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Also another road leadin~g from Lylei Ford by the residences of Bennett Hlancock~ Mea;2.. AIles, J1. C. Richards and Mrs. C HedttIv to the Public Road leading to {Gor don's Ferry at apoint z,ear the recidene, of W. D). Hardy, (the same being ai ro.a now open tnd used as a neaighborhoo< road.) F. WERBER, J, NEWBERRY HOTEL --BY A. W. T. SIMMONS. This elegant view Hlotel is now open for th reeption of guests, and the proprietor 'vr soare no effort to gv,e satisfaction to tb t-avelieg public. ood airy rooms, con fortable bed'., the bost of fare, attentive, ac commodating. servat<,and rmoderatcecharge w ill be the rule. June 9, 24-tf. OUR MONTHLY. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. OUrt Mov.rat.Y is a magazine devoted to gel eral and religious readheg. Its contains doutle columu pages, and every endeavor wi be made to make it worth the money. Every charitably inclined person should sul scribe for it, as the'e'itire subscription is devote to the support of the- orphans in the THOE3WELL ORPHANAGE of Clinton. S. C.. by whom all the work upon is done. it is carefull edited and is worth ti rice asked for it. Will not the frieuds of ti rpange get tup a list of subscribers for ue of so enable deserving boys tO assist ini supportli themselves. All subscriptions should be sent at once to tl edior ndpubis EV. WM. P. JACOBS, Oct on, 42tt Clinton. B. C. M!isceuaneons. 1TUTT'S 11 PILLS INDORSED BY PHYSICIANS CLERGYMEN, AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDICAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss of a etite,Nausea,bowelb costive, rain in"thefead~j'ihTdull sensation in the Sack P LPain under the shouLder blade.fWlness after eatg, wth j e n-tion toexertion ody or min IritaiT5t~oftmper, Low spirit, Itos ormemory wit i. see o a g l@drinzo-m he art, dutsbeforiW y ~s,Yellow Skin, :eadache, -Kestless nessat night,-highly colreTrine. IF THESE WABI3NGSARE UDNHEEDED, SER1OUS-ISEASE%WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED. TUTTIS p]ILS are especially adapted to such cases;one dose eirects suchachange -'of feeling as to astonish the sufferer. They Increase the Appetite, ani capse the body zo. Take on Flesh, thus the system 1 aourished.and by theirToleAtilonaD the Di tiv r tools arepro duceV.v-rce:a~ cents. n unray St., N.Y. TUTT'S HAM- DYE1 GRAY HAmnor Wuxsxv-s efiane th a Gnossy BLAcK by a single application of this DE It Inparts a natural color, acts Instan . Sold by Druggists, or sent by expren on receipt of 1. Office, 35 Murray St., New York. ,(eQr. TUTTS NAN UAL of Valfable Inf.amatIo and Vsetua up.edpts will be maled FREE on aneation.) CELE AT.ED~S STO3fACHE tone of the Reasonable Pleasures . Of life, aproperlycooked meal, affodslittle or no present enjoyment, and much subsequent torture to a confirmed dvspeptic. But when chronic indigestion is combatted with Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters, the food is eaten with relish. and most important of all, is assimilated by and nourishes the system. Use this grand tonic and corrective also to remedy constipation, biliousness, rheumatism, fever and ague. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWEtRY. COURT OF PROBATE. Uetry [1u.,drix, as Administratorof Rebec c ileudrix, dec'd.Paintiff, against Re becca J.1ne6drix, Jhn'Lng.shore Levi .Lngshore, Lark Lo:g.:.boge, A-toinette Pius, Alic Johnsno. Jamies Hendrix, George Hendria,. Levi Hen.drix, JRelton Heudrix, Henry D. Hlendrix; Hattie Teague', $allie Nichols and Lu:cretia But ler, Dcfendants. Summons. For Relief. To the Defendants-Rebecea J. Hjendrix, John Longshore, Levi Lonigshore, Lark L&rngshore, Antoinette Pitts, Alice John son, J:mies lHeudrix, George Hlendrix, Levi Henadrix, Belton liendrix, Henry D. ie-ndrix, Hatie Teague, Sallie Nichois and Lueretia Butler : You are hereby summoned and required to auswer the compl.utnt in this actiou, which is filed in thcoflice of the Probate Judge toi said County, in said State, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said comeplaitt ou the sub'scriber at his oflice, Newberry C. H., Sonuth Carolina, within twentyv days af t-r the service hereof, exclusive of the day of suich service; and if -,ou il to answer the ceomplaiint within the tie atforessi d, the ph:tintiff in this actiont will apply to the Court for the relief demainded in the comi plt. L.ited October 3, A. D. 1881. Y. J. POPE, Plaintifi's A ttorney. .T H. FEL L ERS, J1. P. N. C. [ss.