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Rsrsn to Andrew Simondfl, Esq., Prcs't 1st National Bank, Charleston, 8. C. may 21 weo tf WASHINGTON HOUSE BY Mrs, M. W. Strattoa, corner (jERVAlS & ASSEMBLY STREETS COLUMBIA, S. C Convenient to tho Greenville and Charleston Railroads and tho Business portion of tho City. Rato of Transient Board?Two Dollars per Day. Regular ?onrdcra received at Reasonable ate?. * , *mW a tf A DOSE FOB STIOGEUS. A SElilO-COtfl O Sft?tfClT. BY 8YLVANUB COBB, .IR. Elnathan Stiggera was raving. Elnathan Stiggera was mad. Elnathan Stiggera was jealous?as jealous as man could le. Aud thus it was: Elnathan Ktiggers was forty years of ngo, :.iid until within a year of the lime of which w" write ho had lived the lifo of a {.'rapping bachelor; hut at length ho had taken a wife. Whether he had loved Murin Brown as a true man ought to lovu WC cannot say ; but we can say that no sooner had ^ho became his wife than he sought to guard her from the admiring 6y6fl of tho rest of tho world. Murk; was young and good looking. As a child she had admired the Stiggera mansion, aud as a woman she had accept.d the position of its mistress, people said that Slicgcra had concluded it would be cheaper to maintain a wife than to hire a housekeeper ; aud ut the Butnc time ihoy expressed the opinion that Stiggcts" bud made a mistake if he anticipated that ho was going to bend Maria Br< .vn (o tho yoke of his penurious purpose. Wo have said that Sliggers' was jeal ous. Ho had discovered that a young aud dushing-lookiug man had visited his house during his absence?that ho had been there twice, at least,?aud that on both occasions 1:0 had been closeted with Mrs. ?tiggers. llo had received this information I rem old Jotham Jud kin.-, his man of all work, about bis place. 'Sartiu sure, sir," dock rod Jotham, the man's been hero twice within a Week. First time ho ax'd mo, 'was m\ master to hum ; and when I told him 2\Tu, he put (straight f<ir thu house, and ?.k'd lor the missus." JShc come to thu dour, und he wcut in. Throe days after w;;rds bo conic agin. When KcWcfit j away this last lime I was Btaudin' close by ti e porch ; and 1 beer 1 Missus tell hint to be Icerful, and not to breath a word of what Jiatl happened! 1 did, sir, -art in suro.' lO ! 'be scouudrol! Uh, the pcrGdiouj wretch !' Stiggors ground his heel into the sand, and when be bad sworn to hi: heart's content,?or, as much as ho thought Jut hum could bear.?he Blurted for the housj, and in the ball he met Polly Piper. Polly was the young maidservant, and warmly'attached.to her mistress. Stiggera took her by the arm, and diaggt-d her into the drawing room. 'Polly Piper, if you value your life, tell Ute the truth !' lie.stamped his foot, j and 1< oked furious. Ordinarily, Polly would jduivc been frightened by Bitch au exhibition of madness ou tire part ol'a man j but Elnathan Stiggera was hardly made up for frightening udjbody. particularly u quick.witted woman. 'There jfoas been a young man here to sec Mrs. Stingers?a Joshing muH,? he has been here ivi'xCoV 'Yes, 6ir,' answered Polly. 'Ah!?you acknowledge ii! What did be come lor V 'I cannot tell yon, sir.' 'Don't you know V Polly looked up almost wickedly. ?Yes, sir/ 'Yes, sir.' 'Aha !?Oho !?you knoW, oh ? Aud what did be come here for !' I Polly Piper looked resolute, nud yet tho wicked expression?au expression such as only a bright eyed, snuey git 1 can wear?was upon bor luce. 'I cannot tell you, sir.' 'Canuot V 'No, sir.' 'Polly Piper, if you value your life, toll too !' '1 cannot.' ?Why not V 'My mistress made rac promise' 'Mudo you promiso not to tell why that young villain ca.nc horc T 'Made me promise, sir, not to tell why the beautiful young gentleman came here.' ?Wretch ! ? Hypocrite ! ?Worn ! ? Leave my house ! You arc no longer in my employ !?But stuy ?Bid you hear this creeping, sncuking, villainous abomination of a man use terms of en dearment to Mrs. Stiggcrs V ?I think he hud reason, sir, to bless her.' I 'Ha !?he did ??And for what ?' | *1 cannot tell you, sir.' 9 ?You promised Mm. Stiggers, ch V 'Yes, sir.' 