Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. - " >' X" If HE WEEKLY' ?$1 D1I0I Ml, ^ % ' jfahu iMl^^^iiiiJ^M^M^I!iiml''ihi i^aiiiiiiiii'iiT iii 3R*?jrature, |)olilits, and the Current Horns of the ?8?. JULY 13, 18Sl I^UMBEll"28. WATWPTnur^ T.*oTniw;S:SE=S=^=arTiT^^ieT!fT^"" ~~~~?'" Fareiocll scene?a battle flag from a wed' ?>>'*. ~ ding gown The c'ty of Columbia, S. C., during the war, witnessed an episode that has not yet found its way among tho records of that ovcntful period. It was the occasion of the resignation by Gen. Wudo Hampton of tho command of his famous "Hampton Legion/' and his farewell to (ho old soldiers whom he hud organized and equipped, prior to his promotion to the cavalry service with which his name in after years was so significantly identified. Tl e city never looked u.ore beautiful than on that bright spring morning. Nature bad celebrated her glorious rcsuriectioti. Air, earth and sky ecemcd in harmony with the occasion. The gardens were iu lull bloom ; the soft south winds came laden with the perfume of myriad* of flowers, aud the winged choristers of the woods were holding high carnival. There wrsono objective* point that day to which everybody, young and old, white and black, hurried, as if animacud by a common thought, to a great grove on the outskirts of the capital. By thousands the people flocked thither from the adjacent . ?' towns aud villages, and long before noon a douse multitude had assembled arouud T the yf form on which were to take place iho I ial exercises of the day. T Ids Hampton's appeakancb. T i'Lcniou" had meanwhilo formed in line camp aud, preceded by their baud, wcri . (arching through the streets of the city to the place where they were soon to part with their old couitnaudor. As they appeared upon the scene aud their battleflag came iu view the enthusiasm of the ' immense throng was souicthiug to bo loug remembered. Cheer after cheer greeted the war>worn veterans aud did not cease uutil with steady tramp they had filed iuto po onion arouua cue piuiiorm, on wtucli wore L floated u group of distinguished men, whose wf names havo since become illustrious in tho anuals of the confederacy. A moment later tho tall, commanding iigure of an offi. ccr, whoso faoo told of exposure* to -he elements, was discovered asccndiug tho steps to join tho compatriots with whom ho hud associated in council aud on tho field. IIo rr^ clad in a suit of faded gruy and car* v ;ried in hishanda weather beaten, war*worn felt hat. A look of saduess rested on the haudsomo features, and there stood before tho multitude tho idol of South Carolina. To that audience no introduction was uecossary, for it recognized in an instant the chevalier, sans pour, et sans roprocho, around whom has since clustered so mauy memories of tho late desperate strife?Wado Hamptou. HAMPTON'S FAREWELL. Sotno minutes elapsed boforo he was permitted to speak, and when he did so it was with a voice tremulous with emotion. 1 fTtirnJnor lA iKo lit rnnt* Kn mn/lrt ? M w. M ?v ?MW VIII vug IIU UiUUU U Ul IUI rtU* dress in reoogoitioo of the warm welcomo of whioh he had bcea the recipient, and " * then turning to his old oommand ho uttered the touching and eloquent sentences in which he bade farewell to tho men who hod followed his fortunes since the bogin* ning of the war. His language may not have been reoorded, but those who were present will not foeget tho closing remark : ? "Soldiers ! I think you will all bear witnessathat I never ordered the Legion to go where I did not lead you, and I believo you will be true to your past whatever duties you may bo called upon to perform in the future. Farewell for the present ; but we shall meet again on many a fieldMay tho God of battles bless you and bless our eauso !" Among the soldiers present wis ono who J * ? una rocoivoa a noavy sabre cut aud still wore his arm in a sling. Somo one asked how ho was wounded. "Defending that life, which is worth ten of uiino," was tho answor. "Iu one if tho hand-to-hand fights ft federal sofyin yd his sword raised and was in the aty'J cuctiug down Hampton s>v j when I threw my arm up and caught the blow. But I never have rcgrotted it, for there he stands the embodiment of our people." He was a young Georgian, and is to-day a successtnl mcrohant in tho oity of Savannah. A PALMETTO TOKEN. Seated next to General Hampton on the platform was tho Rev. Dr Palmer, now of New Orloana. After making an address in hi* own peculiarly effective style, he drew from his pookot a small parool which he ^P^aiowty opened with the aoodmpanying re> |B a anrk "As I was