The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 12, 1886, Image 4

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WHEN I AM DEAD. When I am dead, I would not have the rude and gaping crowd Around me gather, and, 'mid fomentation loud, ' Tell of my virtues, and with vain regret Iteruoan my loss, and, leaving mo, forget ; Hut I would have the few of kindly heart, Who, when misfortune enme, so nobly did their 1 part. And oft by thoughtful deeds their lovcespress? These I would have, no more, no les*, When ! nni dead. When 1 nm dead, 1 would not have the high and storied stone l'foced o'er my grave, and then be left alone. Hut I would have some things 1 once did love, Krc 1 tlid leave the joyous world above, l'laced over me. And each succeeding year I d have my friends renew tbem. and oft linger near. With loving thoughts upon the dear one laid helow. And talk of times departed long ago, | When 1 ntn dead. w lieu 1 tun ueau, Forgive?O Ibis 1 prny for more than nil? The anguish 1 have caused, the deed beyond J recall. Think kindly of me ns I lie ho stiP, 8o poor n subject for nn nngercd will. Think of some generous deed, some good word | spoken, Of hearts bound up, 1 found so sad and broken; Think gently, when this last long rest is mine, And gaze upon my form wi'.h looks benign, When 1 am dead ! From tlia Argosv. WILDING S SUMMONS. ( Conclmleil next iceek. I fWliat'! Tell you a story of tny life at the Diggings'! Well, I don't kuow that I remember any stories, and if I did, they'd be rather rough ones.' 'Oh, never mind their being rough. Bertie; it would make theui sound all the better.' 'Would it, indeed, Mi*>s Kate! I recollect something that happened to me?cr at least, under my own eyes?before I got as far as the Diggiugs. You might like that, particularly if you have belief io the supernatural. It is uudcuiably true, and it is quite appropriate to the day ; this day, I mean, when we arc uow sitting together.' 'Oh, tell it ; do tell it, Bertie.' 1 It was New Year's day. Kate and 1, 1 tl 1 1 r . ? ? i uruiiim nun sister, auti uxiurns 111 mc oiu home, had welcomed the wanderer, llobert; only two days before, after his Ion;* rovitigsj It sccuied that wo could not make enough of him, or that Kate would never cease plying him with questions. We two brothers were older by several years than she was. All the uuclcs, and the cousius and the aunts were coming t> dinner iu the evening; but this was only afternoon, and we bad gathered round the blazing fire in the dark January day, after the luncheou-tray had beou removed. 'Please tell it, Bertie What are you waiting for ?' So Bertie begau his talo : '1 was tor 6omc time in the piue forests of Maine, if you remember, sharing the pleasures and pains, the good and bad luck of a cleariug surveyor's camp. Oue afternoon?it was* the last day of the year? when the labor of the day was over, darkness came swiftly down upon us, surrounded as wo were with towering mountaius and mighty trees. The fires were lighted, and we sat beneath the overhanging roof of the rude hut which formed the nucleus of the camp, fn front of us the great lire of hemlock logs and branches, roared, and blazed and crackled, as its huge tougucs of , flame leaped upward toward the leaden sky, , and made the darkness of the forest seem yet more awful and impenetrable. The ruddy light that shone upon our faces, as wc sat motionless, illuminated another and more active group close at hand?three or -l vut v 11VIV pivpuilll^ t IIU ^UUIl? WHICH had been shot for supper. In front ' 'A dull, dark afternoon, just such another at thi? one : and you were sitting round the fire as we arc !' interrupted Kate who could never be silent very long. 'Oh, very much like this,' auswered Kertic, with a queer smile. After which he wont on with his naratirc. 