} To Levi Hendrix, absent Defendant: Taike notice that the complaint in this ac tion, together with the summons, of which ti.r foregoing is a copy, was liled im the ,tice of the Judge of Probate for Newberry Gounty, at Newberry Court House, in the County of Newberry and State of South Crohi~n, oni the 3d day of October, A. D. lIbi. Y. J. POPE, Oct. ~, ~ Plaintiff's Attorney. STATE OF SOUTHI CAROLINA, NEWBERRY CoUNTY. B ]y Jacob B. Fellers, Probate .Judge. Whereas, Ebeuezer P. C'haimers, Clerk of Cour' hath made suit to me to grant him Ltters of Administration: of the derelict Estate and e-ffects of Fram.k flancock, de eeased. These are therefore to cite and a.dmonish ali atal singular the kindred and creditors e of the said deceased, that they be and I appear betore me, in the Court of Pro e ba, to be held at Newbecrry Court House, S. C., on the 24th day of November next, after publication hereof, att 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration shiould Inot be granted. Given un.der my fland this 10th day pt October, Anno Dotmim, 1881. J. B. FE L LERS, 3. r. s. c. Oct. 13, 41-6. 1AGETS WANTED for the Stanidad Edition SREVISED NEW TESTAMENT. 13STYLES Elegant Eation, .tbout 30 ages. Uomiparative - OEitionl, over 1100 pai,es. rt n * IOld aui- new versions e Fro $1.to O - on opposite pages. e "History of the Blible and of the New Re d vision" given to ,,ubscribers. The secret oX gsnecesfl canv-assinw given ev"ry agent. Send for c'r liberal terms. [plent ion this Ie papE R ENRY BILL FUEL.1HING Co., BOOK OF LIFE. Over and over again, No matter which way we turn, We always fnd in the look of Life Some lesson we have to learn. We must take our turn at the mill, We must grind out the golden grain, We must work at our task with a resolute will, Over and over again. We cannot measure the need Of even the tiniest flower, Or check the flow of the golden sauds That run through a single hour. But the morning dews must fall, And the sun and the summer rain Must do their part and perform it all Over and over again. Over and over again The brook through the meadow flows, And over and over again The ponderous mill-wheel goes, Once doing will not suffice, Though doing be not in vain; And a blessing failing us once or twice, May come if we try again. The path that has onoe been trod Is never so rough to the feet, And the lesson we once have learned Is never so hard to repeat. Though sorrowful tears may fall, And the heart to its depths be driven With storm and tempes, we need them all To render as meet of Heaven. Sent by Express. -0 Minnie Harlan was alone- in the world,.ber mother just buried. She was a beautiful, brown haired gir!, with soft shy eyes of vioiet gray, and rosy lips com pressed to a firmness far beyond er years. For .after all she was scarcely seventeen, and so Deacon Gray n as telling her as he sat by the fire spreading his huge hands over the b!aze, and asked abrupt ly : 'But what are you going to do .o earn your bread an' butter, my :hildi ?' '1 don't know-I have thought -mamma had an uncle living in N,w York, who-' 'Yes, yes-I've heord tell about him-be was mad 'cause your mo ther didn't marry juot exactly to suit him, was't he ?' Minnie was silent. Deacon Gray waited a few minutes, ho. ping she would admit him to her scret meditation; but she did af"faL w 4he~ verfdquest eeetur ho. had ever come across.' In the meantime Minnie: was bsy packcing her scanty things rito her cir~pet bag; by the weird, lkering light of the dying wood ire. '1 will go to New York,' she aid ato herself, seItirig her pearl y tedth together. 'My mother's uncle shall hear y cause pleaded through my own ips. Oh, I wish my heart wouid nt thrAb so wildly!1 I am an rphan all alone wn the world; who must fight life's battles with ter own single bands.' Lower Broad way at 7 o'clock in the evening. What a babel of :rashing wheels, hurrying hu manity and conglomerate noises it was. Minnie Harlan sat in the conei of an exjress office underj the flare of gaslieht, surrounded by boxes, and wondered whetber people ever went 'crazy in this perpetual din and turmuit. Her dress was very plain-gray pop lin, with a shabby, old-fashioned little straw bonnet tied with black ribbons, and a blue veil, while her only article of baggage, the car pet-bag. lay in her lap. She had sat there two hours, and was very tired. 'Poor little thing!I' thought the dark-haired young clerk nearest er-, who inhabited a sort of a wire age under a circlet of gas lights, and then took up his pen andl plunged uite a perfect Atlantic ocean of accounts. 'Mr. Evane.' 