about stepping on this ** platform a fair daughter of Carolina handed me this (holding up a beautiful palmetto & . j. f .,?.1 _ 1 i'J. ii -i irae siuooeu to a diuo rwoonj and request* ^ ed me to pin it as near Qeneral Hampton's heart as possible ; and now if ho will step t, to the front (as is his custom) I will obey the young lady's command to the best of iny ability." Hampton ndvanced blush ingly to tlw cdqo of tho platform to receive Bp'-.;. Hit fc>ltei?, and after it was pipped on the tuppei oi nis coat iio turned to the reverend gentleman nod laying his hand over tho souvenir said : '-Tell her 1 will defend it with my life." After the ceremonies tho soldiers wore invited to a barbecue where the tables wore presided over by tho principal ludios of tho city. Battles, except with knife and fork, were for the nonco forgotlcn, and the men who manfully stood by their flag wcro quickly engaged in paying tribute to the pretty girls, who were ouly too happy thus to show their appreciation of the gallant fellows who represented the . oincu of the land. Poor boys 1 Scores of thorn ym-tnjcttv buttons that day for little keepsakes who never eturncd to redeem tho tokens or claim the bauds that gave them. Conspicious among tho throng was Colonel Mar* tiu \V. Gary who subsequently became commander of the Legion and was made a brigadier and major general. He was one of the most fearless aud dashing officers of the Oontcedrate army, aud up to the day of his death was known as "the uupardon* ablo rebel." During the four ycar3 of the war he had passed through some forty engagements without receiving a wound, and died in the prime of life only a few years ago, at his homo in EdgcGeld. THE HAMPTON BATTLE FLAG. The flag of the Hampton Legion was made from a portion of the wedding dress of Mrs. Hampton and wus presented by bcr in pcrsou to the command. The few threads of it which remain show how faithfully it wasbornoin the thickest of the fray. Moro than twenty men havo gone to their soldiers rest while bearing it aloft amid the din uud horror of battlo. At the beginning of the war General Hampton was a wealthy man. He supplied his soldiers with their arms and quartered them on his own grounds. The Legion comprised some of tho best men of tho State, and there were i scores of young planters and professional men who, volunteering as mere privates, with little hopo of promotion, represented j millions of dollars. The esprit du corps , was something remarkable. INCIDENTS RELATING TO THE LEGION. i An incident that occurred within the observation of tho writer illustrates her meaning. It is that of Dr. Ilyder D. Bedon, now of Mississippi, who served in tho ranks during tho entire war, from thtj tocsin that called him to Bull Run to tho tap of the last drum at Appomattox. On being rcmonstiatcd with by friends who depicted tho hardships of camp lifo, in his capacity as a private his reply was : "Any man will accept tho position of an officer but every man will not fight as a private. I'll take my chaucos and cudeavor to do my duty." He fought gallantly and canre out of the war unscathed. A humorous in cidcot is related of aoo'hcr private iu tho Legion who left a sumptions homo. Tho regiment was encamped near the Potomao. 1 and the young warrior having been taught that "cleanliness was akin to gedliuess" deoidod not only to take a bath himself, but to wash his elothing. He did so and hung tho latter on tho neighboring limbs to dry while he went to sleep. On awakening he found that every vestige of his attire had been stolen, probablv by some luckless individual whose morals had not boeu improved by the war and whoso wants were worse. This was a predicament for a soldier of the Legion who might expect marching orders at any moment. He arose to the situation, however, and stating tho caso to his friends they called the company together to consider tho question of "repairs.'