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q/ ed to Lieawo.a- w, rol AFmily Companion, Devoted to Literature a_wsAgriculture Markets, &c Vol. XTI. WEDNESDAY MONNING, JULY 19, 1876. No. 29. is PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY NOR-NLNG, lit nt,'berry, S. C, BYTROga Ft 1KR1R Edfitor and Proprietor. Terms, $2@per.fMli '~hwialyinAdv"Wc. Q~TWips stowpd at the expirationl Of tame or wit, b~a paid.' g-TheK-=&inrkclenotes ex&atiou:*f.sub ctolof *j*W*te, g914dpdor; ,%Son. to Iae ~o eond u%, -Thi _Pw1~frever more. t- t iti sw th e ,'y,.kww tbot I am coMiP9 th Nja set my spirit free. ~&UP~tntbohile in vail Prtlov~ot f0mByc'n * ~ saUsue~y eetaiu Th64h8 ye ~~dmOr~ j3__l w~ er ed 7h3O~C T .gR.s;wsde On in rugs an warm furs, is Lota d'4yille, ia right,eyed, rosy lip ,ped, laughing Canadian, as lovely a girl-womaa of seventeen as ;glance of man ever rested com placently upon. The Oanadian mother and the French father were epressed in her naime. Her playfullamIent eyes had exercised their sorcery upon. me ere this, and the modulations of a voice un equaed for its low, soft sweetness, comapleted the young siren's tri umph. This, by the way, for we had exchanged no o;.~fidences as yet on.a subject very near to mpy heart. We were bound to a--merry sleighing party at Wiidy Gap farm-ostensibly to a hunt upon .a vpst scale, which accounts for my two rifes and ammunitiop lying in the sleigh, and fbr the noble deer hound, our third companion, who had curled up his great body at our feet, and aided to keep them warm. I had known Lota's bro ther-a young officer irftlie Cana dian rifles-had killed "bar" at the "salt-licks" with him, had niet the. whole family on .oad a St. Lawrence steamer, and was now a. guest at their house enjoy ing their frank and bounteous hospitality. "Hurrah !" Through the keen sonorous air sleigh and horses bonded;along! OCling.clarrg!" go the chiming bells. "Oick crack!" goes the long-thonged whip,. wibh a sharp, cheery significerce.- My "Madawaska Cariole,, a sleigh which is the perfection of locomo ion, is not Uss perfAibii- than the fiery steeds. with. theirsiniws of elastic steel, which I drive. Driving the sleigh-tan'em is the. asiest thing in the world; when you are used to it. I was a member )fthe "Tandem dlab," and consider d rather a crack hand.. I exalted in my skill now, as I bre my-osy ompanion flying through the air, and the whip went9Aerick-crack!" ike a double-larrel going5off, and he sweet bells sung -anii- himed. Oh ! sweet echoes of far' distany wedding bells," I thought, and the crisp snow was split' and abat tered into diamond dust. under. the grinding of the hoofs and the attrition of the "rmnnes," and with' on exhilaration I could not repress, [gave a vigorous "Hurrah!" which sonveyed itself to Lota, wrapped p in moose and bear skins and warm as a toast. A sweet, girlish laugh echoed my exulting shout; "You appear to enjoy this, Mr. [jonsdale," she said. "If I don't"- "crack-crack!" fill ed up the kiatus. What a -pair of beauties. Phobus Apollo never drove the like down the steps of heaven! The wily 1thacan never "raised" such cattle when he clear ed the -stables of 'Rhesus .of his horses. "Crick-crack !" and the horses neigh and toss their arching necks, and the bells are chiming and tinkling, and th-e iad,exnlting rush uplifts.one like wine. I remark to myself that the sky has deepened into an intense, still, darkening bide-darkening with a strange, unearthly, tene brious inkiness, betokening, a com-. ing snow storm. No matter' "Windy Gap" is right ahead, and the welcome lights will.blaze out of th casements soon, for the after neon is wearing.