The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, October 10, 1874, Image 1
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VOLUME 8. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 18T4.
Tho State Campaign.
The Meeting a.t Chester?Bad
Weather, hut a Good Meetino?
The Court House Crowded?
Great Speeches uy Chamrf.ui.ain.
Judoe Mei.ton and Judoe Mackey
Chester. S. C,
September 28, 1871.
To the Editor of (he Daily Union Herald:
It is fcnrlul wontber for campaigning,
and tbc skies have done their best to
throw a wet blanket over the business.
At Chester there would huve been an
immense meeting at the prove, hut
those who could not swim wore com
pelled to stay at homo. As it was, how?
ever, the court house was crammed, and
there were a goodly number of conserva
tives prceeut. Of course, the country
folk were not there, but those who gol
the word can puss it around It was n
good woid, too, delivered in Chester
to-day. Tho court adjourned by 12
o'clock, aud the meeting was o died to
order, Mr. Dublin Walker in the chair.
Mr. Walker is county chairman, and a
prominent, candidate for the senate
The speaker introduced was tho Hon.
D. II. Chamberlain. The-.dlowing is
the mere substance and skeleton of his
remarks, alt.'otigh in some sentences
will be found the exact d:ctiou. Mr
Chamberlain said :
That, four years ago, he had spoken
to the people of Chester in advocacy of
the - republican party as represented by
another; uow he was to uddress them in
behalf of the republican party us repre
sented by biUKclf. lie bad nothing to
soy about the individual; it was the
-party .?nd its imperishable principles ho
felt cal cd upon to maintain He was
m.t hero to defend himself; that was
the province of others; but am hero to
give iny reasons why the republican
party should be supported in its regular
nomination.
Under a free government, it is
necessary that there should bo political
parties. .No one questions that pur
tfonn of government is the bet. History,
experience, tradition, nil show that ?
^republican form of government, an in
?destructible union of indeslr.totibie
Stiitcs, is the best that I'rovidonco co t d
havo planted on American sojj. Tue
gn at principles of political truth, arc
eternal and unchangeable; but there
must be honest differences of opinion a*
to those best qualified for pubhc oih* c.
and, consequently, the p jdple itifi-fC b i
divided in all free governments Til :ru
could be nothing more unfortunate than
that tho people shout, be uuite 1, pro
vided always that there urn serious,
important aud healthy issues upi>u which
they can bo divided I am free to ho
lievo that tho great misfortune of the
State before the war was that there was
only ooo party. The war originated
because there was no healthy opposition
to check the move men t and put before
the people its inevitable resuLs.
Thero was hope for tho State now.
because wo arc houostly aud h julthfully
divided on the great issues of the d iy
Some say that it is unfortuuatc, beoaai-vj
there is danger of collision?tint re t
son may cease to control and force might
tuke its place. But, my fellow citizens,
why is it that any mere political differ
ence thould excite fcolings of hostility
and enormity '{ No community can
piospcr until all men can houestly
differ, without feur or reproach, on th ?
grave issues bclo.e them. No | olitie.il
difference is over worth one drop of hu
man blood, or the commission of a
single crime. O'Conncll, tho grcar
Irish/ orntor.and statesman, who held in
his hand tho heart of bis people, said,
at a time when he could have flung the
whole country in rebellion, that no
political differenco was worth a single
drop of human blood, or a tingle crime
The Eoil of Chester has already drank
up many a drop of humun blood becuuso
of political difference. 1 am honored
by the presence of ninny whoare attend
ing tbiB meeting. I am here to answer
thp question, why I am n republican ?
because I bclievo iu the principles of
the republican party, which ure, in one
word, my fellow-citizens, equal and
cxatt jutitico before tho law to all men.
Every man is entitled to his civil and
political rights as loug as be abides by
the law. I take no count of anything
except tho strmp that God has placed
upon the lo'.Ci c.d of every man. This
is the priueiple of the Declaration of
Independence and, of the denn cratie
party, according to Jefferson, and this is
the principlo of tho republican party
to day. 1 have nothing to do with the
past, but no man can avoid alluding to
tho pnbt iu discussing the live issues of
to day, not for the take of exciting old
animosities, but to poiut the urguiuout,
In looking buck less than ten years ago.