? They voted bim an outfit in vory short order, hut for uniqueness it has doubtless seldom boon equaled. A coat or a a nnnf riKnfnrl Kit nnn ? rnin /vf 4?? nut* wvMtuvuvvw wj vuvj u |?UII VI II UUSl'lk) by another, a sock and n shoo by a third, Oto. Not an article was of the proper diniensions, but it served as a temporary cov* ering, for which he was gratoful, and whon tho entire "get up" was complete, tho boys christened him "The child of tho Kegimonf." A QUIET QUAKER. While the Legion wcro encamped on the banks of tho Opequau, in Virginia, an old Quaker rode into camp. IIo was mounted on the back of a sorry looking tnulo and was himself, with his "thecs," and "thous," a typical specimen of an uuti-bolligoront from the backwoods. Tho boys jeored hiui from ono end of the oamp to the other, but ho paid little attcpiion to them until he reaohed the headquarters of Colonel Hampton, whero being met and cordially greeted by a number of offioert, he quietly reieed the colored glasses that ooneealed bis eyes, rnmovod a wig and revealed the familiar features of on* of tho most daring scouts in the Army of Virginia. He had just returned from Washington, run the line of picketson tho Maryland side, brought a lot of Northern newspapers, together with a mass of privato information that subsequently a -/ * ? ? ? {iruvua 01 great moment 10 tuo Uouimander-io Chief, and in hi? quiet disgui o had proscntcd himself for further orders. It is uccdlcss to say that ho had a welcome that night from hi? comrades iu arms such as bravo men always acoord to oaoh other. . . _v. ' DEFERED NEWS ITEM8, Mr. T. K. Cunningham, of Lanenfter oouoty, made this year four hundred and sixty Uis^efy of wheat on twelve ncres ef land, an average ol thirty-eight and one-third bushels to the atfTe. One acre of the twelve yielded ouly five busl which leaves four hundrc<rfiHy-fivo busheli as the yield of the other eleveu acres, an average of fortyono and four-elevenths bushels to the acre. , TKunini.e Disaster ox tiik Clyde.?London; July 3?3 P. M.?Intelligence has just reached this city of an unusual and terrible calamity during the launch of a steamship at Glasgow to-day. Tlte vessel to which the disaster hap* pened was the steamer Daphne. While she was being launched she fell over on her sida, precipitating a number of people into thewatpf According to dispatches thus fur received out hundred persons were drowned. Traoic Result op a Family Quarrel.?Dan v'llln 1 11 , w, on * e? A ...... ...... ...?(i ivit u?jra ngu a quarrel R00UI some trivial matter arose between the Grant and Manning families, residents of I'itfssylvania co., as a result, George F. Grant, at the instigation it is said, of bis mother, crept upon Manning while he was at work in a field, shot him five times and afterwards beat him with his fist and stamped upon him saying. "Now, d?n you, die.'' Manning died the following day. GranJ escaped. Murder and Lynching in Mississippi.?Memphis. July 3.?The Avalanche't Skipwith Miss , special says : On Sunday morning Mrs. Cijrjs tina Ambacher, a worthy whito woman, was found dead near her door with her skull fractured and two other wounds on the back of lici head. Martin Jones, a negro who had threatened tho lifo of her husband, was arrested and n search of his dwelling revealed a b'oody shirt, lie then confessed. Whilo being taken to jail a mob composed principally of negroes, took Jones and hanged him. One Hanged and the Other Hurnkd.?New Orleans, Juno '28.?A Timet Democrat special from Grocnville, Texas, gives an account of the lyushing of two negroes who committed a rape upon a young lady near Jefferson. It states that one of tliOfn was hanged and tho other burned to death yesterday. Galveston, Texas, June dO.?-A A'eir*' Jefferson dispatch announces thedcath of Mrs. Rogers the victim of the recent outrageous assault for which two negroes wero lynched. The woai^u was in a delicate condition at limeofthe assault and a premature birth was occasioned. Beware of tub PoKF.n Players.?Paymaster Wesson's explanation to the court martini shows simply that ho was a very poor but sanguine Poker player. He nearly always lost, but he hoped "his luck would turn," but it did not and having once started down hill, "everything seemed to be greased for the occasion." Tho deficit in his accounts, at first nbout $2,000, grew to $5,000, and no doubt would have kept increasing had ho succoeded in concealing it for a time longer. Maj. Wasson's experience is not new one. and it onlr irons to caftltxnc-^n im; r?tssiou, already quite general, thai a poker player is not a safe person to handle othci people's money. A Fatal Kailuoad Accident.?Charleston, S. C. June 28.?The fast express truin from Summerville this morning when threo miles from this city was turned from tho main track into a siding by a misplaced switch, nnd came into collision with two loaded cars, which were standing on the side track. The enginoor, J. S Smith, was instantly killed nnd a colored fireman, Paul Washington, received injuries froit which be died later in tho day. The engini was demolished and the engineer's body cui completely in two. Thore were about one hundred and fifty passengers on the train, noni of whom were hurt. They owe their lives to the heroism of the engineer, who, instead ol jumping from the engine nfter the train left the main track, occupied himself during the run ol 75 yards to the scene of the collision iu reversing the engine and putting on the sir brakes. The acoident was caused by the carelessness ol the section master who was repairing the switot at the time. The coronor's jury lays all blame on the section master. H U Stewart. He wai arrested and committed to jail in default of $2, 000 bail. "Cabpkntku Bess."