The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, December 21, 1876, Image 1
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DEVOTIM to POLICS, MORAIATY, DUAO7 J RAL INTENEST OF THE 00NT
yL. VI. - PICKENS, S 04TLU SDAY DECEMBER 21 1876. Uc!
A Chrs*i0s Dunpling.
Some folk there are with hearts so dead
To homely Joy*, they are not good in
Old Father Christmas' jolly ways,
And laugh to scorn his beef andLpuddin
Poor souls they cannot sympathies....
So long are they, so frozen-hearted
With Eatherings round the Christmas board
Of Eindred who have been long parted;
Some by more distance, some, alas!
By anger, till these Christmas meetingi,
WhenO friends long tundered meet again
W4th all the season's hallowed greetings,
Not thus, do Johnson and his wife,
Who've rubbed along twelve years in ma
ciege,
With only now and then a tiff,
Old Christmas and his ways disparage.
Jack welcomes christmas as a friend,
A dear old mate both stanch and jolly,
And Mrs. Johnson, in like vein,
Crowns him with mistletoe and holly.
So being both of kindred mind,
In worst of times they save a little,
That Father Christmas ne'er may be
Defrauded of his dues a tittle.
4
For pies and puddings she is famed,
While none can set a table.neater,
And at toeir christmas boara all find
Warm welcome, which makes viands sweet
Now Johnson is a merry grig,
And at unseasonable season
Will sometimes have, as goes the phrase,
nis joke, with neither ryhme nor reason.
To *ttp'on Christmas Day last year
Helped by his eldest daughter, Polly,
Who gladly joins in all his plans,
- He, harum-scarum, schemed this folly.
Around the well,served rable sat
Good company. at least a dozen.
All deep absorbed, absorbing too,
Whom with mock hope he tried to cozon.
Quoth he. "My friends, don't eat. s" fast.". -
. His face the while with laughter oruuipin
"The keen edge off your appetite,
Wait till you see our Christimas Dumpling."
Iere Mrs. J. crie-1 out. irnte,
"For shamel You know all's ott the table
Good people, take of what. you see,
And eat and drink while you are able.
"A bird in hand's worth two in bush,
N0 goes a good old fas "oned saying
I say, worth twenty; so be prompi.
And let there be no more delaying;
"For while my itushat,. silly n%int
Ifis hungry gitests would faiti he fuoliing
By giving hopes he knows are vain,
The pies and puddings all are cooling."
Admonish thus, each one resumed
The pleasant work of knife and forking,
Amid the cheeiful clink ot plates
And pop of bottled beer unuorkiug.
Bit all good things come to a close,
And Christmas tare is sadly cloying;
So. gradually t he guests relaxed,
With dainties at their leisure toying.
When reached this period Johnson cried,
"Now, friends, prepare to own your folly
In not accepting miy advice:
Bring in our Christmas Dumpling Polly!
She in an instant fluttered out,
Soon with a heavy load returning;
Not, as they all haif hoped, halt feared,
With p,udding huge in brandy burning.
High on her shoulder Baby sat,
With rigorous clutch her smooth hair crum
ling,
An infant Beecoher, holly-crowned-.
So this, then, was the Christmnas Dumplinj
She bore him to the restive heard,
Where, epite of Mrs. J.'s entreaties,
They gorged theinfant prodigy,
And quickly sickened him with sweeties.
The guests all in merry mood,
As after-dinner--ti ne. befitting,
Sotn'e laughed until they fairly cried,*
Some felt as .hough their sides were split Irn
From which this moral may be drawn-..
4teserve your quips and cranks hereafter
Until your listeners have dined,
When sorrest jokes will waken laughter.
BAXPTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRES
CoLMunrA, Dec. 14, 1876.
