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THEFLR8T CLIENT.
[A Legal Ditty to i~ Swijf Without Choi us to th<
Air of "The King' a Old Courier."]
?o?
John Smith, a young attorney, just admitted to
the bar,
Was solemn aud sagacious as?as youg attorneys
are;
And a frown of deep abstraction held tho seizin
of his face,
The result of contemplation of the rule in Shelley's
case.
One day In term-time Mr. Smith was sitting in
the Court,
When some good men and true of the body of
the county did oil their oath report.
That hcretot'o.e, to wit: upon the second day of
May,
A. 1). 1877, about the hour of noon, in the
county and State aforesaid, one Joseph
Scruggs, late of said county, did then and
thcro feloniously take, steal and carry
away
One bay horse, of tkcvuluuof fifty dollars, more
or less,
(The same then aud there being of the property,
goods aud chattels of one llezckiah
Hess);
Contrary to the statute in such case expressly
umdc
And provided ; aud against the peace and digIlltV
nf tlm S?n?? ? ? '
.. . ..vivnt iiiv venue uau
been laid.
Tho prisoner, Joseidi Scroggs, wnn. then-arraigned
upon ibis charge
And plead not guMty, and of this lie threw himself
upon ihe couuty atlavgo;
And said Joseph being poor, the Court did gra,
, ciously appoint
Mr. Smith to defend hint-tnuch on (he same
principle that obtains in every charily hospital,
where a youug medical student is
often set to rectify a serious injury to an
organ or a joint.
The witnesses scented prejudiced against poor
Mr. Scroggs;
And the District Attorney tr.nde a thrilling
speech, in which he told the jury thai if
they didn't lind for the State lie reckoned
he'd have to "walk tlieir logs
Then Mr. Stuith arose and made his speech for
the defense,
Wherein he quoted Shskspcarc, Rlnckstoiir,
f'hitty, Afcltbo'd, Joaquin Miller, Story,
Kent, Tapper, Stnedes and Marshall, and
many other writers, and everybody said ]
they "never liccrcd stch a bu.t of clo- '
quenee."
And lie said : "On thin bypothessis, my clieut
ntnsl go free
And: "Again, on this hypothesis, it's morally ^
impossible thai he could be guilty, don't you rJ
SCO?" * jj
And : "Then, on (hishypothesis, you really can't
convict
And so ou with forty-six more hypotheses, upon none
of which, Mr. Smith ably demonstra- .
ted, could Scroggs be derelict. s
Rut the jury, never Stirl ing from the box where- ^
in they sat, returned a verdict of "jruiliv:"
r.u'i ins nonor straightway sentenced
Scroggs to a three year term in the penitentiary,
in n heavy fine, nnd the coats on top
of that;
And the prisoner, in wild delight, got up and
danced aud sung ;
And when they asked him the reason of his
strange behavior, he said: "It's because I
got off so easy, for if there'd ha' been a few
moroof them darned hypotheses I should certainly
bave been bung." ^
?Jrtcin Jtuisc'l ,'n Serilner. "
A MOTHER'S DIARY.
URARTU A SCR ANTON t'OO!..
Morning!?Baby on the floor,
Making for the fender ;
Sunlight seems to make him sncc/o,
Baby "en the bender."
All the spools upset and gone.
Chairs drawn into file,
Harnessed strings all strung across,
Ought to make ono smile.
Apron clean, curls smooth, oyes bluo,
(How theso charms will dwindle !)
For I rather think don't you ?
Baby is "a swindlo."
Noon I?A tangled silken tloss, T<
Getting in blue eyes;
Apron that will not koep clean,
If n i-:
tries I
One blue shoe untied, and one
Underneath the table ;
Chairs gone mad, and blocks and toys,
Well as they aro able,
Baby in a high-chair, loo,
Yelling for his dinner.
Spoon in mouth ; I think, don't you ?
Baby is a sinner.
Night!?chairs all set back again,
Blocks nnd spools in order,
One blue shoe beneath tho mat,
Tolls of the maurauder.
Apron folded on a chair,
I'laid dress torn and wrinkled ; J
Two pink feet kicked pretty bare,
Little fat knees crinkled ; tint
Iu his crib, and conquered, too,
By sleep, blest evangel;
Now, I surely think, don't you?
