The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, December 24, 1873, Image 1
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VOL.' IX.] WINNSBORO, S. O.,' WEDNESDAY MORNINGr )ECIMBER 24 187 [NO.
FAIRFIELD HERkD
'fi PUnIiAI.I D WEE'IKLY nY
WIIAIAMS, & DAVIb,
Terms.-Tns lhcarAn is pubhblied Week see
in the Towi Qf Wi'n'nsboro, at,'3.OO inl Pa
t triably in advance.
A&i Alt translent advertisi*nents to be O
p id in advanco. , ,, au
6 lt ury Natioes and Tributes $1 00'pr w a
at
low ie It up with Her in the Oldelt ,euI
Time. p.
he was erpeot.ing him sunday Pui
nright; the parlor eurtains we're down, for
the old folks notified that it was heal-, 4
1hy to go to bed ut eight o'lolck, and stal
Johnny bribed with a oent to permit all,
himself to be tucked-a*ay at suudown.f bly
He sneaked up the path,-one eye on the
'the dog and the other watching the' bro
"old man," who didn't like him any l7 I
too well, gave a nint knock at the, in I
'oor, and was opened, and he was all
escorted into the -parlor. 'H said he the
couliu't stay but a minute, though he alis
1iidn't mean to go hoine fur hours. ano
She winted to know how his mothei in b
was ; if his father had 'returned fromtt he
York SBate ; if his brother Bill's gest
rheataishi was any better -; and he( phi
went over and sat on the 'aofa 'so a, tihe
.iot to pruin his voice. Then conver. cut
aDtion flagged, aid he played withi scri
his hat, and bhe nibbled at the sofatl'Pi
tidy. He finally said it was a'bcau
,tiful evening, 'and Ahe *repliod that ibg
her grandfather predicted a snow foui
storml. le aaid he guessed iti See
wouldn't snow, as the nod1 wasn't durl
crooked cuough to hang a powder the
horn on the end ; she said she didn't, afj!
belieive it would either. This lututi 11pri
undeastanding seerned to give each slig
:utlier courage, and he wantod know fco,
if she iad seen Bill Joues latuly. 4
She hadn't, she said, and she didn't 'seo
Waunt to. Then she went to talking be 4
about the donation visit which was to saim
.b-given E.der Bk'rry, and he care- haes
lessly dropped his iand on herb-his aau
right, hand, while his left sneaked rem
tlong tue bua Lu get behind her but
adi'o6bl's. Sue pretended not to tab
notice, it, and be -looked down at sou
-hIls boots, anti waistert to know if she to c
thought mutton tallow rotte~d wit i*'
booi (astoir &Aaui'lr,rl iampbplack. emt
'She couldn't say, but she had ai i-ea spe
t.at it did. lie had-just counuienced be
to-lock fikig'cfs wth liee, 'vhen she dis. tag
'coverel s.itn-thing ailed the h "ap. S'i
'rose ttpibI tutrndd the ligitt davi half,
imiaking 'the rucb look 'lih. If.t ook . o
-hi. 'tive'i u (b. nu o Tdt hold f her lid-i w
ges ligaia, aid 'she pretended to Wictt le
1tEi drarw her ho-nd0 away a ell'e t'Ime'. (i:.
Alter a lozrg Ta he lowerbd his
voice to a whisper, nod he ha
*aid be didtn't seezVtit 'thafb,ifdks
ovo *e.I'h Ather. She bit her hand th'
keichiet and adnmitted her ignorance. for
He said that he cuuli uname'h deten nai
young men who were going to get do
married right away, a1nd his left arm tili
fell down and gave her a hug. Then an
he went over and looked out of th% bri
window to tuke surc it was'hot going 1 in
to snow, and, copuing back, he Ltrued
the light down a little more, and then
sat down and wanted to know i. she on
'didi't want to rest herself by lean- t
ing her head on his shoulder.