?Mr. Editor :?1 disoov ered a pair of insects that looked like bees ir my yard. They have taken up their quarter: in a hole bored by them into a white pine frame two inohes by two iuohes. They commenced boring from the surface and made a hole } of an Inch in diameter by about 1} inohes deep. Is il not something unusual for bees to drill holes in that manner in wood ? J. L. P. It is not unusual for a particular species ol bees, sometimes called "carpenter bees," to bori into posts and the woodwork of houses, espe ciauy wuero u nas oeoome son in the first stage of decay. On the country, that is the habit el the bees of this species in constructing theii nests, w\|ioh are Tory interesting objects for ob scrvation. .They belong to the genus popularly called "solitary boos," because they do not hivi or live in colonics like honey bees." In this genus there are "mason beer," or "mining bees," as well as "carpenter bees." Any good oook on "Bees" or full oyclopiodiaartiole on the subject will givo you further information.?Public gcr. All a holt a Shirt.?Wo havo a "war rolic," in the shape of "general order, No. 26, headquarters depart uicnt of tho Trans Mississippi, Shruveport, La, July 2d, 1863 published by command of Lt. General E Kirby Smith.' Tho order announces the proceedings and findings of a general court martial. Ono of tbo offenders was W. G Dotaon, who stole a shirt, the property ol William D Murry, both men being mom bora of Co H, 17th Texas consolidated rogi moot. The sentence imposed was : "Th< said private Dotson to ride n tnqle, to bt seated on the male face baokward, foot tied under tho bolly of the mule, to be led it front of the whole brigade drawn up in line of bottle; on bis bnt is to bo fastened a board and on it writton, in largo letters, the word "Thiol." Tho druminors and buglers ar< to follow hitn, making all sorts of disoord with their instruments." JHAT BAD BOT. ' rI scnrt>? dynamite Jf^Stftrtriilycs?the old man loses his teeth I vj$ guess your pa's losses in the silvor ?I fcwe has mado hiui craty, haven't they,' , mjfd the grocery man to the bad boy, as he njjGyc in tho store with his eye winkers T^Mod off, and powder marks on his (ace, udfbcgun to play on the harmonica, and ' 4ifl0WD on a stlc^ 8t0TC wood and ball SQKd himself. > - jJ 3,|I guess uot. Ilo lias hedged. He got ' il;Wth the deacon of another church, aud . SoV Bouio of his stock to him, and pa says if I 1 keep tny condemn mouth stmt lie will r -aftload the "tHrohr W It, tfrtic cfrurencs bold out. Ho gees to a new church every j night to a prayer meeting or anything and , makes uia go with him, to give hiui tone, ' and after meeting she talks with tho sisters ! about how to piece a silk bed quilt, while ' pa gets ib his work selling silver stock. I [ don't know but ho will order some more stock from the factory, if lie sells all ho has got,' and the boy went ou playing There , is a lind that is fairer than Day." ( 'But what was he slipping up street for the other night with his hat off, grabbing at his coat tails as though they w_>re on fire? k I thought I never saw a pussy man run any ^ faster. And what was the celebration down on your street about that time? 1 thought the world wae coming TO au end,'' and the grocery man kept away from tho boy, for [ fear ho would explode. 1 Oh, that was only a Fenian scare. Notli| ing serious. You sco pa i3 a sort of half ' Englishman. He claims to be nn American citizen, when he wants office, but when , they talk about a draft he claims to be a subject of Great Britaiu, and ho says they can't touch him. Pa is a darn smart man, and don't y<J!l forget it. There don't many of them got ahead of pa, much. Well, pa has said a good deal about the wicked Fenians, and that they ought (o be pulled, aud when I read the story in the papers about the explosion in the British Parlimcnt pa was hot. He said the dam uirieh was ruining tho whole world, lie didn't dare say it at tho table or our hired girl would have "knocked him silly with a spoonful of mashi cd potatoes,' cause she is a nirish girl, aud - any 3$!igLb>lMnati in ?thia town. Pa saytf tKero ought to have