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W, (PERRY MURPHY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IIRAX?IIYIU,E, S. t\
WiHtproctiieo in thc'Conrts uf Orange
Ihirop.'Colleton a?nd Barnwdll.
lfrfb 7 Rra
Dm. D. W.. Ear ton & Thos.
Legare.
UnTing mriitcd themM-he.? in the .practice
?of MEDICINE under the mime of
HARTON & LIX* ARE.
Oilers their jiro.feasional service* to the
Town of Graiigcburg and Rnnr?uuJii>g
?t'nuntry.
Ofiico hours Crom '"B*e ?t A. St. ?utd 7 to
nt night.
Office Mitrkct Street t.wo do ere ?el?w -3.
11. ilnuiiltoii'-i Store.
dec 27 IfC?
L A. IST D .AO-KlsTT
The Undersigned has, opened an OFFICE
{for the SALE of LAND.
Pcraoiw .having REAL ESTATE <? -iia
jpose of w.jll 'Cie *v.?:ll.to .rcgi*t<?r ithe same
."tor sale.
LAUG? IFARMS subdivided irad sold in
??ilher LA1UJK or SMAaV y uccls.
GOOD FARMS for sale ai mom $2 to $6
jper acre,-on easy terms.
AX'GUSTtS B. KNOWLTON,
?Orangeburg C. IL, A. C.
nov 16 ' r if
If* jow have n?> IV?net, go Buy
am roudh :an you .want on EASY TERMS at
*tie LAND OFFlCEjOf
AUG. B. KNOWLTON.
nov 13 If
If you have More Land than
you ean PAY TAXES on, Register it for
sale at the LAND OFFICE of
AUG. B. KNOWLTON.
If you Siaye I.cbh Land thau
you want, BUY MORE at the
LAND OFFICE of
AUG, B. KNOWLTON,
PR, C, R? TAB Kit.
"LEWISVILLE, S. C,
(8T. MATTHEWS P. O.,)
. june 6 1873 tf
tf. FELDER MEYERS,
TISSAS JliSTICIS.
OFFICE COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
Will giTP prompt Attention to all business
?atrasted to hira, nsr 29?tf
Browning & Browning,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
??UAW?!j;?UK(j C. II., So. Vn,
Malcolm I, B-jiowxina.
A. F. BaowMiMo.
AUGUSTS B. KNOWLTON
iTT'Oli&Y AND 0O?NSELLOU
AT LAI?,
i?ly ?
W. X,. W. EILKY
TRIAL JUSTICE,
ddenco in Fork of Edldto,
*JW*9VBUltok ENTR?8TED rill be
-MUspHy-and fajsfullj attended t#,
inljJB. ly
Ax Recotletion.
BY CLAUDE DE IIAVEN.
Deep within the curt.lined vale of
preen verdure ran the limpid stream
known to us children as "Ox Creek."
Low under the hills liken channel were
brond pastures, wherein grazed ihe stock
belonging to "Sidney Place," acknow
lodged throughout the parish as being
the most beautiful i nd productive farm
in the whole region.
The main road ran through the
"Flats," parallel with Ox Creek, only
once crossing it, and that in such a
manner ai to beautify the landscape.
How my mind wanders back to the dear
old bridge, deprived of the romance oi
a grist mill, as in the case of Ben Bolt ;
but tke enjoyment of fishing for4 bull
heads" compensated for (he lack of ro
mance.
Ox Creek bridge could bo scon for
two miles on cither side, as it united
the Flats half way frntu Sidney Place
to the school-house*" and Post office,
where we received our mail oueaa week,
r.nd that on Wednesday. We knew the
exact hour that John Moore would pass
the bridge astride of the li ttle donkey
he had ridden lor eight years, with the
mail-bag carelessly thrown across its fore
shoulders. Occasionally the mail hag
presented a plethoric appearance ; then
we all imagiuud there wcro letters for
the whole country ; but when the bag
presented a collapsed appearance our
enthusiasm melted considerably, and
our journey to the Post office was not
accelerated by the hnncfl of getting any
thing but the weekly paper, which m is
published :nt the.shire town, fifteen miles
off.