J find the democratic \ arty upholding
^?e.principles which Jeffersou deplored.
1" find the democratic party tho main
support of human slavery. I find tho
republican party steadily moving against
it, and not only that, but devoting itself
to^ tbc safety, edutution aud welfare of
those who have 'been sluves, steadily
pursuing tho great principle that it was
I not education nor property, but his man
hood, based on the Declaration of In
| dependence, that gavo him his rights.
I find the democratic party steadily
I opposing this great work?the establish
in Mit of human rights. I find it, in
18(58, declining -the constitutional
amendments uno institutional, revolu
tionary and void?not only unconstitu
tional, but revolution try; not only
revolutionary, but void [ find their
chief purpo.se is tho undoing of th j
grout work of emancipation. I tiny
again allude to the past, but I have put
forward in brief the reasons why I sus
tain tho party. Do I mem equality in
social life, iu property, or in intellectual
endowment? Not. at all. I mean civil
and political equality, iu whieh his j
ballot is as free and hoavy as yours, no I
mutter how many broad acres you m ?y
call your own. D ies this insult the
pride of my race!' Noj it exalts it. I
rcjuco that my race, who hid the billot,
iu its bands aud could do as it pleased
with it, has given the helpless negro h's
rights. All this rests lipon principle.
There is nothing better, stronger o:
truer than principle. It' you believe
that the principles ol the republican
party are true, then no charge, however
just ur unjust, that urty be made against
llmsu who represent it sh mid in ike you
.swerve. Correct its abuses, repair its
errors, relieve it, of its bad leaders, but
stand by tliu faith tint is in you. You
arc nuked to loosen your boll
on that organization aud to joiu some
other undefined and ephemeral patty,
that seeks to disguise its purpose, but
will ultimately disclose it If the party
is good iu itself, no matter how many
mistakes it has made, stand by it so
that yuu can make a true reform inside
the par'y lines In some political shape
or organization I know that republican
principles are defined to control this
republic so lung us it shall exist. Here
uro wo entering upon a new campaign.
I recognize iu politics iu this State as
elsewhere but two p irties--do n ocratio
and republican. I know that the repub
licim piety has put. f mvar I its o luli
dutes, and that th ?80 who ate u it lot us
are uguiust u.s. The cili/.jii must cither
support the can lidar.es ut' the. republi
can party ur not; he must eithe- tie for
ur iiL'ainst ns The democrats in ij' say
ihut they will now give the colored in in
his ri_hf.-i, a 11 1 to that I won' 1 reply.
"S;r, jou are a man of honor au 1
iutegi ty, and L believe you, but y.iu
have but recently accorded in s 1113"
r g'i s, an I how can you expo t mo t ?
truft yo 1 as much us thus.1 who haw;
stjii-d hy and fought for mc for twenty
years ? How can you expect me L 1 go
wit!) y? >u against them '! I do not
charge the democrats with deception,
but these are facts,aud this is com uon
sense There i* a inoveinont ah tut
which yuu of Chester may h ive hoard
little, but doubtless will heir much 1
mean the Green tnove-n-int. The pur
pose of that movement is vjry simple
and plain. Judge Green is to be
nominated by n few dissatisfied repuMi
cans, und if Ii? can succeed in delecting
10,000 or 10,000 republican votes,
these, with tit) ,000 democratio votos,
might elect him. lint what would be
tho result? The majority always c m
trola iu politics, aud tho mm eleotc 1 iu
tili-* way will be control! d by tho GO.
