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VOL. IX.?New Series. ... UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 21, 1878. "'
the election law.
An Act to alter nnd amend the law in rc?
latiou to eleotious.
Section 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate
nnd House of Representatives of the Stato
of South Curoliuu, uow met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That cueh election hei'caftcr held
in this Stato at which there shall be voted
for members of Congress and Presidential *
Electors, it shall bo the duty of the proper
Hoard of Commissioners of Elections for
each county, to provide boxes for each clec- '
tion precinct, and two sets of Munagcrs j
shall be labelled "For Members of Congress 1
nnd PrCGniontial Electors," and the other, 1
"State, Circuit and County Officers," and 1
they shall bo kept, whilo the voting is pro- I
grossing, separate aud apart and not in the
same apartment.
Sec. 2. There shall be two tickets, writ- .
ten cr printed, or portly writlen and part- 1
iy printed. Ouc ticket shall contain the 1
name of the pcrsou voted for rcpresonta- *
in pnncrrossmnnl i _ .% 1
0 ^wwivi.j.tuu aiso me
names of persons voted for as Presidential *
Electors, "with a pioper designation attached
lo each name, as to whether he is voted for
to represent the State at large, or a particular
Congressional Districtflhid shall be deposited
in the box labelled "For 3Icu?bors
vof Congress and Presidential Electors;"
the other ticket shall contain the names of
the persons intended to be voted for as
' State and Couuty officers, and the offices to
which such persons arc intended to be
uhoscn, and shall be deposited iu tUi box
labelled "State, Circuit and Couuty Officers."
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Governor,
and ho is hereby authorized and em- ,
powered, at least sixty days prior to any
such election, to appoint two Hoards of
Commissioners of election, consisting of
three member each, for each County; both
political parties shall be represented. One
shall be appointed aud designated as Commissioners
; of Election for "Members of
Congress aud Presidential Electors," and
the other as Commissioners of Election for
"State, Circuit and County Officers."
Sec. 4. At the close of the election the
*.f u_ll * .1 '
.uiiuuyuin aiuiii count inc VOICS aua UKlKc I
out original return nnd copy of the result. I 1
and within thee days after the day thereof 1
the Chairman of the hoard of Managers, '
or one of theui who may bo designated by 1
the hoard, shall deliver to the Commissioners
of Elections for "Members of Congress ^
and Presidential Electors" the poll lists and boxes
labelled tor "Members of Congress y
and Presidential Electors," with the origi
nal containing the ballots, and within the j
same time, and in like manner, shall be de- (
livcred to tho Commissioners of Elections .
for "State, Circuit and County Officers,"
the poll lists and boxes labelled "State, Cir
cnit and County Officers," containing the ^
ballots, with r similar original of the result c
of the vote.
Sec. 5. That in addition to the hoard of
State Canvassers now provided by law, it
shall be the duty of the Govcruor, and he j
is hereby authorized and empowered at y
least sixty days before any such election as t
is above tneUl'oncd, to appoint a hoard of t
State Canvassers, consisting of five mcuj- ?
bers, one from each Congressional .District, t
to be known and designated as the hoard ot ^
State Canvassers for "Members of Congress ^
and Presidential Electors." j
Sec. (?. It shall bo the duty of such (
hoard of State Canvassers, upon the certified
copies of the hoard of County Canvassers (
for "Members of Congress and Presidential |
Electors," to make a statement of the votes ,
cast arid declare the election of members of |
Congress and Presidentian Electors, as is
now or hereafter may be required by law. '
Sec. 7. That the polls shall bo open at j
eight o'clock in thu forenoon and close at j
live o'clock in the afternoon.
Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts inconsistcnt
with this act be, and, the same .are ,
Jieroby, repealed. ?
Approved March 22, 18^8. >
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J3aijy's Influence.?No man who has
not tried it understands how restful it is to (
play with the baby. In the civilization of (
our time ono of the commonest wants is :
something to beguile the time of ono set of ,
men, or while away the cares of another J
set, from cares ol business or politics or
whatever the ordinary work may be. To
-this numerous class, iooiu'ding both the
wearied and the bored, we say, "play with
the baby." Not the baby in urms, but the
young animal man when it has arrived at
the age which in its lifo matches the timo
when the puppy gambols foolishly or the
kitten plays with its tail, w no can icu
lu>w much wu miss hy not knowing how to
"play with the hahy '{" We are always '
thinking that children are noisy and rough,
that they make impertinent remarks, and
leave doors open or bang them, dust so;
hut this is exactly why so much pleasure is
to he got oat them, if we try to rise to a
comprehension of their nature and feelings.
