The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 06, 1876, Image 4
HOLD UP YOUR HEAD LIKE A MAN.
If the stormy winds should rustle, .
While you tread the world's highway,
- Still against them bravely tussle,
Hope and labor day by day ;
Faltor not, no matter whether
There is sunshine, storm or calm.
And in every kind of weather,
Held your head up like a man.
If a brother should deceive you,
And should act a traitor's part,
Never let his treason grieve you,
?log along with lightsome heart;
Fortune soldom follows fawning,
Bolduess is the better plan,
Hoping for a better-dawning,
Holdyour head up like a man.
Earth, though o'er so rich and mollow,
Yields not Ijpr tho worthless drone,
But tho bold and honest fellow,
Ho can shift and stand alone;
Spurn the knave of every nation,
Always do tho best you can,
And no matter what your station,
Hold your head up liko a man.
BUILDING ON THE SAND.
'Tis well to woo, 'tis well to wed,
For so the world hath dono
Since myrtles grew, and roses blow,
And morning brought the sun.
But have a care, ye young and fair,
Bo sure you pledge with truth;
Be certain that your love will wear
Beyond the days of youth!
For if you give not heart for heart,
As well as hand for hand,
You'll lind you've played the unwiso part
And "built upon tho sand."
'Tis well to save, 'tis well to havo
A goodly storo of gold,
And hold enough of shining stuff,
For charity is cold.
But place not all your hope and trust
In what tho deep mine brings;
We cannot live on yellow dust
Unmixed with purer things,
And he who piles up wealth alone,
Will often have to stand
Beside his coffer cbest and own,
'Tis "built upon the sand."
'Tis good to speak in kindly guise,
And soothe where'er we can;
Fair speech should bind the human mind,
Ana love link man to man, *
But stop not at the gentle words;
Let deeds with language dwell;
The one who pities starving birds,
Should scatter crumbs as well.
The mercy that is warm and true,
Must lend a helping hand,
For those that talk, yet fail to do,
But "build upon the sand."
DAVID MOSS, ATTORNEY.
I had, after severe struggle with pov?
erty, caught at the skirts of the legal pro?
fession. A, sign with guilt letters, "Da?
vid Moss, Attorney at Law," was tacked
on my office door in Louisiana avenue.
Within a few dusty books, an empty desk
and a-dilapidatcd am chair proclaimed
my legal status. I had waited patiently
for criminals and perplexed debtors to
rush in and seek my advice, but they did
not rush well, and hope deferred had
nearly made my heart sick.
On tho morning of December 21, 1872,
I sat disconsolately in my office, with my
overcoat buttoned up to my chin, said
coat answering in lieu of a fire, and took
a prospective glance at my affairs. My
finances stood two to five?that is, a five
cent nickle to a two-cent copper. The
five cents would buy a glass of beer and
the two cents a pretzel. I smiled at my
anticipated happiness, and took an in?
ventory of my wardrobe. Like their
owner "my coat and pants had evidently
seen better days; for, although rusty an
thread-bare, they showed traces of their
original color and texture. I commenced
to ruminate on my condition and achieve
plans for the future. All that I could bring
to aid were thctvords of Horace Greeley,
"Go West," and '.'You are a liar." I
knew I was a liar, technically speaking,
because my sign proclaimed me to be an
attorney and solicitor at law, and yet I
had not a single cose to plead before the
bar, although I was nominally a member.
To go west was to my fancy a literal of
all my "splendid possibilities." I knew
I possessed (what young man is there
that does not think the same?) genius
that would astonish the world, if it could
only find an outlet or an inlet.
Just as I arrived at this point in my
reflection, the door^of my office swung
softly on its hinges and a man closely
muffled in winter apparel stood by my
side.
"Are you a lawyer?" he said, with a
questioning glance of his steel-gray eyes.
"That is my business," I returned,
coolly, straightening myself to the full
height of my five feet six.
He smiled at my manner, slipped a
five dollar bill in my hand, and said,
blandly:
"I have come-for advice."
This was coming to the point. I
thawed instantly, and asked my client to
be seated. He was a middle-aged man,
tall and sinewy, with black hair sparsely
mixed with gray. His dress and manner
freclaimed him to be a man of wealth,
noticed as he slowly seated himself.
"Suppose," said he, "you had an only
daughter, and she was obstinately de?
termined on marrying a man that you
despised?a man whom you know to be
a villain, but had no means of proving
it?"