000 democrats, instead of the 15,000
republicans. That is eo 11 n Ml se ne It'
you have a party composed of 15,000
republicans and (j t,000 democrats,
whose party is it ? Why, tho democrats
of course. The result would be the
s une ::s if you elected a deuiierat. As
sure as two i.s liiere than one, sixty
11.ore than fifteen, so sure will it be
really the democratic party, n > mutter
what colors it sails under. There are
but two parties, and [ say to you that
when you pert con puny with the rep ib
licau party, you go to tho dem >eratio
party, 110 matter what uame you go
under.
iMr Chamberlain here told the story
of the woolen horse in Troy, in the
most simple and accomplished rluglish
and eloquent manner. The Green
movement, my fellow citizens, is simply
an attempt to introduce into the repub
lican Troy the wooden horse, with the
democratic warriors in its bowels, to
surprise us iu the hour of our security,
and murder our political peace and life.
Shall wc permit tint to be done by
stratogem which could not be done by
power ? I tell you that the success of
any man not nominated by the republi
can party is tho defeat of that party.
The Mian who is not true to his own
party will be true to no other. Count
him until democrat. 11c is not worthy
of being a de ..oerat. I respect an open
enemy, like Kur-haw, but a disguise
never commands my regard. When
they come to speak to you, however,
hour tliem with respect, quiot and at
tention, but when yuu have heard them
vote against them. A Strategeui tried
twico is buuud to fail.
Uuving said this much, I desire to
call your attention to the condition of
the lcpublican party iu this State. It
is the duty of tho republican party to
give to Smith Carolina and all her
people n good aud honest government
if corruption shall go unhindered
through the veins of'our party orgauiza
tion, if there be no remedy, then in
deed, its dnys nre numbered. It will
full, ns Romo fell, through its own in
ternal rottenness nnd corruption. Wo
must havo a thorough and complete ro
fonn in tho lezislntive and executive
departments of the government. My
bitterest political enemy has as much
right as [ have to an honest and faith
ful trial justice, and to have honesty in
all the public offices. Tho burden of all
the taxes squandered or robbed falls on
tho laborer not on the property holder.
[Here Mr. Chamberlain addressed him
self with great force to the poor work
iiigmeo of the audience ]
What does good government mean ?
It moans a great deal; but it means more
particularly the lowest possible taxation,
consistent with the necessities of the
public service, and that the taxes shall
be paid out according to law?a dollar
of the people's money for a dollar's
worth of actual service from the public
servant. It moans that a trial justice is
an olficer of the law, nnd must ad in in is
tor jus-.icc to all the people, democr.it
aud republican alike. [Mr. C. wont, on
for some tiuio ou this subject, taking a
bold, manly, resolute stand in the inter
est of all the people, and making his
position so plain that none could mistake
Iii in].
If you do not.believe that I will cor
rcct, with .in unflinching h ind, all these
abuses, will Icq) tlieui all oil*, the i I tell
you, right, here aud now, n it to vote
for nie?vote for Green, or, wh it
would be far more manly, vote for Ker
sha.v. Hut what right has any man to
disbelieve me ? 1 am pledged publicly,
privately, orally and in writing, to give
this people a good government, aud to
appoint, no man to olfic,! who will sell
jiiftioo lor money. Hut, above all, look
to your legi.-l iturc. If you can get tuen
of character and education, so much the
l oiter; but il you eautiot then send any
man, if he be hottest,and will not soil
himself to some harpy outside the rail
lor a hundred dollars.
Mr. Chamberlain made a most earnest
appeal to tho pcoplo to send a good
legislature to Columbia, as it was tbc
all impoi taut branch of the government,
and ilid what pleased with the other do
part incuts, lie reue wed, in the most
.-oleum aud? impressive mr.uucr, all hia
pledges in relation to the debt of the
State, and said : I am bound to stand
by them, not only us an honest man
but us u candidate for office. Mm talk
of my "surroundings." 1 am pledged
in no way to tuiymau or set of men. I
am surrounded by nothing but the
[tied go J of the party and the interests of
the people. My right arm shall bo
wither.d, and, what is worse, my plight
rd word will be violated, il 1 do not
place the fraudulent debt of this State,
so far as in me lies, beyond the hope of
resurrect ion. I am bound, my fellow
c ms, by o 11 <i I jr 11 to its th r, I c:i in > t
violate, to do nothing for party that be
longs to the whole people.