It is not their fault if they are disagreeable
to us, hut our own fault, and misfortune,
too, if we are dull to all the beauty
and loveliness of their charming tricks and
follies. Home unhappy beings never know
real childhood, and they lose a great deal
of innocent pleasure in consequence.
FIVE ASSAS8INS LYNCHED.
A Diabolical Plot to Establish, Negro Supremacy
in Louisiana.
A special to the New Orleans Democrat,
dated Bayou Sara, June 6, tells that on
Sunday night last, June 2, as Dr. Wm. B?
Archer was returning to his home from the
house of his neighbor, Major Burton, about
10 P. M., about midway between the residence
of Capt. O Lejcunc aud his own, he
was fired on by six ucgro men, who wore
lying in nntbush waiting for hiui. luvo of
tlio negroes had doublo-barrcllcd guns and
)oe a musket. Pr.^Archer was on horsejack
pad riding ?.'cry
largccptorrVr^PI^P^MHp^jpthlcgrocs
fired*as fihftflo^td^jtaa patting these
rees, his clothes being riddled with bullet
lolcs and ho was thrown from his horse, but
brtuuately not much iujurcd.
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i uu ?.osas8ins took to their heels, running
n difforeut directions, but it was ascertained
vIiq the parties were who. had attempted
,hc foul act, and on Tuesday morning a
argo number of citizcus collected together
it ltaccourci, where the act was committed.
\ jury of twelve of our best citizens, tho
nost of them gray haired men, was chosen,
vho after a lougtby and thorough oxauiiuaion
found the prisoners, five in number,
>nc having made his escape, guilty of havng
shot at Dr. Win. 11. Archer with intent
o kill.
Many witnesses were examined, all col>rcd,
and two of the prisoners were
illowed to make their statements, having
cquestcd permission to do so. They stated
hat they intended to kill Dr. Archer on
iunday night, aud after making away with
lim they were to kill Mr. O. Lcjeune, Mr.
iVilliam Picquct and Mr. Frank Durton.?
["hey stated also that they belonged to an
>rganizcd club, tho object of which was to
; ill the leading white men iu the county
md establish a nation of their own ; they
rave the names of many members, the
lames of their president, vice-president,
md a general expose of their plans.
After the examination closed the prisontrs
were conducted to a shady grove, by
ill the citizens present, and after a mature
lelibcratiou it was resolved to turn theui
ivcr to the law. The prisoners were placed
u charge of a party and started in the dieetion
of the Court House, but bad not
irocceueu iar uclore they were interrupted,
aken by force and hung, all live of tbeui.
Words ok Wisdom.?A great deal hns
teen said in the public prints on the subnet
of amnesty to the public plunderers,
vho for so long a time held high carnival
n the State. Governor Hampton, even,
las not escaped the animadversions of some
if the newspapers. Wc have no ussociaion
or connection with Governor Hampton,
xccpt that which results from agreement
n principle, and a desire to promote ' the
icst interests of the State. What we say
m the subject is, therefore, without authorty,
and only expresses our own opinion.
The Legislature, at its late session, by its
.ction left to the discretion of Governor
lampion the prosecution of individuals
rho were charged with fraud. We think
his action was proper and wise. We have
lot the least doubt that the Governor will
'xorcisc the discretion committed to him to
he advantage of the State and its citizens.
\s tq, what he is willing to uo, or proposes
o do, we have no knowledge or iuformatiou
Jut for ourself wc say, that, if he is able
o carry out a plan by which he will free
:iiizens of the prosecutions for offences
growing out of the political condition of
liings in tho pust, and deliver from prison
hose who are now suffering from the same
ausc, and by which the State will foifovcr
?ct i id of the villains who were the authors
>f this crime, it would be a happy thiu??
for our people. These thieves and robbers
jave fled the State, and will probably never
eturn within her borders, except by a rejuitfition
from the Governor, liy bringing
them back, they would probably be convicted
and sentenced to the nenitentiarv.?
