the ]
dist.ance between the edge of the.
planet and the star will be only
one-ninth of the apparent diametre
of Jupiter.1
Saturn will be an evening star
till February 17, when he will
rise before the sun till August 27,
when he will be on the meridian
at midnight, and again an evening j
star (in Aquarius) during the rest
of the year.
Uranus- will be on the meridiant
at midnight February 6. He will
be in tbe head of Leo.
Neptune will be on the meridian
at midnight October 26.
oCCULATIoNS.
February 3, from twenty min- ~
utes past nine p. in., to about half
past eleven p. in., the moon being ~
near her first quarter, will pass '
over the Pleiades, occulating in
succession all the prominent mem- I
bers of the group except one.
She will again pas&s through the ~
Pleiades November 2, from eleven 1
to twenty minutes past -eleven,
occulating three of the six that 1
are ordinarily visible.
[N. Y. Graphic. a
The revolutionists who spent h
five dollars and lost one man in
overturning the state government S
of Panama last month was dis- g
gusted to find only $3.11 in the
treasury. .
Abyssinia asks the assistance of 1;
the United States against the Mo- s
hamnmedan invaders. Certainly b
--where's Sergeant Bates ? He
onght to go in advance.
A CONNUBIAL CONTRO
VERSY.
The bolt on the back door had
2eeded replacing for a long time,
>mt it was only the other night that
ffr. Throcton had the presence
)f mind to buy a new one and take
t home. After supper he hunted
ip his tools, removed the old bolt,
Lnd measured the location for the
iew one. He must bore some
iew holes, and Mrs. Throcton
eard him roaming around the
citchen and woodshed, slamming
loors, pulling out drawers, and
cicking t h e furniture around.
3he went -to the head of the stairs
Lnd called down:
"Richard, do you want any
thing?"
"Yes I do I" he yelled back. "I
want to know where in Texas
hat corkscrew is ?"
"C. - -screw, Richard ?"
"0- --orkscrew, Richard! I've
ooked the h->ase over. and can't
ind it !"
"Why, we never had one, Rich
Lrd 1"
"Didn't, eh ! We've had a dozen
)f 'em in the last two. years, and I
)ought one not four weeks ago.
t's always the way when I want
mnything."
"But you must be out of your
iead, husband;" she said, as she
iescended the stairs.
"We've kept house seveh years,
nd I never remember of seeing
rou bring a corkscrew home."
"O, yes, I'm out of my head,
[ am I" he grumbled, as he pulled
)ut the sewing machine drawer,
Lnd turned over its contents.
'Perhaps I'd better go to the -la
iatic asylum right away."
"Well, Richard, I know I have
iever seen a corkscrew in this
iouse."
"Then you are as blind as an owl
n daylight; for I've bought five
)r six! The house is always upside
[own, anyhow, and I never can
id anything !"
"The house is kept as well as
my of your folks can keep one !"
he retorted, growying red in the
ace.
"I'd like my mother here to
how you a few things," he said,
L he stretched his neck to look
n the high shelf in the pantry.
"Perhaps she'd boil her specta
~les with the potatoes again 1"
nswered the wife.
"Do you know who you are talk
ug to?" he yelled, as he jumped
lown.
"Yes, I do !"
"Well, you'll be going for York
~tate, if you don't look out !"
"I'd like to see myself ! .When
go this house goes !"
"Look out, Nancy!"
"I'm afraid of no man that lives,
Richard Throcton I"
"I'll leave you !"
"And I'll laugh to see you go!I"
Going close up to her he ex
,ended his finger, shook it to em
hasize his words, and slowly
said:
"Nancy Throcton, i'll apply for
Sdivorce to-morrow ! -I'll tell the
rdge that I kindly and lovingly
sked you where the gimlet was,
md you said-we'd never had one in
,he house, which is a a bold false
ood, as I'can pove !"
"Gimlet !" she gasped.
"Yes, gimlet I"
"Why, I know where there are
bree or four. You said cork
crew 1"
"Did I'?" he gasped,sitting down
n the corner of the table; "well
ow I believe I did !"
"And you went and abused me
ke a slave because I wouldn't
ay a gimlet was a corkscrew !"
nd she sobbed, falling on the
>unge.
"Nancy," he said, tenderly lift
g her up.
"Oh, Richard!" she chokingly
nswered.
"Nancy, ll go right down and
ill myself!"
"No, you needn't-I love you
ill! only-only-you know a
imlet is not a corkscrew !"
