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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. X1. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 187 or THNE HERA LDI 19 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MOESING2 At Newberryq S. C. BY THIOS. F, GREN~KERY Editor and Proprietor. Teratls, $2.50 per whaulkim fnrariably in Advance. t7, The paper is stopped at the expiration 0f time for which it is paid. t-7- The 4 mark denotes expiration of sub scription. NAMING THE CHICKENS. There were two little chicl-ens hatched oat by one hen And the owner of both was our little boy Ben; So be set him to work as soon as tbe.v cAme, To miake them a house and fiad them.a i3ame. As for bailding a bouse, Benny knew TerF well That he couldn't do that; but his big brother Phi11 Must be handy at tools, for he'd been to col lege Where boys are supposed to learn all sorts of knowledge. Phil WO* very good natured, and soon his small brother lIad a nice cozy home for his chicks and their mother; And a happier boy in the country just then Could loot have been foud than our dear little Ben. But a name for his pets it was harder to find, At less Jast as suited exactly his mind; I No 7nother of tw:gns was ever more haunted With tronble to find Jast the ones that she *wanted and it cost two hundred rubies. I wLi~h you must make good.' ':~.ry dear madam, I beg you not to detain me. I am obliged to go on duty at once. As to the two hundx~d rubles-I really cannot I inwardly disturbed he was; but stepping close up to them both he said, with apparent self-command': 'You will renounce your claim when I tell you that I am a-a poor man, who has nothing to live on but his ofpceri ay, and the amount of that pay hardly reaches the sum of two Lundhed rubles in a whole year. 1 can, therefore, make no annds for the misfortune except by again begging your pardon.' 'Oh: aiybody could say all that ; but we'Ill see if it's true; we'll find out if you have nothing but your pay. I declare myself not sat isfied with your excuses, and I de mand my money,' pe:rsisted the lady, in the hard voice of a thor oughJ3 nnfeeling woman. 'That is true-you are right,' the husband add -d, dZtifully support ing h:r. 'By good luck we have bhe open couif now jast in session. Go w th us before the judge and he will decide the matter.' All further protestation on the :fficer's' part that he was poor, that do was expected on duty, did not elp mafters. Out of respect for his uniform, and to avoid an open cene, he had to go with them to bhe court-room, where the gallery was densely packed with a crowd of people. After waiting some time, the lady had leave to bring her complaint. 'What have you to answer to this 32mplaint' said the judge, turning to the officer, who seemed embar rassed and half in despair. 'On the whole, very little. As 'he lateness of the hour, and being :equired on duty, compelled me to urrv, I did not notice the lady's brain, which was dragging on the vround. I caught one of my spurs in it, and had the misfortune to tear the dress. Madame would not re eive my ex.nse, but perhaps she might find herself more disposed to Forgiveness, when I again declare, o help me God, that I committed this awkward blunder without any mischievous intention, and I earn estly beg that she will pardon me.' A murm,ir ran through the gal ery, evidently from the people1 taking sides with the defendant,! and against long trains in general, nd the lady ini particular. The judge called to order, and ased 'A you satisfied with the daenant's explanation ?' 'Not at all satisfied. I demand wo hundred rubles in payment for my torn dress.' 'Defendant, will you pay this 'I1 would have paid it long before this had I been in a position to do so. Unfortunately I am poror. My pay as an officer is all I have to live -You hear, complainant, that the defendant is not able to pay the sum you demand of him. Do you still wish t.he comapLint to stand ?' An unbi oken stillness reigned tr'oug'oat the hall, and the young oiucer' bw: .ath~ could be heard comn ing hardi. 'I wish ito tosKu. The law shall givef me y righits. There r:n through the ows of people a murmaue of indignation that sounde. like a rushing of wa -Consider, complainiant, the con sequence of your demand. The de fendant can be punished only by being depaired of -his personal lib erty. and by that you could obtain no satisfaction, while to the defend ant it might prove the greatest in jr'y in his rank and position as an oder, and1 especially as he is an officer who is poor' and dependent upon his pay. Do) you still insist upon your comiplaint?' The course the aifihir was taking' seeed to ha~ve become painful to th lady's husband. He spoke with his wife urgentiy, but as could be seen by the way sheo held up her head and the energy with which sh shook it. qut uselessly. The judge was j ait going on to further consider the case, when a loud v~ice was heard from the audience: I will plhce the two hundred ?ule:; tThe service of the defend There followed a silence, during which a gentleman forced his way tro :gh th" ec'owd and placed him .if by th.a -ol1ung 'ffieer's side. 