"Is your daughter of age ?" I asked.
"I did not say she was my daughter,
young man; you jump at conclusions;
no able lawyer accepts anything without
proofl"
I felt that I had suddenly changed
places with him?that he was the attor?
ney and I was the client; but taking no
notice of his words, I repeated the ques?
tion with a variation.
"Is she of age?" . i
"Yes," was the reply, "she is of age,
and as obstinate as a mule."
"Disinherit her," I suggested.
"Oh," said he with a shrug of his
shoulder, "I have tried everything. I!
have told her she should not have a pen?
ny of my money; I have kept her on
bread and water; hired governesses to
watch her?in fact, I nave left no stone
unturned."
"There remain only two methods; in?
carcerate her in an insame asylum or
put detectives on her track, and convict
him of some ignoble action," I said.
"Your last suggestion is the best. But
even if i should convict him of murder
she would imagine that it was a conspi?
racy on my part, and marry him at the
gallows."
He remained in deep thought for sev?
eral minutes, and then said :
"Young man, I don't think your busi?
ness is very lucrative. How would you
like to change it for something more
profitable?"
Change or starvation was evidently a
necessity for me, so ot course I had no
objection." to offer. In fact, any escape
from my present condition seemed like a
a God-send to me. I imparted my will?
ingness to make any reasonable change.
We soon agreed upon terms which seem?
ed to me more than liberal, and together
we concocted some plan to bring the
young lady to submission.
I had some compunction of conscience,
for two against one, and that one of the
weaker sex, seemed hardly fair, but the
novelty and the romance, and the solid
cash connected with it, reconciled me to
the situation.
Just as the "sun from the west was gild?
ing the capitol dome with the last beams
of departing day, the train from Balti?
more came puffing in. It was Christmas
eve, and the busy crowds were hurrying
to their homes.
Two days before, David Moss, attorney
and solicitor, seedy and threadbare, had
left Washington for Baltimore. This
evening the train brought back David
Moss, elegantly attired, "gentleman."
It is astonishing how one's dress increases
their self-respect. No doubt Polonius
thought of this when he said to !ais son,
"Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
for the apparel oft proclaims the man." j
What a change it has made in my feel?
ings. A few days ago so despondent,
now buoyed up by hope and my in?
creased good looks. I felt as happy as a
king. My mirror had told me the same
flattering tale which it tells many a belle.
My ambrosial locks were curled in style,
my blonde moustache was waxed to per?
fection, my blue eyes sparkled, and ray
manly form was immersed in an elegant
suit of broadcloth. Beside all this, I had
cultivated a becoming pallor, for I was
to enact the role of an invalid. A car?
riage was waiting. I was assisted into it
by the obsequious footman, and saak
languidly on the cushions. I was driven
to an elegant mansion, met by my host,
and almost carried to a luxurious chaoi
ber. I was too fatigued to go down stairs
that evening, but the amount of supper
which I contrived to swallow, and wine
it took to wash it down, would have as?
tonished a restaurateur.
In the morning m^' head was so bad
that I took my coffee in bed. At dinner
time I managed, with some assistance, to
get to the dining room, and for the first
time met Kate Marston, the young lady
whose dearest hopes I had come to over?
throw. After the first glance I began to
think that perhaps Mr. Marston had
made a grave mistako in bringing me
there. I never had an ideal. My busy
life in college and my lack of money to
live at all afterwards had allowed no
margin for dreams. But I am sure Kate
Marston embodied all the elements which
would have composed ray ideal if I had
possessed one.
She was a small, perfect brunette, with
glorious eyes, which might sparkle with
love or hate, red lips and cheek's, lustrous
black hair, white, shapely teeth, and, in
fact, everything which is charming in
woman. She treated me very kindly,
very gently, because I. her father's friend,
was" an invalid. If I had been apparent?
ly strong and hearty, she would have sus?
pected her father's motives, and met
every advance with a rebuff. He had
brought several eligible young men to
his house, but Kate nad sent them about
their business in anything but a compli?
mentary style. All the ladies who had
been hired as companions she had von
over "to her cause. They abetted her in
her disobedience, and were discharged, in
disgrace. It was plenned that while
drawing on her sympathy and seeking
kindly offices from her, I should waten
?OTer her, keep with her as much as I
could, and excite if possible, the jealousy
of her lover, and tempt him to some
desperate action.