(living another parting sh it at tho
(ireeu movement, which he dotl itinccd
as the mere slave of tho democracy, he
closed by a most touching and beauti
ful appeal to all t he people of the State
to move forward together and secure for
South Carolina the blessings for a pjr
mane lit peace and prosperity.
Mr. Chamberlain occupied nearly two
full hours in the delivery, and was
listened to with the moit marked silence
throughout. At the clote the outhu
i.-aui of the audience broke forth in
loud and continued cheering.
Judge Melton was next introduced,
and spoke for about one hour an 1 a
haif, making, as is a linkte, 1, one of the
best efforts of his life. I have very luli
notes of his speech, but cannot write
them out iu time for this letter. What
he said about certain certificates and
about Senator Dunn was rich, and every
word of it went right home and stuck.
.Judge Mnckey next rose, but not to
make a speech, ns the hpur was late
He went, however, for the (ireeu move
incut without gloves, mid said ho could
sec the big loot of the democrat iu the
boot ol the Green movement. After
the speaking, the party adjourned to
Judge Mackey's for lunch. I know of
no private dwelling in which more re
fined elegance and hospitality greets
you than when you step over tho tbrcs
hold 6f his lion or's residence. It is the
modest yet classic refinement of tho old
Virginia school. Chester is solid for
Chamberlain sure. 1'ut that down.
Aud now for Spartunburg, the Sparta
of the democracy. Anon. Yours
laboriously,
"Jo.n ks."
Senator T. C. Dunn is tho recog
nized leader oft bo bolters' movement in
favor of'honest government and against
tho 'bond ri'ig-' Have the people for
gotten tho position takon by Senator
Dunn last winter iu regard to the lllue
Kidge scrip and the conveisiou bonds '{
Was ho not the champion of both these
repudiated obligations, and did ho not
use alibis influence to upset tho settle,
incut bill after it passed and became a
law, because these matters were unpro
vided for? Did he not champion Mr.
K. H. Wesley's littla claim of an htm red
thousand dollars or moro, and for what
purpose? Mr. Wesley was a large
holder of'scrip, nnd one of the agents
of tho "bond ring" in New York.
Thcro qfo good reasons for believing
that Senator Dunn is acting in the
iutorcsts of that 4bondring,' and that
his opposition to Mr. Chamberlain arise,
from tho fact that the latter is unutter
ably opposed to any bond schema what
ever. Did not Souator Dunn, or his
committee, secure a pay cortiGeatJ for
?2,000 last winter, to pay the expenses
of tho investigation of tho bonds, and
did he not, in addition to that amount,
receive 8700 from tho attorney-general
for the same purpise ? We arc credibly
informed that ho did?Columbia
Onion.
Etl.cefleltl Wnuts no Green.
A Dheary Sham Which Edgekield
will Assuredly Scorn.
[From the Edgcfield Advertiser.]
Sinco*he nomination of Chamberlain
by the radical convention, our county
has been so convulsed and occupied by
tho negro troubles that wo have ha 1 no
opportunity to chronicle succeeding
events in relation to the coining election
for oovoruur. "We will do so uow, briefly.
Senator- T. C. Dunn, of Ilorry, and
other republicans, such as Delano}- and
Cain, the two Charleston negroes, Nash,
the Colombia negro, Sam Lee, the Sum
ter negro, Jones, the mischievous
Georgetown negro, Mclntyrc, the in
famous Collcton' renegade, etc, etc.,
etc. ?have issued a call for an independ
ent republican convention, to be held
in Charleston on Friday of tills we.ik
October 2. The?c bolters arc to uomi
unto Jujdgo Green, of Sumter, for ^over
nor. Judge Green is a native South
Caroliiiian, who belongs to the radical
party, who is not as bad us some other
radical perhaps, and who openly avows
hi nisei] in favor of the civil rights bill.