'Sir.' The dark-baired clerk emerged from his cage with his pen be hind his ear, in obedience to the beckoning finger of his superior. I have noticed that young wo man sitting here for seome time how came she herec?' 'Expressed on from Mitlington, Iowa. Arerired this afternon.' As though poor Minnie were t box or a paper parcel. 'Who for?' 'Consigned to Walter Barring ton, Esq.' 5 'And why hasn't she been call, ed for.' '4 sent up to Mr. Harrington'c address to notify him some time ago, and am expecting an answer every moment.' 'Very odd,'said tbo gray-haired gentleman, again taking up hie newspaper. Some three-quarters of an hour afterward Frank Evans came to the pale girl's side, with inde scribable pity in his hazel eyes. 'Miss lIrlan, we htve sent to Mr. flarrington's residence-' Minnie looked up with a fev erish red upon her check, and her hand- clasped tightly on the han die of the faded carpet hag. -And we regret to inform you that he sailod for Europe at 12 o'clock thig day.' A sudden blur came over Min iie's eyes-she trembled like a leaf. - Frank EvansUmd U6en turning away, but something in the pit eous tone of her voice appealed to every manly instinct within him. 'Shall I send to any other of your friends?' '1 have no friends.' 'Perhaps I can have your things sent to some quiet family hotel?' Minnie opened her little leather purse and shoWed him. two ten cent pieces, with a smile that was almost a tear. 'This is all the money I have in the world, sir.' 'But what are you going to do ?' '1 don't know, sir. Isn't there a workhouse, or some such place I could go to until I could find something to do ?' Frank Evans could scarcely help sniling at poor Minnie's sim >li(ity. 'They are putting out. the lights and preparing to close the office,' aid MinniO, starting nervously to her foct. '1 must go somewhere.' 'Miss Harlan.' said Frank, 'my ome is a very poor one-I am only a five-hundred dollar clerk but I am sure my mother will re ceive you under her roof for a day or two, if you can trust me.' 'Trust: you ?' Minnie-looked at him thro6gh violet eyes obscured n tears. 'Oh, sir, I shall be so han kfill.' * -~ * 'How late you are, Frank I ere-give me your overcoat-it s all powdered with snow, and-' But Frank interrupted his bust ing, cherry-checked little mother, s she -stood on tip-toe to take off is outer wrappIngs. 'Hlush, mother, there is a young ady down-stairs.' 'A young lady, Frank ?' 'Yes, mother ; expressed on from Iowa to old Ilarrington, the rich merehant. lie sailed for Europe this morning, and she is left entirely alone. Mother, she loks like poor Blache, and I knofyoil wouldn't; rdfuse her a corner until she could find some thing to do.'- - Mr-s. Evatis wont to the door and called cheerfully out: ''Como ~up stairs, my dear, you're as -welcome as the flowers: in My! F-ank, you di quite right ; yti always do so.' . The days and weeks passed on, and still Minnie Harlan remained an inmate of Mrs. Evans' humble d welling. .~Lt (seems just as thoughc sh6 hld taken our dead Blanche's place,' said the cozy little widow ; 'and she is so useful about the hunse. I don't know how I ever managed without her. Now, Min nie, you are not in earnest about leaving us to-morrow ?' 'I must dear Mrs. Evans. Onily tink-I have been here most two months to-morrow, and the stua ion of governese is advanta geous.' 'Very well. I shall tell Frank how obstinate you are.' 'Dearest Mrs. Evans, please don't. Picase keep my secret.' 'What secret is it that is to be so religiously kept ?' asked Mr Frank Evans, coolly walking int< the midst of the discussion, witi 'hi a..r hair- ,tosrd bout by th4 wind, and his h.izel brown eyes sparkled archly. 'Secret P repeated Mrs. Evan., energetically wiping her dim spectacle glass. W1, Minnie is determined to leave us to-mor row.' '1 must, Fraak. I have 1o right to further trespass on your kindness.' 'No right. 0h, lianuie; do you know that this old hun!e has been a different hui!se since you came into it ? Do Vou suppose we walt to lose our little sunbeam ?' I Mirille sim..ed sad!v. but her hand felt very cold and passive in Frank's warm gasp. 'You'll stay, Minnie?'. 'No.' She shook b.,r bead detei-minud ly. 'Then you must be made to stay,' said Frank. -'ve missed soiething 8f great. value lately, and I hereby arrest you on sus picion of being the thief.' 'Missed something ?' Minnie rose, turning red and white. 'Oh, Frrnk. you can never sus peet me.' 'But I do suspect you. In fact, I am quite sure the article is in your possession.' 'The article ! 