Baby is an angel! T
J
IIow Leslie Did It.?While the immaculate
C. P. Leslio was Land Commissioner, ^
a resolution calling for au inspection of his , 1
books was adopted. Tho books ,'cru produced
in d.to time, and lo and behold ! they
wcro found to be iu the same condition as
wheu received front tho binder?not a pen
stroke iu any of them. IIo said the law rc- II
quired the books to bo kept clean and ucat,
and as he wroto a miserable hand, lie thought 11 Oil
he would comply fullv with !?? ' >? -- 1 - -*
v .... <av mrr t UUU llOC
deface thcin. The committee were compelled
to accept this condition of things, and
as a consequence, for these and other reasons,
no suits were entered against Charles, TT
notwithstanding the notorious "Hell-hole _l7.JL
Swanip" and other transactions. The a|1.. w
''High Joint" may, perhaps, find an open- ..
ing for a suit. They will certainly try it. * *
*.4. Jauici
Tho hanging of the wretched negro,
Cush Harris, is to take place on the last day Ma
of this month. Sheriff Gaston informs us ??
that ho has not yet decided upon the spot
for tho execution. In the meantime the
coudemned man makes a confession to Mr. I
Gaston that he alouc devised tho murder of "n_ .
Mr. Ilolloway aud perpetrated it, no one
.ooobuig mm, aud no one being privy to
tbe deed. This, however, is clearly not
true, us any sensible man may judge who
heard the evidence upon the trial?partic- ?
ularly Wiuce Coldwell's lJefore the fiual
hour, Cush may probably tell another tale.
?Mdyeficld Advertiser. Msrct
LYING IN BED WITH A COBPBE.
It is said that Jordan, the Now York
Greenwood dtumulcr, recently unit with tuo
following rather auiusing cxpcrienco iu his
extensive travels. On going to a hotel in
one of our large cities ho was nssigucd to a
room previously partly occupied. After
being showu Che way by the polite aud accommodating
.clerk, ho went to his apartment,
iound the door open, a candle dimly
burning on the ceutro table aud the only
bed iu the room ocoupiod by tho strange*
who was to bo his room-mate for the night.
The uukuowu man secuied to be takiug his
rest, aud notwishiug to disturb hiui, Jordau
quietly disrobed himself, said his prayers,
blew out the candle and went to bed. He
lore lie had cjiiitc fallen to sleep be was somewhat
startled by the entrance of a young
gentleman and lady, who relighted tho
candle and soberly seated themselves in a
corner of the room in full view of the hero
of this incident. The intruders chatted
away in a suggestive and affectionate manner
just as lovers always do. The novelty
of tli: situation seemed to have its effect upon
thorn, and after sundry comuieuts ou the
weather, the latest gossip aud small society
tall;, the pair settled down to ' business."?
All of this time .Jordan was an iutercsted j
listener, and ho was prepared for the kisses j
which loll upon the willing lips of the
inamorata, lie hunched his hediollow with
his elbow, but the stranger slept ou. Then |
followed a scone of affectionate demonstrations
between the couple in the corner ?
Jordan determined to wake his uukuowu
friend, so that ho might see the fun. liaising
his hand, lie laid it upon tho face of the
unconscious sleeper, and then his hair, in
holy horror, stood on cud. The face was
cold and clammy?he was slerj>'mj icilh a
rurj.se! Shooting up straight through his
canopied couch .Jordan appeared before tho
startled pair a veritable ghost. The young
man and lady disappeared dowu the stairway
in wild affright, closely followed by the unwitting
author of this startling escapade.?
The clerk of the hotel had perpetrated a
practical joke on the "commercial traveller."
i'he scone in the office is said to have bceu
rery ludicrous when th i three parties ap- ^
roared before the bar. Jordan en drshubile! ]
Jan y u fancy anything more sjnriltullc ? j
Two liutidied and filly pounds avoirdupois (
nake up a tolerable vigorous ghost.?A'uLe- ;
iile Medium. (
SO M E T III
UNDER rAO
STEW STORE AT T
JAMES Hj
I AVI NO purchased tlic entire iuterest of liia 1fl
Store, respectfully cnuouncea to the old
l.^ricnds sind
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f llio former owner that lie will
GROCERY) ]
At llio Olc
and will always keep a lull sto
PLANTATION
ible and other Cutlery,
Plows and Plow
Cajfta
WOOl
ALL BRANDS O F T (
which ho will
PRICES TO 8 UIT
I respectfully invite tlio old friendt
1 any number of new ones, to
CALL AND
foil will find two "Live young mec
vait on you, and what we cannot s
ing foil or having.
*
Call at the llodg(
f you want good bargains, polite 4
1 ?