Sidney Place wa? r happy ho in for
k oswtaiued the warm hearts of our pa
rent."?heaven blees them?and four
?childlem. -John waa the oldest. Mary
ntert, und Harriet, three years older
than myself. Two boys and .two.girl.,
with a place of sixty nine "hi?hlv tin
pToved acres, well stocked with cows
and sheep, and the finest span of horses
to be seen in n day's travel. Two men
attended *o the .place, while Mary aud
Harriet assisted, mother in attending to
ihe household duties, aud father attend
ed to reading the ucwspaj>ers and kne$>
ing the public road iiu .repair, having
been Pnoh Master fur years, and 'knew ton
cent 'the amount of taxes each resident of
the parish was compelled to work out
j early, iIda .close application to the
highways fkejyt them in good repair,
which served to keep him in office. The
emolument were light, but the honor
great. Everybody called him the
'?Squire," although he never married
two silly people io his life, or decided a
case of arbitration. His judgment was
relied upon, and I am not positive but
his premature opinion was strictly ad
hered to in eases ot controversy, for the
actual "Squire" was a great admiiar of
father, and frequently consulted him
upon knotty points.
I ily lather was looked upon as u great
man. The opinion of "Squire" Sidney
had more wi ight in public opinion than
all the people in the connty. The bare
expression of his mind moulded the
sentiment of the entire community ; and
why not? My father hud lived amongst,
them for years, hnd accumulated a
competence by honesty, temperauco and
humanity, treating with just consider
alion the wanfcs aud claims oi all who
came .to consult him, and with a hand
ever open and n hounohold welcome to
alleviate tho wants of suffering humanity,
his motto being, "It's more blossod to
give than to receive;" ulwnys inoul
anting the prinoiplo of thrift, and pru
dence, and looking ahead to that inevi
table "rainy day," (hat ?11 qavo heard
so touch about,
How neat, comfortable and happy was
our home. What a large front roo n we
had. This, of course, ns tho "spare
room," but it Tf?? nover spared whon we
hnd Oceanian to occupy it. In fancy the
bright roses of the three.ply carpet up
pear before me, The chintz sofa, rose
wood rnnt.ro table oc vorod with books
and daguerreotype of ftmily and friends,
and the big oil lamp that usually occu
pied a protuinont position on the bureau
Our (lining room was covered with a
carpet of rags, but so artistically wore
they wrought by the hands of (he village
* caver, having been previously dyed by
the instruction* of mother, that *ou
several occtsions our guests would sug
gest the change of the rag carpet to the
pUce occupied by the tbrce ply. fluw
ever, mother always objected, saying
the throe ply would not last a month iu
the dining room, whore so many pcoplo
walked.
The long porch that ran around three
sides of the house shaded ir.3 wiudows
half the day, and the crcapiug vines ou
the othor side dehed the hottest rays of
summer's heat j and then at night, wheu
tho lowing cows have been placed iu the
pasture, and tho duties of day were
done, mother und si.-1eis sit ou the front
porch and sing an evening hymn, ae
comaanied by the guitar, played by
brother John ; lather, iu his stocking
led elevated to the lailing of the porch,
with pipe in hand, directing the bar
mony, for father in his younger days
hud played the violin wi.h considerable
-kill.
Old Towzer aud I would be sitting
near the edge of the porch iu a mute
reverie, listening to the low gentle tones
of Mother's sweet Bophratio, tlio mezzo
of Harriet, and tho contralto of Mary.
J?ih.i occasionally assisted with a well
cultivated bass, whiuh complete I the
quartette. Then we would all ask
mother to sing a love song ; wheu,
plating her baud iu lather's open palm,
she would sing about the loves of youth,
unbroken affections, the ordeal of life,
and death's separatiui. Oh, how the
wild, bright, saintly face of mother ap
pears before me as I write?appears be
fore uie as in days gone bye, before the
frosts of sixty winters lud left its time
mark upon her raveu tresses, aud as the
liugeriag roues of tho song died away,
father Would press her to his liOSOtll, and
imprint love's token upm her choeriul
face. Is n-?t. this pretty picture, nl
though ho ^iely drawn '( but fancy will
not allow me to overdo it.