- - On we go, but I do not see them yet; and yet-but no-its all right! - "Are you warm-quite snug, dear Lo-ta !" said I, half turning to look at the rosy face peeping forth with so much furtive coquet ry from its encadrement of white cosy furs. "Oh! so comfortable," she .an swered, .with a nestling movement, and a smile which made my heart leap joyously upward. But my attention- was called away to the creeping crerpnscu lar inkiness of the sky. It was light, yet not daylight, but blue light-to coin a word ; tha.t wintery hue of livid darkening steel, always the precursor to a fierce change in the weather. This only made the long,lovel plains of snow gleam with a luster the more dazzling and intense. I re marked this, but with a momenta ry divided and wavering sense. T hari nevr (familiarly as we had grown' and I was,"hones as the skin between your' rowsi as she .was in fact)-had ne. er said "dear Iota" before, a< the words -were -yet in mir4 -ears like a sweet.old. burden. I loved her with all my heart an< soul, but I had never told it. yearned to tell her so now; but I thought it scarcelyffair, not up t( -the" mark of manhood, to tak( what seemed an unfair advantage of the protection I was supposed to exiend over her. I magnani mously resolved to wait, choking down the words but not for long Meantime "'eriek-crack" went the. ong whip, and 6ti4l "cling clang" went the -chimiag bells, and the -horses hold on with una bated pace and-splendidrvigor, b.t -where;-had "WindyGap",gone to all this time, for time was up; and we should be there byg this time.: 'oodness.!" Qzelaimed Lota, all.at once, "how :strange the sky looks! we shall have more snow -a heavy fall, too." "I fear so," I replied; "but, n'importe, we'll soon be out ot It. "We are, very long, I fancy," she continued; reflectively; "you have driven there quicker than this before. * Oh, Heaven "' she cried. with t$sudd&nness of a rev elation, ' 6an*e' Na lost the track ?" The blank question warped with a horrible jar on my- -mdst vivid fei-.N6W ornever was the tinme"to bebdol. "No,I ftink Io' replied, with an assumed carelessness; we shall co"e to our-andmraark presently. " "A clump of-ire-: -aaold mill,f'ur her on; "yes," she added, "rI collect. But we should- have passed them -o'gg -re this. Ohj:I fear we aredost!" A. cold chill, oseized me as I tacit ly admitted:th*t. &he was in the right. I could not account for my error if such was the -case.. I looked round the horizon, but be held no friendly.sign; it was on ly a. circle gathering clQser .and darker the while. Suddenly my brave deer-hound lifted up his head.and uttered a low growl. The horses gave a startled swerve just as suddenly. A strange, lugu brious, but appalling sound came all at once from windward,wairn like a death cry-a prolonged, aw ful, groaning discordance--over the white geaming-snow; and then it died away. The horses halted trembTing; onlythe shivering tinkle of the belts broke the death silence* that fell like an eclipse over all. "What is that?" asked Lota,in a shuddering whisper, as she elutch ed my arm. I listened. "It is the wind sighing and dying away in the pine forest," [ answered. "And we do not go near the forest," she said. "HIark! therfit is again. Oh, -whit-what can it be ?" Agairn the indescribably hideous and lugubrious sound broke forth; clearer, nearer. It increased ; it multiplied; the horrible crescendo howling, shrieking and ravening was not that of the wind this time. "Merciful God !" gasped .Lota; "the wolves !" I never understood till that mo ment what the concentrated es sence of literal deadly 11orror might mean. I never experienced the shock before or since; and I have in my hunting excursions faced nEy danger and played out the game manfully. To have lost the way was terrible enough ; but the wolves and Lota! For an instant I was numb and dumb. It was true, however. The se verity of the weather,the~migration or scarcity of the animals on whom these unclean creatures preyed, had made their hunger a raging, devouring madness. They ' were encroaching on civilized territory, and, losing their usual charac teristic and craven cowardice, were approacing the habitations of men, haunting village and settle. ment. Woe to those in their path! As the infernal howl rose lingering. y again, the horses darted away