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- - - _ mily Companion Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c X NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1883. No.2. T.I.wtel ~I 4~ or~0~aeus. you ~fl1 arom yami 70u1*1~ 3D ~*rKfdney ~11re. L A1M4A3 EFLArnT. 0. ~ACX~3h*EWQ b&~1* ART oU~ d~sof 2 .~ N~ OF A ~oo IAPrtYr or flING, Mii~ Orn an4~. Dresa ? I Oigar8~ snub saM, GOODS, &e. gUe. I w~II do 37 ~EtC~8 and QTfALflY. money ItS SGbja, 1OWIUWMSttOKCSUOB ~bg ~* md-~ Rubber N.~ quarter Rubber Hoes. Bd~ang,1t 6 in.~ a~ abort nodoe. i*~th~?. - OiL Spew WienchiS, mas,at ~S. ~. BOOZUR~ -w t ~ THE YEARS CYCLE. Ky young friends wmlearo somedafg in the fiiowing: Jamnmry shers In the vesr, SFebtry follow In the rear; Thea Narch, tht brIngs as brighter boars Makes room for April's sama and showers SHr robesof green unfolds dearlay, And June, her rowers so swe t and gay; July gidela withsmiling f ee Then Awastjoins the mpi3soe. September, with her chanagtg shy. r+ocalms "October days ire igh." November's voice, so sad sind drear, WOis out 'December. lose the year!" And now the cycle twelre Is run; The mouth are learned-my task is done. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW "Farw lldles chilen !"the oldyesp'ss ? bf lavae outo-uigt'whenyou'restg -yibedr :So enme, let us gatheraround.the bright I have somethingtotelyou befoseyouretire "Hlesive you to-nfght, but with me I bear My eord fo eacb; I have drawn it with Now Iistea: Each word yeu have carelessly AA psomises made, and all peniises broken: Whatever ankindness yoa'vefelt or have In aetion, in _feeling, in word or in tone; Wheferyou'"e forgotten, in warm, earnest praye, Te thank oar great Father for al his kind eryu'venegleetedhispardon to plead tdeires; for wong feelings and oilegded:yoarfather o tler:o +tatherm wi =>t thesoerow'9 recorded In heavea." iL, ln deep sorro n old'ysars wi CI io eash in that is past: your hurdenad soul b he New Yearshslnever reeord be in thought, deed and word, W reaeember, and earnestly prayt are tempted to wander astray; gr 'os above that wu geida de lset, 8asa SAY Waterwiss eIIsvrIfs31 . ss31t SMrt!deg?elNiMtis'-? The chief signal -oflcer at Wash ingtotn 1 seeking material for a collection of 'popular weather say ings, proverbd, and prognostics eed throughout the country, and by all oue and races, inelndin ndianas negrees and all gners. Our readers em r tereaed to see a oolan in New Hampebi tio made The writer ( for his use *1 eoec ndo vouch for the. gTee the prgosties. Hie ek emas they were given. to en~ and tbe leader may judge for a easef as to their value. The ~ aifSonS made by the chief sig al officer are twen~ty-three~ inS amber. L The sun. A halo around the on indites thi 'there wil bef in or snow soon, if tb e son lees clear and sooD goes unio a0 loud it wll rain before night. if a a hesun shines while it rainss iL will rain the next day. A sun ~ dog, or mock sun, indicates that ' there will be stormy weathe very soon. . The moon. 'One Saturday change is enough for seven years,' a..here is always a severe stormn after it. The nearer the time of the moon's change to midnight te fairer will the weather be during-the seven days following. The nearer to midday the phaser f the moon happen the more foul br et.,weatber may be expected during the next seven days. The spce for these calcalations to tiwo oars befbre and two hours after midnight; and noon. A halo round the ntoo a comn - -The number of stars seen within the circle shows the number of days before it will oc. our. If the new mo.s saada up right, so that, the crescent wil of old water, there must. bi rai aa the water must all do sosind If the ne a moon is hor 0ftl, so that the creueenF wi0 old water,' there will be rain, a e yar-ootlested will be go1 down. Grain should always be sown in the new of the moon, that it may grow with the in crease of the moon. The same rule should be observed in plant. ing flower slips. To kill bushes they should be cut after the fall of the August moo.., when the sign is in the heart. Pigs and bogs + shoald alays be killed during the increase of the moon, or the pork will diminish in bulk while cook ing. 3. Stare and mneteors. The! aurora borealis sfways indicates a change of weather, and if it is very red the w"ather will be very cold. If there are no falling stars to be seen on a briiht summer evening, you may look for fine weather. If there be many fall ing stars on a fine sunmr's.e-e, you may expect thunder an.1 heavy rain. - 4. Raieui:;Ks. -If you go to the foot of the rainbow, where it; tovbes the ear!h, you will find a pot of gold.' When there is a rainbow at night, it will not rain the next day. "A rainbow, in the morning Is the sailor's warning; A. rainbow at night . Is the sailor's delight." 