Those were luypv days, und my heart
I lightens wlrca I 4 eve at t*jthem. Oftcu
I iu manhood wheu struggling with the
w01 Id,.will my mind go back .to t,hu dear
old home ou the Ox Creek, u?d count
the Jays defore Thatukagiviug, lor 1
.never allowed one to pass without going
home. .Nothing e?4uld prevent me fron
meeting (father und iu ?thor once a year,
if uot eft euer. Mary is married to 11
good imam, and Harriet .remains at home, I
the comfort and solace of our aged par
ents- Ilo.w it lightens my daily dutie
to iveoeive letters from Harriet, telling
Mfteatil about the "place," nnd what daily
occurs, and how my heart warms wheu I
open a little piece of paper always
pecularily folded, enclosed iu Harriet's
letter, which invariably commences 14My
dear child," and closes with "Your
loving mother." My heart throbs **God
bli ss my mother," and when I do go
home aud lold my loving mother's form
to 1113 breast, and cover her cheeks with
kisses. 1 am iu longer a man calloused
with the toils of life, but a little child
a-ain m 1 tin , on ! c. knee.
Aud when 1 tell her of my adven
turcs, .of the cares I am daily subjected
to, how hor loving eyes look upon me iu
nil compassion, und pity my sorrows uud
when at Thanksgiving wj all gather
around the family table, seated at the
head i? father, Mary, with her good
hu-b.uid and two li tie boys, mother sits
oppo.-itc father to pour tea, while liar
riet aud I occupy the side, looking to
Mary and her family. I am always
elected to do the honors oflhc table, arid
1 fed os highly honored as if 1 were
curving at tho President's banquot. No
national dinner evot can have the relish
to me that docs the dinners at homo ou
the tSiducy I'luce. 1 could uot tell you
all that mother and sister have prepared,
but their catalogue could not be surpass
cd.
1 shall visit home again this Thanks
giving should providence spare my life,
apd if Heaven extends its blessings to
na, shall again kiss my dear parents,
shall talk ovor tho past and calculate
upon the futuro. 1 ?hall |jnt| Harriet
and Mary with her littlu fhinily j shall
sco fa'her nnd mother at each nod of
the table, and 1 shall again carve the
turkoy ; and whon the visit of the day
is over, we will sing our evening songs
together, thanking IJiii) lor His bless
ings, uud bid euch other good night,
while each rcpuir tq their several apart
incuts to dream of tl)u golden past, atid
happy futqre.
W'qqld that all who read this could
boiist of us gooJ 11 home and loving par
ents as I. Tho world Wuuld bo much
happier, and tho burdens of lifo borne
with more foit.it utul looking to tho hnjqiy
iutur ? for aq annual reunion at tho dear
old home,
Bqt. that paopotbr. Time, with bis
living movements, ia making changes
daily. Households are.separated, f.vini
lies and friends divided. ;/omu are laid
away to rest until tho last day, while
others wearily wander upon strange tor
ritory, with no prospect oUn rouuiou at
the old homestead. TliaubjHgiving after
thanksgiving pa?s and n.i(ro:nindor of
the oaco happy days pasted at home,
unle-h it, i? to see others tgypyiug tho
same blessing which a few years will
take from them, aud they like the rest
of tho world Jgaze upon the reunion of
friends with a longing hoart. and sigh
for the good timos passed beneath their
own oottage roof.
Heaven bless tho wanderer, and my
parents long live to offer up a prayer
for those who are separated Irom kind
red and friends, with do bright, cheery
hope of an annual reunion. Listen to
the toll of youuder church boll as
another dear friend is laid away beneath
the willows, and another household made
desolate by tho death of one of thair
family. >To reunion for them until the
last day, when all shall meet face to face
with the long departed, and the spiri
tual reunion only equalled by the joys
tasted here upon earth, where uo sepur
atiou occurs, whore all is a perpetual
thanksgiving aud praise to Him for
blessings past, auJ the golden home a!
ready prepared.