sith a shrill neigh of fear, and I guide d +them-hbein ninga to recovei b myself-in an opposite directin, while Trror, my: noble hound, - stood up with- every fang bared i. and eerv hair erect, waiting for i the enemy he had already scent - ed. I If my good horses bad gone on [ so admirably at first, they sped off now like ariows from the bow, > for the madness *of fear added wings to their speed, as that of hunger did to the panting pursu ers. I was growing . cool. ILta was pale and calm. I felt proud of her, though it was certai4n if we -escaped not speedily the brutes would run us down; and then hor ror of horrors, what a fate for her! I had two rifles, a revolver, am munition, a spear, and a wood :hatehet in the sleigh. -- I convey ed ay intention to Lota. "Can you load these weapons - with those cartridges?" I asked.. "Yes," was-the answer; and she loaded a "Fuller" and a "Manton" with true hnter's skill. I took one rifle, looked back, the pack was increasing. I fired and Lota loaded; and one after ano ther'feil, to be devoured by their ravenous comrales; and s iil the horses sped on. The accursed things were, for all this gaining ground. IYoubts, fears, hopes, trembling, were at my heart as I turned to the sweet girl whose life or death were all to me, and said: "Lota, if we die together, zemem ber that I loved you-none but yo t Tel1t to you now, if I may, never again." "KRll me first," she Whispered; "I hear your words-I cho them. You have my heart, Rich ard"l Oh, Lota bet beloved, hat a momef to.pofess-! and I k not if I feel pain or gladness most." "There are no secrets between us," said Lota, smiling. "Take this rifle ; give. me-the pistol ; one kiss-so!I they come. Save mue from them at any cost." .f thoug'ht my ears would have split at their dreadful yells, for they were .nop pon. us, .opear irig out ,to surround ag; and though the horses held brave ly on, I dreaded every instant; that sheer terror would paralyze them.r It is scarcely possible . to conceive the unutterable horror that was circling us both ; young lovers with beating hearts forev er from that hour interchanged with each other. With lolling tongues, eyes of flame, hoarse, deep growls, they had ceased to bay and howl; they were closing,. in upon us. I re marked one huge monster in ad vance of the rest; his object -evi dently being t1o leapiuto the sleigh from behind. I fired-and miss ed him!I The next moment his huge bulk came scrambling over the.back ; his paws were on me; his fiery breath on my cheek ; and~ I expected, as I murmured a short prayer, to feel the fangs of the jdbhorrent .brute in my flesh.~ A. ilash ?-a crash I-a gush of..blood -and the creature tumbled back ward, shot through the throat to: the spine by my brave Lota!. Then. I plied hatchet, and split skull after skull, while the sleigh tore on; but I was giving up all - hope and turning round-oh, Heaven ! to spare my darling a more hideous fate-when shots and shouts rang around, and troops of dogs and hunters came swiftly to our aid -and we were saved ! Providence had directed the sleigh to "Windy Gap ;" our firing reached the ears of our friends, and brought them: out in hot haste to aid us. We were saved!I And as 1 bore her fainting form into the .hospital hall, and clasped her tenderly to my breast, you may guess how sincere was the 'gratitude I breathed in silence to Heaven. It was the prelude to a wedding, which occurred soon afterward; and you may be sure I never for got my fight with the wolves, how plackily my noble Lota back ed me, or the somewbat original but apropos mode in which I told my love. Humility is the solid foundation ofall1 the vitues SCUDDERIS DOG CASE. I A I QUESTION .SETTLED. A man came into the office of Judge X., the well-known Phila 161phis-Ivvfl te 6RVW ;.4y, and when the Judge had time to Jisten to hiin he said: "Judge, my, name is Scudder. I called to see you about a dog case tought maybe you,might throw some igt on him-might just give~ine the. law points .ss I'd khow wlither i was wrdtlwhile -Bing or not. You see me and a t a named Potts went into part ,pihip oii a dog.