The inauguration of Go,. Hamrpto
took place in front of the Car olin
Hall this evening. The sqtisarei
front of the Hall was densely parke
by people of both races, and the fron,
of' the houses covered wit.h Rpecta tor
At.8:30 G~overrnor Hasmpton was es
corted to the stand samid demonstra
ions of great e.nthauains,n. The mem n
bers of the Ger.or'al Assembly ocetI
pied the space immediately surronna.
ing the stand with the ec o wd in th
rear. GAove,rnor [fampton theo rotn
his iminugural address, E)f which th
following is an ext ra*t:
Gentlemen of the &enate and of ti
llotue of Representatives :
rt is with feeling of the psrofourndes
solicitude that I aissuame the atrdutol
du.ties and gralve r'eMposlHiie of E thL
bigh position to whirlh the per plo (
4 South Carolina have or lied me. It i
armidi events uniprecedentLed 'n this re
nublib that I take the Chair s Chi.
Magistrate;of.this State. In a tine fai
of profound peace, when no legal off- Ph
cer had been resisted in the proper L
discharge of his 'functions, we;have int
witnessed a spectacle abborent to ev- cui
ery patriotic heart, and fatal to Re%
publican institutions--Fedoral troops Vf
used-to promote the success of a po,
litical party. Undismayed, though o
shocked, by this gross violation of the Ge
Constitution of the country, our peo- tt
pie, ,ith a determination that no force tiu
could subdue, no fiaud could defeat, "l
kept steadily and peacefully in the ti
path of duty, resolved to assert their i
rights as Amerigan freemen at the ter
ballot box, that great Court of final tle
resos t, befoire which must be tried the Sti
grave questioi n of the supremacy of grt
the Constitution and the stability of 'is
our constituency-of our institutions, of
W hat the edict of the peop,e of South wl
Carolina has been, you need not be at
all told. It, has resounded throughout o
the State, and it comes back to us
tom every land where liberty is vens
er crated declaring in tt nes that cannot As
be iistaken-that standing on the AS
constitution of our country we prol!b
pose to obey its laws to perfection as
fr its in us l a its peace and honor, e
and to carry out, in good faith the ec
pledge made by ue for reform and col
honest government; we intend to eB
prove to the world I he sincerity of our est
declarations that the sole motive et a
which inspired the gr,tud contest we the
have no s uecesfully 11 made was not the h4
paltry ambition for party suiremacy; tc
but the sacred hope tf redeeming our 011(
State But it was sought to wrest tie the
fruits of this victory by a gigantic
fiaud and a h.se conslpiracy when the I
mernberrs elect of the Genoral Assem
bly repair,d to their places to take
seats wien the sol.6--ry of the Feder,
1al e(r.-erinment confronted thii aid ir
tleir vertificatels of election were ex.. re
anined aid passed upon byi a corpor, frl1
al of the guard. It was amid these diU
appalliiX scenes that t he members of Co
t hi Gineral Assembly were called oi st
to austutme their duties ats the repre 4t
sentamives of a free State, and that tili
Statu ono of the original 13, which th,
won our independence and framed CE.!
0ur conlstitutlion. Debarred the free t
exer*cise of their rights by the pres- ,
ence of an armed force, a legal quorum
of the lower .11(ou0se fter placing on.
record a pro)test, quietly withdrew
,from thle Capitol and prloc.eededI to or,
g-imize that branch of the General As-b
sembly, you Faave seen a minority' of
this II"use usurp the .powers of the at
- whole body; you have seen the major, W.
ity obstructed from their Hall by er
p threats of force; you have seen per- inig
sons having no shadow of claim as'
me )Lmbers, admitted t< seats as repre, inie
senitativi 8, by the vote of men, who civ
themselves were acting in direct vio, .nj]
hation of the Co nstitution, and you ri(
have seen the last crownling act of in sa
fa,my, by which a candidate for the ei
o.fice of' Governor, def'eatt,e by tho
gpopullair vole, had himself declared el-Se
ect.ed by his co-conspirators.