Fimiliur Phfases.
CATCHING A TARTAR?CHIP IN l?OR
RIIMSK?CART A NU HORSE? HUM ItI.E
I'lK ?i'*S AM) q'.S?I1U0K.EY Will.K Kit.
11Y DR. It. ?HEI.TON MACKENZIE.
Speculations as t> the origin ?f phra
ses arc very common. tinn to
time l fluve l eo-ivcd-m-aii f*kjrrrmrri}.* o.i
this subject. TodUy I jdiull attempt
to answer a few ai'theur
S? eomtaon a phrase as 'Ci'ching a
Tartar' has its .origin variously slate.1.
Or.isc, the utitiq uarian, says that it came
ut of a Morjf of an Irish soldier, in tin
Imperial service, who iu 'a battle ag iinst j
the Turks, called out to his comrade
that he had caugut a Tartar.
'Illing him along, then,' was the re
ply.
.lie won't come,' answered Paddy.
'Then come along yourself,' said his
comrade. '
To which the Hibernian respon
ded.
'Ah, but he won't let me.'
This is alluded to in a roeei.t work by
Professor Fitzorald, entitled 'Cautious
lor the Times,' revised by Archbishop
Whalely, of Dublin, the great logician, J
in the sentence, "Wo are like the man ]
who boasted of'having caught a Tartar,' |
when the fact was ih it the Tartar caught
him.'
The term is ul 0 applied by Charles
Dickens, iu his s'ory of 'Bi'rnahy
lludge.' It may be remembered th it
toward the close of that powerful ro
mance, one line after noon is munitioned;
on which Gabriel Verden, the jolly and
g-od- natured locksmith, is hiving tea
in the little back parlor, in compnay
with his buxom wile, hla pretty little
daughter, and doc- Willet, hor one armed
betrothed, when, unexpected, uninvited, 1
and uuwclcoiuo, that antique miilcn,
Mi>s Miggs, presonts her.so If to the coin
pany. sure of being re engage 1 as Mrs.
Varden's haudiiiaidm. As she gots tho
cold shoulder, Migg-'' becomes saucy,
pouring the vials of her wrath unoti the
whole company, collec ively and indivi
dually. Her criticism up oi Gabriel
Vurdeo is conveyed in a nipid Bttcccs
sion of angry and sancy sentences, such
as '1 have heard the neighbors make re
mark as some ouo thoy was acquainted
with was a poor, good natur'd, moni
spirited creelur, as went out fish)tig
for a wife one day, and caught a Tar
tar.'
'Liko a chip in porridge,' meaning a
person or thing ol amall account or use,
is a phrase that often turns up in fa mi
liar conversation. Unco, on ottering the
witness 1? ?x, iu a court f justice a per
son summoned to give tostiuiony sa id to
the judge;
'I don't know why I am here, for I
urn llke'aohip in porridge.' I can say
nothing against tho plaintiff.'
Tho late "Sir Charles Napier, a very
bravo soildier, and simply speaking sol
dior, said, in a general order to the Ben
gal army :
'The rcviows, which the commander
iu chiof' makes of the troops are uot to
bo tukcn as so muny 'obipa iu por
ridge !'
Many years ago, at a protested o'.eo
tion in England, one of the candidates
observed:
'It lias been paid that I have played
the game of Mr. Mellish. I have how
ever, done nothing toward his success
I have reudered liiin neither service uor
dis service.'
A person in the crowd exclaimed :
'I\*o. nor to anybody else. You're a
mere chip in porridge !'
The idea being that he was utterly
inclficicnt. A bit of chip put into any
food, whether porridge soup or sauce,,
communicates no flavor to it, and is in
tho same category with a mm who is
utterly useless It is a familiar, natu
ral and intelligible comparison.