- We bought kim. He was a sette, and me and Potts went shares on him, so's to sake him out a hunting. It iss uiever definitely settled which hir-of him Fowned and which half belonged to Potts, but somes how I kinder formed- at idea in rmy. own mind that the hind end was Scudder's, and the front end ?tts'. ConsequenceWAthat when the- dog barked I always said, "lierte goes Potts' half exeicising itselft' and when the, dogs tail 4ageA, I always considered that 1nf end was being agitated. And, of rearse, wheh 'ne of my hind egisfraehed obe -of Potts' ears or'bhoulders, I was p6rfedly eat IsUd; first, -because-- that sort of ftiiVats good for the whole dog; .,%-"Ritond, because the -thing 14ol eu wheb Potts heaA ,Odild reach arotnd anW! bite a ea @niy lind lags oi-snap at a ygi IWef, things ge ent along srnbdh i4aiagh for -wile, until one day that;-dog began to get tLd&-he. hbit-eAranning around a aftwind@if.h Hewar herfool. ish&est othiat I-ever Seed. Usedt to oWs his tail-round dutil he'd geti ge giAdy he-eouldn't? bark. . Andybu know. I wa skeered-lest' it might hurt the dog's health, and as Potts didn't seeni 'to- be: will- . ing -to keep his end from' eirculIa- e ting in pursuit of my end, I made t ~up-iy arind to chop the dog's tail off, so's to make him reform and - behave. So last Saturday I caused a clhe. dog to back up agin a log, and thien 1i suddenly dropped the axe E on his -tail, pretty close up, and a the- next minute he- wsas booming a around that yard, howling like a boatdload of wild cats. Just then t Potts came p, and he let on to be ' mad because IPd cut off that a taiL. One word- brought on ano-a ther, and piretty soon Potts sicked that dog on me-my own half, 1 -to,; mind you-and' that - dog t bit me in the leg, *bit a- piece 1 out. See shat; look at that leg. , About half a pound gone ; eat up by that dog. Now what I want to see you about, Judge, a is this: Can't I recover damages forassault and battery-from Potts? What I chopped off belonged to e ine, I owned an undivided half of ~that setter pup, from the tip of his tail clear up to his third rib, e and I had a right to cut away as much of it as I'd a 'mind to ; while t Potts, -being sole owner of the i dog's head, is responsible when -he i bites any body." . "I don't know,"'replied the Judge, a musingly. "There haven't been r any decisions on cases exactly like a this. But what does Mr. Potts t say upon the subject ?" "Why, Potts' view is that I -, divided the dog the wrong way. E When he wants to map out his half, he draws a line irom the middle of his nose, right along the t spine, and clear to the end of the tail. That gives me one hind leg and one fore leg, and makes him , joint proprietor in the tail. And , he says that if I wanted to cut off e my half of the tail I might have a done it, and he wouldn't have t cared; but what made him mad j was that I wasted his property I, without consulting him. But that a theory seems to me a little strained, j and if it's legal why P'm going to close out my half of that dog at a sacrifice, sooner than hold any i: interest in him on those prin- i ciples. Now what do you think e of it ?" "Well," said the Judge, "I can hardly decide 80 important a ques- t +in off-hand; buht at the first z glance my opinion is that you own the whole dog, and that Potts owns the whole dog. So when he bites you a suit won't lie against Potts, and the only thing you can Jo to obtain-justice is to make the log bite Potts also. As for the ail, when it'i separated from the log it is no longer the dog's tail, ind it is not iorth fighting ibout." "Can't sue Potts, you say ?" "I think not." "Can't get damages for the meat hat's been bit.eut of me ?" "I hardly think you can." "Well, well, and yet they talk bout American civilization, and emples of justice, and such hings ! All. right. .1t it go. I in stand it; :but didn't