Tbc ?opo of these men, backed up
energetically by the Charleston Ac mm
nnd Courier, nnd rather hesitatingly by
a few- othor papers, is that tho white
people of South Caroliua will make no
nominations of their own, but vote for
-JuJg?f/G^ceu* as our bo.t policy?bo
cause }hc is what they call an honest re
publican, i ho subject is a disgusting, '
repulsive and degralitig one. Ami this
is the dreary sham of which we speak.
Tho Charleston News and Courier as
scrts that nine tenths of the white
people of the State will unite with these
bolters in supporting Jud^e Grceu.
The assertion is idle vaunting- -to call J
it by uo worse name. In all I'jdgcficld
there arc tut a hundred men who would
evcu dream of voting for this man.
Our meeting fur the election of live
de legates to represent Kdgefleld county
i i the State conservative nominating
convention of the Sth instant, will as
semble ou Moud.iy next. As regirds
whether or not the conservatives shall
nominate a ticket, or whom they shall
nominate, it wore bi tter perhaps to let
the>c delegates go uninstructcd?left to
work us wisely as they may with the
convention. Hut as regards taking up .
this civil rights advoeate Judge Green,
let them be fully instructed. And let
their instructions be by no means iu
the world to touch this unclean thing.
- miW ? - ? -amarmm-?
New Proceedings in tho C;tso of K
P. Stokes.
On last Saturday, Ju Ige Cuke. at
Chambers in Greenville, dircC'ul that
Mr. E. F. Slukusshould bo brought be
fore him, He announced to him that
tho Supremo Court had sustained his
decision, but th it he wish ?1 to give him
nn opportunity; by answering of such
questionsho would proviso c-inserning
his property, to leave the prism where
bo has so long been confine). Great
stillness followed thh nddross ol tho
Judge, and tho prisoner, after s > n i mo
incuts, made the following s id an 1 pecu
liar statement in writing :
To Judge T. II Coohc : May il p'eate
th.: Court?For many years I have b' e i
endeavoring to live with a oniseienco
void of offence towards God and man ?
by obeying tho laws of God and man.
In the discharge of this duty comes
my duty to tho Judge as nn,; of tho
'powers that be;' is is described by th;
lliblo. In the guidance of my condtiot,
I rely entirely upon the guidtneo of
the Holy Spirit of God. ' My Bible tolls
me when brougt before judges, tint the
Spirit of God will toll mo wh it I shall
speak, nml for me not to promcditato.
Iu every act of my life, and every word
that I utter, I try to bo guided by the
Spirit of (?od. 1 have been now, by
your Honor's order, iu jail for nearly
thirteen months, and cotno baforo your
Honor by your order. From tho time
[ lo v my sick bed till tho present mo
mcut I have been praying to my Mas
tcr Jesus Christ, for words to speak to
you us the Judgo, as I have been prom
iscd by my Master to bo given words
when called before the julgos and offi
cors of tho law. Hut with all my pray
crs, I am not given tho words, The
Holy Spirits of God ? has gifou tue uo
words. 1 have nothing, by the Spirit
of God, to say.
I urn as a lamb led to the slaughter. I
am, by aud through the iuflueuoo of
tho Ifoly Spirit, dumb. I am dumb,
Do with as sccmoth gool to your IIou
or.
Judge cook thereupon undo an or
der that .Mr. St kss be examine 1 by a
hoard of five physicians ? Dris. Marsh ill
Trcscot, Hokc Jtiulelgo and Jones,
touching his smicy. Lf the com nis
sion rcpoit him to be insane, ho wiil
follow up tho present proceedings by an
order to commit him to the State A By
lum.
Ed ii cat ion in Japan.
. -* . , in t ti\Tt Istc
Since Europeans, and especially
Americans have established their influ
once in Japan, that country has mile
gigantic strides in the path of educa
tional, as well as of piliticit progress.
The Japanese Government is carrying
out to the reform of the country, at lo ist
in the matter of educatim. Tho litest,
official documents on the subject arc
furnished by a report of Mr. Watson,
Secretary of tho British Legation at
Yoo'do. In the year 1S72, an Act was
passed, by which the ejuntry was m-tp
ped out into seven e lucational circuits.