I. is diue s mh p i.i .os a. he Cihiet
M'lagi-traate of the co'mmwa wealtih, t Ii
1sla e 'o rec -rd 'sy solemm and in-~mc
.n gulant pr.to--t agaiis- acts, which ' e
S e ui .er as sub1versive u of i i be-rr ' b
tad de3b Isrc! tv 4i 01ur forim < f gov- ls
eriimnt31. u
A ..ral mask~ is befose thie conuser-.i
n i vat-v pas t, of s his Stare. They3 en' ,ji
dj .:er d ma c si 0ni ear with a phatlorm ms
S a" uJi ato, s. str iog, *0oI lier, tha lt
i1They rec 'gmi.-d anid aicce1 te w
o d fatt I The,10 pleaged thiesels e,- I
'a w s k .efsrm, .e.d ta' es abl sh Leno I
e p i n. I effee i v e sy ste mi of p ubl11ic ed- cr)
n'Ii. anmd the dechased 8solemni,
ai euzta'a -f Sen hi Cjarolina, oi
bh raice. , not h).1 ,nr es, should be
alln. ' t.slk pr tec:edl in the
4' J j , y .e I .a e' er, es inl l : ighi
i.'ow *'.-4s s'ted- hsv I hem TIo. I he134v
if phl'dl .ees eu st and c ma~ii h Ie; andi I,
Se ie,*''te i aIvye .f tj., (3s,oe'r..
wi
,ai& sa . a .r-, hold mii eelf' bosuid by lib
t every dictate uA Ak nor. and vi g....j LI
th, to nue 6verytffort 'to ilku(1
4gts redoettd Wil ifd -Wdees I.
t bW how to all them r it f1ie tr'e
erest of bot r.aces can *a Ile S
-ed by cultivaiJg peace and ")ro
,ting pensperitramoag all cla
Mur fellow-citi;g,s, I rely firiply
the support of the tigen4bers,of the
ne a .Aseubly i my, efforts to
aij thoe loudable ends, and I
st that all branches of thegovernt
nt will unite cordially in this . p
>tic work. It so uilted qnd work
wit h resolute will and earmest de
minhtifon we may hope soon tq pe
dawn of a brighter day for our,
te. God, in Uio inintite merc,
L11t that it may comie .pevdily-ad'
y He shower the richest bleseings
I)tace and11 hapiless 1por our
4le people."
At the chtie of the addresa tAo
h it office was adminbistered bf'
Ige T. J. Mackay, to iathpton
Govei ne"r, and to W. D. 'Simits'41n1
Lienttenant Governor. The cro d
lidiig incovered m hile the cere
ney wits being perfirmed. The
Lit in which Gen. Hampton wa"
ted was wrapped in the national
ur8, ad lie was borne on iit
m1lders of a dmets men to his httl,
oried b% the entire crowd. Sev
1,pr,0tninim gentlemen addressed
Iu11ltitide from the friont of the
ei Tie Congressional Cumittee
mpying at prominent position on
ot ihe balconie,. After which
crowd dis-,ersed.
[cw this Country Follovs Rome.
[t is ofteli said that "history reioeat..
df." If, t hec efore, we i6h to 1 4.k
wa d and see where our political
ubles will probably end, we ought
t to review the record oot events
ring similar c -1mmnotions in ot he'
mtries in the past. And it is a
I i ment ary otn the balel effcrts
Rad,calismi that the mid Pf
ughtful Americans now nre toP
t cond(itio r) Ifst affaira which ac
panied the decline ?of thle Rouman
puhetl) and fo reaihadow~ed t he rise
paraillel betw"een < r own presemti
tati,fn a'nd that o.f tlie R,iaan peo
at t he time referr. ed to is shit n
the f dIlowinig hislorical extract.
a reader who shoauld QmitL to look
the title-L-rd a Old Riumaw
>rld -c uld nout well decide wheth
the wirt 'tas speaking of Wash
tonl r ot R one. We quote:
-The imiperial d~eptisen was an
vitable vequetnce to the uaa eny ot
il war-the strfL ot parties, great
itary Seneresses, and the emny-u
as of' society itselt. It tollawed
nraPy the enhver'sion oft the Con
utioni by military leaders, .toe
.king uip oft tbe power of the
ate, and the endae,aments of a
iiantt pasrty nud its leaders, I,
ceisleit tactios andi~ demnargon
asae when conspiacies and pr"o
ipii1ons and genieral securti y runi
e i at atroger goveru' ena d'e-ira
TIA, c muntry was to.. vast to, be
rusted to the gutida ice oh coniflic: -
parties. CTer e wau an a buch
mii*., c,mta a, irr .pt oistible, irresis-.