I felt immediately that it would be a
pleasant task, although had I been, as I
appeared, a young man of landed estate,
I would have entered into it with greater
zeal. For a tew days everything pro?
gressed smoothly. Kate was assiduous
in her attentions to my comfort. I would
lie on the sofa and she would read to rr.e
in her dulcet tones. I enjoyed this hear?
tily, for she was really a good reader,
and Tennyson or Byron from her lips was
the sweetest music to me.
When my head ached (and I often had
severe spells with my head) how tenderly
she bathed it with those deft fingers of
hers. I would have been content to live
and bask in the sunshine of her presence
forever, but observation showed me that
there was a necessity for action. Somo
times Kate would shut herself up in her
room for an hour or two. Meanwhile I,
on whom time always hung heavily when
she was absent, placed my chair by the
window, to view passers-by. Invariably
I saw a man pacing up ana down in front
of the house. He was of medium siz 3,
light complexion, blue-gray eyes, long
side-whiskers, a mixture between flaxen
and brown; most people would have
called him good looking, 'but a closor
observer of character would have no?
ticed the strangely shaped forehead and
the gradual sinking of tue features at the
bridge of the nose. I was not long in
finding out that this was Kate's lover,
and I took delight in watching him. I
caught him looking at me with a malig?
nant scowl. With Kate's reappearance
he always disappeared. I^was certain
that they were keeping up*a correspon?
dence, but I never saw him receive any
letters. I now began to concoct plans
to prevent that. I begged her, as a great
favor, to help me in writing some letters
which were a necessity for me to write,
but which my weakness prevented my
doing. I kept her for long hours writing
letters about all sorts of things to imagi?
nary people, which, of course, were never
mailed. I have some of them yet caie
fully put away in my writing desk. Then
we took long rides, and she, believing roe
to be a stranger in the city, pointed cut
objects of interest, and answered the
numerous questions which I chose to ask.
I think at those times she must hnve
thought me very stupid, and possessed of
very little information, but she always
answered me with the same uuwearying
kindness.
With all her firmness, and, as her fa?
ther termed it, obstinacy, there was al?
ways in her that gentleness and sweetness
which characterizes the true lady. I
only sighed that she had not bestowed
her love on some worthy object?myself,
for instance. Luckily I met no one who
knew mc aa David Moss, attorney and
solicitor, but nearly always passed some?
where in our rides her lover, who her
father had told me was called Walter
Beveaux.
At such times Kate would bow and
smile, while he returned a haughty r od,
which brought frightened, grieved looks
into Kate's fair face. Then an insane
desire would seize me to jump out of the
carriage and give him the thrashing h*e
deserved; but discretion being the better
part of valor, I would, on reflection, re?
main seated, and by playful bandinage
endeavor to coax back Kate's smiles.
I had been at Marston's house near.y a
month, and had been treated as an hon?
ored guest by both master and mistress.
The change in my life seemed almost as
wonderful as the miracles wrought by
the genius of Aladdin's lamp. I came
slowly down stairs on this morning, a
little earlier than usual, and entered the
dining room. I had expected to find no
one there, and was astonished to see Eiate
kneeling before her pet canary, weeping,
"Good-bye, sweetheart," for so she called
the bird. I entered unobserved, and I
slipped out again, closing the door softly
after me, determined to closely watch
affairs.
I came down late to breakfast, and
found Kate and her father already seated.
There were no traces of agitation about
Kate; there only seemed to be an added
sweetness and gentleness in her manner
to her father. I complained of having
fassed a bad night, and of feeling tally,
kept my room most of the day, but
within its precincts I raged furiously.
To let her escape with that scoundrel it
seemed to me would be to let the last of
my life depart. No I I was determined
to prevent it even at the cost of my life.
The day wore away in slow, intermina?
ble length. I did not tell her lather
what I suspected, but prepared to keep
my vigil alone. By ten o'clock the house
was still and silent. I knew that Kate
had gone to her room, for I had heard
light steps on the stairs some time before.
I lowered the gas, opened my door slight?
ly, and prepared to listen to every sound.
The town clock struck eleven, twelve,
and one before ray patience was rewarded;
then the croaking of the stairs drew my
attention. Looking out, I saw in the
dim light a dark-robed figure stealing
down, then a clicking of tho locks. In a
moment I followed out through the gate,
down to the end of the square, Avhere a
closely covered carriage was awaiting. I
arrived just in time to hear Walter Re
vaux's voice saying:?