been somebody there to havo takcu that bomb up and tniowd it iu the sewer before it exploded. , He said if he ever should see a bouib he > would grab it right up and throw it away where it wouldn't hurt anybody. Pa has uie read tho papers to hint uights, cause his eyes have got splinters iu 'eut, and after I had road all there was in the paper I tnudo up a lot more and pretcuded to read it) > about how it was rumored that the Fenians 3 hero in Mihvuultee were going to place dyui auiitc bombs at every house where an Eng3 lishmun lived, and at a given signal blow f them all up. Pa looked pale around the 3 gills, but he said lie wasn't scared. Pa ami ma were going to call on a she deacon thai night, that has lots of moucy in tho bnuk i to see if she didn't want to invest in a don*, i sure paying silver mine, and mo and up | chum concluded to give them a send off? We. got my big black ingy rubber foot-ball and painted 'Dinymight' in big whito let' ters on it, and tiod a pieco of tarred ropo t< ' it for a fuse, aud got a big firecracker, on* of theso old fourth of Juiy horso scarers and a banket full of trokcu glass. We pui the footbull iu front of tho step, and lit tlx t tarred rone, and rrnf. nndor ?*on ?. r-> o "vv-f 1 the fire-crackcr and basket, where they g: down into the basotnent. Pa anl uia came ( out the front door, and down the steps, and . pa saw tho football and the burning fuse i and ho said,''Qroat God, Ilanner, we arc r blowcd up,' nud he started to run, and inn " stopped to look at it. Just as pa started tc run I touohed off tho fire-cracker, and my ohuui arranged it to pour out tho broken , glass ou tho briek pavement just as the ' firo-orackor went off. Well, everything i wont just as w expectod, except ma. She had examined the foot ball, and eoneluded it was not dangerous, nud was just giviug it a kick as tho fire-cracker went off, nud tho glass fell, aud tho tire-cracker was sc near her that it scared her, nud whou pa i looked around uia was Hying across the , sidewalk, aud pa hejird the uoiso and he . thought tho houso was blown to atoms. O , you'd died to sec him go around the corner You oould play orokay on his coat-tail . and his face was us Dale as ma's ?lwm r F she goon to a party. But uia Uidn'l acVM much. As quiok ao aho stopped agaiust the hitching post sho knew i i was us boys, and she oauic down there, anc I ua ay be sho didn't maul me. I oried am tried to gain her sympathy by telling ho: i the firecracker went off beforo it was due I and burned my eyebrows off, but she dido' I let up until I promised to go and find pa.? I I toll you my ma ought to be engaged to thi I British government to hunt out tho dyna 1 mite fiends. Sho would corral them ii two minutes. If pu had as much sand a: r>l l"r ? ?- i.i. ; ? | ?* t ! uia has got, it would ba warm woatlier for mo. Well, uie and my chum went and headed pa off", or I guess he would bo ruuning yet. Wo g >t him up by the lake shore, and he wanted to know if the house fell down, lie said he would leave it to inc if ho ever said anything against the Fenians, and I told him he had always claimed that the Fenians were the uiccst men in the world, and it seemed to relieve hiiu very much When he got home and fouud the house there he was so tickled, and when ma called him an old bald-headed coward, and J said it was only a joke of the boys with a foot hall, he lau&licd li^ht out, aud said he knew it all the time, and run to see if ma would be scared. And then he wanted to hug uie, but it Wasn't my night to hug and I went dowu to the theatre. Pa don't amount to much when there is trouble.? The time that ma had them cramps, you remember, wlum you got your cucumbers first last season, pa came near fainting away, and uia said ever sinnn thev li.nl boon married when anything ailed her, pa has had paiuf just the same as she has, only he grunted more, and thought he was going to die. Gosh, if I was a man I wouldn't be sick c very time one of the neighbors had the back ache, would you ?' 'Well, you can't tell. When you have been married twenty or thirty vcars you will know a good deal more than you do now YrtuihinV vnn know it all now.and you arc pretty intelligent for a boy that has been brought up carelessly, but there arc things that you will learn after awhile that will astonish you. But what ails your pa's teeth ? The hired girl was over here to get some corn meal for gruel, and she said your pa was gumming it sincj he had lost his teeth.' 