The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, May 24, 1876, Image 1
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Vol. XII.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1876. No. 21.
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THE MODEL* CHURCH.
Well, wife, I'found the model church! 1 wOr
shipped there to-day!
It made me think of good old times, before
my hair was gray;
The meetin'bhouse was fixed up more than
they were years ago,
But then I felt when 1 went in, it Wasnt
built for show.
The sexton didn't seat me away back by
the door;
He knew that I was old and deaf, as well as
old and poor;
He mast have been a Christian, because he
led me through
The long aisles of that crowded church to find'
a place and pew.
I wish y1bu'd heard the singin'; it had the old
ring:
The preacher said, with a trumpet voice,
"Let all the people sing!"
The tune was Coronation, and the music up
ward rolle&,
Till I thought I heard the angels striking all
their harps of gold.
kydeafness seemed to melt away; my spirit
caught the fire:
Ijoiaed my feeble trembling voice with that
melodious choir
dark. The open ground around us
is the light we shed, the buffaloes
are the darkness outside."
"A good figure of speech, that
my laddie. I must remember it.
Bat we are getting out of the wil
derness."
They had now come to a sharp
rise of ground, broken bj a rocky
ledge, which turned the herds more
to the northward. Ascending this,
they were out of the buffaloes for
the time, beyond them were thous
ands more. Turning southward,
they struck across the country for
the wagon track, quite well satisfied
with their explorations.
Between two long divides, or ridg
es, they came upon a single wagon,
canvas covered, in which were two
little children. Two boys-one
about seven and the other eleven
years old-were playing near by,
and four oxen were grazing by a
spring.
In reply to Mont's surprised ques
tion as to how they came off the trail,
and why they were here alone, they
said that their father and uncle had
come up after buffaloes, and were
out with their guns. Their mother
was over on the bluff-pointing to a
little rocky mass which rose like an,
island in the middle of the valley.
She had gone to hunt for "sarvice
berries." They were left to mind
the cattle and the children.
"Pretty careless business, I should
say," murmured M o n t. .Well,
youngsters," he added, "Keep by
the wagon; if your cattle stray off,
they may get carried away by the
buffaloes. Mind that!"
They went on down the valley,
looking behind them at the helpless
little family alone in the wilder
ness.
"A man ought to be licked for
leaving his young ones here in such
a lonely place," said Mont.
Suddenly, over the southern wall
of the valley like a thunder cloud,
rose a vast and fleeing herd of buf
faloes. They were not only run
ning,they were rushing like amighty
flood.
"A stampede! a stampede!" cried
Mont; and flying back to the uncon
scious group of children, followed
by Arthur, he said : "Run for your
lives, youngsters ! Make for the
bluff!"
Seizing one of the little ones, and
bidding Arthur take the other, he
started the boys ahead for the island
bluff, which was some way down
the valley. There was not a mo
ment to lose. Behind them, like a
rising tide flowed the buffaloes in
surges.. A conf~used murmur filled
the air; the ground resounded with
the hurried beat of countless hoofs,
and the earth seemed to be disap
pearing in the advancing torrent.
Close behind the flying fugitives'
the angry, panic stricken herd tum
bled and tossed. Itsla b ore d
breathing sighed like.a breeze, and
the warmth of its pulsations seemed
to stifle the air.
"To the left ! to the left !"
screamed Arthur, seeing the bewil
dered boys, who fled like deer, ma
king directly for the steepest part
of the bluff. Thus warned the lads
bounded up the little island, grasp
ing the underbrush as they climbed.
Hard behind them came Arty, pale,
his features drawn and rigid, and
bearing in his arms a little girl.
Mont brought up the rear with a
stout boy on his shoulder, and
breathless with excitement and the
laborious run.
Up the steep side they scrambled,
falling and recovering themselves,
but up at laK. Secure on a bare
rock, they saw a heaving tide of
wild creatures pour tumultuously
over the edge and fill the valley.
It leaped from ledge to ledge, tam
bled and broke, rallied again and
swept on, black and silent save
for the rumbling thunder of many
hoofs and the panting breath of the
innumerable multitude. On it roll
ed over every obstacle. The w ag
on disappeared in a twinkling, its
white cover going down in the
black tide like a sinking ship at sea.
Past the islandlike bluff; where
a little group stood spell-bound,
1the herd swept, the rushing tide
separating at the rock~y point,
against which it beat and parted
to the right and left. Looking
down, they saw the stream flow~ by,
on and up the valley. It was gone,
a the gren turf was brown
where it had been. The spring
was choked, and the wagon was
trampled in a flat ruin.
