The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 12, 1871, Image 4
Jnkrson Intelligenter.
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&^\^ dkp?fchM6 m?rihii ns!- that the
Mount Ceuis tunnel, one of the most tremen?
dous engineering feats of the age, would soon
be completed.. It is an international work, un?
dertaken jointly by the French and Italian
government*; und tiie fact that the French are
just now occupied in a task with their German
neigbbors, more difficult eventhan the boring i
of the Muu\rlt Cenjs^t?nneT, lfCTAis ""to surlpoBCJ
that the Itwcr enterprise would ber neglected,5.]
or at least- retarded.. Ius.compleiiou. iu-the
midst of a great war that would seem to exact |
all the resources that the French have at cora
m&?}&.&lmpje&?e ptotif-. bT'fhe imminent
imp^anWthtt:thfe,age sjttacbes to works of
onea^iiy&^cea^unl^tioV
The Mount Cenis tunnel, whose completion
we now witness, has been before the eyes of
the world for thirteen years, is not on the line
of any railroad, and is n'ot a part of any rail?
road, scheme, but is, as wp have stated, a great
tttouet between France and Italy, drilled
through.tbr.ee. peaks of the Savoy .Alps, Colo?
nel de Frijus; Grand Vallon and de la Roue?
and, in fact, has no connection with Mount
Cenis, seventeen miles distant, whose name it
bears, .^k'&re.the beginning of the work, there
wefe not wanting engineers of jiigh standing
andWeputation who- gravely- declared that the
undertaking would prove a failure?that the
workmen would perish by fire, water or noxious
gases, aud that all sorts of insurmountable ob?
stacles would meet them as they approached
the heart of the mountains. In spite of all
these discouraging professional predictions, the
work was begun in 1857,'and steadily prosecu?
ted for four years, when perforators were called
into requisition.
The usual method of sinking shafts along
the line of. the progosedj_tunnel, and. working
through from one to the other, was not appli?
cable to this work, on account of the great
height of- the-mountain. The only feasible
plan was to begin boring both ends, and con?
tinue itste.idily until the opposite drills should
meet and gl ve a complete aperture. This made
it difficult to. supply the workmen with suffici?
ent quantity of fresh air at a distance of two
or three miles from the entrances. To over?
come this,.a machine that was a perforator and
air pump combined was devised, which moved
by air compressed to one-sixth its usual bulk.
A portion of this was conveyed into the tun?
nel and-released for the- consumption* of the
workmen, aud another portion was applied di?
rectly to the drill which bored into the moun?
tain at the average rate of nine feet a day.
Ten perforators were kept constantly at work.
The motive power was conveyed to the drill by
a flexible pipe, throwing the compressed air
into a cylinder, in which worked a piston driv?
ing the drill into the face of the rock. The
dr?r. made two hundred revolutions a minute,
each laaving a stroke, of two hundred pounds
weight. The hardest substance it encountered
was white quartz, and every stroke against this
brought forth a shower of sparks that caused
the work to resemble a display of fire-worxs in
the dark cavern. Asa preparation for blasting,
about ninety holes, three feet in depth and two
or three inches in diameter, were bored with
Oxe drill, charged with powder, tamped, and ex?
ploded. The shock would bring down the face
of the rock to the depth of several feet,! when
the debris would be removed, other holes drilled,
charged.aud exploded ; and thus the work kept
steadily on for-ycara. The workmen ^vere di?
vided into three reliefs, eight hours being given
to labor, and sixteen to rest. The most skilful
of them were paid five franca a day, and the
others only three.
. The directors of the work declare that ouly
fifty or sixty workmen lost their lives by acci?
dent during the boring; but as accidcnK such
as premar?re explosions, and the falling of
rocks wore frequent, it is thought that these
figures fall short of indicating the injnries suf?
fered by the men engaged in the work. The
hardness of the rook made the wear and tear
of machinery very great, and it was necessary
to replace the drills every few minutes. The
estimated average progress was about nine feet
a day; but in the white quartz, only a distance
of 16 to 19 inches per day was made. The dis?
tance. betpeeu-Fourneaux and tyirdoneche, the
two extremities of the gallery, is 1-KOOO yards,
or nearly*? 4-? miles. The Estimated cost of
the entire work is 150,000,000 fraucs, or about
?80,000,000. The entrance on the French side
is 25 feetvf*ide, and about as many, in height
A double railway track running into it was
used to~convey the tools .and supplies.to* the
workmen, and to bring out the shattered rock.