5. Mist and fog. A sheet of fo along the riv r indica 1POPOW the fNg-ettles on 1 .th ountai. in ;be -morning, it. l certainly rain before night. hen the fog goes up the moun n, you may go hunting. When comes -dui the mountain, you ty go fishing.' In the former wi e there will be fine weather; the latter rain. e 6. When you feel .the dew falling avily in the evening, you may ea sure it will be fair next day. en in the morning you se >und- covere toad ew and n0 be k around, it is a .Of re say 'W hen the spiders t their' san -shades, it will ahoday. 7. Clouds. iif the sky is very ,ed in the west in the evening, he weather will fair next day. If t, is red in the east in the morn 0g, it is a sign of a storm.: If in he evening it is deep red l lown in the west and black isa agn of wind. If v ove, . very high wind. y black,bU iky in the wes mackerel If there be a odicaties rain, and lods d ''eep sky, or whitesp i will to the nort,hwes., air. pil4 floe for-somle days. Great eloaslke an old mar's -tati, iake great ships carry low ail." .Frost. White. frosts on three essive nights indicate a thaw. lea the ice ersick much, you may tu e the frost will continue, aid O Saow. "W hen there are black li uds in the north there will'be c1 w. If on alfair day In winter white bank appears low in the bh it it is a sure indication of it oy very soon, If esnow fall in g( eg fakes and they increase in i &e there will- be a tha:w. .S 1. Rain. If ramn commences be- ai re daylight it will hold up before a' o'clock A; V. If it begins about t on it-will continue through the i 'ernoon. If not till 5 o'clock ' i will rain through the r ight. If it commenceS after -9 9 lock p. V. it will rain the next ay. if it clears off in the. night . will rain the next day. --u It ruins befbre seven a I wil stop berere eleven." I tbe wind is from the north rest or southeast tbe storm will ec short ; if from the northeast, it will be a hard one; if from the' northwest a cold one; and from the southwest, a warm one. After it has been raining some time a blue sky in the southeast indicates tat -there will be fair weather soon. After it has been r - some time, feow bl * westto me,ke a Dutch man a pair ,of breeches,' it will soon clear off. 1. Thunder-and lightning. '1I it thnder in the morning it will be fearful before nights' 'Winti thunder is to old folks death anc o .oug. folks plunder.' it ii said that persons incon UmptiOI ave died during a thunder st,orn .12 Winds. A south wind bring sran. A northeast wind a sever Iad% nrthWm&6wiU4 weather. if the wind veers round with the sun there will be fair weather. If the winid starts up while it is raining it will blow the rain clouds away and there will be fair.weather. 13. Animals. The following are said to be signs of rain : if bats By Ion and come into the house ; if cattle lie down in the mornicg and chew the cud ; if horses toss their heads, sniff and are very uneasy ; if rats and mice are rest less and squeak ; if swine are un easy, grunt loudly and squeal ; if cats and dogs eal grass and sheep spring about more than usuat. SO also the proverbs: "When the ass begins to-bray, We surely shall have rain to-day." And "When the.donkey blows his horn. 'is time to house your bay and corn " When in winter pigs rob against the side of 'their pen it is a sure sign of a thaw. 14. Birds. Before rain cuckoos sing, ducks and other fowl pick up and oil their feathers, guinea fowW are noisy, owls hoot, peacocks squall, quails whistle, crows cawa swallows ly low and water fowl scream and pljn r, i tgn of a coaii m. . crows .are seen going sotth in hi a fall it is a sign. of colder -wea v er; but if they go north. there e i be warmer weather. If Wild see come from the north early in T fall, it is the sigf of an early re ater ;' if they go north early in a siping, it is a sign that. the Y uter is broken. The Pbbe p1 -d, r pewee, sings before warm te :ather. 