TO THOSE INI
AVING sold out my entire interest in th(
anxious to settle up nil outstanding iudcbtcdr
'ay indebted to mo to come forward nud mala
Hooks and Accounts aro still at the Store m
i il. Kodgor, is empowered to make set lion
i ch 2 8
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ATTENTION OOTT^S
You can save TIME, TROUEfc
using the Celebrated "fA
WEST'S GUANO DIE
llALENTINF/W COT ;
iliK'turoil by UOWKK, COX A S J
W. A. NICHOLSON, Ag i
i 16, 10 J
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Maintaining the Flow ok Milk.?
"What is (ho host milk prnduciug food thai
can be fed to a heifer 21 months old, dan
Short Horn, sire Jersey, with calf two weekt
old?1 Cost of food not important so it pro
duces plenty of good rich milk. Heifer it
now giviug 12 to 14 quarts of milk per day
and has all tho grass she can eat. Now
what elso shall be given her ? She has
wptct always before her. Milk is wanted
Also, wheu should tho heifer bo
allowed to tako the bull again?that is, to
kcop up her milk producing qualities without
injuiV ?" So long as the heifer has all
the good \rosh grass she can eat it is not advisable
to Vivo any extra feed, uor is it easy
to find a f(\d which, fed in connection with
grass, will Uucrcaso the flow. Meal, very
finely grouill and scalded will, after a little,
improve theflavor and richness of the milk,
hut it will nif be likely to increase the quantity
so long hp grass is plenty and fresh, nor
will it pay in'tho long run to crowd a heifer
so hard so enfly in her milking season. As
soon as grass begins to fail, cither in quantity
or freshness, it will contribute both to
the milking capaoity of the heifer and to tho
wellarc of her owner to give extra feed to
keep up the flow produced by grass. Nothing
further should be desired in a heifer, especially
one less than two years old.
pVrfitc flow of milk can be most readily and
pjhcaply prolonged by supplementing the
nil'.iiig grass with some goou soiling crop, I
such as mown grass, green peas and oats, or
green clover and fodder corn, used together;
the soiling food always to be well wilted
before feeding. But if expense is not to be
counted, the same result can be obtniucd
by feeding finely ground oat and corn ureal
and bran, taking equal weights of each, nud
mix'.n^ villi the day's feed a pint of oil uical.
This will give a highly flavored and rich
milk, and if fed as freely as it can ho without
producing scouring the flow will keep
up to an amount that will surprise those who
have been in the habit of letting cows as
well as heifers run down with tho failing
grass; and it will prove an equal surprise to
those who have been in the habit of feeding
scajitily to note to what an extent the uiilkit>y
capacity of heifers can bo cultivated by
liberal lmt judicious feeding, lleifers thus
Icd'fvill be in condition to mvo milt
o
iioaftly, ami may bo porinittcd to couie in
:^ain at any time to suit the wishes of their
wners.?P. of L. li. Arnold.
NG NEW
till! S(0)TV.
HE OLD STAND.
RODGER
itlier, Mr. JOHN ROPGEIt, in lii? Grocery
Customers .
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continue the
BUSINESS
1 Stand,
>ck of all kinds of Groceries,
SUPPLIES,
Steel,
ad Fruits, Meats. Ovntni-n I
, - J >->, OOU,, f
WARE. J
OB ACCO, &c., &c.,
I sell at
' TIIE TIMES.
A
i and customers of the house,
THY M E.
i," standing ready at all times
how and sell you is not worth
?
Til
ir Old Ntand AV
Aft
ttent ion, and perfect satisfacJAMES
H. RODGER.
DEBTKD.
j Grocer/ IJusiueBs, to my son, I am
,Aua T il "
,? ?. i, meruiore, call upon those in
i scttlcuents immediately,
ud if J nin not present my son, Mr.
lonts/
/ JOHN RODGER. You
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CHANGE OF El'HEDULK. M
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Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday* except- 1
cd, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina
Railroad up and down. On and after
tIAVix ?" **
muiWAi, May 29th, (he following will be (he
schedule:
tr.
Lute Columbia at 7.45 am i
Leave Alston 9,80 am . j
Leave Newberry 10.50 am
Leave Cokesbury 2.17 pm <1
Leave Uelton 4.00 p m 1
Arrive at Greenville 6.85 p m
down. ,]
Leave Greenville at 8.06 a ra 4
Leave Helton 9.55 a m
Leave Cokesbury 11.88 a m ;
Leave Newberry 2.40 p m
Leave Alston 4.20 p ro
Arrive at Columbia 6.55 p in
ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE
DIVISION.
down. tr.