'S I a the Prince of -- and beg you will oblige me by ay cepting the loan of the two hundred rubles in question.' 'Prinece, I am not worthy of your kindness, for I don't know if I shall ever be able to pay the loan,' an swered the young man, in a voice tremulous with emotion. 'Take the money at all events, I can wait until you are able to re turn it.' Thereupon the prince held out two notes of a hundred rubles each, and coming close up to him, whispered a few words very softly. There was a sudden lighting in the young officer's face. He immedi ately took the two notes, and turn ing toward the lady, handed them to her with a polite bow. 'I hope, madame, you are satis fied.' With a malicious smile she reach ed out her hand for the money. 'Yes; now I am satisfied.' With a scornful g;ance over the crowd of spectators, she prepared to leave the court room on her hus band's arm. 'Stop, madame,' said the officer, who had suddenly become like an other man, with a firm and confi dent manner. 'What do you want?' The look that the young woman cast upon him was as insult.ng as possible. 'I want my dress,' he answered, with a slight but otill perfectly po lite bow. 'Give me your address, and I will send it to you.' 'Oh, no, my dear madame, I am in th' habit of taking my purchases In t with me at once. Favor me with the dress immediately.' A shout of approbation came from the gallery. 'Orderl' cried the judge. 'What an insane demand,' said the lady's husband. 'My wife can not undress herself here.' 'I have nothing to do with you, ir, in this matter, but only with the complainant. Be so good, ma dame, as to give me the dress i mediately. I am in a great hurry ; my affairs are urgent, and I cannot wait a moment longer.' The pleasure of the audience at the expense of the lady increased with every word, until it was hard to enforce any approach to quiet, so that either party could be heard. 'Do not jest any more about it. I will hurry and send you the dress as soon as possible.' 'I am not jesting. I demand from the representative of the law my own property-that dress,' said the officer, raising his voice. The judge, thus appealed to, de cided promptly. 'The officer is right, madame. You are obliged to hand him over the dress on the spot.' 'I can't undress here myself before ll these people,andgo home without ay dress on,' said the young wo man, with anger and tear-s. 'You should have thought of that sooner. Now you have no time to los 3. Either give up the dress of your own accord, or-.' A nod tat could not be misinterpreted brought to the lady's side two offi cei of justice, who seemed aboutJ to take, upon themselves the office of my lady's maid. 'Take your money backr, and leave mec my dress.' -Oh, no, madame ; that dress is now worth more than two hundred rubles to mec.' 'How much do you ask for it ?' 'Two thousand rubles,' said the officer, firmly.] 'I will pay the sum,' the weeping lady's husband responded, prompt l-. 'I have here five hundred r'u bles. Give me pen and paper and I will write an order upon my bank er for the remaining fifteen hun-1 drtd.' After he had writ ten the draft the worthay pair withdrew, amidst hisses from the audience. Query: Did the lady ever againi ;et her dress sweep the street. ] The British Copyright Commis sion has held a dozen sittings, and a majority of the publishers and] authors who have testified before it, urge that the period of copyright should be largely extended, if not made per-petual. The present term of copright i2n gland is for the CiL uesus. HE COULDN'T LINGER. A great many strapped printers, ire on the road now, and scarcely a lay passes but one or more of them 3trikes us for a job. Those from ne West say that business is dull n all the towns out there, and those -oming from the East have the ame tale of hard times to tell about ,he country they have passed ;hrough. One of them limped into he office the other day, and pro )ounded the old, old question: "How's work ?" "First rate," said one of the pro )rietors; "never was better." "I'd like to get in enough to get ne something to eat,' said the ramp, as he pulled his coat down ver one shoulder. "More work here than we know vhat to do with," continued the )roprietor. "Well, that's what I'm after," iaid the tramp, and he threw the )ther shoulder in view. "But"-and the tones of the boss vere as sad and plaintive as the noan of a lQst child-"there's no noney." Like a startled mud turtle "juk ng" into its shell, that printer shot )ack into his coat, and a sigh )artly of regret, somewhat of relief -escaped him. He was sorry to )e disappointed, and glad that he iad been made acquainted with the ituation before he had wasted any f his energies in any uncompensa