The next greatest work Of this kind in the
world is the Hoosac tunnel in Massachusetts,
which was begun four years before the Mount
Cenis gallery, and is><not yet completed. The
French and Italian engineers, who had super?
intendence of the enterprise, often had their
ingenuity severely taxed to device methods fon
overcoming the 'many unusual difficulties they
exu&unfcre^andibey certaiuly-are entitled to
high credit for the patient assiduity with which
they prosecuted their slow and laborious task.
As a means of avoiding a long and difficult
crossing of the Savoy Alps, in the passage from'
France to Italy, the tunnel is a convenience
whose value cannot be estimated, while, a* a
wori of engineering, it will rank next to the
Sqea canal.?Miami Republican.
How to be HiPPY.?Sala, in one of his es?
says, says: I happened to be passing one box?
ing day, or rather evening, many years ago,
through St. Clement's churchyard, when I be?
came aware of a man who was holding on to
the railings.of the church, and blubbering in a
manner piteous to behold and hear. I noticed
that his legs were much bowed, and like unto
those of a journeyman tailor; but in was diffi?
cult to dogmatize on that head, for the man
had been keeping his Christmas in the approved
English fashion, and was very drunk. A good
woman?presumably his wife?in a shabby
shawl and a crushed bonnet, was doir.g her
best to support this staggering holiday-maker,
and endeavoring to cheer him up in his atiiic
tion, whatever that sorrows crown of sorrow
may have been ; but his grief was overwhelm?
ing?of that there could be no doubt. "I?I?
I'm so unhappy j" Ebriosus continued tomaun
der. "Unhappy }" repeated the good woman,
with womanly scorn, and yet not without a
kind of rallying sympathy?"unhappy ? what
for? You was dnjnk.the day before yesterday ;
you was drunk on Christmas day ; you're drunk
now ; what more do yer want I Ikt yer lean't
to be hanged f
She NnvF.it Leaves Him.?Look at the ca?
reer of a man a? he passes through the world,
as a man visited by misfortune.! How often he
is iff. by his fellow men to sink under the
freight of his afilietlf.n, unheeded and alone!
One friend of his own sex forgets him.another
abandons him, a third perhaps betrays him;
bu* woman, faithful woman, follows him in his
afflictions with an unshaken affection ; paves
the changes of feeling, of his temper, embit?
tered by the disap;?oiritmcptsof the world, with
the highest of all virtue ; in resigned patience
ministerinp to his wants, even when her own
are hard and pressing; she weeps with him, tear
for tear, in his distress, aud is the first to catch
and reflect a ray of joy, should but one light up
his countenance in the iui(|st of his sufferings,
and she never leaves him in his misery while
there remains one. nut of love, duty, or com
{tassion to be performed. And at last, when
ife and sorrow come to an end. sin- follows him
to the tomb with an ardor of affection whi h
death itself cannot destroy.
? A Kansas pastor declined an addition of
S hundred dollars to his salary, for this reason,
among others, that the. hardest part of his la?
bor, heretofore, had been the collection of Iiis
salary, and that it would kill him to try to colt
,'cct a hundred dollar" more.
j A Singular Story of llie Franco-Prussian War,
l Tho Washington Patriot publishes a curious
stort)l,w^iojni.call3-a* page of see'ret. history:
jTh? v^b.-fd ddesjrot know thai the war which
; hiWM riveted *u eh untold calamities upon two
' great nations, and turned back the hands of
progress on the dial of civfization, might, and
probably would not have occurred, but for a
cause entirely personal, and involving the am
j bitious aspirations of one of our own country
I women. His Majesty, Don Fernando, father
\ of the King of Portugal, somewhat surprised
; European Courts, as well as Jim immediate
friends, bv a sudden marriage, eighteen months
ago, with Miss E. Hensler, to whom he had
been much attached during nine previous years.
She was born in Boston, of respectable German
parents, in humble life, and educated in Italy
for the operatic stage, by the aid of a few lib?
eral patrons of art, who had discovered her
precocious talent for music and her fine voice.
After completing her studies abroad, she re?
turned to the UnitcdjStatos, but failed to reach
the<emiuenc9 of which he* .early youth had
given cheerful promise. Seeking another field
tor professional success, she went again to Eu?
rope, and in 1S60 became attached to the opera
at Lisbon, where the widowed King Consort
was first attracted by her beauty, vivacity and
other charms. Then began the acquaintance
which terminated in her becoming the wife of
a Cobourg who had shared the throne of Por?
tugal with Donna Maria II. Jusf previous to
the marriage the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg con?
ferred upon her che title of Countess D'Edla,
so as to obliterate even a nominal connection
with the past, or. with her American nativity.