'Out with yon, vixen ! Puck up your contemptible wardrobe, and leave! Let nur JJnevcrset 030? upoti your detestable, fiendish face again !' Elnathan Stiggcra went to the side board in the dining.room, and swallowed a tumbler Cull of brandy, and then sought hi.s wife, whom ho found quietly sewing ?11 the sitting-room. ?S.j! Mrs. Stiggors!?I have caught you at last, have I V Mrs* Stiggers was not unprepared for this. 1'ully had just pas.seJ through the room. 'You have caught me sewing a button upon your shirt, you careless 111011,' she said, without looking up. I '(.) ! you double dyed traitress !' Mrs. Stiggcra laid down her work, and raised h :r head. 'Eluuthan l' 'O,? don't think to fool me, Mrs. Stiggers. I know you for a false, deceit ful, treacherous, evil-eyed?.' 'Mr. Stiggors !' ?Who ia the gay Lothario that's been buzziug about your bower in myabscuca?' Ehinthau had sat down, well nigh out of breath. 'Yt u mein tho young man who culled to see me V 'Yes.?1 mean the graceless villain who persists in visiti ig you when 1 am away.' 'Really, .Air. Stiggers, your abrupt and uii gentlemanly manner does uot invite mc to entertain your question.' 'Hut you do not deny that he has been here 'I do not.' 'The last time he was here he g:ivc you a written letter, and told you that you bad made Hill) happy?' 'lie gave me a written piper, sir.' 'And declared that you had made him a happy man V 'I think ho did use words to that effect.' 'Mrs. Stiggers, what was that written paper ?' 'When you are niurc respectful, I may tell y. u.' 'Then you will not tell me now V T wil; not.' 'And you budo Polly Tip r to b. secret about the matter V 'Yes.' 'Mrs. Stiggors, that is enough ! I a'rr not a fool ! I am not to be hen pecked ! Henceforth you arc nothing to rue ! Had )"ou confessed your weak ocas, and humbly asked my ? forgiveness, I might have overlooked this disgraceful pro ceeding; but sinco you are wickedly contumacious, I shall do tho only thing which is left lor me t> do. 1 si.all call your relatives in, and in their presence I shall expose you ; and they shall then [judge whether 1 have reason to put you from nie '.' 'You can do as you please, Mr. Stig ! gers.' 'I ?hall do as 1 please!' And will? this Ulna.hau Stiggers strode From the room. And while the savage fit was upon hi 111 Stiggers posted oil and called upon the relatives Bof bis wife who lived near at hand. They were shocked when they bad heard his accusations; but they Were incredulous. They bad known Maria as a most proper and discreet maiden, and they could not believe that she had so forgotten herself. Hut they were willing to assetublo at his house, and witness the ciTect of his accusation before thorn. And that evening tho Browns, and the Joneses, and the Pipers?all rcla lives of tho suspected wife?were gathered together in Elnathan Stingers' large drawing room, and Mrs. Stiggcra was summoned before thotn. First Jothaui Judkins was called upon for his story. Hut Mrs. Stiggers interrupted. 'There is no need,' she said, 'that cur servants should be qnotdinncd. 1 can give all needed particulars,' 'Aha, madam ! We shall sec ! Now answer mo.' Mr. Stiggers saoko very grandiloquently. 't have told our friends ot the scandalizing facts so fur as they are known to mc. Now, Mis. Stiggers, will you tell us what was the villain's name ?' 'You mean tho name of tho gcntlo man who called upau me V 'As you please.' 'His name, as ho wrote it, was Gusta vus Vandcrveer.' 'A most gallant, name, I must coufess 1 Where wag he from ?' 'New Volk." ?Ah !?a most proper place! Anil^jrou made him a happy mail'." '11c so declared.' ?He did? So, 8o,?\re arc getting on And what did you do that made hbjl so excessively happy ?' 'I did what he had evidently begun to fear ?over would be done' 'You did't And you bound your ser vant to sc :recy ?' 