le p Wer in thie ha da .. a vt ,.le
ni. Safety and peace see tned pire
t Ie tea glory a du gein--. so t hi
aple acqeicecea mi the c 'anges
tecm we i 'an ,na; t n:ey had an.iia
thm;thy eveea haited t hem withi
i' jov. Pat ietIs gave theumselve,
to dec.patr; butt nmost in n wuere
asedi w iih. he re'v..in iinn T'I,.
oh the whole coutry was for
Lce, n.d peaci could b: ee a red
y by the ascenadancy oh a einigle
o t 11hn., with absalhate andi unre
ed .ia ay."
in much t..r the simtilarit be Wee,.
pre-sent polhtical sai nat ion and~
t .'f R.nne julst be fore tie celmaing
the Emphe . A few tmore ex. racuts
I depict thme dire resualt, toih
ert aes o.f Ithe pe 'pie tha't c, lowed
fall of the Reubhe. W ehum.
e A'l ishill still eontinue
4116iher similar results $ball be 6
in ur cou t ry--ia t question a
to be decide, by the American p
ple..'Awd they mut decide it proty
ty, and in a manner too plain to
sAisii,aderstood (or a moment by I
ldical enapiratore. . If. Democ
and patriotic Republicans hesitate
speak -or, to act becaue of their d
lerend to the former unconstitutioi
law, or because ot their fear of d
torbine the p6ace and jeopardizi
the biltinel Interests of the counti
let them look at the probable alt
native. If hiatory repeate itself, It
set loi t hi Meet sentences:
'Romlian liberty was prostrat
foiever. Tyrants, armed with abi
lute and irretponsible power, r ul
over the.empire; nor could their I
rainy end but with.their lives. Nol
sentimients and aspirations were r
bunked The usual jealom3y of tyrai
was awakened to every emancipati
n1n n the people. 1hey W4
a1nsed with shows and spectaci
bdt could not make their voices hem
regarding public injuries. Th
were absolutely in the hands of ir
masters. One man reigned supi-eu
His will was law; tLe Senate wias or
his servant. It was treason to fi
fault wit h any puhlic acts, and rev
was nadnees. The world never s
a moru rapid retr,grade in uni
rights, or a greater prostration
libertet;. Taxes wete imposed
cording to the caprice of the G,#vei
ent. Proviional (iovernlorti becal
im,re rapaicions an(d criel. Jadl
feared to decide against the Gover
mnent. A vile example was prese
ed to the people in their rulers. 'I
emperuro squandered immense km
in their private pleasures, and
public opinion at delai,ce. W.
became debassed from the infduen
Ia cori up( and unblush illg. court.
All lIOV spirits were crushed, a
patiotismi became an imlp')tisibility.
Tile humilatinIg onvic:ion was a
tened upon claseus that liberty w
extiiinuhed an~d tha~t they weret
slaves of an irresponsiele pouwer.''
A Baby Show in Texas.
cHIARACTEleTIce OP THlE YOUTHE
coMPETIToRS.
The San Antonio Herald says: "T
baby showi Look place aLt the Pag<:
on the Fair Grounds, and in the si
onad story of' it, which, by the wv
reminds one of the hurricane deck <
steamboat, anid the number and v
lence of tbe squalls did not go far
diapel t,he illusion. In order to 4
courago Mr. Samuel Bonnett,, i
provided the prise perambulat
about nineteen babies had put in th
appearance. These said babies, in
goodness of their hearts, bad ai
brought their mothers along, i
thetse ladies seemed to take asi mi
interest in t,he show as the bat
themseolves. We supposo the bat
brosught their mothers along to ku
them out of m.ischief. Besides
babies and the youing mothers, th~
were quite a number of ladies z
gent.lemen present, who were notI
bies, and had not been babies for so
time, who came because they oi
had been 'abies, and wished to fi
out if' the human race was not do
rioratinog.
There were various styles of bat
there. There was the serene, c<
templjative baby, that quietly devol
ed the Inndscape with its eyes. WI
that kind of a baby grows up he I
comies a heavy taxpayer and accurr
lates real estato, arid is regarded, a
just,iy, too, as highly respcctable.