'In front of, and below us, lay the river, its swift current chained by the ice, and its whito surface stretching far out, until it was lost in tho gloom beyond. No sound came to break the stillness of that vast solitude, savo our own voices, the sighing of tho wind overhead among the pine cones, which announced that a storm was getting up, the intermittent howl of tho wolf, and now and then the shrill cry of some distant loon.' 'Wolvescried Kate, in a whisper. 'I should not have liked that. Why do you stop, Kertie ?' 'My chief friend in the camp, nay, my only one, was James Wilding. He had come from the old country, no mistaking that, or that he was an educated man and a gentleman. Often I wondered what brought him out in a place so little suited to his refinement, nnd I did not like to ask questions. Another Englishman there was called Gregory ; the rest wcro of various breeds; chiefly Yankees. That Gregory had been a servant to Wilding, and, indeed, was so still, in a degree, we knew ; but in the oauiti all ranked nreltw w<?ll o? , J ? equals. Gregory was a hearty, honest man, much attached to his uirstcr.' 'Was he very good looking?' demanded Kate. Who ?' asked Jlertic, when he and I had had our laugh out. 'Gregory?' No ; dames Wilding.' I 'Very good looking indeed, sister mine. Pit for a hero of romance. Now am I to I go on ?' 1 'Why, )uu kuow you are.' i 'Yos, Willing was good looking; even i you young Indies would have thought him <o ; but he whs worn, and sad, and wanted, i The uiau had some great caro upou him? < [ had always seen that. Sometimes I i would catch Gregory's eyes fixed upon him i with a strange yearning. This afternoon >f which I aui rpeuking, Wilding seemed 1 juite buried in glooui, scarcely replied to remarks, ai d hardly ale any supper when i we sat round it. For a man sharing a ;iuip life, out iu those wild aud desolate cgions to be off his food to the extent of cfusing supper, is a remarkable fact.' i 'I dare say it was uot well cooked,' said Kate ; 'you should have had uio there?I'd i ?avc uiadc him an ouu-let.' Without eggs, my dear V 1 'Didn't you have any eggs? (Joodncss, jracious. do on, Bertie.' 'Supper was half through, the rest of us ] were eating like wolvet, when I spoke to ? him : 'What's amiss, Wilding, this evening? You seem to haven fit of the blues upon I you.' i 'Wildiug did not answer for a minute. j 'Yes', ho said, with hesitation ;'it's true I I feel depressed. The fact is. Krriugton, i I?I?was a little disturbed to-day. Met I with something which startled nie.' 'What was it ?' 'But lie uid not sa). He was loaning i his head upon his hand, gazing outward with a troubled look, as if he wauted to ' sec through the dark pine trees. By and ] by, when we had finished supper, and most i of theui were stretched round the largest 1 lire at a little distance, (iregory catno to i the tent for something ho wanted. Ilis naslnr nn lttc * - uiuatvt III VVU up *? ? IIVUU j (IUU rpuic l/U him. i 'Gregory,' said lie, 'wlicu I was dowu i at the lower clearing, to-day, ami you were < near 1110, did you hear anybody speak to ' tijc ? i 'No, sir,' said Gregory, in a sharp, quick 1 tone. I 'Any one's voice V went on Wilding. < Any voice that?that you knew V i 'I shall never forget the startled look < that crossed Gregory's countenance. But l lie answered, carelessly : < 'There was no nobody's voice near, Mr. < Wilding, but yours and mine. The rest of ^ 'cui were on the other side of the swamp, i I heard nothing at all, sir.' i 'It was just before 1 fell.' \ 'I was quite close to you, sir, when you 1 fell. You first dropped the axe you were holding, and then dropped yourself riirht on the handle. I thought you'd got hurt tu tome way, but when I came to pick you up, I saw it was a taint.' 'Yes, a faint,' assented Wilding, in a low tone. 'You were closo to u?c, and yet you heard nothing?' 'Nothing at all out of tho way, sir. Just beforo, there had been a bird screaming in the pines.' 