Putting the cart before the horse,' is
u well-known illustration. It can boast
o! great antiquity, having first been
quoted by Luciau, the great 0reek writ
er, nearly seventeen hundred pears ago.
Francis Rabelais, tho French satirist
and wit, whoso ?(Jargantua* was publish
ed in the year 1533, has the phrase.
'He placed the carriage before the steed.'
No derivation of it can bo given, but
the meaning is very abivious, and refers
to those who bogiu to do a thing at the
wrong end.
, 'Kating humble pic'?nicautng that
the conceit shall be taken out of a per
son, that pride shall ha.'e a fail?is an
expression often used in oou"orsation.
The proper way of spelling tho dish
would be 'humble pic,' with the aspi
rate, it refers to a pie once more com
mon iu England thuu it has b?en for
many generations. Two hundred years
ago, during the reign of Charles II., the
condition of the people of England was
so low th it. Lord Macau lay" says, wages
were so hiw and meat -so dear that hun
dreds of thousands, of families knew the
'taste'of it:' A'?l?Dg tho folk*,?? veil
si ti pnstry was a favorite dish, but the
pom* gentry hail to put up with n pic
made uf the ?umhlo?.' or entrails of the
deer, whioli weio the perquisites of the
keeper In Bailey's famous old diction
ary, the foundation of Johnson's great
work, the word 'umble' issaiJtobc um
bilicus, the region id'the intestines. If
a person who hail afforded such a costly
di.-lt us veusion pnstry wero reduced to
t' e meiner dish, it might be said tha*. he
was 'eating umble pie.'
There arc various derivations of the
term, 'Mind y >ur P's and Q's.' It is
said to have arisen from the ancient
custom of hitugiug a slate behind the
ale house door, on which was writtea
1' or (J?that is, pint or quart?against
the mime of each customer, a cording
to the quantity which he had drank, and
which was not expected to be paid for
until the next a turd ay evening, when
the wages were settled. Perhaps tho
word tick, meaning ere lit, may also be
traced to this?.i tick or mark being put
for .every glass of ale.
Sult.Jiltiins Ill-end,
- v.
]\lt throe teacups of water, as wur.ii
as you can hear your finger ia it, a two
quart cup or b >wl. and throo-fourths
of a teaspoonful of salt; stir in flour
enough to neik^ ti'iito stiff butter, tili?
is for the rising, or emptyings, as some
call it. Sot the bowl, closely covered,
in a k<ttle iu warm water, as 'wiriu as
you can bear your linger in,' a id kuop
it as no.ir this temperature a< possible.
Notice th ? time when you 's-t' y.->ur
ribing; in three hour* stir in two table
spoouiuil of flour, put it back, and iu
five and otic hall hours from the time of
sotting it will be wifhin one inch of the
toji of your bowl. It is then light
enough, and will make up eight quarts
of Hour. Make a sponge in the contrc
of your Hour with one quart of water of
the same temperature as rising, stir the
rising into it, covor with a littlo dry
flour, and put it where it will keep very
warm, but not soald; in three fourths of
an hour mix this into stilf dough. If
water is used, be sure it is very warm,
and (1 o*not work as much as yeast broad;
make the loaves j littlo larger and keep
it warm for un.itlior threo quartors of an
hour; it will then bo roady to bake.
While rising this last time have your
oven heating; it needs a hottor ovon than
yout broad.
A Cincinnati paper announces tho
arrival there ot tho main 'guy' o a oir
cue. Ono would think that tho main
'gun' in such cases is tho clown, but not
Fo in this iqptaqce.
VosUti Suggestions.
The 'Fat Conductor' is disiatlsftod .
with some of the decisious of tho Post
Office Department, and submits 'a few
improved rulings of his own canood-'
tiou:' , i
Monthly magazines, published week
ly, must bo charged letter postage when
delivered daily. Powder magazines, ex
cept to regular subscribers, ere not per.
ibitted to frank their I'Gport'a.