Theni there Was the disorderly bal
that punches its mother in the no
and snatches everybody who con
near' it baldhbeaded, and is as disordel
as au cage full of wildcat.. In aft<
lite that stylo of baby climbs the I
der of famet as a poilitician or as a d
p)eraldo. There we not.ieed, . too,
smilling baby. It made friends w
pertant strangers twenty yards e
taunt. 10 would take an e,.arhu
I- to stop tha st% e of child from crow
q ig. Whev that kind ofchild grows s
w up he becomes popuar, and is elected h
0- justice of the peace or United States
Ipt Senator, like Governor Coke. Then,
be too, there was the hungry infant that
be called for the bill of fare. When that
Mis kind of child becomca fully developed,
to mentally and musically, it becomes h
conteniplative, joins the ministry, and a
becomes t terror to spring chickens. Pl
There were several otl?er styles of
baby, but we can't devote so much
ng space to such small fry. We have not gi
7, mentioned how the female babies se
r- would turn out on account of the un. tl
is certainty of the sex.
There was some difficulty in ob- sh
ed taining judge to pids on the infants. lo
o- Whenever a gentleman was requested w
ed to act as a judge he was singularly s
y unaidmous In refusing to bring dowii of
de on himself the wrath of the babies who
e- might not get the perambulator. As
its it was absolutely certain that, thtire
would not be less than seventeen of
r those enraged clcrubs, we do not
blame them so much, after all. Be
I' sides, these insulted little cubs have th
rd
mothers, fathers and other relatives. a
ey No wonder there was a certain un
on willingness to intrude.
iie. At last five heroic men were found as
11y to act as judges- 11
ad The mothers seated themselves in a hi
ult circle, with their infants on their laps, oi
aw the judges made the rounds on tremb PC
an ling limbs, gazed falteringly at each
01 infant, and then with blan,hed faces,
Le- consulted hurriedly together, caist
their ballots, looking over their should
ere at the determined faces of the
mot.hers, and then hurried dovn the
stairs and out of the pagoda, and are
by this time doubtless safe in some tu
- country that has no extradition treaty
bewith the United States. It wats un
derstood that the awards would not
set be called until thejudges had ton min. a
" utes start. ar
s We would like to make some ex- m
- tended suggestions on' this tubject, tu
Iud but spave prohibits. I we were one le
- of thjudges, no matter how rounded A
C- the limds of an infnt might be; n
as matter how many dimples it sported t
he on its chin; it might smile lhke a lady
I with a new set of false teeth, and
might be able toglay one of Beetk
hoven 's immort,al synmphlonies on a
piano besides, it wonld n)ever get Qur
Un vote uniless its f ather made adfldavit
that, he had never walked it, about at
he night, and it was regular and deco,. of
da~ rous in its behavior toward all the thi
ac. members of the fariPly. That us the tit
sy, style of baby that ought, to be encour p
>f a aged. That's the kind of baby that tr4
io- deserves perambulators and mugs and
to kind words in the papers. 1I, may t
ha ve red hbir and speckled complex
ho ion, but it is nevcrtheless the only ~
or, style of baby that Is really a wvell
cir spring of joy to its parents and a credit
the to the community. b)l
iso* f
nd Popping the Question 81n
ch The siihject is toiniteresting to be l
'ies introduced by any saige remark.- ~
108 and yet it is imnportaint. Somnetimes, ''
op ~ .
ma0 l:ny timues, a mnan's hiappiniess de
pends onl his maniner ot jipopjpinig the
said "No," becauise the qhIestion~ was
meso worded that aftirmativo did niot .
ic cme tromu thle muont h natuiirally, and i
jud tw lives that gravitated to each
re .1ther wvith all their in ward force,
have been throwni suddenly apart, .J
ie becase the electric keys were not C
m-- properly touched. Another writer M
ar- corroborates the statement. "Olten- in
en timues," says lhe, "a girl says "No," h<
>e- to an offer, when it is as plain as the fhu
nose on her face she mneansa "Yes."- inl
nd 1'he~ best way to jnd(ge whether she
is in earnest or nout, is to look straigh'
),into her eyes, and never nmnd her i
e'noes." There are some people that
rnever "pop the question" but once.