Ah, me-l we have ill been the'i-e'
and tvho'of'u'st'red a cent when the
old elock struck tive'lve and \ve five
miles from home ? T he old mian was
'fa.,t asleep, the watoh dog gone a vis-a
iting, and the handsoinent girl in the
I ~ 3ountry didn't see wlhy we need be in
a hurry. u
Perhaps I shQuidn't have written ei
of tliis, but as I wasn going by San
ders' the other day, 'thinking of the
night I heard him whisper in hor '6ar fo
at speeling school that he'd love her
'ver y shadeiv As long t i h~e lived, lie
raised the window and talled to hnr,
as she was pickinug up chips in th'b
5 1 "Sue Sanders, come in here and ,
fnd the blai's grease for my sore heel, .y
or Ill break byery bone in re
your body 1"
A RIat in'Value. RI
Capt-. Weims gives the followIng : C
Seventy (70,000) -thousand acres of tI
land in Carter county, Kentuoky, s
valued in 1835 at one and three: tI
quarter cents per ae3ro. In 1847 this
tract was sold-being appraised by
commissioners-for 38j cents per
acre. in 1867 it sold to the com.. d
pany hertt for $1't per aero ahd to
day it could not be bought for F
$1,000 per~ acre, being immensely tl
rich in coal and Iron1 Tfhe edithpatly ti
owning this land make the pig to
first, and then manufacture It lto U
nails, bar Iron, mtw. rn
The ages of 585 persons whd died
in Shreveport, La,, of yellow fever
during the recent epidoetuie, have
been ascertained. The 8hre'vepiorti i
Telegram wakes the following refer- p
eneeto them i"or these 100 died ti
under t-n years of age; 94 were be- t<
tween ten atid lwehboy, 156, were bes ti
tween twenty and thirty, 134 wetd bel' r
tween thirty and forty, 59 werd hie- l
tween forty and fifty. 29 were be. ti
tween fty and sixty, 13 wetfe above la
sixty. It will be observed that thti 14
greatest mortality occurs bdtween ths p
ages of twenty and thirty yeare, and fi
the next greategt fromn thirty to forty; 1
\ the period gi ' >wh en the human a
avstem1 ordf \# in086 *Apa0ity a
A Breeding Mole.
k oorrespondent of the London
3id furnishes that paper with the
lo l g :
.At the present time there is to be
n in the Jardiu d'Acoliwatiou at
ris a'lihetioional si ;ht in thehape
Fan Arab horse, a Morocco mule,
I.their foal. The foal, a female,
s born in Algeria in the present
ar, and its birth ha'iig been '.1ly
es-ed, and the whole of the cir
IJhtainoes connected with the case
>perly authenticated, the trio were
;chased b'y M. Geoffroy St. lilaire
the Jardin dAccliuination.
'The .vry few authentticated in
aces of the inule producing young
re make the present case remarka.
interesting:-t physiologitts. Al
ugh I 'hu've frequoutly seen it
adly stated that mules occaslonal.
roduo lin frotd al, aid'also
he Wsi ed, it is allowed on
hands tha , as b naatter of faot
se, hybrids are 'Ary Tarely born
e'; and M. Ayrakit, fle ckperi
ed veterinarian of N{iou't, stai'es
is L'Industrie -MIlasdiere, that
has never hoard mention made of
;ation in ti. ;iule ih Poitoli."
s stateindnt aSdds Couiderably to
phenomenal character of the pres.
production, as the 'fi'd . for 'db
rdtion'in tri'atrs''of this Ikind in
tdh is e'xceptionally e'ktdnsive.
A similar case of a mule -produeJ
a'liv'ig'foal'Iras some three or
years ago reported to the
iete d'Aecliumatjn as 'havitry oe-,
red at Mont de Marsan, in whiel
dam was described as manifesting
-ofung intifierence for her off
ug, anu 'as not exhibiting the
litest yearning whdh separated
n it. . .
M.'Sr. filaire writ'es me that a
nd bybiid* of'the same kind may
xcepted in April next from the
e mule. Ho'firther says that he
bought. tle aniumafrs sulel'y in the
se of soie.ce (it may tr.uly said he
ture.1 them from cei tain deatt) ;
the Jaith.a not i'ving been es.
lisheJ for tle ju po:,e of making
ogical exportioite, it is intendet
&fer thom for Lale. it will be as
I. .UUn an ppern.my, as app4r.
y the present is, of adding a new
sies to the animal kingdom should
illowed to go by without advan
i being 'takeu of it."
A Relic or ioract Grecicy.
f the dead were comieoioust of thlie
ks of the flesh, how lorace Gree.
'a spirit 'iaut have chuckled Mon.
4at the little seene in the House.
en Maynard, uf Teinnessee, who
I been heretuft)re loudest in prus.