That repeated overtures were made by Prim
and his colleagues to induce Don Fernando to
accept the throne of Spain, is no secret. He
refused" to give any encouragement to these pro?
posals, -aoof an effort in that direction, made in
the early^part of 1869, only a few monts before
his marriage, was repelled with so much decis?
ion as to be considered even rude to the Spau
ish people. But after the marriage came social
embarrassments and new ideas, which the gov?
ernment at Madrid was prompt to seize upon,
in the hope of overcoming the prejudices of
Don Fernando, by the temptation of high hon?
ors for his wife, who, by a transition to the
Court.at Madrid, would become the equal, if
not the Superior, of those who had. welcomed
her with coldness, and not for choice. The
Spanish Minister at Lisbon was instructed to
approach his Majesty with delicate suggestions,
and found him willing to entertain the subject;
so that informal negotiations were opened, and
made considerable progress last spring.
Don Fernando proposed certain conditions,
perhaps with a view of ultimately dictating thc
tenns for a matter which was much nearer his
heart, as will appear in the sequel. For ex?
ample, he required that the crowns of Spain
and Portugal should never be united on the
same head, seeking by this means to preserve
the throne of Portugal for his son ana his de?
scendants. After Borne discussion the Spanish
government accepted the condition, with this
modification: "Except, in the course of time,
the two nations should spontaneously agree up?
on a soverign," &c. Don Fernando refused to
adopt any reservation on that point. He also
demanded that certain amendments should be
made to the Spanish constitution before accep?
ting the throne; but the government at Madrid
objected to submit that question to the Cortes
until after his election as King. Tnesc nego?
tiations occupied several months, and were once
or twice suspended entirely, as hopeless, but
renewed by friendly intervention. Finally they
were broken olf altogether, and the causes al?
ready stated were assigned as the reasons of the
failure.
But persons who arc familiar with all the
facts attribute the rupture to another and a very
different motive. At one of the last interviews
between Don Fernando and the Spanish Min?
ister, at which the Countess d'Edla was present,
his Majesty inquired what would be the eventual
position of his wife should he go to Spain ?
After putting this question he withdrew, leav?
ing Madame and the Minister to settle the del?
icate point between them. The Minister stated
that she was at liberty to name any title, dis?
tinction or donation, adding that she would al?
ways be the first lady of the palace. To which
the Countess replied", ''So far so good ; but his
Majesty desiros my position to be as clear as
possible. What I wish to know is, what will
be my part on great ceremonials like the open?
ing of the Cortes, or other corresponding occa?
sions?" The aim of this inquiry was evident,
and the Minister was not taken by surprise.
He rejoined that she might be made a duchess
or grandee, or have any other title, but as
"Queen? never, never!*' -'?f
This took place on the 15th of July, and
when the conferences were going on there was
a perfect understanding that the refusal of Don
Fernando" to take the throne would involve the
most grave complications, and probably the
war, which is still raging; for it was then
known that the Spanish Government intended
to turn to his Majesty's son-in-law, the Prince
Hohenzollern, if the negotiations completely
failed. As soon ns it became certain that there
was no probability of inducing Dou Fernando
to go to" Madrid, unless the Countess d'Edla
was recognized as Queen, the offer was made to
H?henzollem. So it may be said that a great
European war, with all its vast consequences,
is to be attributed to the unsatisfied ambition
of a Boston girl.
? The immortality of the age is a standing
topic of complaint with some men. But if any
one likes to be moral, I can see nothing in the
age to prevent him.?Qoethc.
? A surprise party lately at Pittsfield, Mass.,
broke a stove, three chairs, a sofa and a lot of
crockery during their stay at the house of tho
party surprised. The family has uo further
wish to he surprised.
i ? This remark was made by a young lady
of St. Louis : "It is wisely ordained that the
6ame wind that sweeps our dresses aside also
fills the eyes of naughty young men with dust."
? The cleanest city in the world is Broch, in
Holland, which no horse or carriage has ever
beeu permitted to outer, and where everything
is kept with the most scrupulous neatness. Be?
fore entering many of the houses you are re?
quired to remove your shoes. It is said that
even the Emperor of Russia was compelled to
comply with this custom on his recent visit to
that place.
? A Boston lecturer astonished his audience
by bringing his fist down on the table and
shouting, "Where is the religiosity of the an?
thropoid quadrumanait he thinks we have
?/?l it, he can search us. We never >aw it in
the world.