'It is strange,' murmured Wild ng to himself, as the man went away, 'it is veiy strange. Jlut I could not have been mistaken.' 'What did you think you heard, Wilding ?' I asked, after a minute or two. 'Any alarming sound ?' For my own ideas had flown to the suppressed growl of somo Least of prey, which might have tracked our camp, and be tracking us. 'Not alaruiiug,' said Wilding ;'something on the contrary, that was very sweet and zentle.' Sweet and gentle ? Ay ! sweet aud gentle. And yet you?you faiutcd at it! 1 went ou with hesitation, not sure of my grouud, and somewhat puzzled. Yes, I fiintcd at it. I'm not very strong, Errin;ton, as you must have observed. But won't you explain the mystery to mo ? You have given it its right name?mystery. A mystery never to bo solved in this world. 11 o spoke so drcauiingly, in so weird a tone, gazing the while at the sky above us, now black with the shades of night, that i neia my pcaci. Perhaps I had better tell you the whole story, Errington, lie said, after a long pause. I should like to tell some one beforo I die ; and there's ao one but you I could tell it to?you, or Gregory. Failing you, it must have beeu him ; and he knows something of it already.' Tell away, Wilding ; I should liko to hear it; but don't talk about dying. No, he sail : the fact will bo sufficient, without talking of it. What do you mean by that ? Simply that I have this day, as I believe, received my death summons. Look here, old man, I said, as a creepy feeling stole over mo, we hare plenty of troubles and difficulties to fight against out bcre ; don't let us add superstitious fears and fancies to thorn. 4 Listen,' he said, beginuing his narrativo without further comment. 4 I was just four~and-twcnty years of age when I camo out from the old country to America, to ?yes, I suppose I may say it?to seek my fortune. 1 had property which brought me in four huudrcd a year ; but to a young r> n - t - l i - * * * renow wno naa cxpecica mat Ins patrimony, when he camo into it, would have jcen five or six times as much, and who (iad, moreover, hcen brought up in accordluce with tbo expectation, it seeius a very small incomo. How unjustifiably extrnvu pant my father had bcco, wo know nothiDg of until ho died ; and wc three sons, I was only tho third of them, resolved to pay up the Liabilitiet and save our pood uarne. I came to America with my share ; all that remained to me, indulging in golden hopes. Gregory, the son of our gamc-kcepc.*, asked J to como with mo as tny servant; ho wanted < to sec new places. I told him he might come, but not as my servant; I was not rich enough to keep one. We caino to- , gether ; I paid his expenses, and ho persisted in acting as my servant. All the way, on board ship, we kept culiiug this country, ho and I, tho Laud of Golden ' Hopes, added Wilding, in a different tone, breaking off to laugh a little. And diu it provo so ? I asked. Yes?in a sense. My golden hopes were realized in the shape of love. Love, Hob- < ert Hrrington. [ see. Never was there a sweeter woman iu ,Ui. .1 -VI--'- ricr LM > ? nmiu ihiiii i<tuijr viiruy. one was a native of Boston. welNrcarcd, refined and gentle. OF money she possessed about ns much as I, and our love was mutual. We married, and wero happy! That is a great thing to be alio to say in this world. True lor you. Wilding. Mary's money was invested in one of the most prosperous banks in the United States. It brought a high rate of interest, and 1 ' withdrew mine from tho Funds at home to place it in tho sauio El Dorado. Wo had a lovely house just outside of Boston, and lived in good style. Gregory was still my jervant, for he had ucver loft me. Any children ? One; a girl; a little fairy beauty. Wo named her Jane, after my wife's mother, tod my mother at home, for they both chanced to bear the samo name. Jaticy was, I'm afraid, our idol. She was ns sweet in temper as sho was lovely in form ; her hair was golden, and her blue eyes had heaven's light in theui. All a fond father's ravings, you will call this, Ernngton, 50 we'll let it pass. Seven years went on ; jeven years of peace and wonderful happiness; and if ouc little cloud of thought would now and again couie to mar it, I i drove it away again. It was on the score nf uiy wifes health. Sho looked at times suspiciously delicate, and one croaking old doctor?I called him that?