Fascinated by the sight, 4ont
and Arthur never took their eyes
from it until it was over. Then re
turning to their young charges, they
saw a tall, gaunt woman, with a
horror-stricken face, gathering the
whole group in her arms. It was th'e
mother.
"I don't know who you be, young
men, but I thank you from the bot
tom of my heart," she said. "Yes,
I thank you from the bottom of my
heart-and, oh! I thank God, too!"
and she burst into tears.
Arthur, at loss what else to say,
remarked: - "Your wagon is all
smashed."
"I don't care-dont' care," said
the woman hysterically rocking her
self to and fro where she sat with
her children clasped to her bosom.
"So's the young ones are safe, the
rest may go 'o wrack."
As she spoke, a couple of horse
men came madly galloping down
the valley, far in the wake of the
flying herd. They paused, thunder
struck, at the fragments of their
wagon trampled in the torn soil.
Then, seeing the group on the rock,
they hastened, on dismounted and
climbed the little eminence.
"Great powers above, Jemimy!
we stampeded the buffaloes!" said
the elder of the pair of hunters.
Arty expected to hear her say
that she was thankful so long as
they are all alive. -
"Yes, and a nice mess you've
maf1e of it." This was all her com
ment.
"Whar's the cattle Zeph?" asked
the father of this flock.
"Gone off with the buffaloes, I
reckon, dad," was the response of
his son Zephaniah.
The man looked up and down the
valley with a bewildered air. His
wagon had been smashed and crush
edinto the ground! His cattle were
swept out into space by the resist
less good, and were nowhere in
sight. He found words at last:
"Well, this is perfeckly redlic
lus."-St. Nicklas for AMarch.
ONLY A SCREW LOOSE.
That's all. It's only a screw loose
somewhere. He would be all right
if it were not for that. He's a
good sort of a fellow in his way
naturally good hearted-means to
do about right but
Ah ! there is the loose screw.
But for that !
My young friend, did you ever
hear your neighbor make such a re
mark about you? And, did you
lay the flattering unction to your
soul.that it did not much matter ?
If only one screw was loose, you
would soon come out all right.
Well, so far as any moral reliance
on you is concerned, your whole
structure, mental and physical,
might as well be knocked into wreck
and ruin as for you to go with that
little screw loose. Before you can
be trusted you must tighten up the
very last atom of your machinery
and see that every part is in accord
with every other part.
Man is not unlike a watch in this
respect. I have a fine chronometer
from the hands of one of the most ap
proved of living mnakers; every effort
of genius, skill and care have been
bestowed upon the work, outside
and in. By and by my chronome
ter moves slowly, and finally stops.
I take it to a watchmaker, and he
looks into it and says: 'Only a lit
tle screw loose.'
That's all. Amid all that delicate
machinery, among all those nicely
adjusted parts, only one poor little
screw is loose. And yet for all the
legitimate purposes of a time keep
er, the watch might as well be crush
ed into atoms, as to leave that one
little screw loose.
Young man don't forget it.
Don't forget the commonest things
of every .lay life. Look to it that
every part of your moral and
physical machinery is in perfect or
der; and so shall you be honored
and trusted.
The reputation of a man is not
safe until the man is dead and has
no further use for it.
An hour of triumph comes at
lat to those who watch and wait.
isellntcus.I
OUR. EARLY IHISTORY.
NEW FACTS ABOUT WILLIAM PENN AND HIS
DOINGS.
Several eminent historians agree
that William Penn landed in this
country in 1682, he being then a
young man. School readers and
Philadelphia newspapers have for
the last hundred years taken every
opportunity to remark that Mr.
Penn was one of the best men who 1
ever combed his hair behind his ears, I
and it is generally taken for granted
that he slid around like a cat, wore g
,a balmy smile, and was always re- i
peating the Lord's Prayer or sing- ]
ing a hymn through his nose. Ii
There isn't much doubt that Wil- I
liam Penn was as good or a little I
better than the average early settlers s
of America, but of late it has been
discovered that he could have been I
a great deal better than -he was and I
not hurt his constitution a bit. i
Some of the old school readers i
had a picture representing Penn <
making a treaty with the Indians i
under a large tree. In that picture i
the great man has his arms spread I
out, a sweet smile on his face, and I
he seems to be saying: I
"I want to be ten times as good E
to you as you can be to me." I
He made several treaties with i
the red men. It was his policy E
to treat with such . tribes as in- I
sisted that an Indian didn't lose all i
his hereditary rights as soon as the f
first white man appeared. William i
wasn't a fighting man, and he found i
it cheaper to buy land at a cent an I
acre than to buy powder to blow t
the Indians off it. There was a. I
good deal of spare land in America <
when the Quaker arrived, and the I
Indians didn't begin to. appreciate I
its value. They sold all the territory I
embraced within the present limits of
the State of Pennyslvania for about
thirty dollars in cash and goods. I
The cash was 'all right, but the a
goods consisted of glass beads and e
calico, and were turned in at two e
hundred per cent. plrofit. Penn had I
such a soft, sugary way with him a
that he made the Indians believe
they had swindled him out of at ]
least fifteen dollars in the trade, j
and they shook hands with the1
great land speculator and gave him 1
the upper part of the Ohio River<
as a personal present..