? Warm quarters arc essential to the com?
fort and well doing of cattle. He is a shiftless
farmer who allows his stock to hug the side of
a fodder stack endeavoring to protect them?
selves from the cold rains, sharp winds and
sleeting storms of winter. Stock well cared for,
warm and drily housed from storms, regularly
fed aud watered, will tome out in the. spring
looking plump and sleek upon the fodder that
would be consumed by those that shiver around
a loddor stack all winter,
? The Montgomery Mail says, "Col. Susan
13. Anthony is of the opinion that women should
never marry. It would seem that all men eon
cur in this opinion of the Colonel, so far at
j least as she himself is concerned."
I ? In an Iowa breach of promise case, the
! woman swore that the accused had hugged her
i every night for several months, and Sunday
' nights until \\ o'clock in the morning. The
villain was lined one dollar and (Mists. He said
ir was the most reasonable hugging he ever ex?
perienced.
? "Boy, why did you take an armful of my
shingles on Sunday-.'" "Why, sir, mother
wanted some kindling wood, and I didn't want
to split wood on a Sund . ."
? An exchange says; "During tho war, a
soldier in Sherman's army found near Atlanta
a diamond worth ?4,000." The editor omitted
to jftate that the diamond, at the lime of the
fi-uding, was at the bottom of :i trunk.
An ElementaryLesson In Courtship.
One" 6righ%< moonlight wi'iter's night; US die.
days of "lang.syne,J.' when .log school-houses,
cheap schoolmasters, and blue-beach rods wf.re
the only instrumentalities used lor teaching the
"young* ideas bow to shoot," we .cbauced to.at?
tend a "spelling school" in a certain rural dis?
trict, the geographical location of which it is
not now necessary to mention. 'Twas. there,
however, where our eyes first fell ou a "fairy
form" that immediately sat our susceptible'
hearts in a blaze. She was sixteen or there?
abouts, with bright eyes, red cheeks and cherry
lips, while the auburn rioglcta clustered in a
wealth of profusion around her beautiful headl?
and her person, to our. ravished imagination,
was more perfect in form and outline than the
most faultless statue ever chiseled by the sculp?
tor's art. -
As we gazed, our feelings, which never be?
fore had aspired girlward (wo were scarcely
eighteen) were fully aroused, and we deter?
mined to go home with her that night or per?
ish in the attempt! A3 soon, therefore, as
school was dismissed, and our "lady love" sui?
tably bonneted and cloaked, we approached to
oflcr our services as contemplated, and we then
learned an important lesson, viz: the difference
between resolving and doing. As we neared
her to put our design into execution , we seemed
to be stricken with a suddeu blindness ; then
red, green, and yellow lights flashed noon our
vision, and appeared and disappeared like a
phantasmagoria! Our knees smote together
like Bclsbazzar's, and our heart thumped with
apparently as much force as if it were driving
tenpeuny nails into our ribs 1 We in the mean?
time, having reached Sallay's side, managed to
mumble outsomething which is, perhaps, known
to the Recording Angel, but surely is not to us,
at the same time poking out our elbowas near?
ly at right angles with our body as our physi?
cal conformation would admit.
The night wind blew keenly, which served,
in some sort, to revive us, and, as our sense re?
turned, what were our emotions on finding the
cherished object of our primal love clingiug to
our arm with all the tenacity a drowning man
is_said to clutch at a straw! Talk of elysian,
or sliding down greased rainbows, or feeding on
German flutes, what are sieh "phelinks" in com?
parison with those mighty ones that swelled
our bosom nigh unto the bursting off of our
waistcoat buttoas! Our happiness was simply
ecstatic, and every young lady or gentleman
who has ever felt the mighty throbbing of a
newly-pledged love, will completely understand
the world of bliss hidden under that common
word.
Well, we walked on pleasantly toward our
Sally's home, conversing very cosily and
sweetly as we passed along, until so courageous
did we become that we actually proposed "to
go iu and sit awhile," to which our dulcena
very graciously asseuted. Alas, for us! how
soon were we to be reminded that the "course
of true love never did run smooth."
Sally had a brother of ten summers, who ac?
companied us along the way, and who was iu
wonderful high spirits at the idea of his sister
having a beau, and he would circle around us,
and every now and then, giggling in the height
of his glee and examing us as closely as if Sal-:
ly and ourself were the world renowned Siamese
twins, and he was taking his first look. Bill,
by the way, was a stubbed, chuckle headed boy,
whose habiliments would have made the for?
tune of an ordinary dealer in mop-rags.
At length wo arrive at the bars, and while
we were letting them down, Bill shot past us
and tore for the house as if pursued by a thous;
and bulls of Bashan. He flung the door open
with a bang, and shouted at the top of his
voice:
"Mother! mother! Jim Clark's coming hum
with Sal!"
"Is he ?" screamed the old woman in replv.
"Wal, I declarl I didn't think the saphea'd
knew enough !"