"It ain't-it ain't, Naney ; f:or
imme and less be happy !"
And that household is so quiet
r happy that a canary bird wouild
Lg its head off if hung up in th,e
all.
Advlertise in the flnEArD
MARRYING BY KISSING.
A DRUMMER IN A SCRAPE-THE WAY
HE GOT OUT OF IT.
At Big Creek, Arkansab, they
have a peculiar fashion which some
times proves embarrassing. As
there is no preacher within twenty
miles, the way for marrying is by
kissing across a table. Recently
a New York drummer was out
there. He put up at a private
house, and became quite intimate.
One evening he wasrfooling round
one of the girls, generally trying
the extent of her sweet tem
per when she gave his whis
kers a pull and ran. He followed.
She got the table between them.
He chased her round it several
times. When out of breath he
stopped on the other side, making
a wild plunge, he caught her in
his arms and gave her a hearty
kiss. She then sat down on the
sofa, and they talked pleasantly
for a couple of hours-he thinking
it singular that she should sit up
so late.
At last she said: "Don't you
think its about time we went
to bed ?"
"I guess you are right," he re
marked; "let's go."
She lit a candle, and he was
about to do the same, when she
said, "I reckon one's enough. One
candle will light two folks to bed."
"Uudoubtedly it would, when
those two people occupy the same
room. But. your candle won't il
luminate my chamber."
"Ain't we going to occupy the
same room? Ain't we married!"
"Ain't we what ?" shouted the
gentleman. I 1
"Married! Didn't y9u kiss me 1
across the table I That married 1
0s."
A cold sweat spread over the
drummer. He knew that if he said
he Wasn't married to her Phe would
make an outcry, and then her
loving and much-tobacco-consum
ing father would rise in his wrath
and carve him into cutlets, and
her brothers would bring down
their shot-guns and empty the con
tents into him. He must be stra
getic. He must put her off. So hei
said :
"Fairest of your sex, permit me
to remark that I did not know
that kissing across the table . con
stituted a marriage ceremony.
But I am contented. I have never
seen one who so completely filled
my ideal of beautiful, sweet, loving
and modest woman. However, I
would never think of holding: you
to this marriage until I asked the
permission of your father to pay
my addresses to you. To-morrow,
at dinner when the entire family
are present, I will propose for
your fair hand."
This satisfied the young lady,
and after bestowing upon him a
fervent kiss, she went to her
room, and he went to his.. He
packed his carpet bag, took off
his shoes and made tracks for the
nearest railroad station. He didn't
feel entirely safe until he reached
St. Louis. He hasn't informed
his wife of this little adventure.
He's afraid she might write out
to Arkansas for the facts in the
case, and then he might be arrest
ed for bigamy. Women some
times won't listen to reason you
know.
In 1865 a man named Richard
Hampton broke the shop window
of a harmless watchmaker in
Woolwich, England. He was sent
to prison for nine months, and on j
the very day of his discharge re
turned to Woolwich and smashed
the same window. This time the]
court gave him eighteen months; rj
and once more, -on the day his <
sentence expired, he returned and
again broke the same window.
His third sentence was for ten a
years; but the other day he was,
for good conduct, discharged on a
ticket of leave, having served
nearly eight years. Promptly, for
the fourth time, he went straight
to Woolwich, and once more
smashed the same window, and be
ing thereupon brought into court
for a fourth sentence, he remarked
that he would break that window
as often as he got a chance for the
rest of his life. He is in for ano. t
ther ten years.
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BABIz's LiEGS.-Bow-legs and
inock-knees are among the com.
non deformities of humanity; and
;vise mothers assert that the
rookedne*ss in either case arise
'om the afflicted one having be*a
)ut upon his; or her fee-t too early
n babyhood. But aMausachusetts
)hysician, Dr. Compton, who"bas -
vatched for the true. e'ause',.thinks.
lifferently. He attributes. .the
irst mentioned distortion to.&
labit some youngsters delight. in,
)f rubbing the sole of one6 foot
ogainst that *of the other; some,
?vill go to sleep. with the Fioles.
)ressed together. They appear-.
.o eDjoy the contact only When
,he feet are naked; they do
iot attenpt to make it whe 'they - -
1hey are socked or slippered. So
,he remedy is obvious;,keep -th-d
)aby's 80o1 e s covered. Knock.
inees the doctor ascribes to, a dMf .
:erent childish habit, that of sleep
ng on the side,with one knee tuek--.
)d into the hollow behind the oth.
1.r.. He has f6und that where One