ive labor. "If you ain't got any money, how to you pay your hands ?' he asked, rancing around at the boys, who vere pulling out with as much en rgy as if they were working in a ilver mine. "We pay them in real estate and own lots, sir," replied the boss, ho happened to be in a communi ,ative humor. "My partner and I unm the paper, not as a money naking institution, but a medium hrugh which to dispose of a quan ~ity of land which we could not get >ff our hands in any other manner. When we find a pi-inter who is will: ng to work, and take his pay in the ree soil of Missouri, we employ ui; otherwise, notsoever." The tramp looked puzzled and listressed, but he said: "I don't care about settling down ust now and becoming a landed roprietor. I'm poor enough al eady. I don't want any more of ~his country than I can convenient y carry around with me. I'm too ~eeble to grow up with any consid rabe amount of it. Good day, ' Hold on," said the proprietor. 'Don't tear yourself away from a :onanza before you are acquainted with the nature of its resources. Ihere is an opportunity offered you o acquire distinction, if not wealth. ou see that young fellow over here by the windowv?" "The one with a far away, vacant ook in his mild blue eyes ?" "Yes. Well, that young man has nst about completed his appren ;iceship, and I've made him out a leed to one hundred town lots in sonsideraion of his services. You san see them from the window. Ealf of them are on the bar and he other half in the river, but they vill be very valuable in a century r two. 0, sir, all the boys here re heavy property holders. The ressman owns half that bar, and he jours can each point with pride o the mighty Missouri, and say it oils and surges over their posses ~ions, guarding and enriching them. ou 7ee that man over in the cor ser ?" "That long, sad, consumptive .ooking being ?" "Yes. Speak low. I gave him a leed for one thousand acres of land, n payment for three years' work. [t was swamp land, in Linn Coun y, and he has just retuirned from a visit to it. He is working this ~veek for a lot in the cemetery. His lace will soon be vacant, and you nay have it on the same terms if you like." The tramp moved uneasily about, m finalPy went to the window and mIz'3d onit over the town. Present y he called the proprietor to him "I haven't long to tsrry. Some-: thing seems to call and beckon me away. But I don't mind working a couple of hours for that corner v lot over there-the one with a sa loon on it." "I'm truly sorry," said the boss, tl "but I deeded that lot last week to 'w the boy who carries papers. There's f a lot right back of it, with a nice P cellar on-wouldn't that suit you ?" g "No, I believe not. I guess I I can't linger with you, however much ri I might desire to. I have a pre- c( sentiment that I am not long for la this world, and I fain would lay ti my bones to rest in the home of my childhood. Farewell, old man. V Your kindness has moved me. I'm a] homeward bound." M He bounded down stairs, and;tE continued his journey into the East. t [Exchange. 0 -.-.-... M r( THE PRINTER'S DUES. is This is supposed to be the time et of year when people have money, and indeed some of them-not a few either-do have it, for we have open evidences of the fact. They g are bringing their cotton and o.her s! produce to market. What better 63 proof is needed than this ? AndI yet the Printer is forgotten and his 1n bard-earned money does not put in tc its appearance. To such of our patrons who are due us for sub.h scription and advertising we com- e( mend the following remarks of an exchange, and ask them to step in aI and see us: The printer's dollars-where are b they? A dollar here and a dollar P there, scattered over the numerous ho small towns, all over the country, miles and miles apart ; how shall le they be gathered together? The ti pper maker, the journeyman com positor, the building owner, the s grocer, the tailor, and all assistants to him in carrying on his business aE bave their demands, hardly ever so I small as a single dollar. But the h mites from here and there must be o: diligently gathered and patiently f( hoarded, or the wherewith to dis- 1s charge the liabilities will never be- tI coe sufficiently bulky. We imag- t ie the printer will have to get up h an address to his widely scattered if dollars something like the follow- 'm ing : Dollai a, halves quarters, dimes, P and all manner of fractions into k which you are divided, collect your- h selves and come home. You are h wanted. Combinations of all sorts ' of men that help to make the print- b; er a proprietor, gather in such b force, and demand with such good c reasons your appearance at this counter, that nothing short of you a will appease them. Collect your-l selves, for valuable as you are you will never pay the cost of collect- a: ing. Come here in single file, that 1 te. printer may form you into bat- li talion, and send you forth again to 54 attle for him and vindicate his I feeble credit. Reader, are you sure you haven't 0 a couple of the printer's dollars I sticking about your clothes ? If t] you have, order them home imme- a diately. WHr A Cmin LovES SUGAR..