This, they undoubtedly deserve as individuals,
responsible to the law for their crimes.
But if Governor Hampton, by a wise exercise
of his discretion, is able to lulievc our
>\vn cit'zens from persecution and imprisonincut,
by a wise exercise of clemency on his
part, why should it not be done'{ \Vc do
not understand that he favors universal
amnesty; neither do we. lint an amnesty,
by which he can secure the ends of justice
for our own people, and get rid of the
scoundrels who so long infested the State,
we do favor, And, in the proper exercise
of the discretion reposed in him by the
Legislature, we have entire confidence; and
are willing to say to him, "I'sc the power
conferred upon you according to your best
judgement for the interests of the State."
? Grccnvillr jYrtcs.
It was very careless leaving the parrot
in the parlor Sunday evening, hut she never
thought anything about it until Monday
morning, when he roused tlie whole house
? i.: 1.: ?...i
uy uitiiviii^; *1 niiiuuMii^ ui/aou mm iii^,
''Darling Susie ! Darling Susie." lit; kopt
it tip all day, too, and the old folks are
inu<-li interested in the ease.
A girl may road about heaven all her
life, but she never has anything like a correct
idea of it, until she gets her first beau.
. a 1 . !?! i i'j- j*??|
clovek, hoqs amd cqlrh.
I raised and gathered, last year, 1.400
bushels of corn from twonty 4,cr*e. One of
tho holds, just ten acres, produced 750 <
bushels. It was a clover sod; lid been in '
clover ono year. Tho clovcr'Sfc mowed 1
for nay the second week in juxC and the 1
last week in August was mowM for seed. 1
When mowed for hay a light icssing of I
barn-ynrd manure was scntteEcdfovfcr half !
the field. When mowed fot'mofe, fn Sep- <
tember and October, the ot| Whilf Was ]
lightly muuurcd with stablo manure. The 1
field was plowed in April, harrowed twice, i
and planted on the 3d of May, in drills I
*wn)wimpnliaa apirt 41n,<lta^5th ttmUOth j
of May ft was planted over, aaC-nwimg CO
cold, wet weather, a great deal of fhc seed i
had failed to germinate. The field was cul- :
tivated thrco times with a two-hoed culti- I
vator, and hoed by hand one time. <
The corn was ripe enough to crib by the ]
15th of October, aud was remarkably solid i
and perfect in every respect. The soil is a i
yellow clay mixed with gravel, aud has <
been cultivated fifty years. The commou i
average of the field in rrood vears was fnrtv l
V. o J " 'J
bushels per acre. I found tho field, five t
years since, ip barley to yield about twelve >
bushels per acre. 1 sowed to clover, had a i
poor catch, upt enough to mow next year, ?
and very littu^pasturc. In tho Fall dug a \
well in one side of tho field, and fattcucd i
forty hogs in it, and scattered somo uiauuro t
over about two acres. Next year planted i
corn and gathered from half the field at the c
rate of forty bushels per aero. I ran a 1
fence accross the middle of the field and t
turned hogs upon the corn of one-half, aud 1
then fattened them upon it. On the other ?
half I scattered manure and put the field
in coru again, and harvested at the rate of t
forty-five bushels per acre. I then sowed c
wheat among the corn and uext j^iir bar- t
vested 100 bushels of wheat?tcu; bushels- s
per acre. I then seeded to clover with the* {
result stated.? Cor. N. Y. Tribune. j
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Tiie No Fence Law.?The traveling t
correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle j
and Constitutionalist writes as follows con- u
corning the operations of the stock law :
Anderson County, in South Carolina, aud
Mecklenburg County, iu North Carolina,
having adopted tho negative side of the c
fence law, are thoroughly testing the plan. (
It ia aaiil tliut mail# lUiimUlS^ wJiO .WCrC.Very
active in their opposition to the tneasurc ?rc (
warmest iu praise of present aud prospcc- j
tivc good results, said to be the natural out- t
come of the plan. Numbers hav3 discov- \
ered that it is wiser to substitute one good ,
cow for a half dozen iufcrior oucs ; that the |
trouble incident to the restricted range of
the cow referred to is handsomely offset by (
a larger quantity of richer milk; that the j
amount annually saved by the adoption of (
the fence law must largely exceed the most (
liberal estimates. The elimination of this ,
item of expense has transformed Gelds long .