anybody ver undertake tdt6ll'YIne that the aw protects human beings'in their ights. Good morning, Judge." "Wait a moment, Mr. Scadder," aid the Judge; "you've forgotten ny fee." "F-f fee ! Why you don't charge x'fthing when I don't Sue, do ron ?" "-Certainly; for my advice..y 'edis $10." "Ten dollars ! Ten dollars! Why, Fudge,. that's just what I p*d for ny half -of that dog. I haven't ot fifty cents*to my name- But 11 tell you what I'll do. I'll nake over all my rights in t.at etter pup to you, and you kin go ound and fight it out with Potts, s sure as Imy name's Scuddeir." Potts owns the whole -4og n, D nd Seudder guns without one. ANr ~TA6DINARIT F EAT. [esterday morning, about nine - >'clock, as the bat OGood Tei- 1 >lar was passing under the Ferry treet bri4g, that spans the, Erie aia, in lbaay, .New.York, a1 utr ightt of t ck'ptin of i he boat, (Johnson) about.eleven i rears old, took it into her-head to i wing from one of the iron rods i if the bridge, -and before she i ~ould release herself, the boat >ased on, and lefther.suspendedi ver the water. Her cries attracted he attentiot of the wrkmen en-1 aged on General Rath bone's new1 oundry, but her position was 1 ch that it seemed, almost im >ossible to render her any as istance, she being about midway] Lnder the bridge; and the only .lternative left2 her, apparently, ras to' drop into the canal; and ak the chances of being rescued 'y some of the [spectators. This he would not do, yet it was but ,question of time before -she rould be compelled to relinquishe ter hold and drop exhausted into he canal. At this juncture re-] ief' came to the little sufferer. A '. aan namied Michael Casey, re iding on Ferry street, seeing the. rowd, had come to learn the < ase of the excitement. A glanee as sufficient. With a coolness rorthy of record, he divested him- I elf of coat, hat and boots, and ~etting down the side of the i iridge, took a flying leap and 4 aught the iron rod on which thei ittle girl was suspended. He < hen walked hand over hand, un il he reached her, and having goti s arm around her waist, lowered uer down until she rested her1 ,rfns on his feet. In this way he eturned to the tow path by the ide of the canal, and deposited is charge in 1safety-on the bank. < t was a herculean task, and one rhich would reflect credit upon I ,professional gymnast, not to 1 peak of the coolness and bravery isplayed by Mr. Casey at the me. A perfect contempt of thei orld, a fervent desire to go for yard in virtue, the love of die ipline, the painfulness of repent nce, the readiness of obedience, he denying of ourselves, and the earing of any affliction for the ove of Christ patiently, will give J is great confidence ; we shall die t Lappy. A bachelor made a will, leav- t ng his property to the girls who 1 iad refused him: "For to them I 4we all my earthly happiness." Young man, your bride must i >e won before marriage, but you annt both be one afterwards. THE LADIES' DARLING. A writer says of "ladies' dar lings:" The creature is delighted if he can persuade himself that he has reason to think that a score or so of girls are over heat and ears in love with him, and there is ground for believing that he would become exhilarated to the last degree if he were informed that some foolish -damsel had pined away and died of a broken heart on his account. The fact that so long as his vanity is min isterd -to be is indifferent as to what unhapyines devolves upon Dthers affords-' ift altogether agreeable. but.thoroughly reliable index to his character..,f he had %ny conscience deserving of men ion, he would not systematically make love-directly or indiiietly -with: whom he is thrown in con. bact, but being, as he is,.utterly mckless of the feelings of his aeighbors! he does his best to en flave the fancy of nine-tenths >f the attractive ones whom het eets under circumstances 4yaOra_. le to 11irtation. It would be injudicious to deny hat he achieves success. It would be unwise to declare that he does 