,kon, brutt-lht forward his bill'for
Gtvcrnorxhip of his State in the
in of an amnesty bill. Mr. May
d distingiilied 'hiin'self Ui the
(s of the "truly loyal" fever by
iu\entiun 'of he "non-clad oath,"
his api'ekhenme as an Art'ificer to
dag the "blo6d 'e'masms,"was unique
its way, lie stirred up the se
TIy 6y1'I sensibili'ties of 9ceral of
i devoted ioumbers, however, and
ished Lawrence, of Ohio, oy sta
g titat bis.bil. aidtitted the Presi
it of the Confederacy to the piia'e
N held by the Vice-President.
ars of loyal anguish accompanied
a frightf1,l deolarittionr,.a'n~d a for
a hore of constaiits held out
dast the'dir'e Tnread. But it pass.
and i't wvill pass the Senate', afia'
m two things that bro'nght obloquy
on H1oract Greejy for advocating
1ht years ago, will have become ao
apdished facts, anid by the aid'oT thme
,'i th-at denounced him as a rebel
r his tords and works,,
hlslhop Lymall.
This eminent divine was consecrat.
Assistant Bishop of North Caroli,
in Chris.t Church, Raleigh, 01i
graday,last. .The,#rst lessoci twas
ad by R~lev. W. R. Weotmore o1
inoonton ; the second lesson by
ev; J. A. Bluch, of Md. -the R1ev
. u~e, of I'ayedovill', reading
0 prayers. The ante communior
Irvico was read by Bishop Atkinson
se epistle by Bis hop InL the go
il by flishop 1\hittinigham~l. Tih<
ight Reverend Henry C. Lay; Bi
a&Lren, then delirersti anl Instrust iv<
iscourse on the 1ith verse of th<
rth thapter of St. John-"Hol:
ather koop through thine own tam<
iose whom thou hast given me, 0
by may be one as we are." The
utail conseect'atori iooremonies were
be'pree oded with-Ilishiops Atk in
n ahd Lay joining In the layIng 01
handa.-SothecM, Jlomi.
tiondoners are prbnidsed a noveit;
ijoiirnalisih in the shape of a dail:
iper to be isndd between nine an<
ma '4lotik in the trning, whibh i
contain a rejwreduction in miia
re of thme editorial artidiles and eor
mponoe of all the establishdi
6thitvpdpors. The pmcadutors c
ie Tie; Telegt-aph ttnd D il'
ewi, arid other .dailies, .natturall
ok upon this bd* -candidate fd
tablie favor *ith anything be
-londily eyes, and it Is said that
Ill will be introdifced into Parlis
isnt giving newspaper. proprietor
copyright for forty--eight hours i
koIr o*n *peoial news and opinionu
NeWs "of the Day.
The tea kettle is the only singer
that never gets cold.
In the small State of Rhode Is
land there are io fewer than seven
divisions of Baptists
It has cost $10,000,000 in cash
and one hundred and thirty-aix lives
to hore-the 1loosao tunnel.
If California vintners can nake a
profit ln selling their wine at 30 cents
it gallon, how do the poor agents live
who sell it at ,$18 a dzen?
"Yes, sir, when a man in 'Lonisia.
na finads a strauger in his hogpen he
hits arigti to shoot that stranger
down," is the'ddcisidbo f-a Louisiana
Judge.
A concatenation of cuts is to be
tield in Cincinnati this wiinet, open
to every eat in the United States,
The dog has had his dayand now the
cat is to have her aftdrnoon.
A letter from Rod Bluff, Cal:,
states thgt "the widow of John
Brown of Ossawattor'o 'stil' resides
here, pleasantly situated and siir
rounded with pleasant, and comforta
ble itifluences."
Bishop Odenhiemer of'New'Jcrsey
is quite ilIfron the fatiguin labors of
his large diocese, and is urged by
his solicitous clergy to go to the
West Indies for the winter to rdeu- 1
perate.
A young married mlan of Brattle
boro, Vt., concluding that ruin ha
killed thousdis, poured 12 gallos
of prime brandy into the river, a lid
with a lawyer as a witiess atid up
rolled eyeballs, swore off forever.
Rev. J. 11. Willmur, who has for
.twelve -yelirs labored among the i
Yokina Indians in Oregon, says that i
there aile about four hundred con.;
verted Itidians'indor his care, and in
every case there has been a complete
a'nd volunftry ibandonment of the
use of tobacco.
Our Entdpean line. '
'Just as we go to press the fiistc
stemter oi our European line has ar- 1
rived.
w1.. tb..iaCV We speak by the cord
in sa1y ing that sho is but the forerun
ner of a foreign omineroe which will r
soon place Poi t Royal in the front r
raniks of Atlantie ports. t
The steamaer Texas from Liver.
pool for New 0. leaus via Port
Royal brings 12,000 bunidles of
coion ties, shipled by J. J. McComlsb,
hLwenlt of' tle Aiertiuin C'ion ' Ti
Company of 'Ajland. The v..ttu of'
tiis shipmemti $24,375. The Texis
s one of the 11irsssippi and Du-.. l
illinilol lie.'o'f !,300 tons burden. ':
She will be folliwed by tle Alissis.