'r- Tey are Cautious; they love withl)
.l their whole hearte before they ask m
e hat all imuipor tant question, and they b~
heo never love augain Others go through
ith lite "popping" to every girl they are
his fortunate enough to be introduced to, *N
Jke and to be treated ciilye by ,: ..~
~ver at.swere .aMa td
ye 1untly, 4Wlt you OMa"I,
is no tiste in ItI"ot r%qt
rer courting a- hfnce ori r' ps
a New York'c a.ch .t, ,g4
anl who carriud t.ecwlqetineigplot
doie starting to cellect, pirts
md in his potkea,"Si0 &M1 n"u
shilling, as lie "IppOed, '
ate, and then pas"ed it,lroundag
o congregation, -whichiw jote
any yourig and T*etty 'kirls. 'I1Ti
ris as they looked at th'e iafo,
emed astomihlied and anusied t
e young iian, taking a:glAnce at
e plate, found tha-, in pLIcO of a
1111I)g, he had plt .a,'stvemaiMho
genge on the iAte', with Ti Wim,
V ill yon marry rvi b, letters
irring everybody im the face. None
the young ladies,Ahowever, chMed
th the offor. A yonug gentleruai
iniliar with ihe Scriptures, hapft4
to sit in a pow Vdj"ling A ;ojbng
iy flor whom he cwiocr*d asialdt
achment, m1ade his proposal i ai
is way:-He pulilMy handed' er
Bible open, wi h a pin situck ti th
lowing text: 2d Episilu to Joht
5-"And I beseech thee, lad* not
though I wrote a new ,c4>n -U
Dnt unto thee, but that whi.ch w,
d from the beginiing, that we 'o 0,
c another." 1hs rettiurned Jt
inting to the second chapter 09
tth, verse 10:-"Then she -fell ' b
ir tace and bowod, herself Ito,itbw
onnd, arid said unto him, wily he
tound grace in thino oyes, that'hiW
onld'st take knowled:e of mb, 600%
g that I am a stratigei l" ie' r6
rned the h .k, poit ij rig to the1df
)rse of the Third Epile to Joln-2
[laving many thiniga to write Unto
In I %%ould ~not write with pape.
id ink, but I trust to come untoyo4
id speak faico to tacei that our .joy
ay be fill." From the-alove .*,
rview a m1arriHg, took plawe in tbi
.Iii'g monut ii the, same 44urebot
lady wants to know, if alireach oL
o)mise suit can be instituted openw
e follo.wi:g proposai, ini writing:i'
'Argel! beneath Vhose fulded w'ing
M'.y soul would rent,
Be ine I for lo ! I've bought the ring,
And all ihe rest
)f the house treasures siid etceteras,
Which every one who trjis his state to
B3etter has."
It is certainly a breach ofprorrse
p 'erry, if niothiig else. "PZypip.
e q uestion" i n Per u, is yer y .roIpage:
. The suitor appeeas on thea *p-r
uited evening, with a giily-dreet
nubatd,;r, under' the balcony of bi.
iloved. Theo singer steps: beforeb
e fi .wer-be3deckedf winldow,-and
3gs of her beauties in the naine of
ar lover. [le comp jar'es her Bite to
at of a palm tree, her lipis to b*o
oshing rosebuds, sud' her wotanly
rm to that of' the dove. With ai
med hanrshuness the lady asks her
ver, "W ho nire you Uand what do
mn want?" [He ans,wersi w ith ardent,
;afdenace. "The love I do adorF!
;e stars live i:n the harmony of loyg
d n by shoul1d niot we, too, love
ch ot herT" Then the proud beauty
ves herself away; she takes her
'wer wreath treitn hier hair, throwe.
down to1 her lover, proiiing to be
e forever.
>hn W itherspoon, at Society 1:il1, 8,
,was entirely destr'oyed by fIre om
ondaty naight last--the work of anh
condiary. It is supposed that tho
>use wats first plundered and thben
-ed. It was8 an entireo 1ose, as nothi.
g could be saivel.
A man in Talbot ton County, Ga.
is a hog ten months old that weighs
ur huandre.d pounds.
A President who can name his
ccessor at the point of the bayonet
ay be said to transmit his power
sharp practico.
A party of gentiomen from the
orth purpose to *tarte A vinegar'
r orv ait A ngusta. Georgia.