Reader, we didn't go in.
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Tho Josh Billings Papera.
How tew Pic/: Out a Good JIorAc.
First.?Let the color be a sorrel, a roan, a
red, a gray, a white, a black, a blue, a green, a
chesnut, a brown, a dapple, a spotted, a cream,
a buckskin, or sum other good color.
Second.?Exaruin hiz ears ; see that he haz
got tew ears, and pound a tiu pan clussto him,
to find out whether hiz hearing iz good. All
bosses are duinj but a deff and dum boss, arc
not desirable.
Third.?Look well to hiz eyes; see that he
haz got a pupil in hiz eyes, and not too large a
one neither, hosues with too large pupils in
their eyes are near sighted, and kant see oats,
and hav tew wear green goggles, and green
goggles make a boss look tu mutch like a trakt
pedlar.
Fourth.?Feel ?V his neck with the inside ov
yure right hand, wee that the spinal collum iz
well fatted, and runs tho whole length ov him
from fore to aft, a hoss without a good phatt
spinal collum from fore to aft, aint worth
(speaking sudden) aint worth a well defined
cuss.
Fifth.?Put yure hand on hiz breast, (this iz
allowable in the case ov aquadriped,) see if hiz
harte kan beat seventy, squeeze hiz fore leggs
to see if he iz well mnscled, lift up hiz before
feet and see if there iz enny frogs iu them,
frogs keep a bosses feet cool, and sweetj just az
they do a well, or a spring ov water.
fcix.?I.rook well tew hiz shoes, see what num?
ber he wears, nui iber 8 iz about right.
Seven.?Run yare hand along the dividing
ridge ov hiz boddy, from the top ov hiz withers
to the commencement ov hiz tail (ordorsul ver
tibra) and pinch liim az yu go along, to see if
he knows how tew kick.
Eight.? Look on hiz hind legs for sum spav?
ins, kurbs, windgalls, ringbones, skratches,
quittors, thrush, grease-heels, thorough-pins,
spring halt; quarter cracks; see if he haz got
a whirl-bone ; look for sum pin-hips ; hunt for
strains in the back tendons, lot-downs and
i capped hooks.
.Nine.?Investigate hiz teotb, see if he aint
14 vears old last May, with teeth filed down,
and a six year old black mark burnt into the
top ov them, with a hot iron.
Ten.?Smell of hiz breath, to 6ee if hehaint
got sum glanders; look just back ov hiz ears
for signs of pole evil, pinch him on the top ov
his withers for a fistula, and look sharp at both
shoulders for a sweeny.
Eleven.?Hook him tew a wagon that rat?
tles, drive him up to an Irishman and hiz
wheelbarrow, meet a rag merchant with a cow?
bell strung aorust the top ov hiz cart; let an
express train pass him at 4"> miles to the hour;
when he iz swetty, heave a buffalo robo over
him to keep oph tho cold; ride him with au
umbrel highsted, and learn hiz opynunov these
things.
Twelve.?-Prospekt hiz wind, sarch diligent?
ly for the heaves; ask if he iz a roarer, and
don't be afraid tew find out if he iz a whistler.
Thirteen.?Be sure that he aint a krib-bitor,
aint balky, aint a weaver, and don't pull at the
halter.
Thezc are a few simple things to be looked
at in buying a jrood family boss, there iz agrate
! menuy other things tew be looked at (at your
! leizure) after you nave bought him.
(hind bosses are sknrse, and good men, that
deal in enny kind ov bosses, arc sknrser.
Ask a man all about hiz wife and he may tell
you, examine him cluss for a Sunday school
1 teacher and find him all on the square, send
i him tew the New York legislature and rejoice
, that monoy won't buy him, lend him seven nun
i died dollars, ii: She highway, without witness
; or note, even swop dorgs with him with perfekt
? impunity, Luit when yu buy a good family boss
j ov him, >ouug, sound ami trew, watch the man
I cluss, and make un yure mind besides, that you
will have tew ask the Lord to forgive him.
! "An honest man iz the noblest work.ov God,"
this famous Haying was written in grate anguish
ov heart, by the late Alexander Pop? just after
buying a good family hoss
I " Why" Fafnfors 'Sbns^l^H^tf nming.
I. Faruiora cqrnplaiirthat tlieir sons do not take
to the profession o?Micirv.'fathers kindly;, .'but
I that a very large per cent, of them drift into !