2ot obtain many triumphs;. for iome girls- are so silly and have mch 'n'sceptible hearts that thef wouldl become fascinated wiih a op stick provided that it was skillfully set up and dressed in Aiale habiliments, and caHed a an, and others, who are a triGd isei" than to be guilty 6f such itupi4ity are still foolish .enough o believe. nine-tenthsKof 'what very shallow pateddood1telAs hem. But though 'this is so, hre is -ase to hope that the career pf, 1heivoad-bo.ladies' darling is not 6%f' utdhterdpted ineced&and hat he is not the object of so nuch admiration as he generally magines. Occasionally he receives L prompt and deided-check from adies wbo haive' no wish to be nade fools of, or to suffer in repu ~ation, however slightly, in order hat he may be glorified-; while o0t a .fei females play~ up to him yefore his face and pour un neasured contempt upon him be iind, his- back. Ror is it sur yrising that they should do uio, or he gives them every reason to hink that he is a shallow and ~gosistical fool. His~ conversation ~onsists of ,a series of dreary in anities, ridiculous compliments, which are as~insincere as they are n badataste, and melanchUry jokes which consist for the most part >f ill natured speeches at the ex >else of sdme unfortunate victim >r other. He seldom assumes that his lady riends have brains enough to un lerstand anything exept the nost superficial matters, aidd.when le does venture to touch on the ast new book, new play, new par son or new sensation, he merely re >eats the cant jargon which is mrrent in the set in which he noves, and which frequently con iemns what is good and praises what is bad. Beside his manner s affected, he wears on his face a continual grin, and he is dressed ip in such a fashion and has such a slinking way about him that he appears altogether as' much unlike i genuine man as he couild well lo. For the rest, he lowers the noral tone of those with whom ie associates, and scoffs at every hing in which people of correct eeling take an interest. Those old soakers never lack or argument. Latelygne replied1 o a temperance lecturer by the ollo wing: "If water rots the oles of your boots, what effect nust it have on the-coat of your tomach ?" The way they weigh hogs in 1 ansas is as follows : They first ie the hog to one~ end of a rail, alance the rail on a fence with ocks tied to the other end, and hen guess how much the rooks reigh. Truth is too simple for us ;we o not like.those who unmask our lusions. Grumble kills goodne'ss. IAdvertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00 Iper square-one inch-for frst funrtion, and I75C. for each subsequent insertion. Double column advertisements tenper cent on above. Notices of meetings, bbituarie3 and tri3uu a of resDect,. same rates per square as ordinw y advetsmne Special notices in local column 15 ceni,, per line, AdvertdseMneflt not make&wM the u ber of insertions wif be kept in til bL snd charged amgrftegy Specia eoitwnd-j 2~ait tisers, with Hlb6a deducud*so -alY rmites JDPJO "_,J&Wff Done with Neatness and Dispatch' Terms Cash. THE FARMIERIS HOME. Webster, defines honme as,' -1 dwellng place,' bat it amfts' of a broader. meaning.. p.Wre a, brilliant and elegant ho'mes. Some V~e wise, thrifty and. carefal, n& others are warm and geni&4-. by..;-, whose glowing heirths,- an- n at any time, mayI find'enough'-And' to spare. There are bright homes and,, -gloomy homesi, jk-ar hotmes -that bhwry-4a6&- baKU1 through years of intessant- I*boi, until one and another of -the in mates fall like the falling leaFes, and, thbe. home turn c us. We do not say_t~hst the, dairvman' home's compares. with tbM ios View. .Science hVs, done- raui&it reoethe drudeya*orhns introduin.ease -and com r~d An idealihome inust, Rka~t hau.. P, &~ernment, but lov4'maWk be the -dictator. "All the md&bdM Should unite to make h6m& b jy we shofild 'have lig'tI_(_~~ -heaven's own pure,7m CIL light. it mautekse -n9tjitk Lo~6e in blueL ?!.Z LAL tn ~t.. for von know. ~