Historians differ as to whether
William Penn was an advocate of i
temperance. Some say he took his I
morning nip with as much relish asi
any of the pioneers, and that his best a
hold in making treaties wth the In- t
dians was contained in a four-gal- 1
Ion jug. Others affirm that nothing i
but clear spring water or pure milki
ever passed his lips. It will proba- ]
bly be safe to take the middle j
ground, and say that Mr. Penn wasi
more than once seen coming around
the corner of a grocery wiping his i
mouth on the back of his nand and<
sighing: <
"Ah! that old scrap-iron seems 1
to go right to the spot."
When the historic Quaker pur
chased the State of Pennyslvania, he
had a personal object in view. Old let- I
ters from those who knew him best<
say that he meant to hang on to it
for a rise to fifty dollars per foot
fronat. A severe attack of the bil
ious colic set him to thinking that
in the midst of life he was liable to
throw up the sponge any day, and
so his first intentions were not ad
hered to. He sold off parcels to
Tom, Dick and Harry, presented
the Alleghany Mountains to some
of his'country relatives,and return
ed to his regular business of wear
ing a smile and talking softly to
the red men of the forest. They ~
were several times on the point of
raising his scalp and locating him
under his own soil; but he talked
so blandly and smiled so sweetly
that the- scalping convention ad
journed, subject to call, without
harming a hair of his head.
The stories that William Penn
squandered a good deal of money
trying to raise the moral standard
of the redskins have been frequent
ly denied. The morals of the In
dians were about fifteen pegs higher
than the morals of the pioneers
from over the sea, and it is impos
s'le to see where Penn would have i
3ommenced. He was pretty well A
ff, and there are papers in existence
'o prove that he wanted ten per
-ent. and mighty good security k
when he lent out any cash. He al- b
ways got the best end of the bar- f(
rain with the Indians, no matter
iow well they planned. When he b
wanted a bearskin he would say b
:o the redskin:-"You can take a a
ihilling and I'll take the bearskin, k
>r I'll take the - bearskin and you e
an take the shilling." a
The Indians wern't very good r
on figures, and the bearskin would a
>e numbered with Penn's pile while 8
he seller would ponder and ponder ,
ver the shilling and the bearlkin ,
nd the bearskin and shilling until t<
nsaniti forced him to drown himself. c
,ong before William died the abor- I
gines felt such feelings towards tl
drm that it wouldn't have been t]
lealthy for him to go out alone on m
duck hurt. t]
It has been charged that Wil- c,
iam Penn was rather light in the
iead. The carge has been made
n connection with the statement T
hat he founded the city of Penna- b
lelphia, as Philadelphia was first e
iamed.- There are people who M
nsist that he ought .to have 1
ounded the city in the centre of n
)elaware Bay, but such people are
)robably jealous-minded or unrea- tj
onably prejudiced. Mr.Penn didn't 6
ound Philadelphia at a moment's h
Lotice. He was weeks and weeks f,
bout it, and his plans were care
ully laid. In his mind's eye he
aw long rows of houses built g
.o exactly alike that a bed-bug h
vould feel at home anywhere on ]
he street.' He reasoned that every h
iouse would have a Dutch roof and h
bree marble doorsteps, and he had C]
o plan his streets and squares ac- e
ordingly. When he got through
unding and his own house was
inished, things didn't yet come up h
o his ideal mark. The hamlet .