Aippi which willileave New rleaiis a
for this-p6rt Ei tilIe'6t 'instant.
Both vessels wil take in a supply of
coal iere.-Pa-i RoYa1 Coinnercia l.
Death of 'rofessor Agassiz.
BOSTON, Deepuber 15.-The last
hours 'f Vrofesor Agustiz were up
pel'e'itly 'puss d in u.neonsciousn'es.
At 2 P. M., o Sunday, he had an at
tack similar t? te one experienced
bpfore-a suspersion .of respiration
which continued a half a mintie, nl'
coipanied by otier indications of
approaching disadution. Tliese were
su'cceeded Iy unnturolly rapid
brec..thing, that ~Otinited s6 grow
fainter with de ar ting~ vigor. The
pu'tient lhy 'po'ithis side, and, be
yond an occssiofal convulsive mnove
ment of his limi 1, there were no signsa
that lie suffered baini, and his takinrg
oft was scsareely pe'rceptible.a
At the~Joiod.U Wattlal OCriminal
Court, re'eenstly irs. Charlotte An-.
'sie FItzgerald,inife of Alajor Fa~iz- I
gerald, wits trid for.steas'insg a din
msond ring, a dnimond neek 1a3e, anid
other articles. Evidence was~ gi~ i
at great lengthynusd thle witnesses uu. C
derwenit rigid eross-'etamination._
Thsejury fondhe QOccselot guilty,
on the gronudof ihsanity, and she
was ordered t be detaie'd diining ,
hier Majesty's a~sure. At the saine
cour't three wo jen who Were eonviet
ed of felony onthie previous day were
brought up forksdgmlent, onie prison
er being sen:eJed to ten and the oth
I nI' twu3 to flyv y'ars' penal servi
. ts 1Ed it of thec N. Y. Sun
SInR I ami a frigid to you and yours pa
per, anud have ifdi~ed a large number
to subscrib'd, 1t I mitast be etindid
with~you aond sy when I see you
publisinig sie ottratt as the 'one
published iathe New York Timda~ in
yoitr semi.V okly of Notem~aber 28, ibi
relationi to lhtei pture of .Jeff' Davis,r
I am disgusteu' All df which is a'
idamned, indan ka; Mliigati, Yan.
kee lie, and yo can writo to Geon.
Priohard and tIlhimn I say so.
s IHoping novato see just such a1
.publication in he Sun again, I am,
-sir, very trtly
8i.sF. 0. JA COOCs,
,for n'y Colonol C. 8. A.
y ilartford N '., Dec. 3, 1873.
r liayrie, theiolored route agent on f
t the W. C. &4. R. R., who was ar
a todted in Wpsington a few days ago,
. Is eofarged Fgth robbing the mnails of
a laris sunodtwioney. Heo is a broth
n erIf th, debreary of state. and one :
Atter tcics, Who!
'Tlhe Ind iannpolis Journial (Senatoi
Morton's orgun) states t hat ex-Coni
gressuan Samuel Shellabarger, o
Ohio, will be appointed Minister tu
Spain in ctso of the resignation -o
Uonral Sic 'Cf.. On the other band
the Chicago Times avers that uov
Lrnor Wathliburn,'defeated candidat
for Governor cf Vii.coin, at th<
late election, will UIob the lucky man
According to those arrango'ments it
would svein that, our Ves.tern cots
aenporariepr thiik the adiistratici
really kno*ws "No North, ht South,
:o lsast"'-no nothing but the
West-in makiig its fortiigu dppoitn
)louts.I
The houisialnt Election qucsliolI.
The Senate Committee on Privi.
eges and Election, Sumner being
ibsent, report themiselves atlually
livided upon the merits of the case
as between McMillin and Piniohback,
Lad refer the whole matter to the
)-enate,.and asked to be discharged
rom its further consideration. The
omniittee aro divided thus : Morton,
gm, Anthony ai'd Mitcliell for
eating Pinchback, on prima facih
n'idence'; opposed by Carpeiter,
Icorn,'Ilinilton and Saulsbury.