'My heart, Miss Minnie. I know that I am very young and very poor, but I love you. Minnie Har Ian, and I will be a good husband to you. Stay arid be my hitte wife!' So Minnie Harlan, instead of going out as a governess, accord ing to the programme, married the young dark-haired clerk in Ellison's express office, Ncw York. They were very quietly mar ribd early in the morning, and Frank took Minnie home to his mother, and then went calmly about his busines in the wire cage under the circlet of the gas lights. 'Evans l' .'Yes, gir. Frank, with his pen bebiud bis ear, as of ->re, quietly obeyed the behest of the gray-haired official. 'Do you remember the young woman N ho was expressed on from ALillington, Iowa, t%wo months since V .Yes, sir-I remember her.' A tall, silver-haired gentleman here ioterposed with eager quic k ness ; 'Where is she ? I am her uncle, Walter Hiarrington. I have just returned from Paris, where the news of her at-rival reached me. I want her-, she is the only living relative left me.' 'Ah ! but sir,' said Frank, 'you can't have her.' 'Can't have her ? What do you mean. Has anything happened ?' 'Yes, sir, something has hap pened ; Miss Minnie wasmard to me this morining.' Walter Hiarrinrgto n star'd. 'Take me to her,' iie said, hoarse ly; 'I can't be parted fro)m my only living relative for a mere whim.' 'I wonder- if he calls the mar riage service a mere whim,' thought honest Frank ; but he obeyed in silence. Frank Evans is an express clerk no longer, and pretty Minnie moves in velvet and diamonds; but they are quite as bapp) as they were in the old days, and that is saying enough. Uncle Walter Harrington grows older and fee ber every day, and his two chii dren are the sunshine of his de clining life. Homes are like harps, of which. oe is finely carved and bright with gilding but ill-tuned and jarring the air- with its discords ; while another is ole and plain and wor-n, but from its chords float stramns that are a feast of music. An injury unanswered in time grows weary of itself and dies' away in an involuntary remorse. In bad dispositions, capable of no restraint but f e'r, it has a diffe rent effect-the bilent digestion of one wrong provokes a second. Gold is in its last analysis, the sweat of the poor, and the blood f the brave. i5isedimuous. FoR THE HERALD. New York Fashions. Novel Costumes-New Hats and Bonnets Beads and Combinations-Gloveb. Never bavc. plaitings teen so fish iionable. Somje new skirts are entirely in zide plaits set to a yoke; others are plain with two broad box at the back ; agair we see rows of side plait i;g aruund the bottom or the material can be set ii box plaits so wide that nine encompass the entire skirt; a rich exauiple in this style having been a diuner costume made for Mrs. A. T. Stewart of black watered silk and plush. The skirt was of silk while the upper portion, also silk, was a Feodora polouaise arranged to appear like a basque and overskirt in front and gracefully draped in the back. The sleeves were close fitting and a shoulder cape completed the design. The trimming was plush laid in bands on the edges. Gathered flowers nev ertheless are quite an idea of the time; so much so that plain woolens and silks are b-ought out in dress patterns where successive flounces are wrought in fl.>ral figures. Often a flounce is dded at the wnis%: and ;l6o around he te. k. Strilied silk, or woolens are ;u like wanner plaeud a - u-ces :n plaiu goods. Basques diiag from the skirt are still in favor. Plush ir watered silk are the Uirst choice, yet striped goods are much liked. Brocaded basques are worn by those who have thew, but new ones are not made up. This is because small fig ares are going out and large brocades re manifestly unsuitable. Fur sake f coitra.t, the skirt must be uf plain oods. A spectacle the most "UTTERLY UTTER" re the new huge bats. They spread )ut in a radius of half a foot each way; .ually surprising are the crowas; uigh and conspicuously pointed ; ris ng like peaks encireled by forests of >stricii plumes below. Sometimes bese hats are set far back on the ead; the brim 1_,ised iu halo style; gain they rest prone over the brow, ausing a search for a pair of eyes elow, or the wide brim may be caught >n the left side. Akin to these are be high pokes ; the mark of relation hip being the high, pointed crowns. But these are bonnets aid tied under bhe.chin. A gloomily prophetic soul ight query as to how the average aortal is to see or hear anything at a :hureb or theatre : a too imaginative piit might figure out a