'Yes. 1 did not cure that his errand should be known to our friends? -for your sake, Elnathan, ns well as for my own.' 40, yc?!?very careful for my Silke ! Hut Mrs. Stiggera, would be so kiu 1 as to tell us what that marvellous deed was, which be bad feared never might bg ae cotnplishcd, but which you so ploasWitlj w rough! out for him V ?It is writ ten on this paper,' said Mrs Stiggcrs, at the same time taking a neat ly I old cd paper from her pocket. ?Oho! That is the paper be gave you ?' 'Yes Snail I let my uncle read it ?' 'Aye. NVe will bear it. Road it aloud, Deacon. Raul every word.' Deacon Solomon Rrowu took ?ffi pa per, and having sto ?d up noir tr> the mantel lamp, and adjusted bis specta elc-?, ho read, in res mailt, vigorous toacs, as foilowa : 'Acic York, June first, clylitfcn hun dr- I and si.rty eiaht.? Mr. I'Ht&thun Stiggcrs to I'upcrpoJ ?S: Ink man. Debtor: To one ropy <>f Tho ICvatigelicoj Ga zette, hum .June first, ri:/'it-t:n hutuind um/ fifly-eiyht, to June first, ciylitnu^ hundred mill fi.rtysiyht.? Tivr.ttiy fire dollars. Hereived )>aym<ut,?(Jusiavus Vundcrvoor, for the Publishers. 'You will understand,' r< marked Mrs. Stiggcrs, very cjuietly, 'that the terms of the paper were two dollars a year, to which fifty cents was to be aJJet?jf uot paid wi^iiu six mouths.' Mr. Stigg r.s caught the receigtHrom the Deacon's hand, and when lid had seen its tfrittcu face, he sunk do like a man pal.-iel. * ? - 10*Ui*-.. ?The collector' pursued Mrsi ^ti: gcrs, -was very, very happy, when be found himself in possession of the full amount of tho bill. -Ho tiad_*ough t long, but in vain, to collect it by mail. And perhaps you cnu nil of you under Stand that delicate instinct of a true and sensitive wife which would seek to bide Iritn the world a thing so ddrfidging to the character of her husband as an un paid uewspapor account of so many years standing !' To the present day Hlnathan Rtiggers has b:st a faint idea of how be got rid of bis summoned witnesses on that event ful evening; but upon two very impor tant particulars be feels that he can with perfect assurance take his oath : First,? He lias not since allowed him sell to manifest any symptoms ol jealousy towards bis wife j?aud, Second,? IK has i reciuued the possibility ofauotlici visit from ibe New York collector by paying invariably in advance (or hi* uewspapor. What Camo Of It. 'I 'ell you she don't care for mo !' sighed S.ewart l*yccroft. 'Of course she don't,' said bis sister Meg, a plump, brown eyed girl 'W h it do you suppose girls are made of? Do you think they cure for sighing furnaces, or swains that are always plunge I in the dcopB ol' despair V ?Hut what would you have me do t 1 can't protend to be indifferent to her, for I'm not,' persisted Mr. l'yccrofii. '77/ till you what, Stewart?but mind, if 1 undertake (be management of this case, us the lawyers say, you must put yourself wholly and cutirely under my care. Now listen to mo. Mrs. Tyndalo is coming bete to visit mo next week?my old Bchoobtuute, ami the sweetest litllo lose bud of a widow you over suvv.' ?Rut I don't care fur widows,' said Stewart disconrol itoly. 'Of cour.-e you don't,' said Meg im patiently, 'and nobody wants y ou to, for Barbara wouldn't suit )ou, any Uiorc than you would suit her. lint don't you tec, if you Were just to make believe a little?Now don't st.ir^ at me with such great, wide-open eyes !' cried Meg despairingly. 'Tell me what you mean at oucj, aud have done with it,' said Stewurt. 'You must play tho devoted lover to Darbara; that's what I neun. Not anything real, und in earnest, of course, but just to ma kc Kitty think you have qeasud to euro about her. Lt wiHTj just like a charade, and you'll sc'c how quickly Kitty will dome to her common senso.' 'Do you really think, then, that Ivitty. 'Yes. I do think she cares about you, Stewart ; only there is no woman alive? of course I'm not speaking about your cold sculptured saiuls, without a Fjiic'c* of human mischief or emotion?that can resist the pleasure of coquetting a little when she sees that a man is so desper ately spooney about her. I know it's not an olegaut expression,' as Stewart frowned a little, 'but it is so vrn/ appro priate. I'll tell Barbara all abou: it, and she'll enter right into the fun and spirit of tin* thing.' 