-The .e craving of children for sweets is well known to be one of the most t, imperious of their appetites. It ' has reference probably to that cease less activity which especially char- 0 acterizes the age of childhood. It P may be that sugar performs in their a system t~t e part enacted by the fatty0 substance in th3 bodies of adults.c As it undergoes oxidation-is burntg up, circulating with the blood-it s may be the source of the power which enables them to keep in mo tion from morning to night. Be sides this, it is known that it ren ders easier and mnore perfect the V digestion of the albuminous food ir upon which their growth depends. d In respect to these offices it is, a: therefore, nearly essential to their h well-being. And yet how strong, V for generations, has been the pre q judice against sugar! Under what t difficulties, and in the face of what discouragements and protests have our children obtained the luxury. t Why are washerwomen the still- h~ est of people.? Because they put out their tabs to catch soft water b men it r..ina hard. ii MARRIED POLITENESS. "Will you 1" asked a pleasant Dice. And the husband answered: "Yes, my, dear with pleasure." It was quietly but heartily said; 1e tone, the manner, the look, ere perfectly natural and very af ctionate. We thought: How leasant the courteous reply! How ratifying it must be to the wife! [any husbands of ten years' expe ence are ready enough with the )urtesies of politeness to the young dies of their acquaintance, while iey speak with abruptness to the ife, and do many rude little things ithout considering them worth an ?ology. The stranger whom they ay have seen but yesterday, is lis ned to with deference, and al iough the subject may not be one the pleasantest nature, with a ady smile; while the poor wife, she relates a domestic grievance, snubbed or listened to with ill )ncealed impatience. Oh!. how rong this is-all wrong. Does she urge some request "Oh ! don't bother me," cries her acious lord and master. Does ie ask for necessary funds for Su s shoes or Tommy's hat "Seems to me you're always want g money !" is the handsome re rt. Is any little extra demanded by s masculine appetite, it is order 1, not requested: "Look here, I want you to do so id so-just -see that it's done;" id off marches Mr. Boor, with a w and a smile of. gentlemanly lish for every casual acquaintance 3 may chance to recognize. When we meet with such thought sness and coarseness, o u r Loughts revert to the kind voice id gentle manner of the friend who id 'Yes, my dear, with *leas e." "I beg your pardon" comes readily to his lips, when by any btle accident he has disconcerted er as it would in the presence the amost fashionable sticklers r etiquette. This is because he a thorough gentleman, who inks his wife in all things en ted to precedence. He loves er best. Why should he hes ate to show it? not in sickly landlin attentions, but in prefer ng her pleasure, honoring her in ablic as well as in private. He row.s her worth. Why should he esitate to attest it? "And her isband he praised her," saith holy rit ; not by fulsome adulation, not y pushing her charms into notice, ut by speaking as opportunity oc rs, in many ways of her virtues. Though words seem little things, ad slight attention almost value ss, yet, depend upon it they keep ie flame bright, especially if they re natural. The children grow up a better moral atmosphere and an to respect their parents as they se them respecting ea-ch other. [any a boy takes advantage of the tother he loves, because he sees ten the rudeness of his father. asensibly he gathers to . his bosom e same habits and the thoughts ad feelings they engender and i his turn becomes the petty grant. Only his mother ! Why aould he thank her i Father nev r does. Thus the home becomes 3 seat of disorder and unhappi ess. Only for strangers are kind ords expressed, and hypocrites go at from the hearthstones fully pre ared to render justice, benevolence rd politeness to every one and any ne but those who have the justest aims. Ah ! give us the kind lance, the happy homestead, the niling wife and courteous children f the friend who said so pleasant r: "Yes, my dear, with pleasure." She used to meet him at the gate rth a kiss and a smile like morn ig light but now she comes to the oor in a dingy old calico wrapper, rd shoes down at the heel, shades er eyes with her hand, and in a oice that seems to need oiling, in uires: "Did you bring that but Some one remarked the other day >Gen. Toombs, that they had seen n item in a newspaper stating that e had joined the Methodist church, rhen the General replied: "Yes, I new itwas alie as soonlas I saw EXTERMINATION OF GRASS HOPPERS. At the convention of governors recently held at Omaha, to decide upon the best mode of exterminat ing grasshoppers, a committee of three was appointed to colket and issue in pamphlet form all the more practical means, based on experi ence, for tue destruction of the pest. The following resolutions were passed: 1. That it will be wise and pol itic for the legislatures of the States and Territories most deeply inter ested to enact a law offering a bounty per bushel for the collection and destruction of eggs and un fledged insects. 