Leave IVnlhalla 5.15 am Arrive 7.16 pm 4
Leave Perryvillo?7.00 a m Arrive 6.40 p m
Leave l'endlcton...7.5t) a ra Arrive 6.00 pa J
Leave Anderson...8.60 a m Arrive 5.00 pa 1
Arrive at Belton...9.-i0 a ra Leave 4.00 pa |
THOMAS DODAMEAD,
General Superintendent. J
Jadke Norton, Jr., General Ticket Agent. |
June 9, 1876. __ 23 tf
HAMPTON HOUSE. #1
MAIN STREET, J
SPARTANBURG, So. O a. 1
S. 33. Calcutt,
Formerly of Palmetto House,)
Proprietor
SOUSE WELL VENTILATED, ?
IOOMS NEWLf'TURNISHED AND CABrKT*
ED?TABLES SUITLIED WITH THE
BEST IN MARKET?ATTEN
TIVE SERVANTS?OMNI- ^
BUS TO ALL TRAINS. ' '
TERMS #2.00 PER X>AY*
Jan. 12, lg77 1 tf
PAINTS AND OILS.
Insfced Oil. Raw And Bolted.
Machine Oil,
Turpentine,
Kerosene OilColors
In Oil,
Tarnishes,
lndow Glass, Putty,
Sand Paper and Glaaler's Paints*
For Salo by A. IRWIN * COMarch
2 8 tf
NO OUR AGE HOME PEOPLE
AND
Homo Enterprise.
EORGE S. HACKER A SON S
F AC TORY,
Oharleaton, S. O.
lllE only Door, Sash and Blind Factory
. owned and managed by a Carolinian in this
y. ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Mwaya on hand a large Stock of Doors. Sash,
nda. Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and Turned
irk of every description.
Iloss, White Leads, and Builders' Hardware,
Manufacturers' Prices.
3. & T. Flooring Boards, and dressed Lumber
every description, delivered at Union at the
eat fiyurta.
ilarch 8, 1876. 0 ly
SAMUEL S. ST-OKEST
attorney at Law I
AND I
TRIAL JUSTICE, I
Union . II., H. I
[TILL, practice in the Circuit and Probate 1
V Courts. I
ill business in tlia jurisdiction of a Trial Jus* . j. I
attonded to with promptness. V
pecial attention (iron to collections, &c. I
Bice for the present, third door to the left in B
Court House. g[
larch 2 8 tf l>
M.ETTENOEB. H. T. BDMOKD. fl
Ettenger & Edmond, 1
RICHMOND. VA. |
lanu f a oturers of 1
rtable and Stationary Engl nee, 1
LERS OF ALL KINDS, M
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, ff
GRIST MILLS, I
MILL GEARING, I
SHAFTING, PULLETS, &c- I
5RICAN TURBINE WATER WHEEL, |
CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP8. I
Send for Catalogue. 1
t. 10, 1870 46 ly I
REMOVAL. I
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WE remoTcd their Steok of Groceries to 1
the Store opposite B. F. Bawls & Co., I
side the Railroad, where they will always be I
ed to meet their customers. I
'ull Stook of Oroceriea and Plantation sup* a
will always be kept for sale at the lowest I
st prices. a I
>_2 4 tf ftScuppernong
Wine. I
IilTE Imperial Seuppernong Wine at 1
A. IRWIN * CO S. S
ch 80 12 tf I
tirupe Brandy. 1
IE Grape Brandy for medicinal purpose at
A. IRWIN & CO'S. I
oh 80 12 tf . I
Pure Corn Whiskey. (
E Mountain Corn Whiskey, for medioind I
rposes, for eale at I
A. IRWIN, & CO'S. I
9 _ 6 tf I
Teat* I Teae 11 I
! 11 luck and Greon Tea for sale at ?
a. IRWIN k CO.'a.
) 6 it
RJIlTrS?fe^f?SSS rVeWtenfM. 9
nit, Coceanut, Chocolate, Pm Nut, and all ?
ancy Candles. A
B. F. RAWL8 k CO., S
No 1, East Union.
6 13 tf_ 9H
Eggs Without Eggs. IB
IE AT preparation for making Cakes Pudigs,
Fritters, Batter Cakes, Muffins and
?r Pastry without Eggs. HB
B. F. KAWLfl k CO. JH
^ No 1, East Union.