1 thepities,, aud follow othe^.occupations, Thi$. :
iSjGrue, aijd the fiwjtis, in.half ihcUases wltiJJ
the'faririers themselves."- The reason'fdrT;hisiS|
; that the American farrrreris too much oppress- j
ed with the spirit of money getting to maker j
j farm life pleasant. We know of thousands Afho
have bro:rd acre*, immense houses, cattle, sheep, 1
and swine, and who, in addition to these treasj- J
ures, have their thousands and tens of thousands
in government bonds, or in mortgages, who!
live in a stylo far inferior to that ot the hum?
blest mechanic in the towns. Their houses are
built not to gratify taste, or to yield pleasure to
their iumates, but solely with an eye to conve?
nience; the,floors arc uncarpeted, the windows
are shadelees; there are.. no books, no papers
save one for market reports, no. cheery furiu
tura, no piano or melodeon, uo nothing to make
lrfe pleasant. Out-side, the same barren, hard
appearance is manifest. Flowers are tabooed,
there are no ornamental trees, the barn is as.
severe in style as rigid economy, can make it;
in short, everything is subservient to the one
idea?profit.
Is it any wonder that the boy born and reaied
amid such surrounding desires something bet?
tor, so soon as he discovers that there is some?
thing better ? Is it any wonder that, seeing in
towns luxuries, beauty aud taste, he. fancies
mercantile or professional pursuits must be bet?
tor to afford these things? Is it any wonder
that, after living a month among pleasant
things that he:should imbibe a distaste to the
farm of his father, and ?he hard, close life led
upon it?
We wish to be understood. The farmer who
has debt ou his bauds, or whose farm lacks nec?
essary improvements has no business with any
of this. Much better bare floors and walls'than
mortgages. But in middle life, when the farm
is paid for and stocked, when there is money at
interest, and the chances for failure have all
been passed the farmor who does not add to his
house all these things is foolish indeed. There
should be in every such farm house as good
furniture, as good carpets,-as good piano, and
a*i good a library as any townsman worth an
equal amount, possesses ; the sons and daugh?
ters should be well educated, not that they
may leave the farm, but that they may' make
farm life pleasant and happy. There should
be just as good society, and as much of it,
in the country as iu the town. The social
instincts inherent in all should be cultivated;
there should be music, there should be read?
ing, there should be discussions ; in short, what?
ever men of means find to amuse and improve
themselves in towns, men of means in tho coun?
try should find and practice.
When all tiiis is done, fanners sons will bcI
dom leave vm noblest of all professions, for
with these additions farming is the most pleas?
ant life that can be* led ; and for the same rea?
son farmers' daughters will prefer to marry
farmers' sons, but not till then.?American
Farm'Jour hdU
New Tear's Day in New York.
^Tho New:Year in New York is distinguished
?by two characteristics.. ,A.ll the gentlemen are
iu the streets, and all the ladies are in the
house. For a l?dy t?-be seen Out of doors^ on
this day is a serious violatiou of etiquette; and
for a gentleman to fail to visit, or to send bis
card to his lady friends, is a neglect which even
their angelic natures can never forgive. Every
gentleman is in duty bound to put on his best
behavior, with a new pair of gloves and - a
Prince Alfred cravat (if he wears nothing
else,) and present himself i:i the drawing-room
of bis friends.
Whether the custom of making calls on the
New Year came over in the ship with the gouty
old Dutch governor, or whether it was formally
introduced by the gallant English officers, who,
while they lung ago held the city, held anfl
made court to the fair young Americans, is not
known; but. this is certain, that the Yankees
did not bring it with them. No, iu Boston,
the centre- of Yankccdom, they do not make of
this;a pleasurerday as do. the New Yorkers.
T-.-re, t few Haid, sober visits "arc paid by both
gentlemen and ladies to the Governor and oth?
er celebrities of the- town, and that is the
amount of their calling. Here tho day we
j keep for the New Year is a carnival? ?
"The uiaddi'Nt, merriest day-of all the plnd new yoar."
Business is forgotten, or at least is laid on the
shelf to wait the owner's attention. The heads
which during the past twelve months have been
worrying over multiplication tables arc to-day
waggitig merrily over quite a different sort, of
tables. Lawyers, have made brief of their
suits; the doctor has no patients; the mer?
chant's clerk, plays, at legerdemain instead of
working on the ledger ; steamship companies,
railroad com pa ri ios, and insurance' companies,
the latter the most arrurant of all,'dissolve in?
to a jolly brotherhood of well wishers, and for
Set in cutting up to-day how they cut up their
ividends. Even-body is glad to see every?
body else, and nobody cart be unhappy. 'Com?
pliments arc good natured and mean what they
say.