15. Fish. Fish b' a are 'y, in.ra r ep,titles. Frogs and tree aske peep before rain. If a leech on-ra ept in a glass jar-partly filled to d water, wbils jtLes eurled deet e-s?. tied aia, wind' or snow It ated and will rise t be agi- one aid if it comes e e surface, ',oob rater you ely out of the The 17. Iny'expect thunder. cole ire b Before rain ants ,of b a . ing and active, and will him their eggs from place to wit e; bees are busy, but do not sen far from their hives.; crickets was and try to get into the an se; fies are very annoying em bite sharper than usual ; and we ra spin gossamer webs inth if ants clear their boles and ful the dust high before 11 o'clock hit ,. it will. be lair'the rest of mi day. va 8. Trees and planrts.. if the ho yes of maaples and other trees sti 'u up so as to show their under se e it is a sign of rain.. Dande- el, ns, tulps and other flowers ecl se up before rain. . -a 19. Various objects.W ben smoke ,n as down from the chimney al is.a sign- of a storm. When it it es straight up it is an indica- g mn of fair weather. If bells, eam whistles and other sounds t e heard more distinCtly than , inal, rain is near. Before rain a les may be heard tO crack, ] on strings will break, corns ll become more troublesome, beumatic pains more intense, od the places where .broken mbs have united will ache. 20. Days of the week. If the un sets clear on Friday night, a will rain before Miondaiy night. f tie frst Sunday in the month e stormy, all the other Sundays n that month-'will be stormy also. Bt others have it. that two other. Sundays will be stormy. Impor taut business or agricultural ope rations should never be com. menced on Friday or Saturday. 'When there are three days, epect three er.' The roe days' of the dog daya rule the.otber dog days, that is, i they be rainy, the others wil be and if they 'be.dry, so will 4he others be. 21. Th.e monthe. A thaw maj always be expected in January. 22. '1lhe seasons. If the sprini ii wet and cold, the autumn wli be hot and dry. 23. Other sayings. 'All sigc ffil in a dry time.' SFortune has rarely condeecended . b ii asafaaion of gSeni6s INi nae>QU . A DRU'MER MIMTAKEN FOR ANO MER MAN TO BE - NTR.6NELED, B U T SAVED BY a PRE CAUTION. Las: i;b:ht a sad-looking drum mer arrived in the city. He had just ma-le a tour of several of the norther; ) counties, and as be ex pressed it, had enough experience in one ho,i.e toward the 'shank' of his trip to -serve for years of ad venturous reminiscence. -Several days ago,' said the drummer to a party of acquafntances last nigbt at the Capitul Hotel, 'I was riding along through the woods, Wet, weary and hungry. I had hired a Gorse at a farm bduse, and. was accompianrd by a colored boy on another horse, w ho was sent to take my horse back when 1 reacbed the railroad. Well, as I was riding along through a coun try where the road. was a mere Path, and were the woods were so thick that they remin of a per etual -. wo men. ed guns, told me to (1 up my hands. I would like a have had an explanation,, but my p uds went op.. Several men ad: nocd, and two of them search- ti 1 met_ They- found a bor. n wed revolver and- a watch. ' ey did not take the watch, but t lioved me of the pistol.' 'What's the nigger doi u?' one of th at along up iedtbat orse backwhen I H ied the railroad. bria s when you reached the oad, -one of them d for an explanation, d me. I didn't k , audi didn't seem red me to do anythi a rope aroaad my festive- young fellow wbd. to be somewhat. of a bar a they began a debate. _ a red boy was frigbte is wits. Pretty soon' old to go back and take horse him, To this be readily as- an Led, and in a minute more I nia on the ground. 1 begged for an explanation. One man sol ic y pointed to , the rope I e 'elles,' remarked a thought- a looking1 man, 'we'd better take s iover and see if he is the right n; this motion seemed to pre- p . They threw me on to a i a behind a little fellow, and I a Lrted off through the woods. It';s emed to me that we had tray- s id an age, when we reached a iaring in the centre df which 8 od a sinall house. Several en were gathered in the yard, 4 d noticed excited wom~en mov g around. Our arrival was reeted with a loud shout. 'Where's Abram?' asked the - ~oughtful man of our party when e reached the gate. 'Abram' Otlld be out in a few mitis. le came ; an old man with gray air and a hickory shirt. We've got him uncle Abe,' said ie man - who had proposed to iang me, 'and we're only waitin' or the word.' The old mnan re arded me for a moment, and said, 'Boys, be ain't the man. Turn him loose.' 'The rope was taken from my neck. 'What was 1 seized f'or ?' 1 asaked Agbram. 'Wall, you see,' he said, 'a fellow came along here this mri' an' tried to steal my dog. You ain't the man. -Youcf o' - r ed anaway. I had gonE aout two miles when a man om a horse overtook me. 