-had whispered a cautiou that her heart was not strong. ?- -? Stopped tiib Growth op IIorns.?A farmer of Carroll County, III., three years ago purchased au Aberdeen Polled Angus bull to use in his herd of horned cows, and, as he expresses it, publicly challenged cows to produce a single calf thnt should ever grow a horn upon his own head. Up to the present time, not a single cow has produced such a calf, so strong is the pulled blood in this direction. The hornless cattle r.re gaining friends wherever they aro becoming known, and we hope the time is not very far distant when there will be a general effort to breed the worse than useless horns off from all our breeds of cattle. It can be done without greatly changing their other pcculiarties and good qualities. Religion in tiie Schools.?Pittsburg, Pa., January 25.?The question of religious services in the public schools is causing trouble in Chartersborough, and may result in legal proceedings. Recently I'rof. Mcllwaine, principal of one of tho schools, suspended eight pupils, whoso parents are Catholics, because the children refused to attend dovotional cxcrc iscs. The school board last week sustained the principal, and now the parents threaten to test the mater in the Courts. H. W. TINSLEY, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, MAIN STREET, UNION, S. C. spectacles and eyeglasses!a specialty.} PECIAL 0RDER8;SOLICITED AT ANY TIMX FOR FINK GOLD WATCHES, DIAMOND RINGS, FINS, EAR-DROPS, ETC. BEST GOODS, LOWEST PRICES. April 10 14 Hit. Emslie Nicholson, Ag't. We gladly recommend the Corbin Di<-k liarow to any of your customers. ALLEN & MILLER. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Oct. 23 42 Cm (Jo to J. O. HUNTER & GO'S For bargains in any an<l every line. They will sell you GOOD GOODS AT BOTTOM PRICES. Emslie Nicholson, Ag't. I am sure the Corbin Disk Harrow will do the work in one day, with one hand and two good mules that six hands and six mules could do with ordinary plows. T. L. I!AMKS. A trial granted, and if not satisfactory the money will be refunded. Oct 23 42 Cm TO THE PUBLIC: The undersigned having determined to reluce their stock, do not propose to wait until Hi the money has left the country, and then iffcr the attraction of low prices, but HICillT NOW, ahile the bulk of the cotton is on hand,* we offer to sell to CASH BUYERS At Priee* IiOtrcr tliau tlio??e of any oilier Store in Union County. WE EXCEPT NONE. This ofTcr applies to every class of goods in our store?staple goods os well as fancy. This is NOT MERE TALK, We mean exactly what wc say, snM it will give you very little trouble to Examine Our Goods tod prices, to be convinced of ibc feet. J. C. HUNTER & CO. Nov 1:) do tf removal: T. H. MANSON has removed bis Grocery store Tortile building formerly occupied by IV. R. Davis, where lie keeps always on hand GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES, n ATMMTr.n rrnnns CIGARS and TOBACCO, COUNTRY PRODUCE, Anil, in fact, every tiling kept in a first class Grocery Store. A Itttqttm Remember,"Old Tom" ill M QJ U will not be undersold. Not 27 47 Gtn / x / ' * ' IGITXS. CJ-XJNW. OIJINS^ GUNS A A'L) PISTOLS. I | Mr. Jns. 11. Roger wishes to cull at-l j tent ion of nil those who are in want of a ^jgoo.1 No. 1 Shot Gun, that he has now in JS 2* stock several tine Breech Loaders ranging in price from $25 to $40, and that lie can H ^ order any particular make and guarantee 2 'h price on snine. Muzzle Loaders from ?3 !