If no stamp is affixed to a letter, ie
tain it. If, howover, tho postage is
overpaid, letter rip !
If you feel any doubt about a paper
poiog with a one cent stamp, have two
sent.
Seeds can go through tho mail as mer
chaudise. The postmaster are cautioned
against any old seeds to go through
their mails, however.
Sigus cannot ba soot without paying
letter postage, threo oouts oq overy lot.
tor.
Calico prints, any foreign prince, re
prints and foot prints, all go ob printed
matter, and pay tax accordingly. Vac
cine mattor must be proporly (pock)
marked.
Poetry in its varims -tages, iucluling
tho ICdgar A. Poo stage, m ist bo sent
post paid, whether it ever paid to read
it or not.
A post master is not prcmitted to
make any material eh.nge in the site of
hiB post office, without nffiting a two
ceut stamp for every two ounce, lie can
change double pottage for a sight of the
postmaster.
Shirts may bo mailed at tho rate of
two cents for every two ou ices of shirt.
If the owner's n ime is on the shirt, let
ter postage must be charged. This rule
is indelible.
A subscriber residing in tho County
in wh ich a paper is printed can take the
: paper, provided he paysiu advance and
urges bis neighbors to subsoribe. If he
[ does not live iu the County iu which be
resides, and the paper is not printed in
the same County where it hat its press
work done, thou the County must
double postage on the man?we mean a
two cent Cou ity must be affixed to every
postage.
Editors of newspapers and their fami
\ lies shall be allowed to pass freo in the
mails. J
Postmasters shall bo responsible for
the payment of all subscriptions on
newspapers scut to persons residing with
in three miles from any post offioe. H
:i??y prison refuses to take the paper,
the postmaster shall he compelled to
read it. Postage on new-paper shall
be paid or Dot, at the option of the pub
lishers and subscribers. If prepaid, the
payment may he made at auy time most
couveuieut to either, aud may bo either
in cash or country produce. Tho rate
per ounco shall bo deter<util -d by the
editor, and the Weight shall be ralcula
ltd at not IcHI than forty four ounces to
i he pounrl.
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A \oting Student s Essay.
' i
The following article, writte i in th :
Wise Fool,s Solio.iuy, a id read in the
Louisville, Ky , Mala High School
exhibition, exhibits a groat fuud of log
ie:
N'oti: i Mi-?-- As I had nothing to
write about. I thought I would write
a bo . t nothing,
At a lir.it glance it seems almost im
possible to say something about nothing
Nothing means not anything. God
made the world and all that is iu it out
of nothing.
What is dearer to a parson than
home? Noth ng. Wiiat is duror.U a
school boy, ufter 2 o,oh>k, tluu a din
uer? Nothing. What is dearer to tiie
girl of the periol than a bustlo? No
thing. What does any one lovo better
than life? Nothing.
Thus we might ode thousands of
I questions, and to every one wo would
ico.Mve the answer?-nothing.
T hereforo we too th it many persons
liko -nothing' better than anything
clso.
I hclioYo Ih?vo said all I know about
nothing, and thorefon . 1 will say no
thing more Yours respeotfully.
'NEMO.'
An Indiana widow watits 8100,000
damages.
There's a boy out West named 81eop
iog Oar Davis,
Tho Chicago papers wants to h ivo
heir jails investigated.
,1.5 ? .nd.T
Out -West these aro a i'.'.aare
when heat and drouth kill almost
thing el-o. Thay appear^to ba
Against ail o(Torts to destroy Iho?, ftfcft
neither fire, poison, rior^Iknifcfca*
more than atesaporay Effect
vitality. In one looality
been mowed bef?ro .seed ti
early ? in [ tfcs eeasqrr, ftud.rata
tho roots, t^en,!oo^i^,Th^tt^
vuls of fiTe^daysid.a^a^l
June and July,aud finally en^i
the hoo and broodaxe lata?