2. That the several legislatures authorize local taxation for the pur pose of systematic efforts by ditch ing, burning, etc., and we suggest a repeal of the game laws, or a modification of them, so as to pre vent the destruction of birds which feed on the insects; also the pre vention of prairie fires until a suit able time for the destruction of young grasshoppers by .the grass, and the encouragement of tree calture for promoting moisture and harboring birds. 3. Recommending, as far as possible, a. survey to be made in each State during the coming win ter to ascertain those portions of each county on which eggs are most thickly laid. Further: That we deem it .he duty of the Nation al Government to make some- effort to destroy and counteract the gieat pest, thus preventing its in'uries, and recommend the attachment of a special commissioner to the gov ernment surveys, to be sent annu ally to the West, and that $2,500 be-appropriated-for the purpose of paying the expenses of the commis sioner. The president of the convention was requested to draw up and pre sent to the President of the United States a letter setting the urgent necessity of action by the General Government on behalf of the sec tions ravaged. The Governors of Minnesota, Il linois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska', Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming, Da kota and Idaho were requested to transmit to their respective dele gates a record tf the proceedings of the convention and request them to urge on Coiigress speedy action in this matter. It is ascertained that grasshop pers have not done the amount of damage imagined ; that they can be encountered, anid exterminated with much less labor and difficulty than heretofore supposed by united ef fort at the proper time. No fears need be entertained as to serious results in the coming spring. ON HIS E.-A New York man was reading a story to his wife, the other night, and came to a piece of1 "fine writing," in which the ear<. the heroine was compared to "some creamy white, pink tinted shell of the ocean." "By the way," said the husband, cutting short his reading, "that de scription of the ear reminds me of your ear-you have an ear like a shell." It was the first compliment she had received from him since the early days of their marriage, and a blush of pride suffused her face as she asked : "What kind of a shell, darling ?" "An abalone shell," he replied. She had never before heard of nor seen an abalone shell, but she did not want to display her igno rance, so she made up her mind to hunt it up in the "Condensed Con chology" that ornamented the cen ter table. Next morning, the first thing she did after her husband had left the house was to hunt up the description of an abalone shell. She found it. It was described as a shell about the size of an ordinary wagon wheel. She nursed her wrath during that day,- and when her husband came home that night she met him at the door with the towel roller, and now his ear is as big as an abalone shell, but it looksI like a piece of pounded beef. Love of truth shows itself in dis ADVERTISINC RATES, Advertisements inserted at the nfas01.08 ner s quare--one inch-for first iuvauiW, a"t 75c. floreach subsequent inaertiou. Dombib colamn advertiuemnts ton parcentoan abooe Notices Wft'meetings,obituaAiod ftnoW .1iretpeer.-i.me rates per square as onuums advertisements. Special notices in local coiamn 15 eienja per line, Advertisement wlu *m.-r?;ed rhh, fun hpr o,,r%rriv-)' wii) i4o UTt ;k WWK4fbI6 and cha*(?~r avenrrihs0ri. isers, with liberaJdodi.iorqaon 1 r Do'nb wifli N"tnes5 and Dispatch Terms Car-1. THE POETICAL TOP. THE ,TOP, THE HOP, SOON AS YOU LET HM 3DROP9 AND BY THE wHrip HE rs MADk To ;ZXTP; HOW STILL HE KEEP9 WMIX VAST IM SLEEPS; BUT NOW HE NODS, HE 800X WILL FALL, FOR WHIP ONCE XORE HE SEEMS TO CALL; PUT-*N TIE LASH WHILE YET HE SPIN8i; WHO FASTEST GOES TM SOONEST WINS. HM HR YOU SEE, DRAWN OUT BY ME, AND E'-%D ED WITH A POI;T ED V TAKE =~ PAPE-We fI t1he ollowing going the rounds of the press. Read, ponder azd-p,&y up-1 Why don't yon take -theps 1hey're the life of my deli~~ ~etabout election time, ancl then I read- fot spite. Subscriboe, yon ,annot lose a cent; why should you je afraid ? for cash thus spent is monefly lent at interes; idur-fod 0-^d Go,mn, and. 4t"ke, -qnm-s Why was the first of September like the trans ~'ression of Adam?