*' upward*; and he would call special at- * j trillion to a Muzzle Loader with oiled walnut stock, front action locks, fine London twist barrels, No. 12 bore, tlint lie is >? offering at only $12.oO. Q ? A Full Line of Pistols ^ ^ from $1.2"> to $ 1 ">. Gun Shells, Cart- ^ 'Jj! ridges, Powder, Shot, Wads, and all kiuds ?* V of Gun Material at lowest prices. No trouble to show guns, whether you wish to buy or not. (live him a call if you I want a good gun cheap. 'HSIflO 'HMIIO ~ EMSLIE NICH0L80N, ?Agent for- ENGINES, GINS, PRESSES, TjHRESHERS, BINDERS, Mowers, Hay Bakes, Grain Drills, PLANTERS, CULTIVATORS, Harrows, nud nil kinds of Implements nnd Machinery, Oct li'-l 4'2 Cm. ^/JlLLISER Y OPENINQ-# THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22<f. Ladies, cnll and examine my HANDSOME STOCK. You will timl my goods cheaper tluin ever before. MRS. JAS. GRANT. Oct 28 42 4m W.L.OOUGLAS'fw^ $3.00J'ffA SHOE #JP"-, WAR RAN4J 8. M. RICE. Jn,,& CO. arc sole agents for these Shoes, in I'uion county. Call and examine them. They are the cheapest Shoe ever offered in this market. S. M. RICE, JR., A CO. No. 1 East Unioo. FOR HARD TIMES! THE UNION TIMES ami Demorest's ILLU8TUATKD T\ MONTHLY N magazinD With Twelve Cut Paper Patterns of Your Own Selection and of Any Size. BOTH PVBL1CA1IOXS 1 YEAR ?for? $3.50. ?330. . . &3.30. , DEMOREST'S THE BEST OF ALL THE MAGAZINES. s 1 Containing Stories, Poems and other Literary attractions, combining Artistic, Scientific and Household matters. Illustrated with Original Steel Engravings, Photogravures, Oil Pictures and tine Woodcuts, making it the Siodel magazine 01 America. Facli Mngazino contains n COUPON ORDEll, j entitling the holder to the selection of ANY PATTERN illustrated in that number, and in < ANY SIZE. DEMOREST S MONTHLY is justly entitled the World's Model Magazine. The Largest in Form, the Largest in Circulation, and the best TWO Dollar Magazine issued. 188(1 will be the ' Twenty-second year of its publication : it is continually improved and so extensively as to place . it in the front rank of Family Periodicals, and equal to any Magazine. It contains 72 pages, large quarto, 8\xll.} inches, elegantly printed and fully illustrated. Published by W. Jennings Demorest, New York, And by Special Agreement Combined with THE UNION TIMES, AT $3.50 PER YEAR. THE UNION TIMES JOB Suiting office 0<0 My Elegant New JOB PRESS lias arrived,and isnow incomplete working order. I have also received a large assortment of Job Type, Borders, Ornaments and other materials of the Latest Styles, and am now prepared to do all kinds of Job Printing-. IN THE BEST STYLE OF WORKMANSHIP, AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE, AND UPON THE BEST STOCK. | -CMY. PRICESOShall be as low as those of Spartanburg, Columbia, Charleston or Atlanta, and I am determined to give AS GOOD WORK. r MR. L. H. BOSSE, an excellent gentleman, and a competent workman of many years experience, has charge of my Printing Office, and will superintend all Job Work done in the office. He is also authorized to contract for Job Work. R M ?l Ilealth, Com tori , Madam Foy's Improved .CORSET and Skirt Supporadapted to the present style of dress and has the endorsement of eminent Phyeloisns. For Pale by FOSTER & WILKINS, Union, 8. C ATLANTIC C0A8T LINE, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Wilmington N. C.t Nov. 15^/t, 1885. fast~line DKTWEBH ? Charleston and Columbia and Upper South Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. GOiwe r <JOIN<T~ WEST. | I EAST. 7.20 A. ..Cli'lston.S.C... Ar. 0.10 P. M. 8.34 " ? ..Lanes, " ... ? 7.45 ?? 0.33 " '?? ..Sumter, " ... ?? C.42 ? 0.40 " Ar. ..Columbia, ' ...|Lt. 5.27 ? 3.02 P.M. .AVinnsh'o," ... ? 8.48 ? 4.15 " ..Chester, " ... ?? 2.42 ? 0.05 ? " ..Yorkvillo, ? 12.10 T.M. 7.21 ? ..Lancaster,. ... 7.00 A.M. 4.50 ? ? ..Hock Hill ? 11.50 P.M. 0.05 " ..CharlotteN.C... ? 12.50 ? 2.48 P. M. Ar. |..Newb'ry,S.C... Lv. 3.02 P.M 2.42 ? " j..Grecn\v'd" ... ? 