abuuduued to weeds into attractive oat plats. ,
Ono cannot fail to OQto, cm ftfWr," j
evidences of the fact that the farmers are ,
hard at work ; that thoy managed wisely t
last year, and that thoy are working sys- |
tematically as well as hard this year. There <
is among thorn a scarcity of money, but I
am told that no small number of tlvcm have (
flour, bacon, corn, etc., in quantity in excess ,
of their wants. Let the course above men- |
tioucd be more generally adopted South,
aud we shall spucdily arrive at that point ,
where couGdence is restored and monetary (
stringency is removed. Looking out over
tho. broad acres of the South?her rolling '
gronhcl"l!WWWWNfce*ed. yaJlcy#? uicu or
women given to thought must be enraptured ,
of the grand possibilities of the sunny por- .
tion of this great country. Thanks to a ,
kind Provideuco, these possibilities are, little,
by little, developing intd^wobabilieits
that will by aud by ripen iu(j>acUialitics.
?* y
Few mcti who handle horsHT give proper
attention to the feet and lcj^ Especially
is this the ease ou laruis. \ftlucli time is
spent of a morning in rubbifg, brushing, '
and smoothing the hair on the sides aud
hips; but at no time arc the feet examined
and properly eared for. l^pw, be it known
that the feet of a horse require more care
than the body. They need ten times as
much, for in one respect they arc almost
the entire horse. All the grooming that
can be done won't avail anything if the
horse is forced to stand where his feet will
be filthy. In this ease the feet will become
disordered, and then the legs will get badly
1 out of fix; and with bad feet and bad legs,
there is not much else of the horse fit for
anything.
'I'llft nine! v<>iif?r:ihlr> eiinrilo ill 'IVxaS. Tier
*"tv " v- - "I? ? ? - 1 I ?
haps in the country, arc'Mr. and Mrs. Uobiuson,
of Mountain ('ity. Ila is reputed
to be 10.'} and she 102 years old, and they
were married ,in Kentucky eighty-two years
ago. Mr. ltobinsou says lie never ; swore
bu? one oath, has never borrowed but fifty
cents, and never gave a note. Ho and his
wife are like children in their devotion to
each other, and after any separation shed
tears on meeting. Recently they were presented
with a comfortable house by a generous
neighbor.
A young man of 20 reccittly took as a
wife a 1'oiinsylvania widow of 50, the sole
proprietress of a couple of paying petroleum
wells. He loved not wisely but two wells. |
l ?'*EMPLOYEE
AHD EMPLOYED. .
Whenever cither employer or employed
forgets that there is a community of intercat
bctwene the two, both are sufferers.?
This is true of all kinds of business in
which the two classes come in contact.?
Tho employer who has no other iutcrcst in
Ins help thanto get out of them all that
Ihcir strength will permit them to do, will
soon find that his employes will become
equally as sclGsh, and uot only the least
possiblo amount of labor that will prevent
>ki.U .41 :n v.- J i?* - -l *
i?** c tt uujvuui^u ffllt UU UUUC, UUt til tit WQQt
is done, will be imperfectly porformcd; and
iho employe who has no other interest than I
OJKt.his; money, j^etmuout to any man
who employs him. 'tto.tfo4e'6?tf>1ishmcnts
and on Borne farms, a stranger would be uniblc
to tell, from tho language or actions of
the help, that they wcro employes. Whcuivcr
they speak of the affairs of their employer,
they dou't speak of theui as if he
ivas wholly responsible, and that they had
10 responsibility whatever, but their language
convoys the idea that they feel their
>wu responsibility, aud that tho success or
iailurc of the business is a matter of nuxicty
o them ; and their actions accord with their
vords. Niuc out of ton employers greatly
ipprcciatc such a manifestation of iutcrcst,
ind it really seems to lightcu tho burden
vliich always nccesssarily rests upon a biisiicss
mau. If an employe has such an increst
in the affairs of his employer, there
s no mistaking it. It will show itself on
ivory couccivablo occasion ; and if he has
iceu so unfortunate as to find a man who
iocs not appreciate his merits, they will not
ong go unrewarded, for others will sec them,
tud be glad to avail themselves of thcui.