'O, about the teeth. That was too bad. You sec my chum has got a dog that is old and his teeth have all c.ouic out iu front, and this morning 1 borrowed pa's teeth before he got up to see if we couldn't fix them in the dog's mouth so he could eat better. Pa says it is an evidence of a kind heart for a boy to bo good to dumb animals, but its a darn mean dog that will go back on a friend. Wc tied the toctb in the dog's month with a string that went around bis upper jaw, und another around his under jaw, and you'd dido to see how funny he looked wheu he laughed. lie looked just like pa when he tried to smile so as to get mo to come up to him when he wauts to lick me. The dog pawed his uiouth a spell to net the teeth out, and then we nave liiui a bone with some meat on, and lie began to guaw the bone, and the teeth came off tlic plate, and ho thought it was a pices of the bone, and he swallowed tho teeth. . My chum noticed it firsthand he said we had got to get iu our work pretty quick to save the plate, and I think we were in luck ' to save them. I held the dog, and my chum, who was better acquainted with I him, untied the strings and got the gold t plates out, but there wcro only two teeth > left and the dog w.?s happy, lie waggled 1 his tail for more teeth but wo hadn't auj f more. I atn going to give him ma's teeth * some day. My ohutn says when a do< , gets an appetite for anything you have go' - to keep giving it to hiui or he goes back ot > you. liut I think my chum played meat } on me. We sold the gold plate to a jowelr; , uiau and my chum kept the mrucy. I think L n? Innnr na F fnrnifiKn^ ?Kn U? ? ?? a. aMlUIUKWVI HIV 11U UU^II to bavc given mo something besides tin experience, dou't you ? After this I don' have no more partners, you bet.' All thii time the boy was marking on a piece o paper, aud soou after he went out the gro eery man noticed a crowd outside, and go ing out he found a sign hauging up which read, 'Wormy Figs for Parties. A Vkoetarian's Rill or Park.?An Englist vcgctavian has made a report to the British Med tail Journal of tho result of his year's cxperi enco without meat. At first he found tho vege tables insipid, and had to use sauces to get them down. As soon as he became accustomed to the diet all condiments were put aside except a little salt. The desire for tobacco and alcohol lefl hiin spontaneously. Then all his digestivo funr. lions became regular, and ho found himscl wholly fite from headaches and bilious attacks After three months a troublesome rhcumatisn left him, and at the end of a year lie had gaiue< eight pounds in weight, lie believes he can d< more mental labor than before and that all hit senses are more acute. For breakfast he has brown bread, apples and ouffee; dinner consist of two vegetables, brown bread and pie or pud I umg; lor tea lie rejoices in bread and jam, wit! I milk and water, aud for supper, bread, jam, col< | pudding, and, as a luxury, boiled onion*. Eggs ( milk, batter and cheese are used on'y in vsri small quantities. The dietist is a doctor, ani his statement is drawing out many similar ono 1 from medical meu. Medical professor to raw student: "Wher ' is the glottis?" "I don't know, sir. I tliinl 1 you put it on the shelf in the dressing-roon " with the rest of your surgical instruments.' j, I)r. Guthrie's four reasons for being a totn abstainer [are unanswerable: 1, My Lead i ' clearer. 2, My health is better. 8, My hear s is lighter. 4, My ^urse is heavier. ? DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. P. p Overs.?Tlio farmer1* Union has this recipo : One egg, one cup sweet milk, one cwp flour, one scant teaspoonful of salt. Put just a little in buttered tart tins and bake in a quick oven. 1 like tliem with a sauce of sweetened cnam or m lk, with nutmeg. Potato Pie.?"Kate" sends the following to the Miucapolis Tribune: peel and grate one large white potato into a dish, add the juice and ritid of ono lemon, the beaten white of one egg, one teacupful white sugar, one ctip cold water ; pour this into a nice undercrust and bake. When done have ready thc.beaten whites of three eggs, half cup of powered sugar, flavor with lemon, sprend on the pic and return to the oven to harden. It is delicious. Pavilion Uatki Corn 1>rbad.?This is the way Christian Mugcl makes his famous corn bread : First, half pound butter ; second, half pound sugar ; third, one dozen eggs ; fourth two nnnrla a! nilk - AL . ? ?..u v, ...nit , mm, nvu pounds WIUIO Indian menl ; sixth one pound wheat flour, and two and a half ounces ltoyal Baking powder. Mix the above ingredients one after the other as they are numbered, ami be sure and mix the baking powder in with the flour before putting il in the mixture. Bake