"Kate, darling, I knew you would
come," when I took her by the arm and
said:
"Kate?Miss Marston, you should not
do this mad thing. Return with ire to
your father."
Then Rcvaux's voice, in a passion,
cried:
"How dare you interfere! I will teach
you better manners!"
Before I could avoid it he raised a pis?
tol and fired.
I felt a dull pain in my side; then
came a blank.
When I returned to cons ciousness, I
heard voices faintly whispering:
"He ennnot last much longer, poor fel?
low!"
I had a dim idea that the room was
full of people, but I recogni;ied no one ;
then came another b?ank.
I had been badly wounded in the side,
almost fatally, but careful nursing and a
good constitution triumphed.. After re?
turning to consciousness the second time,
I mended rapidly. I think what helped
me most was Kate's sweet l?ce bending
over me with such a world of kindness in
it. I convalesced rapidly, and Kate and
I soon resumed our rides. One morning
Mr. Marston summoned me into the li?
brary, and told me I must appear as a
witness against Revaux. This I did not
wish to do for fear it might complicate
Kate, but Mr. Marston insisted, and the
trial resulted in Mr. Revaux being sent
to the Albany penitentiary for three
years.
Kate manifested no feeling. Her love
seemed to have yielded to the force of
circumstances.
With Mr. Revaux's sentence my work
was done. I had gained the end for
which I had been employed. I told Mr.
Marston this, and thanked him for his
kindness.
"Do you really wish to leave us, my
boy?"
"No," I replied; "but I have completed
my mission, and now there is nothing
left for me to do. In leaving you I leave
everything, and go forth into the world
more desolate than I came."
"But why not stay ? I have property
which needs care. I can find plenty for
you to do."
"Can you not see that it is madness
i for me to stay? I have only relieved yJU
of one trouble to drag you into another.
I came heurt-whole; I shall go away
leaving my heart behind me. I would
not have "been presumptuous enough to
have told you of this had you not forced
me to explain. As it is you see the only
course open to me is to go. You have
only escaped one danger to encounter
another."
What a kind, b^nignr.nt expression
came into the old gentleman's eyes as he
replied:
"If Kate loves you, you can marry her.
I only ask ? my son-in-law sterling
worth, and I believe you possess that. I
care not for money, landed estates, or
whether blue blood or plebeian flows in
your veins,
"It is worth makes tho man,
Tho want of it the fellow."
I lost no time in finding Kate and tell?
ing her the old, old story, and when I
' had finished she looked up ami said :
I "Can you trust me now ? I have been
very, very wicked!"
Trust her! No angel from heaven would
have seemed purer?and so I told her.
Anybody looking into my home to-day
and seeing my bonnie, happy children
would know that she had not belied that
trust.
My sign, "David Moss, attorney and
solicitor at law," hangs out once more in
view of the capitol. It is not now mere?
ly an empty sign, but a reality, and my
fractice is not only large but lucrative,
have a special penchant for unfledged
attorneys, and do all that I can to th-ow
practice in their way, that they may show
of what stuff they are made.
Fertilizers.
Millions have been thrown away in the
purchase of commercial fertilizers. This
useless waste of money is oue great cause
of the poverty of our people. But the
practical question with our farmers
should be, is it the use or abuse of com?
mercial fertilizers, ? hieb should be con?
demned. There arc certaia face which
cannot be denied. The fertilizers have
made an entire revolution in agriculture.
There are vast belts of upland country,
which once produced no cotton, where it
is now raised most successfully by the
use of fertilizers. The average yield of
cotton throughout the South was but one
bale to three acres. The average now is
one bale to two acres. A bale to the
acre was almost unheard of before the
war. But we now frequently read of 2
bales to the acre. In tobacco culture,
tho improvement has been even more
marked. Gilham'fi Tobacco Fertilizer
has doubled the crops. The yield of]
frain, grasses and vegetables has been
rought up from i50 to 100 per cent,
above the old yield. These are indispu?
table facts known to everybody. An?
other fact also will not be questioned,
viz: That the most successful agricultu?
rists have been the larges t consumers of
fertilizers. Mechi, of England, Dickson,
of Georgia, and Peter Henderson, of
New York, are familiar examples. It is
also true that the foremost agricultural
nations deal largely in commercial fer?
tilizers. It is said that Great Britain con?
sumes annually 637,000 tons of commer?
cial fertilizers. She exports more phos?
phates from Charleston than does all the
rest of Europe. The finest farmers in
j the world are to be found in the British
Isles, and there agriculture is carried to
the highest point of perfection. Those
shrewd British farmers ought to know
whether they are losers ar otherwise by
the use of fertilizers.