It is, uo doubt, the caso with human naure.
that it is selfish in all of its relutious
>f life, and perhaps the great majority of
neu are too apt to slijrht their duties, iu
itead of doing everything upou honor, and
jcrforuiing services for others as they would 1
)crform the same service for themselves; 1
>ut there are men, and a great many of 1
hem, who arc strictly conscientious iu the 1
)crformance of their duties as employes, (
iud it is such men who will always win.?
Western Rural. '<
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A Tornado in Canton.?A letter re- 1
eived lately from an American resttent of (
Canton, China, gives an accouut of the '
nrcat -desttucLiiai of life and property caused 1
here by u tornado on the lltli of ApriT?
t swept over the city iu a north-easterly
lircctiou, leaving ruin aloug its track, and
t is estimated that 8,000 or 9,000 houses
vcrc blown down and as many persons
tilled.
The Island of Shamccn, where the for- '
jign merchants reside, was visited dy the '
j;ale, which caused great damage to several
)f their hue dwellings, and blew completely
iown three large business houses, besides
uprooting and twisting iuto strange shapes
ibout two hundred trees. Not one foreign
esideut there or iu the city was killed, al- J
!bough several had very narrow escapes, or
verc slightly injured. Ono of the missiontry
school buildings fell down upon its inhabitants,
who were all taken out alive without
serious injuries.
The other buildings belonging to tbo
Jiflcrent missions were only a little damaged,
and not ono of the Christian natives was
killed.
The storm began as an ordinary one, with
thunder, lightning aud hail, then a cloudy
cohlmn was seen rapidly advanciug, accompanied
by a rumbling souud, and its fearful
work was done in less than ten minutes.
broke out in n?voral plionD, for the
wind scattered the burning wood and coals
is it tore down the dwellings, and tbo streets
where the full power of the storm was felt
were filled with the dead and dying.
The Chinese authorities were prompt and
active in their efforts to restore order as far
as possible, but while the ruins yet lay 011
every side a flood came down upon Canton
from the breaking of a dyke fifty miles
above the city, and iucreasd the distress of
the people by filling the streets with water.
It was abating when this account was written.
The people sccuied to feel that this
was a year of unwonted and rapidly succeeding
troubles.?News ami Courier.
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The Earthquakes ok Fifteen Centuries.
Minister Bingham has sent
from Japan a very interesting paper, by a
native savant, the earthquakes that have
occured in that country during the past
fifteen hundred years. The number of
destructive earthquakes recorded is 149.?
The ninth century was most prolific in these,
reaching twenty-eight; in the fifteenth century
there were fifteen ; the same in the
seventeenth ; thirteen in the eighteenth,
and sixteen in the present century. The
recorded average i# one great earthquake
every ten years, but the nineteenth century
gives one every five years. Unusually high
temperature and strange atmospheric chan
gos have been noticed as precursors of great
convulsions, especially in the earthquake
which desolated the city of Yeddoiu 1855.
?Scientific American
A six year old, tylio was found putting
himself outside of various good things at a
rapid rate just after complaining of inward
griping, explained to his wondeting parent
that he didn't mean to "leave any room for
| that stomach ache."
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HENDEICK8 ON THE OLD-TIKE MILLER.
The Millers' National Couveution vr&a
hold in Indianapolis lust week, and on'
Thursday tho delegates went on an excursion.
A welcoming speech was made to'
them by ex-Governor Hendricks, and,
among other things, be said : "As a hoy
1 was acquainted with the miller, and I
thought him a great mau.' When ho raised'
tho gate with such coifipfsuro and confidence,
and the tumbling waters drove the
machinery ahead, I admired his power.?