'Well,' said Stewart a little reluctant ly, 'if you really believe?' 'I'm sure of it,' cried Meg jub lantly ; and so the little domestic stratagem was duly agreed upon. Bessy was in the next room sewing, close to the partition ? Bessy Pyecroft, who was Kitty Clover's dearest friend, who 'went straightway off, and divulged tho whole contrivance. 'Ah ?' said Kitty, nodding hoi head until tho yellow curls danced ; 'is tlml their policy ? Upou my word, Bessy. I think it's the best joke I have ever heard '. We'll j-ec how matters will turn out.' Now Kitty Clover was the prcttie-t. most aggravating little lassie in all the village, with big blue eyes, and ski.i :.s soft and finegrained its white velvet; and Kitty knew het power. Vet she liked Stewart Pyce-roft after all, and fully meant some day to accept his love. Mrs. Tyndrlo arrived duly, on the expected visit to her friend Meg Bye croft. She was a widow of some two and twenty summers, very pretty, and very unlike Kitty ^ Clover, in that sli e was tall and willowy, with very black hair and eyes, straight lireeiin features, and a creamy Creole outnplexion, where tho roses of perfect health bloomed on cither check. '?o- vfe\a - to ao' n chartde. nro we-T said the wiuow to Stewart. 'I'm sure it will be perfectly charming; I always had n talent for duplicity !' She took matters so bewitchingly that the awkwardness of the arrangement was forgotten at once, and Stewart Pj'ecroft felt as if he had knowu her nil her life! imo". But Kitty was prepared for the mask ed battery so soon tu be opened upon her, thanks to Bessy P/e'ci ift's treach ery. 'I'll teach him a lessou,' said Miss Kitty, biting her cherry under lip. 'Let him fliit with that Indian looking wo man just as much as ever he please. I'll show abim that I'm not to be bullied in to submission '.' And Kitty devoted herself with great apparent earn est neu to a ccrtnM? Uap I tain Kniest Hyde, who was just theu adorning tho village with his presence? a young man with a line figure, and a tremendous capacity lor small talk ! Barbara Tyndalo was a very eharming fellow-conspirator, and Meg assured Stewart that things were progressing ohanuiugly. 'Didn't you SCO her watching you last night, oi:t of tho corners of 1i>t eyes, when you were waltzing with Barbara'/' 'No, I didn't.' 'That's because you mcrr never sec anything. But. isn't Barbara sweet?' 'She tJi Very lovely indeed,' said Mr. Pyecroft. Barbara had been a month it her school-mato Meg's now, and they were all great frioilds. 'Nonsense!' said Mrs. Ty it dale. She Was standing at Stewart's side, iu tho purple flush of the May twilight, playing with a sprig of newly blossomed sweet brier, while he bent over her, his lips suspiciously close to her forehead. ?But it isn't uonsousc ar all,' said Mr. Pyecroft, with great decision ; 'it's real earnest! 1 do love you-, Barbara. I shall be miserable if you do not promise to be mitte, now and forever !' 'You otigbt not to say su.h things in jest, Mr. Pyecroft.' Jest ! Barbara, can you believe mo to be so cruel, so s useless '( 1 love 3*011? uud my highest li me is one day to call you my darling wifj.' 'But Kilty Clover !' 'Kitty Clover indeed! That is past and gone. It was a school-hoy's fleet ing fancy 1 had for/ur. Dear Barbara, I have been ^playing with edged tools | and have wounded my lingers sorely, U 1 if you will not say 'Its,' Tho charade is reality?tho h?vo I fciguod hat, bo como an actual passion. And if you dou't o.y Yes?' But Barbara Tyaddle did say 'Yes' at last. 'I shall always '?o?riscl people no'vor to play at making love, unless they want it to become real cartlcat!' slic said, half laughing, half crying, rts Stewart led her into the bouse to cotiGdc his newly found happiness to faithful Meg. And Kitty Clover ! 