A papler church 1-uidiing is aid,
i tle-Journail oft he Society of Arts,
c have been built in Birgen, Nor.
vay, it city of'noarl'y three hundred
housand inhtbitanis.. The building
s circular within and octagonal with.
uf. The relievos outside. the it(tue
iside, the roof, the ceiliiig are al
onstructed of papier macho, made
vaterproof by suturation in vitriol,
ine water, whey and white of egg'.
'lie cliirdh building hais space enough
o acuoutinodato one thousand people.
'Oysters are 'in pe rfee'ion ivhen
romt five to seven 'yias old. An
y .termian e51n tell the age of a
iivh-e by count;ing .he successive
er5 Or plates ovei saIpijng eiich
ther, eacl of %'hieb is termed a shoot
id indicates 1.1 yearni's .growth. Jud
chicb soie shells attaiv, nu oyst'er
inay b capabile of artiving at the
espectable age of tbree-SeOrlo alid
ot be the Mletlhusalehi of L'is tribe
Colonel Hkobert W. Ilughies, it
tOmis, is to suceced the 1.ate Iuleo
Indet wood in Ile position of Jud ge
f tihe Di.-tivt Court of V irgin ia.
'lie linoplo -f Virgiinia refuvd to
leut him G4-ve.riioir of the State, but
e no doi I i elieves iii the well ulornt
oat ion. "Thera is a D)ivinity that
iipes our erdi, rough IHughes theim
s we Itlay.'
Spewtker Blaine wants to be 'Presi.
lent but it iiny )lot lie ple!sant for
lim to ifleut that of twNctty-five
tienl who liad been Speakeis of tbhe
louse since Congress first organi!ed
lily one .l .nni a K. o'lk, of Tennessee
ver r, acbed the \Vhito House.
lenry City was Speaker twelve
Carls.
''hie crange harvest seems to be very
bilalt in so'ntiherni California. "At
i L ieuvei's orehard, iear San Ber
atrdi o,'' satys thle Gaizette of' that
luace,' aibout~ fifty of thet litrgest tree.
itil 3 ield an average of 1 ,500 orangas
achi, and they aire breakinig .down
tader the weight of the 'deli'elous
utit. Van D~enven last year picked
huitdred w 'tld weigh a pounad
A couple whot registered thtem
elves the ot her day at a Chicagc
otel as ''George Lord and lady,
.t'wiirtville, New York,'' left a ba by
ehinid thIem whten t hey paid 'thcit
ill. TJhie Itandlord being childles)
oncluded to necept the olferinig 61
hie Ljrd, anid adoptecd the Ionndling:
Jinks had becen indulging too free.
y in ar'dent rpiirits. At a street
orner his hait droppe)Jd into thp g ut
cr. Says Jiks "I know if I pick
ott uip I'Ihlall-If I full you won't
-hick-m--hIic~k - til-. godd night I''
and lie wailked off' with a rtife of
ig?.atgs as heo went, foaving his ht
ii the guitter.
'Td reihanins o' the late President
achanry Taylor are to be regnoved
iotm a privit e burying ground in
Felferson county, Kentucky, to theo
tate Comtetery.
It is stated that M r. Baring, the
ecent ly deceased English bunker,
oft property valued at $10O,000,000l
ndependenitly of his art, cotlectior,
vhichl is worth $1 ,000,000.
George D). Milton, of Leesburg,
fa., will make aflidavit, hoesays, that
inna Dick enson once offered him her
antd and heart, and be refused her.
When they told Jim Ox ford, of
tirginit, that heo was dying, replied,
'Wall, don't forgot to put them shin
les on the mule pen aforo it rains
gatin."
A full Judioiary Committee had a
onig dliscussioin over Williams' noni
ation to the Chief Justleeship. No
otin: -
T ondensed News.
The Illinois farmors are still gai'-.
ing strenith.
It is t bought that Dr. Avery~il
be teleaebd.
. The majority for the new cnestitu
tio In Pennsylvaniia- is .150,000.
Seanugl G. Brown and J" lbert
RUggins, Ku klux, have -lioen par.
dotted.
Stepliona' speoek in defence of the
salary grabihas been seteroly consur
ed by the press. --
An enthusiiastio nypeting bas been
held iin London to hear the repurts of
the Evangelical Alliance.
The druggigsare protest-ing against
the .dceiion that medidimns Cen
podu(neby preseriptipu. must be tax
ed as ateut mediOcneo.
Th liBendera, arrested in Spartan
burg for comniittlid a-)ong series of
murders in Kanas, vere disoharged
for waut of- evidnnoe against thein.
They aq 96ill'olpholy watched.