12.44 " G.SO " " j..Laurens, " ... 8.00A.M. 4.47 " " I..Anderson " ... 10.22 " 0.35 ? " ..Grcenv'le!' ... ? 0.45 0.33 ' ..Walhalla, ' ... I B.ro 4.30 " " ..Abbeville" ... " 110.45 ? 4.40 " " ..Spart'b'g " ... 111.05 ? * n ? ? H'nds'villcN.C. " | 7.00 A.M. Solid Trains bet wecnChnrleston & Columbia, S.C and Columbia and llendersonvillc. Special Parlor Cars attached to this train bes tween Chnrlcstou and Columbia. No extra chnrgc for seat in these cars to passengers holding First Class tickets. J. F. DIVINE, T. M, EMERSON, Gen'l Sup't. Gen'l Pass. Agent COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT? Columbia, is. C., Nov. 10, 1880. gj??s? mamm On and after Nov. 10, 1885,Passenger Trains will run as herewith indicated upon this lioad and its branches. ilAiL't", l.XCEPT SUNDAYS. No. S3 UP PASSENGER. Leave S. C. Junction 10.20 a m Leave Columbia (C & U 1)) 10.15 a in Leave Alston 11.45 pra Leave Newberry 12.48 p m Leave Ninety-Six D 2.08 p m Leave Hodges 3.00 p m < Leave Bclton 4.11 pm Arrive at Greeuville 5.30 p m No. 52 DOWN PASSENGER. Leave Greenville nt 0.40 a m Leave Helton 11.08 am Lcavo llodgcs 12.17 p in Leave Ninety-Six D 1-10 p m Leave Newberry 3 02 p m * Leave Alston 4.00 p iu Arrive at Columbia 5.10 p m Bi-AKiAXSiiunu, UNION & COLUMBIA K. 11 No. 53 Ur PaMBJCOKR. Leaves Alston, 11 50 p m Strothers 12 07 p m Shelton 1 08 p m Snntuc 1 50 p rn Union 1) 2 37 p m Jouesvillc 3 ill p m Arrive at Spartanburg 12 4 40 p m No. 52 Down I'asskngkr. Leave Spartanburg, It. A I>. Depot .... 11 05 a in Spartanburg, S. U. -V C. Depot, 11 25 a in Jonesvillo .* 12 81 p nt Union 1) 112pm Santuc 1 50 p m Shelton 2 88 p m Strothers 3*00 p m Arrives at Alston 8 55 p m LAURENS RAILROAD. Leave Helena 3.82 p m Arrive nt Cliutou 5.30 p m Leave Clinton 5.45 p in Arrive at Laurens C. 11 (i.30 p m Leave Laureus C. II 8.00 a m Arrive at Clinton 8.50 a m Leave Clinton 11.00 a in Arrive at Helena 11.00 a m ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leive Hodges 3.30 pm Arrive nt Abbeville 4.30 p nt Leave Abbeville 10.45 a m Arrivo nt Hodges .* 11.45 am BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD AND ANDERSON BRA Nil Leave Helton 4.15 p m Leave Anderson 4.47 p m Leave Pendleton...;. 5 25 p in Leave Seneca 0.00 p in Arrive at Walhalla.... 0 33 p rn Leave iVnlhalla 8.30 a m Leave Scueca 8.50 a m Leave l'endleton 0.38 a m Leave Anderson 10.*. 2 a m Arrive at Belton 10.57 am rnvvFrrmwa Close Connection is now made at Seneca with It. &. 1), 11. K. for Atlanta and beyond. A. With the South Carolina Railroad from Charleston. With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad from Wilmington ?ud all points North thereof. With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail* road from Charlotte and all points North thereof I), with Ashevillc and Spartanburg Railroad for points in Western North Carolina. C. With A.andC. Dir., II. and D. 11. R.,from all points South and West. D. With A. and C. Dir., R. and D. It. R.from Atlanta and eyond ?. With A. and C. Dir., It. and 1). R. R. from all points South and West. F. With South Carolina Rallioad for Char leston. With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for Wilmington and the North. With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail road for Charlotte and the North. (}. With Asheville and Spartanburg Rail* rood from Ilendersonville. II. With A. and C. I>lv., R. and D. R. 11 from Charlotte and beyond. Eastern Standard Time. u. iv. IA1AJUIT, HupcrintcnUsiit. D. Carowrll, A eat General PassengerAgt. April 15 14 If. DAVID JOHNSON, Jr., ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR No. 3 Law Range, Union, 8. C. fOrWill proctice in State and Federal Courts Emslie Nicholson, Ag't. The Corbln Disk Harrow is adapted to more kinds of work than any othsr harrow in use. Would like to see it generally used. J. H. WINTER. Try One and be Convinced.