Aud then he talked strongly upon all questions.
lie was very positive upon politics,
religion, law and mechanics, and any ono
bold cuough to dispute a point was very
likely to have a. persona] argument throwu
into his face, for he knew all tho gossip
among his customors. [Laughter.] llo
was cheerful. I thought it was hecauso he
was always in the music of the running
water and tho whirling wheels, lie was
kiud and clever?indeed, so much so'that
he would promiso the grists before they
could he ready, [laughter], and so the^hoys
had to go two or thrco times, lie Iras a
chancellor, and prescribed tho law. Every
one in his turn. The millor, standing in
the door of his mill, all while with tho dust,
is a picture ever upon tho memory of even
this generation. It is a picture of n manU,
T .i~- ce ?-1 -?
'J U^uiu. x nuiJUV-l it jruu, ^eutiuuiuu, WIO
lords of many runs and bolts, arc ashamed
to own liim ns your predecessor. It was a
small mill, sometimes upon 'a willowy brook,
aud somctiuis upon the larger river, but it
stood on the advanced line of the settlemoot,
with its ouo wheol to |tiod tW la.
jinn corn, and one for wheat, and in tho '
fall and winter siuson one day iu the week
set apart for grinding buckwheat. It did
the work of the neighborhood. Plain ana
unpretentious, ns compared with yourstutely
structures,. 1 would not say it contributed
less toward the development of th? country
aud the permanent establishment of society.
So great a favor it was, and so important
to the public welfare, that the authorities
that day invoked in its favor the highest
power of the State?eminent domain,
flint mil! and miller had to go before you
ind yours, and I am happy to revive tho
ncuiory of the miller at the custom mills,
vlio, with equal care adjusted the sack upin
tho horse for the boy to rido upon, aud
lis logic in support of his theory in polices
or his dogma iu religion."
DEATH FKOK OLA1TDBB0. .
In a neighborhood iu Bullitt couuty, Ky.,
ibout four miles from Shepherdsville, glanders
has recently prevailed among the horses
iu very violent and fatal form. Some three
years ago Mr. Win. A. Nnlly, for many
years a well known citizen aud business
uian of Louisville, purchased a fauuncar
Shepherdsville, removiug to it with his
family. Iteceutly, all of his horses . were
attacked by glanders, a disease of the mucous
membrane, and usually very fatal in
animals, aud, when the death of one of
ihcm occurred, deemed it best, in order to
prcvcut tbe spread of the^jiisense, to burn
the annual. 9
While engaged at this it is supposed the
virus from the dead horso was communicated
to a sore on Mr. Nally's hand, lnflamation
of a very violent character rapidly
supervened, and following this came rapid
after a ibw clays' illnpss Mr.
Nally died, on Thursday lost, 23d iustant.
His sufferings were intense, and all the
symptoms were exactly the some as those
developed in the dead horse during its illness.
There were the same usual ejections,
of a most offensive smell; the samo choking
tlio throat, ns in the case of tho horse.
Mr. Nally's feet aud legs had to be bandaged
to prevent their falling off from mortification,
such was the virulence of the
gangrene. Aftcr*Mr. Nally's death all tho
horses on the fartn, five in number, were
shot by order of the physician, in order to
prevent further spread of the disease iu the
neighborhood, where there was great excitement.
Tho News reporter has known of cases
of glanders in men communicated directly
from an infected horso by inhaling
breath of the animal, and where there wftd ~
no communication with the body either before
or after death. Two deaths of this
character occurred ouly recently about
twelve miles from the city. It is alwaysthe
safest plan in glanders to either kill the
affected animal or separate it entirely from
ail contact with other animals ^ men.?
Any communication with aglandercd horse
by other horses is sure to spread the fatal
iufcction.? Louisville Evening News.
The five year old son of a family tho
other day stood watching his baby brother,
who was making a great noise over having
his face washed. The little fellow at length
lost his patience, and stamping his tiny foot,
he said, "You think you have lots of trouble,
but you don't know anything about it.
Wait t ill yiiii 're big eOaogh a licking
and then you'll see?won t he, inmtthia ?"
. ? .>
A couple of young men were out fishing
the other day, and on returning were going
past a farm house, and felt hungry. They
yelled to the farmer's daughters : "Girls,
have you any buttermilk ?" The reply was
gently wafted back to their cars: "Yes;
but we keep it for our own calves." Tho
boys calculated they had business a way?
and they wont.