idn't have that pious, dignified,
at-your Bible look which he had 0
oped for and expected. So he
ailed boards over 'his windows, a
ad whitewashed them, instituting ui
fashion which will be followed in te
he Quaker City as long as the Del- 1
6are River has an outlet. Penn p
as very fond of Philadelphia, and g,
?hila. never does anything without
>ausing to consider if William Penn n
vould have done it. All the red I
>rick houses were built in memory b
f Penn. All the white blind slam b
and bang a requiem for Penn's ash- ti
is. All the marble steps are put a
ip after a Pennish idea. When a
ackman swindles a passenger hep
oes it in memory of Penn. When u
Schap goes to jail he remembers it
hat Penn could have been jailed as te
ell as not. When a hotel waiter t<
s given an order he goes off to sit h
own and try and remember if
?enn would have asked for fried s<
otatoes in preference to raw onions
n vinegar.k
William Penn was undoubtedly a
at, bald-headed, good-natured, and n
f pretty fair character, but it' is i
~ertain that his 6rthography was h
ad, his religious views limited, a
ind that a good deal of his time e<
ould have been better spent. h
Were he alive and a member of the tl
resent Congress,Sunset Cox would a
,hew him all to rags in a minute. c<
(N. Y. Sunday Telegram- re
One night as an old negro was ec
oing home through a wood he i
ieard an owl hoot, 'Who who- b
w'ho are you!' The old man thinking h
t was some one asking his name: i
Hi, golly, mister, my name am h
roseph!' ti
Wise men mingle mirth with their h
ares, as a help either to forget or
vercome them; but to resort to
ntoxication for the ease of one's
nind is to cure melancholy with
g
nadness.a
As the smallest grain of sand 0
arries great pain to the eye, so doesh
he slightest deviation from God's "
aw cause to the wakeful consciencee
~reat disquiet.h
If you do when you are alone p
what you are unwilling to do in the '
resence of your acquaintances, a
rou respect them more than you do ti
o rself. 1
The natural ~age of the apple 1c
L SINGULAR ADVENTURE. r
c
A great number of persons who
new the celebrated Dr. Burton,
ave often heard him relate the i
>llowing anecdote :- h
One day he had procured the P
odies of two criminals who had 8
een hung, for the purpose of an
bomy; not being able to find the
ey of the dissecting room,he ordei
r1 them to be deposited in an N
partment contiguous to his bed- b
)om. During the evening he read f<
ad wrote late. The clock had just n
ruck one, when all at once a dull M
>und proceeded from the room r
>ntaining the bodies, and the doc- I
)r went to see what could be the C
muse of the unexpected noise. N
7hat was his astonishment, or ra- a
ier his horror, on discovering that t
1e sack which contained the bodies 1
as torn asunder,- and that one of a
iem was sitting upright in the d
rner! ..a
Poor Dr. Barton, at this unex. h
ected apparition,became transfixed 8
ith terror, which was increasing b
y observing the dead and sunken V
yes of the corpse fixed upon him, I
rhichever way he moved. The S
rorthy doctor, more dead than alive, c
ow began to beat a quick retreat, fl
ithout, however, losing sight of Y
:e object of his terror. But the
pectre had risen and followed him;
is strength fails, the candle falls
om his hand, and he is now in
)mplete darkness.
The good doctor has, however, i
ained his apartment, and thrown
imself on his bed; but the fearful
ectre has still followed him; it
s caught him, and seizes hold of
is feet with both hands. - At this
limax of terror the doctor loudly C
elaimed:
"Whoever you are, leave me!"
At this the spectre let go his
ld, and moaned feebly these
'ords:
"Pity, good hangman! have pity a
a me !"
The doctor now discovered~ the a
ystery. and regained, little by
ttle, his composure. He explained C
> the criminal, who had so narrow
Sescaped death, who he was, and
repared to call up some of his a
imily. t
"Do you, then, wish to destroy
e?" exclaimed the criminal. "If
am discovered, my adventure will
ecdme public, and I shall be
rought to the scaffold a second
me. In the name of humanity a
ve me from death !"t
The good doctor then.rose and
rocured'a light. He muffled his I
nexpected visitor in an old dress
tg gown, and having made him ~
ke some restoring cordial, desired
>know what crime had brought a
[m to the scaffold.
He was hanged for high trea- 8
n.C
The good doctor did not well
ow what means to employ to
ave the poor creature. He could
t keep him in his house, and to
irn him out would be to expose
im to certain death. The. only
'ay, then, was to get him into the
>untry : so having made him dress C
a
[mself in some old clothes which
ie kind doctor selected from his
'ardrobe, he left town early, ac
>mpanied by his protege, whom hea
presented as an assistant. C
When they had got into the open
>untry, the wretched creature a
irew himself at the feet of his
C
enefactor and liberator, to whom
e swore an eternal gratitucJe; and
ie generous doctor having relieved
is wants by a small sum of money,
ie grateful creature left him, with
tany blessings and prayers for his
appiness.