'Oh, but it can't ho possible, you know!' said she, with a sudden paling of tho cheek, whcti popular rumor brought to her the .story of the now af Gancctncnt. 'It's all a joke !' 'Indeed it's nothin-r of the kind,' said Miss Hiuthy Jones, who had told the news. 'Meg I'yccroft herself told me. And he has given her a diamond cn I gngcuieut ring, and they're to be mar ried in June. By the way, Miss Kitty, I suppose you and Captain Hyde will be stepping olf about that time V 'Captain Hyde !' cried Kitty?and then, uuublo longer to control her fcol ings, she burst out crying. 'Dear me!' exclaimed Miss Rinthy, 'what's the mutter V 'N-nothing 1' sobbed Kitty; only it makes me so angry to be teased about that odious Kniest Hyde V Door little Kitty ! she had rcaiiy liked Stewart I'yccroft, and she had only meant to have 'a little fuu' before she .-c ttieJ down into a sober matron. And now Ernest Hyde actually presumed to make her an oD'er of marriage; and Stewart was engaged to that black-cycd widow, and?and?nothing went right! And For a few weeks Kitty Clover was the most miserable little girl in ex istence, or at least she thought so, which amounted to the same thing. From all of which wc hnve only to deduce one unmistakable moral?that it is very, very wrong for girls to flirt! A True Story. I heard of a young lady the other day up in middlo Tcuuessoe. who, as river men say, has taken another chute. The story told about "nor (ttd ir.y soul good, and for the comfort of other half starved dyspeptics like myself, whose tardy sustenatioo is effected by means of fried chicken, soggy biscuits, greasy hash and sole-leather fritters I'll relate it. For yoars past, as a mere matter of form?something handed down from re mote anii'iuity?the officers o'f the coun ty fair hohl in the nciguborhood where this young lady lived have been in the habit of offering a premiom to tho lady (unmarried) cooking tho best dinner. It was a dead letter. Nobody bad con tested for the premium within the mem ory of the oldest inhabitant. This yo nr however the 3*oung lady of whom I am speaking detcrmiuod to compete for the prize. Her name?( wish I could im mortalize it?was Kate Janaway. The fair in.'u set up a stove for her, stretch ed a eanv is to shield her from the sun, and about 11 o'clock of the last day she Went to work. The matter had been talked about by every otrc in the neighborhood and curiosity was on tip-toe. A crowd col lected around tho place where the stove was set up, early iu tho morning atij ki'pt increasing but when Miss Kate herself?a buxom handsome girl of nine teen, daughter of the cx -Mayor of the town?appeared on Uic ground and put ting on a white apron a"d rolling up her sleeves, commenced operations, all other attractions were nothing. Every one was eager to see so novel a sight. There was a tree near by which soou became black with spectators, who had climbed up to get a better view. Tho branches were finally so burdened that ouo by one they broke, precipitating tboso upou them to the ground, until only one man was left in the tree. He sat irVa' lofty fork, with eyes riveted ou the scene be low. No amount of persuasion by those beneath, envious of his better view, could induce bun to couio down. Even a bribe of ten dollars failed. Ho said he was bouud to see or dio. Meanwhile tho dinner preparations went on apace. The suvory smell of tho Cooking food seemed to- intoxicate the crowd which pressed ucaror und nearer. It took ull the police force on the grouuds to keep order. Tho tiiuc arrived for the trolling mutch uunouuoud as tho sport of iho day, but tho amphitheatre was empty. Thejudgea (with the exception of one crabbed old widower), the timers ! all wc* missing, and bo nothing could bo doue. At ha If-past two the A'.aaer was auuouuced ready a?a tho judges, happy men, Btttod themsjives at the tablo?tbo crowd regarding them with. ill-disguised envy. A roast ofbcof, deli? catoly dono, was put steaming hot upon tho table, then followod corn pudding; whoee delicate aroma fell