We infer then from what has been ac?
complished by commercial fertilizers, that
the consumer is a loser only when he uses
a good article ignorantly. The adul?
teration of fertilize rs has been enormous.
Some specimens analyzed in our own
State had, if we recollect aright, 90 per
cent, of worthless matter. This fraud
can be corrected by stringent Legislature
enactmcat?, or thrcugh the influence of |
the Grange. When an article has been
tried by the members of a. Grange and
found inferior and adulterated in any
degree, the fact should be reported to
every other Grange. Fraudulent dealers
would soon be driven out of the market
in this way, and that source of waste
stopped. Ignorance is another cause of I
failure to derive profit from the use of |
fertilizers. Many know nothing of the
constituents of the soil, which they have
been cultivating all their lives. Proba?
bly, too, they do not know what kind of
food is needed for the kind of plant,
they are trying to raise. Hence, they
are working in the dark. The fer?
tilizer applied may be wrong for the
plant, and it is jus': like wrong food to a
child to make it grow, or wrong
medicine to a sick man to make him
well.
Germany is dottsd all over with labor?
atories, which tell farmers what fertili?
zers the soil and the plant require. We
have nothing of the kind, and if the far?
mer does not knew the analysis of the soil
of his farm, he must find out by experi?
ment on a small scale what tha; soil
needs. If a child will no t grow when fed
with unsuitable focd, neither will a plant
8row when it is improperly fed. The
rrange may do much to assist in a
knowledge of soil and plant food. The
Lecturer ought to have some knowledge
of agricultural chemistry, and the wants
of different kinds of soil.
If the farmer uees a fertilizer not re?
quired by the soil or not suitable to the
plant he is cultivating, or if he puts on
the fertilizer in n careless and improper
way, without previous preparation of the
soil, and without regard to the proper
quality and quantity to be used, let him
not rail out agaitst all fertilizers, but
rather let him blame his own folly.?
Southern Home.
? "Mr. Busbee 3ays you needn't send
the paper to him any more," said a little
urchin who stuck his head into the sanc?
tum. "All right," said the editor. "An'
he said to tell you he wouldn't a stopped
it, only you didn't say nothin' about the
big hoghe killed last week," continued
the youth; and then he slid down the
banister into the street,
A Strong; nnd Earnest Protest.
Charleston, S. C, December 20.
To the Editor of the Union-Herald:
Sir?As a citizen and as a member of
the Republican party, I wish to place
myself on record as denouncing with my
whole soul the outrage upon decency and
cirilization perpetrated by the Republi?
can majority in the Legislature in the
elections of Moses, Whipper and Wiggins
at; judges of the circuit courts of this
Slate. A majority of those who did this
thing will doubtless live to repent of it,
even if not penitent already, but as pul?
Iis men they must never be forgiven by the
people.
A man who says that he votes for F. J.
Moses, Jr., as judge because he is a Repub?
lican proclaims himself 6o destitute of de?
cency, or political wisdom, as to make it
the height ot absurdity to speak or think
of him as s Republican. He is simply
tn ignorant ass, or a political bandit, and
such in the future, if not in the present,
will be the verdict of the people with
reference to the men who, by their votes
last week, made the Republican party in
t;his State a stench in the nostrils of the
whole couDtry.
For those who, through their ignorance
and prejudices, were excited to the point
of committing this great outrage, one can
feel nothing but pity and contempt; but
the intelligent white and colored scoun?
drels who conceived and carried out this
plot against all that is decent and honest
in the State, deserved and will ultimately
receive condign punishment at the hands
of an outraged people.
There was not an intelligent man
voting for Moses, Whipper or Wiggins
who did not know perfectly well the en?
tire unfitness of these men for the posi?
tions to which they are aspired. It is
safe to assume that neither Senators
Whittemore, NaBh, Swails or any other
intelligent member o'f either house,
would trust Moses to act for them in any
private business transaction involving
the value of fifty dollars, and yet they de?
liberately placed him in a position where
he is to pass upon the rights and property
of a whole community, and this, too, in
the face of the fact that the knowledge
of his: admitted reputation is not confined
to their breasts, but is in the possession
of the whole country.