A large number of gifts which were reserved
from Christmas will be conspicuous to-day. A
remarkably beautiful New "i ear's gift has been i
presented to a lady of this city. A young gen?
tleman had requested the privilege of present?
ing "something" on the hew Year, and was'
told he could give candies or flowers, hut-noth?
ing more valuable. He wsis determined by a.
ruse to present the "something;" he according?
ly purchased an elegant aod! costly, glove-box
of.onyx, which was inlaid with gold and set
with malachites, and/lined' with sccrtted rose
satin. Having filled this expensive gem with
candies, the nrdcut gift-maker sent it to the
lady's address. n?>d thus got round the objec?
tion.
The custom of making gifts upon the Nf w
Year is of ancient date. Tacitus mentions the
giving of presents on this day. The inhabi?
tants of England, from time immemorial, have
kept the festival with great jollity, and espe?
cially with gift-making. Dr. Johnson intro?
duces in his "Masque of Christmas" New Y'ear's
Gift, in the capacity of a serving-man, who
appears in a blue coat, with an orange and a
sprig of rosemary on his head, his hat full of
brooches, his pockets staffed with plnms, and
a collar of giuger-brcad ; his torch-bearer car?
ried a march-pane, or gigantic sweet-cake, with
a bottle of wine on either arm. Gloves in those
days were a customary present, and if people
did not send the gift of gloves they sent nuiney
to buy them, which was called glove-money.?
During the reign of the restored Bourbons the
New Year was signally observed in Paris as a
day of gifts. Bonbons, delicacies, jewelry,
paintings and costly furniture crowded the
packages and wagons of the carriers. At the
palace the day was a complete Jour de fete.?
Everybody made the king a present, and the
wonder is what he did with them. Often the
ladies of the court would be six months in pre?
paring the gifts for his majesty. It is a good
custom; and wishing all our lady readers a
gift to-day and a long list of calls we also add
;i Happy New Year.?-V. 1". Wbrld, 2nd in*t.
? At the New England dinner given in the
Congregational Church at Washington lately
for the benefit of the church, at which Senator
IVmcry presided, Frederick Douglass, among
others, made a speech, in which he declared; as
a historical fact, that the Mayflower, which
brought over the Puritans subsequently brought
over a cargo of slaves, and that as one descend?
ed from that slave cargo he had a right to cele?
brate the landing of the Pilgrims equally with
his white master.
-t?-a>-!- ?.
? ijc right," said an officer to his compa?
ny. "Bcdad," --aid an Irishman, who stood
near, sharpening his saw, "it's me own prop?
erty, and I'll bo afttf doing as I please with
it.'' 1
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Ott 27. 1870 1 ly
FALL AND WINTER
GOODS,
Of the Latest Styles.
\T^* have now on hand one of the best sclec
' f led Stock of Goods ever brought to this
market, consisting, in part, of
Ladies' Dress Goods,
In great variety, such as
POPLINS, DaLAIXES,
Scotch and Shepherd's PLAIDS,
ALPACCAS, white and black,
MERINOS, white aud colored.
A1.B0, A 1IAND30MM LOT OY
SHAWLS, CLOAKS,
HATS, FURS and RIBBONS,
BOOTS and SHOES, in groat variety.
A IIASDS3MB ASSOKTMSKT or
Ready-Made Clothing ami
'Gents' Furnishing Gooods.
Wo will keep constantly cn hand a lurgc and
varied stock of
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
CUTLERY, &c, &c.
All of which will be sold low for cash or coun?
try produce One and all, give us a calL
W. F. BARR & CO.
jjgT Tbosa indebted to us for Goods, will
pleaso corns forward and mako early settlements.
W. F. B. & CO.
Oct 13, 1870 1ft ta
SIMPSON, HILL & 00.,
DRUGGISTS,
ARE receiving heavy orders of goods for the
Fall trade. We buy for cash, and by sell?
ing for cash at short profits, and close attention to
business, we expect to continue to increase, not
only in the confidence, but uumbcr of our custo?
mers.
If you want Drugs of all kinds, including those
of the latest aud most approved preparations,
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If you want Prescriptions carefully and cor?
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COME !
If yon want Paints and Oils of nil kinds, in?
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COME!
If you want Blue Stouo and Dyo Stuffs of all
kinds,
COME!
If yon want Soapa of any grade, from the lar?
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COME !
If you want Perfumery of any kind, from the
finest Extracts down, (including Flavoring Ex?
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COME!
If you want Hair Oil, Hair Restoratives, Hair
Dyes of the freshest and most approved styles,
COME!
If vou want Patent Medicines of anv kind,
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If you want ANYTHING in (he regular Drug
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SDIPSON, HILL <& CO.
At tho Sign of the Golden Mortar,
ANDERSON, S. C.