row of ladies ill wearing such hats and wonder how :nfortunates in the rear not only are o get alotig, but bow they themselves Lre to turn their heads. These, how. ver, are morbid forebodings; nine :hances to ten, that row will be broken :> masculine pates, while most en souraging of all, is the fact that as yet, the large hats and bonnets arc in noticeable minority. Leather tur ans are carrying the day. At other ;ies. we thought turbans adapted to young ladies only, but now the oh. erver can discern beneath the mask veil which is a favorite accompani nent, both wrinkles and gray haire. ieverheless the wearers are not wh..t we call elderly. They linger still in the shadow-y land of middle life; a land, however, of much. larger limits: than in smaller towns, since fifty often corresponds to thirty-five elsewhere, etc., etc. BEADS AND COMBINATIONS Beads, beads, beads are tbe order of the day. We have beaded passe menteries, beaded fringes, independent ornaments made of beads and beaded net works that take the place of over sirts. They shine in a shaded glit ter from pale to dark, or in cashmere co-minglings. So you see that the results must be sometimes quite rich, to such a degree really that oftentimes they take the place of brocades as a combination for plain velvet, plush, satin or silk. Nothing certainly can ore eficiently contribute to the re storation of the 'mode in black silks than an experience of the superiority of the Bellon fabrics that arc now brought prominently forward. Both in wearing qualities and in finish, they rank pre-ewinent. For wool goods, a combination of material is preferred to beads and the pretty results accru ing from un itings of plain and striped material, quite defy my powers of cal clation. Mark the word "striped"' for it has a meaning. To wit, that mll flral brocades are going out except in case of the flounced dress patterns weutioned above. The Mi rabel is a stylish model for a flounced costume having a plain round waist finished with a sailor collar and full bishop sleeves. If, however, you should prefer one of the pointed cor sages now 96aiuch-'iked,'the L einde basque could be substituted. This is pointed back and front, with half long sleeves shirred above the elbow and finished by a iufic. GLoVEs. This winter you are nothing if not well gioved. "Well" is here synony wous with "stylish." The loose, wrinkled gioves are of course'fashion. able, but in the eyes of umany people are an abomination. More to my way of thinking are the Harris Seamle-. very durable and beautiful in fit, with aook and laced cord fastening. They commence with five hooks that are equal in length to three buttons lengths increasing to fifteen hooks ~Cor responding to eight buttons. Th~e Delmont is a handsome glove in the same style but lower priced ; begin niug with three ho)ks corresponding* to two buttons and running to twelve books corresponding to six buttons. Another desirable variety of moderate priced gloves is the Felix, also with hook and laced cord fastening and about the same lengths as the Del wont. The three are brought out in all new shades and black and white as well. Lucy CARTER. TIlE COUNTY FAIR. Viewed istoricay and Otherwise: Texas Siftings., The county fair . is one of the oldest institutions of this country. We have -traced its growth and progress . until we have found its origin almost lbst in the -mildewed. past. - Away back in the mists of antiquity we find records of the. first county fair in. the United States. The county fair did notex actly come over in the Maylower, but it was perpetuated by the Plymouth Rock people. It was prnjected by s.me of the May. flower passengers soon after their arrival. The facts are as follows -they are historical facts, so we cannot vouch for them: Some time in Antio Domini 1760, a man, in Maryland, named Sam- Johnson, had a pumpkin pateb. It was about two acres irr etent, and -lonced with cedar pickets. We are particular- about givinag details, because tid:s is -his tory. Johnson's neighbor, a inan by tbe name of Williams-Dick ~Williams, also had a pumpkin patch. There was only one acre of it, anid it bad ~a stake and rider fence around it. Dick owned a brindie dog, named Tyke. We cannot find that the dog ever did any thbing extraordinary, or cut any~ figure in the pumpkin im broglio. We mention him, how ever, because this is history we are writing, and history is made up of such triflds (see' Tbrall's History of Texas, for instance). Johnson found a very.large pump kin in tLM southeast corner,.of