'The 01k man nlust see you,' he said-hnr ry back.' 1 trudged -back to tb farhoUse. The old man was a the gate. 'What do you want I asked- 'I wanted -to say, yoee fuller, that~ it would be a good ide for you never, iever to steal dg' hen I walked ten miles Itherailroad. I have ihoughtrtl matter over since, and blaine la il Iintend to steal adog.-Wh% you all have ?'-AkansBas E Gazete. ~ fall the paths that lead to a .s.ai 1ev., pity's the straihts. GooD LucK.-Rer, A. E. Law rence gave soe good advice, that is worth repeating to the grad uating class of the Newton Higb School. '1 hope,' be said, 'none. of you belong to that most un-_ fortunate class who imagine themselves lifted above the ne cessity of effort; who think that their family position, or their father's wealth, or a little money of their own, is going to bring the world to them, and that the oys oter is quietly coming to:> open itself for them, when they are: ready to eat it. The oyster is a groat deal more fikely to swalloW 1 -them. A classmate said to me, when we were leaving college togeth er, Well, good-by, now, good by; we will meet again no the floor of the Senate chamber:at Washington. We. - ae:never met there yet, and the. chances are growing. swa l that we ever shall. ba it been. a ed him p meneemunt, and nothr. )g bai ever beenr heard of him. om that da to. its. In This stugging-life there I' o place for '1ucky' ino: 'h4o rizes are for the workers. "Wiiy - ro youin suoh' haste ? said one' be other. day toa man iude his mark Nby not - 4faver agI turn Op for me hytis o F -dand tr ^= to They unjust "theii. C_, H pine mg-.on ij ak~for A t aor by, that he dge _ .over without wetting - aI e ab- eene~ much as they pleae, less a some of them to do ai a t deal, but when warm whe ath comes the women have Yhb opirtonity' to take their is. 4a rge in thia little game and make tle overwhelming score. A cam: in of man's superior common wea so can receive no greater set- / k than a stroll along the beti et of ~a July morning and ob. n,er ye the app'earance and.actions the different sexes ia7 their. esent habiliments. Here, for on stance, meflS along a .man with tall, etk hat on. his head, atali, if collar -arond hris' neck, a imystarched .shirt bosom coy- P ing his breaqit, stiff cuffs on by~ riss, woolen coat, vest and osers- pon the portions of his natomy adapted thereto, persj)i a tin and dust upon his brow, d profaniLy in his though,s. F ebind him comes a cloud of inus c and tulle, a broad-brimmed hat if light, perforated straw, a mass f semi-diaphanOns Iact from bhich two bare arms and oneo itto neok appear, and .between he hat and the face a woman' s face is seen, cool, complacernt, wholy comf*rtable, thank~ you, unknowing perspiration, innocent of dust, altogether satisfactory to behold. A vision of tL,is sort makes amends for all the out rages- of theatre hats in-the win ,er, and for once gives 'cian a Lpang of envy that he also. is not permitted to wear comfortable Pedest roped a penny! man :' not blind.' U SIf the cards s have given me the ~'I'm deaf and dumb.' a aAnih s," suid Mr. John C. B odge at afmietig of the sluinaO oBowdoin 'sleg, "aaot jive his e soi1the often geat adatage o pci '1 dth y O d y-o ld no tai I if ~ia&051 bss c Or u.recteumq per ine. ber ti os SpeciaTbasew tIert. wImali f TERMS~~~ earthlV unions, almos one permitting of r tbuL of de-AI WIa meat in i e most awful i9Ed '' , ' the power ofrespozs belongs 4o . a - give aocoup-.th gating t ig) power of partigwi .h - -i be power ofdoat ir Lhmworld cian neverb Ant yetiiaeri ehi, which iespoke l o u 4Iy , ao d astre: et " t Less and esast wa ss~ a union snArely ke 1 turr9- it i. a y ,< spir s;n d thbotoo { band is topeifeCt the D boiblby wlementi c1i.nces witjm.the fdii~ giving to ehser cies is which ittRnA ekneOIQ 4~dknd n zds4a.~ eon was-.or~ oqe for itrt th r { te,o drr Tey fqr -_ geeafeos e us a trade-j adber a avrte orierst .taa 1ir cvi in apast o&ly a i t - but a apenial uya hen vsh es awhile th~ we dLihen they bef ~ri, then, the ta The truly gretea4 eymret gar naenoc, baviing doi moid' then wiilingste1 ood opinion of their felRow -men Lightgstruu&e hoother day wlih - g. it woulh owevet t~a" ighLy samarksttrske oflg5 o- hit a Neaaman ha j not swearing. Aahere n - - ruth; ba whie ~yet re w hat is true,P . in manner~ Good anners are tl with whicbo eep h machinery 6f ocal Ii uoktgorder. - Whea de wei t on sad