Thle Noiv Yorlf'Pdlico lhve shlut up
the gamblig bell, and the gamblers
are preparing to ininigrg.q South ahd
W est. W0 d'1 t want thein.
Col. Dent, the President's father
in-law is dead. This gives ~nuother
opportuuity for Graut to extend his
relationship.
. Cespedem has been] deposcd by the
insurgents and Aguilera will be nide
P esident. The 8pankfh organs . are
calling for "three hundred thousand
more" to crush the robel lion.
Wendell Phillips, Col. liggiplou
and otherstrong niigded women had
a grand tea ,fight in Faneuil' 1lall,
lioston to comnniorate t ha throwing
of the tea overboard in 177.. Fred
D.>ugbaIss was au invited guest and n
is'peaker.
Judge Bastood and Judge Darell
nre to be "iiivostigated" by Cotgress.
'T'le ban'krupt Iatv and tho "-alary
grab" will be repoaled. Williaums
has not yet boeu conirmed Chief
Justice. Nor has 'inchback, Kel..
logg Senato'r froml Louisia'na', f>ccii
admitted. .
Gov. Moses has fuliminated anothel
volutinous inoCsa8lge in which poctry,
ta1les, mythology, figures, pol i ics a1i l
iniStateme ints are so jih'led that
eilightented minds of the leLislators
cannot .coMpreben'd what lio edoe
mean. He probably does not know
hiisef except that lie waits cliao
to cluith moure money. lie is maliki'i
a desperate bid for a He,1on1d terin,
aBit he will probably be remaiidcd to
a back seat. So be it.
DIehih of Cokfuetil Frederick 10)et.
WV ASI~lNTor', )eceinher 1(i. .
Colnuel Frederic Dent, the fatier of
Mrs. Gratnt, died at inid iiht -f
Motday, pgd ef'ghty-eiht..' hiis
daughter, Mrs. Ci.uy, is inite ill, lt
ll iladel phia. An uifavorule ell' t V
from the sad r.ews is appreh eided.
Colonel Dent haes resided for a 1ong
time at the White 'IIoise, as t hit
guest of his aughter. The Coloiel
never abandoned hiIs Dmoinmy.
11 is sonewihat forcible den c tin ia t ions
of the pi eviili t:g faution .il its highe.st
places his been o'ne of the eature., of
the Executive Maision. lie ate his
brealfais'T and smoked his cigar, yes.
terday morning.
Water has a starlt value in Col.
orado. Tfhe Greeley TFribuino of t hat
State say s tha t whlilce inin igrant t ani
secure an immein te areit-a of land i at a
salcsonly such pa:rts of it ::
ed. In the Greeley Colonyi thereii
arcono water rights whicb enni be,
boughtt. Water to cover . eighit y
.t're biluing thec whiole season is aQ
obewort h fivo h'inatdred dullhat, andi
the sumo of one hundred 'and( eighlty
hias beent paid ri A rihare of waiter
rightt, 'the shareu not furnishinzig more
t han water e'nough for twent y acres.
In that sct ionj of Counttry water is
inore valuable thain land.
A linile'licmeto Judgremrnt
A girl, abdut seienteen years of
,ae brought suit agtainst her father
for f'orty' dollars, for wvages 'due bor
for her services as a fild hiand for
one year. Trial Justice Howell lbe.
fore whom the action was bronght,
ordecred, antd d ecreed, ihait the fathier
should piay thle jrirl the sum of eigh..
teeu dollars and costs. TIhe Pather
iemonstrated against the deci.,.on,
because or its illegality. Thie Juis.
tico, after matutre delibheration, con,
claded to tuark the cone settled, tand
it was so ordered.-hester Jlsporhr.
The Bioston Jonrnal an; uses itself
with the nick narnes of New Yoerk
chiuruthes. '. Dr. T1ynn's nosy church is
lho Church of the 11oly Oil Cloth;
Jlepworth's is the liiupdromoc ; Dr.
8torris' fioni its steeple, is 'kiowni is
the Corn Cob ; Pr. .flellow's as t he
Church of the 1Iolf Zebra, and we
have als$ heard it called the Church
of 1110 Infinite Beef Steak: whiile a
ihaptist ohidroh. 1b. christened the
Wash Tilib: a Calvanistio taborna.
ole Lhb- 1urnabe ; U.' h. rrothing
ham's the Insurance cubie ; and Mr.
Pawar'a the Chutobh of the Holy Tur
tlp.