his. patch.. and, immediately .after wards, Williams discovered a still largr pumpkin in the northwest corner of his acre of pumpkins. Each of them determined to en courage. .Lis:pumpkin to beat-that of the other. WilIiams took the American Agriculturist, while John son subscribed to a grange paper. and Landreth's Almanac. Tbey read up all the auth'orities on pumpkins, and then put their-fruit under a course of treatment. Wil liams used guano and phosphates on his. Johnson, 'by sweating, blanketing, and exercise, soon got bis pumpkin to about equal in size tbe berry of his neighbor Wil liams. When the pumpkins were about ready to drop from the treo, th-e respeetive owners of each swore that his was the best. They were about to quarrel, when Jobn son proposed to refer the matter to Deacon Long Suffering Simp son. The Deacon was unable to decide, and suggested a commit tee. The committee failed to agree, and called a meeting of all the people of the colony to decide the matter, and forever set at rest the question~ as to which of the two pumpkins was the best, and the most calculated -to pro mote and a.dvance the interest of the young and struggling -colony. Tbe people met, ad, after mature deliberatioA, . decided that Wil Hams' pumpkin as theargest and most nutritio5us,.anybgtter suited for all purposes for which pumpkins were intended but that Johnson's pum'pkins was of th' short-hornied vai'iety, a nd, furthei mbre-whici Was most 'n'6rta'n" -it was -raised fromz m'&rt teed, seed that came fr6IRn gland, from the hot-fouse Qf the Duke of Heireford, JoInson having the pedigree of 'the seed fo iis pOSsession. So Johnson was' de. elared the vidtor, and had a blue ribbon nailed to the nasth <f of his pumpkin. 'This was the drigin of the county fair. The neigh* b6rs of Johbon and Williams went to raising pumpkins, 'ift their wives planted' ras ' patches and raised a cropf ra carpets and -. Patcbwork 'quiltat which they took along wit the pbmpkins next yes for xhibi tion. Then the man withi-0 headless rooster came alokn'g, nd" the gulrnatorial cattdidatg was put on exbiition' and inade aib' agricultural addriss ; oth6et windmills were exhibited, iind' gr-adually, the county fair gr e and developed; butit-wgs ndt Unf til - the' patent 'chan man" the 'blind- foreigner -iti" tU- 'fiand -Mrgan, and ie fellow with the tile and red balloons came to tle, front, tbat the COdtV-4Arr Wel gtame a permandnt instttidn. ~o. Fairs'are institited iid,carrida" an'for the encouragement of r diers struggling with dvegrown 'iogs, calves, and other irfpr'-. dAucts; also that awardi9:k-t may~ be, given-to afthib Milid' r-lachines- and piand isfe%bfh a the country. "Oflitk, *dree lbate been gadded id 'te t6it"' sinful mn, who Wes ,&4 scarf pins, tg to8iee-_tfib-'A . The superintenietso"tv a'A desirous of catering ' i 8p'rS dices and'tstes f l it so arranged thatliThed, re0pectable*tax-payer%ibodehreff' tnembere can go der to'te citle-I slieds and wate' the cows chew their 'edda,*Wfle thi races are going on. T6;"Wn46W look 'at -cow thoiner c6d; bas always-an ;exhil6%%4,efft" on c-s. We likeltie'icitddsvt" it, but, somew; wb'enwe istted" county faire we are 'invariably - caught in a crw,utidat6 the race tracik when the i'edidire caking place, and-cannogetiest until the race is'over. 'This'is' very embarrassing >and-but wn' are getting away from the~historM eat. aspect of the county fair; and will, therefore stop. Unselfish and noble acts te the most radiant epochs iri 'the bio graphy of souls. When wrought in earliest' youth 96'4fe n the memory of age like cotal islands, green and' nunty3,~ ' aidst 4bi mekiacholywaste of oeaz You find yourself refrwed iy the presence of cheedu pesiis. Why not make earist efrort'to confir that' pleasure' on obtJil ? You will find 'halt' tho' btisldii7 gained if you t e P'af%nthing' gloomy. "- ~ Lover, daughter, alste,M ife moth'er 'g** mthr t@oe .eix words :le -wlet '% imaa' heart - edtains of 'the' kweetet, the ' miost ecstatic, 'thy moA"ma cred, the purest and the most ind effable. Be not diverted frenyoe de4yp by any idle, reflections 41ie sidy world make upos you, for thei2ri censures are. not MnLyour power2 and oonseqmently abould not be any part of your conern.L The cheerful .are namally. they' busy. When trouble knQeks a your door, or rings tbe b1H, he will generally retire if you send him word you,are enaggd. We cargy oar neighb~or's crimes in sight, but .throw our ownG OVer. our shoulders For want of a nai th slhoe was lost; for want of a shoobhe orse was lost.