Inspectors were to be app tinted to eve
ry district, each of whom was to bo en
trusted with the supervision of twenty
or thirty schods. All tuiohira WJro t>
be certificated, and the schools were to
ho divided into high mtdlle and primi
ry schools. This act was promulgated
barely two yeirs ago, and since th.it
time 1,71)9 private schools an 1 ;3,603
public schools h ive been established
at which 338,463 boys and 109,037
girls attend. Add to this number the
30,?0U students who are receiving in
slructinns iu the highor synods, jjo'd
we have a total of IS ),0 )3 young Jap i
ncse, or 1 iu 03 of the en ire populatio n
who have already taken advantage of
the system prescribe 1 by the (.1 ivorn
mont. At Yeddo the educational cstab
lisltmcuts now acta illy in operation arc
the '.Dai Gakko,' or university; tho 'G >
Gakko,' or school for the instruction of
Japance teachers. Besides a princi
pal female school and b3ver.1l * school
preparatory schools. Tho education
given at all Government schools and
Colleges is entirely secular, ;as far as is
ci no.* tent with the fundamental teucts
of Shinto faith,' and, having due regird
to the proselyiing zeal of Knropeins
it is ordered that no Christian divino is
lo be ad.uitbcd to the ranks of a teach
or.
An Unnatural ?lolhor?
'Some cnvs arc sore;tivo and difficult
to milk, that the herdsman has to give
them a calfto lick moanwhile. Hut for
this device, not a single drop of milk
could he obtained from them. One day
a Lama herdsman, who lived in the
same liott-e with ourselves, e.uno with a
long, dismal face, to announce that his
cow had calved during the night, and
that, unfortunately, the calf was dying.
It dieil in the courso of the day. The
Lama forthwith skinued the poor beast,
and stuffed it with hay. When
the operation was complete tho hay
calf had neither feet nor head. Tho
next morning, when the herdsman issue 1
forth to milk his cow, he had his pail
under one arm an 1 th ; h iy-cilf uu ler
the other. IIis fust procoeJing w is to
put the hay call'down before tho cov
lie then turne I to milk theow herself
The mamma at first opened enormous
eyes at her beloved infant; by degrees
she stooped her heal to.vtrl it, then
smelt at it, sn seze I three or four times
and at last proceeded to lick it with the
most delightful tenderness. A few
days afterwards, an absurd inei leot os
cur.'ed : Dy dint of caressing ancrliek
ing her little calf, the tender parent one
line morning unripped it, the bay issue J
from within, and tho cow, manifesting
not the slightest surprise nor agitation,
proceeded tranquilly to devour the uu
expected provender.' The last touch
entirely paints the brute. She has
recognized her offspring by the smell
chiefly, and, never having hoard of ana
tomy, is n it surprised when the inter
nal organs are found to consist siirply
of hay. And why n it eat the hay '!
The swallow tail coat is in danger
the Czar danced in a frock coat while in
England.
Ati inventive genius gonius in Ohio
pn poses to furnish horses with false
teeth, so as to conceal their age.
Said a justice to an obstreperous p ris
oner, on the day of his trial. 'We want
nothing but silence, and but little, of
that.'
Tho resolutions of the Iowa Runners
Convention do no good. Tho bests sun
p'y twirl thoir forelegs against their no
sea sarcastically.
A home sick Pennsylvania school boy
e'even years old, walked home, seventy
cigh t miles, in two days aud a half, with
no nourishment whatever except ?jroen
clover leaves
t .-,?-r-T-i?ri-?f ? ? '?I ? ? #!,-?>
o.?,???Items*?ji .. .i?
LA >i
Afgfefcij grpoor-^Qno jihd irp^I
Vcgetablo philosophy?Sago advice.
A table of intcrost-?The dinner to*
bio. *
Cremation^ ma^is^lignt of* a grate
subject.