About twelve years after this
currence, Dr. Burton had occa
on to visit Amsterdam. Having d
one, one day, to the bank, he was
~costed by a well-dressed ma#
ae who had been pointed out to
im as one of the most opulent d
erchants of the city. The mer-c
iant asked him politely if he were
at Dr. Burton of London ; and on s
is answering in the affimative,
ressed him to dine at his house,
hich invitation the worthy doctor
scepted. On arriving at the wor
iy merchant's house, he was shown
Lto an elegant apartment, where a
ios charming woman and two a
avely children welcomed him in
m most frindly manner which
eception surprised him the more,
oming from persons he had never
efore met.
After dinner, the merchant, hav
ag taken him into his counting
ouse, seized his hand, and having
iressed it with friendly warmth,
Did to him.
"Do you not recollect me?"
"No," said the doctor.
"Well, then, I remember you
rell, and your features will never
e obliterated from my memory,
>r to you I owe my life. Do you
ot remember the poor fellow who
ras hanged on a charge of conspi
ing for the dethrorement of the
aing-for high treason, in fact?
in leaving you, I went to Holland.
Vriting a good hand, and being
iso a good accountant, I soon ob
lined a situation as clerk in a
ierchant's office. My good conduct
nd zeal soon gained me the confi
ence of my employer, and the
ffections of his daughter. When
,e retired from business I succeed
d him and became his son-in-law;
ut without you, without your care,
rithout your generous assistance,
should not have lived to enjoy
o much happiness. Generous man!
onsider, henceforth, my house, my
Drtune, and myself, as wholly
'ours.
The kind doctor was even affected
o tears ; and both these happy be
ags participated in the most delight
al expression of their feelings,which
rere soon shared by the merchant's
ateresting family, who came to
oin them.
A GooE AN TE . Gosp=.-The
jexington Gazette tells this:
The'following is tol& of a "pious"
Id colored woman, who was cook
r the gentleman to whom she
Drmerly belonged:
During a "big meetin"' in her
lurch, "Aunt Sally" quietly appro
iriated one of her employer's geese,
nd had it nicely roasted for the
,reacher and some of her invited
-nests.
The gentleman of the house dis
overing the theft said nothing
bout it until the next day when
.e called up Aunt Sally to give her
lecture about it. In the course of
he conversation, he said :'
"I did not care about the goose ;
would cheerfully have given you
bat if you had asked me for it ; but
am mortified that you should have
3asted your preacher on stolen meat,
nd have afterwards gone to church
a shout as loud as ever."
The old woman indignantly re
lied:
*"Well, you say you would hab
ive me de goose. What de use,den,
a make sich a fuss about it? And
s far my stayin' away from church
n dat account, do you s'pose I's
'wine to neglect my bless Jesus for
ne ole goose 7"
SHE Kusw We Ir WAs.-One of
ur citizens is blessed, (or other
rise,) says the New York Evening
'ost, with a very stubborn wife.
nathis case he finds that when a
roman will she will you may depend
n't, and when she won't she won't
nd that's an end on't. This pecu
arity of disposition in his wife is
o secret among his associates,
nd one of them meeting him the
ther day asked:
'W--,do you know why you
re like a donkey?'
'Like a donkey !' echoed W--,
pening his eyes wide. 'No, I
on't.'
'Do you give it up?t'
'Ido.'
'Because your better half is
tubbornness itself.'
'That's not bad. Ha! ha! Il
ive that to my wife when I get
ome.'
'Mrs. W--,' he asked, as he sat
own to supper, do you know
rhy I am like a donkey?t'
He waited a moment, expecting
is wife to give it up. But she
idn't. She looked at him somewhat
ammisseratingly as she answered:
'I suppose because you were born
It is high praise for a young
Lan to say that as a lover he is
ithout s. rival.
In winter time a man cannot
Lake hay when the sun shines.
Ter aront resa-.raes for office.
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BORRFOWING EXTRAORDIN
NARY*
When Mr. Bounderby, -of Ger
mantOWn, met our reporter one '
morning he had a grievance, and
he soon began to unburden his
soal to the listener. He said:
'Tm going to move. 'I can't
stand those Thompsons next door
to me any longer. Theyre 'the
awfullest people to borrow things
that Ilever saw.
"Take chairs, for instance. She
asks us to lend her our chairs three
times a day, at every meal; and-she
borrows the rocking-chair whn-_---_.
ever she wants to put t~he baby.o
sleep. A couple of timesashe jslnt
over for a sofa, and when thebloy.
came'back with ithe"saidr.
Thompson was as mad as tudr
and kept growling around the house
all day because there were. no caa,,
tors on it. Last Monday sebr
rowed obr wash-boilerand' we'ha&
to Pat off our, wahn ilTedy.
She did some preserving in it,aimd