Get.Kemaper the now Gov'ernor of
Virgistia, recently refused to receive
a earriage ad spaq ,of hor sea which
were presented him. What will
On ay
'Porty pursil's titk~l I-ngk Ii i t
I i s, cisrujuhy 'e~l-wi~ed ill 'Ne Yolk,
urt ved in th IoCity c tI rdn , tl tile
tW lity Of 1 (tht art l-0 1*1 yatiOit gti
1( ieitt nL i near Nittety- Aj
t,%o .Uf.t a i!;o i go to M'rs.
ltof'ty Coutiiy. A "u'iss fl,'it*'v go t o
Mr. Ililey at (IiiwoeiJ, A blievilkt
(.'oulty. A Frvttel id-, iI, o
t.oii ( ouijy. "I'Lere wetu oulso sevu.
ral iAngle Inv"~, atnd ahot. hl f kll
ivuantt~au,!a'.l1I4 byv 1-:11 1t is int (dilntt
.80ttcof tlaco faittalikes, Ne Ieart, wiir
ft) ectio So!1' ~' I ilY Mrt .1it's who ro.
"por0ts thtat Ibtuat.ot, intart' otai be
turned d to S ;,I y ii' o agentsr
ItioihAl It tl N1111, it fl~in'' '\P ''
York 11 ui.4 1 CU'ah' uki i a' I a's Iv , lie
whltre hte ill be0 al 1,' to 614l titla
unh earnallI the at leii mitlt 111t11.
OIliti' is it.ca Na r ".i' e )!.! o ija thy.
col2. utu l~ clec'in tl (1
Clit \ ey . ThIis kit = al il z t h hesl ~ i1't
Ila aiat A ll to~ Mat". wiho a tittalat'
.wh witild touvt on t ''gtrtitw tat ph
ft' piv' ' ft . who lwis .111 alaod
1i(1k ri(l i -. 1, -ye ol u d 'W. 'U hrl. ' I' k.t
nw anlii t i t' atI to It: r 1 t s sy
l31 t'.'lt. Va'iiow it " g laO itdi lt
tive ou y &Moo. 'lta 'r tutatr, inevi
tCaIle 1'irvt) fi.'aggttitlil jall avcra(1
wrIiitig th t Un-it a'iiita m'ynli!..
huhq ii'ltv SUMPS an 't'thttil taio
Illat- ilifut iy li.to a ro 01:1.1tt
Rye tot'e i "ho. The tt1w uhnnvisatio
curlir tueutui' 'q "pn c4 t'e thct , ias l
follow 1i ii and prpilj ('rUmt u Ii byhli
I'it it' ' (\I ' Ca I UI w-i il, fdilo
ailltt ileo,*liy (41 c)~u ~ uat~(I I p
(ji iyiii fl-a Io I li L le.
:'; til i t h t ta (ttaOi , ( ct andt
JIll corliol~ 1,0) '1it.iand'tdutstt
-;a1,1tr(ii t ( ;k . 1 tae i llti u eill
Tiih~ tll0te'ter Ull!-, tuo 10 etl thett
fuli ng I i, c'a- (t 'I lrti, 6 i Mo ick,
ilaltt esait W f P.ftb . W, ul (1 i.
Pao tciiori;ly. Nif ai clai b s Jjk ll) "
Wi~ii i-0 1(.3. tiitktiut \*ll. A w llif
sty 1, 11e Jii S. Ii ) ot tk w j kIollio IothuOp
to, J kit j'oo -A i t.\" l I) y
John A.~ ptlotinus 't'Proph-1
titjt it o Inal, t t lu t c4 IaVt i . tI l iea0
tCI Ia( Nlin 'i ho r ,! f i s a Hii~te
Tite South Corolina Uiivmrsity
On Wednesday night of last week
a legislative caucus ras held inl Co
liuibia, at tile residen9e of Speaker
e, of the Hlouse of Itepr("enta
tives. Many of the lawmakers of tl
Stato and soveral o the executivo
offiers of the govdinnient were pr10
ont. The object for which the nibet
ing was cilled wa bric'fy stated b~y
Professor Babbitt, of the univeisitv
to be the ounsideration of the proprio
ty of maling proper arranment.1 1-y
appropri .tion for the establishmetit,
of sebolliarships iM the uiivCrsit.
After a warm discussion (if the su'b
ject a Committee was Oppoitited for
the purpose of drawilg up a .ill
which would effect the obj !et under
consideration. A bout*$75,000 will
be required to establish the propeseil
chol rships, and tle Legishit itlu
will bhe as1led to a proprilte th
ton t.--News and Curier,.