Cure for a f elon ~Take it to the peni
tentiary. o:f.trrH yr
A family of original cromationiate*-?? *
Buin-'ctns. ^ ?><IT
Tailor, measuring fat customer.?*
'?Would you hold the end, sir, while I
.gO'round?"
"Why arc clergyman likeTailway^pbm
tcrs ? Ik cause they a .good deal rf.,
coupling.
l ? I .? ' i '? ! Iii'??'
Looking two ways for Sunday.?*
Scrutinizing in duple directions for tho
Christain Sabbath.
A llobokcn editor, being challanged. ?
sent word in reply: 'When I want to
die I can shoot myself.'
'lie haudled his gun carelessly, aftd
put on bis augel plum ige,' is tho latest, >
Western obi.uary notice.
A Yankee editor has recently "got up i
a remedy for hard times. It consiats of
ten hours' labor, well worked in.
Tho Western women have in a great *
degree stopped praying in publio and
arc making up their summer clothes.
It is fashionable in England to jump .
fences for exercise, but very vulgar to
saw wood for tho sards thing.
An old gentleman of much oxporTenoe'1
in the world says that all that is hid?r:
j sary for the.perfect enjoyment of lor?*
i sausages is confidence. . ,,;t
i 'Tho least said, tho soonest mended.''
The minimum of an offensive remark ,
is cobbled with the grossest prompti
tude.
A New York" merchant absent mindo
flly copied a love letter to his "heart's
idol" iu the letter book of the firm be
fore sending; ,it-;i <.,??*!.?*.
A gentleman in Pottsvillo, Penn., has
named his dog Penny, because it was
ono cent to him and has had ten mill*
with the cat. , ...
A placard in a Brooklyn barber shop
window announces, 'Hoots blaeked in
side.' \ Bnt must net that bo very bad for*
the stockings V *?
Why should there bo more marriages
iu winter than in summer? Because
iu winter tho gentlemen ro."iuiro com
forters anl the ladies bluffs.
It is good ground for divorces "in St.-.
Louis if a wile finds ono hundred and
thirteen love letters from a rod h;:vl:d
woman in her husbaud's pocket.
A cautious gEvansvillo reporter, iu
speaking of i man both of j whoso logs
were cut oft'by a 'railroad train, say*,
'ho will probably bo a cripple for
life.'
An old woman was beaten almost J to
death in Apango, Mexico, recently t?ra'
having brought the small pox into the
community by means of witchcraft.
A Detroit paper, noticing tho faot ?
a man* lately dropped dead while comb- ?
ing his hair, says, 'And "yet thcro are
people who will persiit in this dinger
ous habit.'
Meridcn, C ion., has no coroner, and
the suicidos of the city are forced to re
sort to strangers, who have no tender
feelings, and do not exclude reporters,,
from the iuriucst.
It occurred to n Daubury scholar,
while writing a composition, last week,
to make the rem irkablo statement that,
?an nx docs not tasto as gold a9 an oys
ter but it can run faster.
Cottage' Pudding.?One egg, 1 cup
sugar; 1 cup sweet milk; 2 spoonful mel
ted butter; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon of
soda an 1 1 of cream of tartar. Steam
1 hour. To bo eaten with pud do a
sauce.
The girls of Vassar College havo
moonlight sails on the Hudson and, the
young men of that vicinity ore gracious
ly permitted to stand on tho shore of
that noble river Jand sec them go by.
No cards, and no hope of any.
The Socrctary of tho Kansas Board
of Agriculiuro indignantly denies iu
print that chinch bugs are thoro doing
any damage worthy of noto, constitu
tional grumblers and item gatherers to'
the contrary, notwithstanding.
Tho following advortisoment appear
ed recent!:/ in au English paper 'St
.lames' Church?On Sunday next after
noon service will coiumonoo at half past
thioe aud continuo until forthor no
tice/ " t ;'? ' - ???
A gentleman met a half-witted lad in
the road, aud placing iu one of his
bauds a sixpence, and a penny, asked
hjm ol'which of the to he would chooso >
The lad replied .that 'wouldn't oj grco
dy; he'd keep the littlest.' j