in small moulds or in a sqnaro pan, in a hot oven. Sai.i.y Lusn.?"1). N. U." of Sparta, Ala., sends the New York World this recipe for Sally Lunn : Take a quart of flour, four egg?, a cupful of milk, a c pful of butter and lard mixed, a teaspoonful nud a half of baking powder, and a teaspoonful of salt. Beat yolks and whites of eggs separately and very light ; melt the shortening, pi ft the baking powder into the flour and add the whites last. Bake with steady heat three-quarters of an hour ; test with a straw to ascertain wum .. ..v? Gkaiiam Biscuits.?Tako very thick warm Graham porridge, cover tho kneading-board with Graham flour, anil knead the porridgo into it until the dough is stiff enough to roll out nicely, ltoll about an inch thick, cut in any shape preferred, and bake about half an hour in a quick oven. Look at them when they have been in twenty minutes. Farm Scenes ok To-day.?"What's tho news, doctor ?" enquired the reporter of ouc of our physicians as ho alighted in front of his office yesterday from a trip to the country. "Nothing much," ho replied. "Just been out to Sugar Crock to trim up a hand nud set a leg for a darkey who was running a mowing machine yesterday. Never saw the like of it," he continued. Sinco all tho farmers have begun to run this modern ^ machinery, bringing on the reapers for the ?rr * old time cradles and the mowers for tbo rusty old sfcytlujbladcs, half of our practice is given to sawing off hands and legs.? When cotton ginning time opens, we will have to carry a saw and case of knives with us all the time. If I had buried all the hands and feet I have cut off in the past two years in a lot somewhere about town. I would have had a first rate little cemetery by this time. Yes, its lively on the farms these days, and I must go and sharpen up my saws to get ready for another call; but here's how it is," he said, as lie pulled out a a picco of paper; "old man Urauson wrote it butilsgood:" Oh, sweet is the field where the meadow lark flits And sings, as it soars and dives ; Where the granger sits, and yells as he gits His fingers amongst the knives. No longer we hear on the hilside sere The scythestone's clinkety clink ; > But the reaping machine cuts his leg off, I ween, t Before ever the man-can think. ' With foreboding and tears his good wife hears 1 The man of tlie house say good bye; To return, in sooth, with a horse-rake tooth ' Stickiug four inches out of his eye. , Pea Vines, Curi.no Grkkn.?We desire some information in regard to peas and pea vines. Is there any process by which the green vines with pens on them can be cured in the green state so 9 as to get full benefit of tliem in feeding to f stock ??G. O. B., Selma Ala. Answer.?There arc several ways of curing pea vines, but aU embraco one essential point ; ( they must not be exposed to the sun after they n ro ivilf rtd * f llmtJ ik* 1?? ? -- ?Jit J ^ .... v. . .. .uv^ UK, ins icmca Will Iirop on and be lost. A very successful, but troublesome { plan, is to build a pen a foot high, of rails or poles; make an open floor across the top with the same, then build up pen again two feet high and fill with pea vines; then put another floor and build up and fill again with vines, and so , on, as high as desirable, and put a temporary s roof over the whole. This arrangement admits ^ air freely and the vines cure well. They should be cut after the dew is otf and hauled up and f put in pen at once. Another plan, where well limbed old iiold pines are convenient, is to trim , olf the small leaf-bearing branches from the [ main limb and cut off the ends of the latter in t such manner as to have the skeleton tree that j is left, cone-shaped. B.illd an open foundation , around base of tree, one that will keep viues off the ground also give free ventilation. This done stack up the green vines around the skele? ( ton tree, comb down and bring it into ordinary I stack shape. The limbs keep the vines from settling down close and give fee# ventilation through the mass. Still another method is, toI rake the vines into a swath and then roll thorn. 8 ovor and over, getting more into the roll, until ifc is say two feet in diameter. These rolls ar% then leaned up under shelter to cure. Tea tine* e oan be cured also by tiuttimr in small hi?h k shocks?out after the dew is off and shook at a once. Mako diameter ofshock very small, and ' height oa great as possible.?Southern Cultivator* vl How much trouble he avoids wh? does not s look to see what his n .ighbor says, a* does or l thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure. ? M. Antoninui, *