upon the olfactories of tho excited crowd like breezes of Araby :ho Meat! a profusion or vegetable's, e ,.oced to p^rfectijn, foil* owed next. Tho judges ate and ate praising the flavor of the food and the skill of tho oook at cv^ry mouthful. Dul wticc. at last, a desert of piping hot, apple dumplings made its appearance the forbearance of tho crowd was at an end. They broke through tho ropes into i.ho ring with orie accord, and the dumpling disappeared in a trice. One old fellow, proprietor of a store and owner of a big saw-mill, pro* posed to the young lady on the spot but ho was quickly colared and led off the ground by two younger aspirants' who made common cailsc against the aged suitor, saw mill and all, That young lady was the centre of attraction in her town after the cooking feat the first week, and her fame spread through all the country round. An old batche !or|fel;ow dowu in Grnndy county with a farm so big that it, takes him all day to ride around it and cattle1 on a hundred hills, heard of lief, and made a pilgrimage all the way to that town to lear.' the truth. He got tho girl, too" although some of the young men of the place sued out a writ of habeas corpus to prevent her being carried out of tho county. They wore too lato, This is, 1 am awire a rather sad en ding for so good a storj' but devotiod (o to the truth compels mo to give nothing but the simple unvarnished reality. Sac ought to have married that fellow who set up t no re in the crotch oi the tree so long and at such fearful discom fort. He wanted her, aud ho was pdov billious dyspctic whom splendid cooking would have soon restored to usefulness and society but be was poor. Ah! How Quarrels Begin.?"I wish that pony was mine," said a little boy at n window looking down the road. '?What would you do with him ?" asked his brother. "Hide him ; that's what I'd do." "All day long "Yes, from morning till night/' " You'd have to let mo ride him some* times." "Why should I ? You'd have no right to him if he was mine." '?Father would make yon let mo have' him part of the time." "No, he wouldu'p;" "My children," said the mother, who now saw that they were begioing to get angry with each other,- "let tito tolf you of a quarrel betweed two boys no bigger nor older than you are. Thej wer* going along a road, talking in a pleasant way, whou one of therrf said ; "I wish I had all the pasture land in the world," "And I wish I had all the cattle in the world'" said the other/ "What would you do then?" asked the* other. "Why, I would turn them !nto* your pasture land." "No yoa wouldn.t,' was the reply. "Yea* I would." "Buir I wouldn't let you. You .shouldn't do* it" 'I should." "You shan't." "I will." And with that they seised and} pounded each other like two s"dJy, wiok-' ed boys, as they wore.,' The childron laughed, but their mein er said : ?You sco in what trifles quarrels often begin. Were you any wiser in yoor half angry talk about an imaginary po-* oy. If 1 bard not been hero, who knows4 but you night have been as silly and wicked as they wore." The following is an order for supplies for a fishing party of two: "Please to sand by bearer the follow ing articles, which, if you prefer it, yott cau charge to either Mr. A., or Mr. B; Either is tho safest: Four pounds of salt and a small cask of whiskey; one pound of ground black pepper and a dozen bot tles of whiskey; fonr pounds of lard and' a large jug of whiskey; four canvassed hams and six quart bottles of whiskey? thrco stout fishing lines and a quar ter of a hundred weight of bats* euit, samo weight of Gashiro cheese, and two large, quart, pocket-fksW of wh iskey; one paper oi large' Lita'exb*1* hooks, and a gallon of whiskey in any 0j? vessel you don't uao: ^ MndJ0Q0 pound of whit* a aod ft mU . of whl8k^. P. S. As we iU*U ho gem*, several days, and as we may get we* fishing, my doctor, who has jjast stepped, in, suggested that wo had better, lake a. little whiskey, $oa,d it, and enter it on, your books with other items aboT? "