Fuller details respeotilig the dovil
ish seen off St. Johne, N. F., siow
that ho was even larger than at first
described to be. The fishermen vho
iaw the creature in broad day, andt
were cloe to it and eximined it he.
Fore it gave any signs oflife, or alarm..
Ed them by its iovements, declaro
positively that its length was not les
than sixty (cot aid its diameter fivo
live feet., while its tail was fully coi
loot across. Its beak they descl io
as bin)i11g "tihe siz of IL hix-gi l l keg
With this formiiabIe w:l poii
struck their boat violently and thel
eonunnced111 winiding ita arms a ounid
it. Alarimed by these momenots IL
ihtler:it beized Ii axo and cti off
I wo arms which iere around the boat
Oi of these armis was tirity in hes
inl tilinessiOS, but the pmttiont alnlnta
ted was not inore than six feet i-i
length. This arm has been infortug
atouly lost., the li'berman hal ill -
thrown it awa. .Th longer arm
they brought to St. John's, but not,
befora r ix feet of it eas dcstroved.
'he pr io n11o itnite red in t irits
1141 p reserted in th i museum i.,
ninteteen feutt in leigth, and the 1uen
say they Jolt tell icet at least bellinl
ai tar acied to the body of the fish, %o
Ili, originial lengIth mlust alive been
thirty live feot. Tbiu corrobc.rates
their tale (of the sizo of the body, for
only a large body could work z;uch
A boy six years old, thinks le will.
lo as other men have donio.
MaIrch 12.-Have resolved to keep
a Journlt.
March 1:.-llud rost beef for dill
nVri, an cabblago, pota'to, and lppio
.we . and11 rice plidding. I do nt
liko rieo plildilg when it is liko
i's Charlio Slick's is rol good
Mush and yrup for ta.
N)March 6$.--Forget whiat did.
teriddle cakes for breakfast. Debby
didn't fry enilf.
A ir'h 24.---T'is ik Sunday. Corntt
bol ' for dimier. Studied tuy 1,ibe
lesson. Auint Issy aid I was greIy.
IHave resolved notto think so 8 meli
abLoiut t.'aings to etc. V ish I wa 4 .
btetter boy. Nuthinig particular for
toe.
March 25.-Forgit what I did.
Mairh 27.--l'orgit what I did.
Marc'h 29.-ilayod.
Nal~roh 31 .-Forgit what I did.
A ptil I .-llave dissided not to
keep a j ouirnalI ennty mloreO.
d1 udge TV. J1, Nackey believes iiq
tisitig htirInigent tinellirest, wheta
nteclesary, to compel c'ountty officials
to thle performance l~ of their' duIt i o.
BelIieiv intg fr'omI whatt he0 deeioed au -
'tl tie iniformitatio tha 11t thea Chiaijr
mniut of the Board of County Citm'
mtissionIers woutt not be presetn. t 11.hi
the J ury Comisiionelrs to atttendi on
Wednlehday to the d rawinag of juror9
for tile apfproalebinlg termii of the
court, ho ianued on Tuesday a bench
wairrent for his1 arrest, and placed it
in thei u tdL of the S herilf, who, aiftoe
a leiigthy fide! , broughlth is victimI to
towIn antd plalcod hiimtI in ae keeL'pigg
durting the tIIih. -0 Wed~V~ nesday
thes lrfr,etory oflicial IrI&5 prsiet $ i
attend at the drawing of junrors an
preaei ibed by law.- Lhester J&epor
ler.
The A.uguasta Contstitutioli id
makes~it acknlowlodgmoent of tho first
sointributioni to Captain F.ys family,
3onltainied ini a mostL touching letter
rrom. a little girl of that city. Says
this tender-hearted child:
"Ini yesterday's paper, I saw tlh
last letter o.f poor (Captaio Fry. lJie
wias a gallant mant I I have wept fior
the sake of his childroo. MIy dear
irne edyou will find one goildati
dlla. 1is a very small stum;t but
I hoipo y'ou ivill not refuse it, nta it
comes f:rom a lit tle girl. It is a
SOUveir~l of my owna papa, and it is.
givenI by iah orphan to the orphlunts of'
D'eptain Fry."
,Josh Nlillngn ays-(M~adjel iti
tabit the lioa generalhly ; bit thoseo
wyhicb ihthit the gi-ocery alwus taste
to me as though they had been f'.
teneod on salt. Tlhey want a deal of
freshin~g before, they're oalen', and
also arter wne'd.' I I'an have hnacker
eh foi' breakfast I can generally mnakJ
the other t wo maal, ot mata, "