son. Iu another locality -th$ thl
were dug up burutj Jo ano$flT lll^
were hacked off close to the^rtc^l ?W|
salt strr.wn over the roq'ts^jOjjp
they wero saturated with stropg!*
aud sprinkled with . aquafortis\
another they were covered With
lime from gas works Wthe ?sotaaf
several inches. Une bold Talrnskr^WBt
wroth against the we^ mtist^VetaW
uncommonly fierce, actually puliadtheta
up by the roots, theu'dag
tho roots had been, and filled
benzine. He thinks hi1 Ettti At
thistle thus treated, but it Is'n^fPjht
certain; nor is there, westf^flltf*
say, a single wollautbeottedled'i
tion. Thistle ''commissioners''
been appointed, but it is easj
their report that they fear *a'd'4*ltt
pate a fiuo showing of tho sv
dian flower next season, in spite't
plows, broadaxes, salt. aquaXer^'im^
and benzine. Aa a final , rc^rtdfciaejfr
commended by a Chicago. jommiJjt?*&#
puuod of nitro glycerin* .tegittltfMk
dor each thistlo and expltde&t^alci
tricity. n?L nsttsqto ?
Mistaking a Shadow fora
Three ladies in a Western tot
iho most advanced civilin^ttou <
obtain, and where the .manner* pfta*>
ladies are somewhat free;andeaa^9ip
bibed rather freely of the ''ardent'* a$*
party to which they had been jet itol^
and insisted on making their, wajt.fcdSfi
with tut tueir esoorta, rrhohuntored}\%*m
so far as to walk some distanc^a^a^
but keeping them in sight.
J ust a I tor they hadt passod a.
whose Bombrc shadows obscured S
walk, they turned and,' iooke'i
only to witness a cmio'ua
amusing sight, TJie "w''
high in the south, threw the
the steeple directly across the street
one side to the other. Tbe'laiiee^aiSg
no more clear -sighted than tlio**iwfi
clear headed, mistook ths aanje^fb**
brook which thoy wo?ldfhave to ?6?
before making their way II Jiflllftlaf,
Uuder this delusion* they iafr'dowa
on the bank of :the iraagioafy^f?aafa
aud took off their shois and stockings,
kilted their clothes, aud prooeade?I ts
wade through to the opposite shoe*; a#
on reaching which they reformed their
shoes and stockings, and went on iffcehr
way rejoicing. , . ' .
- **? T*';i-:.?
TrjK Poisoned ^.Appj,^,?TJire*
people?a man and two woaen.sis.t?r*-?
sat down to dinner, in Chicago, on.*
afternoon, recently. Three satr'dot?S;t
but only two got up. It was obfi?*?<|
by tho man that the elder:sistor
tho youoger sister ah itjipiq,:a?di 1^
soon afior, the l itter was seized vflth
piius, aud a half hour afterward died ia
horrible convulsions.
Tartar-emctio. had? bfi?q injected lata
the apple, and it was this almleatflttMH
which had paused the ..yauq^ Jlady'a
death, which is being:investigated. vTfca
cause of the act was the jealousy hjr th*
elder sister toward , th^ younger, ^otJ|
loved the young man, but.be onlj$>Vf$
the younger, whose trsgdo d,eath h%9
nearly driven him qrazy,
TitHKE YOUNO hAm^^V^
to a Tea Partt.?Three young (adi ?
in Tonqossee were invited to a party,
perhaps a kottledrum or a esnteaauf
tea psrty, which seom te he all tno'ngej
now They wore poor but honest, M$
had only one means of artifioinf loeoSa*
tion, bosidps sharnts* rnare; to t^ptafia
of iutonded festivity. - They aSffVfeaJa
and no vehicle. 8o what did ttjlgp $a
but all three mounted the mqlq Atirft^
did, and in this fasbjqo\ ftatIflfttfc
abashed by the laughter wbjoa'ftfaMaj
thorn, thay arrived at'their detttaelba,
where they wore helped ?oa^tyl*??
gallajt young gentlemen. :
j The moon is more ues^ blaojc ttatt
white, .' oirt va?trP$o*d!