Sept 29, li>10 H
XMPOXiTANOC^ N?TIGE
TO
COySIJME&S OF DftV G?0M,
All Retail Orders amounting to 990 sad
Over Delivered in any Part of thai
Country
Erce of Express CHai'g1??.
HAMILTON EASTER & SOOT,
OF BALTIMORE, MD.,
In order the better to moot the wants of their B*U? Cus?
tomer* at a distance, have established a
SAJtpit: jsuhrau,
and will, upon application, promptly tend by maQ full 11dm
of Samples of the Newest and mom Fashionable Goods, of
FRENCH, ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MANUFACT?B1,
guaranteeing St all times to sell at low, if not at (tttprUtt,
than any Iionsc in tbo country.
I'.uving our gooda from the largest and most celebrate*
manufacturers in the different parts of Europe, and ink
porting the same by Steamers direct to EaJtlwore, oar
stock Is at oil times promptly supplied with the noreltfe*
of the London and Paris uiorkets.' ;" V"
As we buy and sell only for eath\ and mal& n& bad dtilt,
we are able and willing to soil oat goods ?t 7kw tut to
Fifteen Pkr Ckxt. Less Profit than if wo', gave credit.
In tending for tamplet tpecify th* kindof goodt desired.
Wo keep the best grades of every class of goodjr, Own the
lowest to tho most costly. , . . ."
Ordert unaccompanied by the cath will be tent C O. D.
PROMPT-PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS ar* iavf*
ted ic inspect the Stock in our Jobbing and Packing Do*
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HAMILTON EASTER & S0N8,
197, 109, 201 and 203 West itaitiinore Street,
Baltimore, Met/
-Oct27,lS70 TS ly
Sixty-Five First Prize Medals Awarded*
THE GS2AT
O?THE?N PIAX0
MANUFACTORY.
W3I. KNAI^E So CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
IPIJ^NO FORTES,
BALTIMORE, MB.
These Instrument? have been before tire Public for near*
ly Thirty Veen?, and upon their excellence alone attained
an xtnuurtkated pre-eminence, which pronounces them un?
equalled. Their TONE combines great power, sweetness
and tine singing quality, as well as great purity of Intona?
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TOUCH is pliant and elastic, and entirely free frotclbv
stiffness found in so many Pianos. IN WORKMANSHIP
they arc unequalled, using none bui the very best season?
ed material, the large capital employed in our business*
enabling us to keep continually an immense stock of !um
bor, Slc., on hand.
Sd~ Ail our .Syr.MiE Pianos have our New Improved'
Orertlrintg Scale and the ApBAFFK Treule. t
tifr We would call special attention to our'latolmproTe
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Patented Acocst 14, 1scc, which bring the Piano nearer1"
perfection than has yet been attained.
Ever)' Piano fully Warranted for 5 Years,
We have made arrangements for the Sole Wholessw
Agency for the most celebrated PA It LOR ORGANS and
MELODEONS, which we offer, Wholesale and Retail, at
Lowest Factory I'rices. , ???
WM. KNABE & CO.,
Baltimore, Md.
Sept 15, 1870* 12 ? SSa'."
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IIsyc tho " '
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Sky-Light Photograph
a ALLEHY,
At F. C. v. Barslel's Jeweliy Store,
NO. 4 BRICK RANGE.
>ICTURES of all kinds taken, cither froa life
or copy. ? .-? .
Ferotjpcs. nlhnm size, 50 cents each, or four
Cameotypea for $1.00. ? -?
Come and examine specimens. The best of in?
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faction guaranteed by .
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Oci 13, 1870 IG : .
GOLD AND SILVER
WATCHES, JEWELRY. CLOCKS. TARLR
CUTLERY and FAKCY GtjrODS for sale
clieuper than ever offered in this market before,
and almost at first cost. .
No Brass Watches kept for snle here.
Watches, Clocks. Jewelry: and Musical works
repaired in workmanlike manner at reasonable
rates. All thorough repairs warranted for twelve
months. Watch Glasses fitted for 25 cents each.
Call on F. C. v.' BORSTEL^""*
Push the Green Doors, No. 4 L'rick Range.
Oct 13, 1870 16 : . . -i W
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Char lest on, S. C. ??'
GST
f Largest and mo3t complete)
I Manufactory of Doors, Sashes,1/
j Blinds, Mouldings, kc, in ths*^
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May 5, 1870 45 lj
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Sept 15,1870
NE^iV FIRM,
THE subscribers have this day entered into
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of Sharpo k Towers, at the old stand of W. S
Sharps in the town of Anderson, S. C
W. S. SU ARTE,
A. B. TOWERS* .
Stpl 13, 1870 U