Take any possible view of the situation,
and it must be conceded that the men
who have committed this crime against
the people can no longer be tolerated in
public life. If they elected these men,
:.w many of them say, to save the Repub?
lican party from disaster, then they de
uerve to be buried out of the sight and
bearing of men for their blind folly and
stupidity. If, on the other hand, as I
fully believe with reference to many of
:hem, the}' did this thing under the cry
of danger to the party, while their real
designs were power and plunder, they
iitiU more richly deserve the fate certain?
ly in store for them. '
Le t the Republicans of the State who
have the intelligence to see and the heart
?jo fed the enormity of this crime com
.nitted by those who, under the guise of
Republicanism, are simply organized
public robbers, or the aiders and abettors
of such, repudiate them utterly.
Governor Chamberlain, both as Gov?
ernor and as the representative of the
Republican party, has done his part, and
it is now the duty of those who elected
him i? office to come to his help against
the men who are carrying both State and
party to ruin. Of one thing w? may be
sure, if the Republicans themselves do
not drive from power these traitors and
thus save the State, some other political
organization will; for, in the nature of
things, tho misrule and corruption which
have culminated in the election of Moses,
Whipper and Wiggins, must come to an
end. Respectfully,
Reuben Tomlinson.
All Sorts of Paragraphs.
? A Duluth mastiff lately chewed up
a lightning-rod man, but shortly after
died of wind on the stomach.
? Somebody stole a lot of tarts from
a bakery in Concord the other day, and
now the baker is lecturing on Lost Arts.
? The Grangers of California ask the
State Legislature to fix the fees of attor?
neys in all cases where no contract is
made.
? Why is a doctor better taken care
of than bis patients? Because, when he
goes to bed, somebody is sure to rap
him up.
? Whore do people go who deceive
their fellow men, asked a Sunday-achool
teacher of a pupil. "To Europe," was
the prompt reply.
? The effort to build a monument to
Hor.aee Greeley has proved an utter fail?
ure, and there is talk of returning the
money contributed.
? A. writer in the Cleveland Sunday
Voice has an article headed "How shall
We Rise V Did he ever try sitting down
on s. can of nitro-glycerine ?
? An old Grecian philosopher advises
all men ix> "know themselves." That's
advising a.good many to form very low
and disreputable acquaintances.
? "Will this pipe smoke free?" asked
a gentleman who was purchasing a pipe.
"Of course it will, if you can get your
tobacco for nothing," was the reply.
? It is stated that the Philadelphia
confectioner who advertised "Centennial
Kisses" can't sell any. They are too old.
The 16-ials are preferred by men of taste.
? A woman is very much like a ket?
tle, if you come to think of it. She
sing? away so pleasantly?then she stops,
and when you least expect it, she boils
over!
? The Louisville Ledger man, with
singular research, has discovered that the
same coloring matter which poisons
Btriped stockings is used to color bad
whiukies. In both cases it goes to the
legs, he says, and spoils the understand?
ing.
? "Well," remarked Mrs. Spilkins,
the other evening, throwing down the
paper wi;h a sigh, "I don't think so very
much of the President's message, Lean?
der. He don't say a single word about
Tweed's escape or the Beecherscandal.
? The question whether a gentleman
may kiss a lady at the depot is being vig?
orously discussed. If the train has start?
ed and you think you can swing on to
the rear platform aud are going away to
stay, it looks tolerably Bafe to try it.
? A Brighton lady, riding on the cars
the other day, was amused by the ques?
tion of a little girl, who, hearing the
conductor cry the stations, looked up
into her mother's face and innocently
asked : "Say, mama, do we get out at
the next holler?"
? A Danbury man, wishing to engage
several bushels of potatoes from a party
iu the suburbs, asked a neighbor what
Bort of a man he was. "Well," said the
conscientious neighbor, "I don't know
very much about him, but I should think
he would make a tip top stranger."
? If a man is found drunk in Ver?
mont he is committed to jail and kept
there until he reveals who supplied the
liquor. Several are now lying in iail at
Rutland because they refuse to tell. It
is thought that they prefer to remain un?
til after the cold snap.
? There are three hundred million of
paper collars made in the United States
every year, but let a man find that he
has worn his last one, when he is dress?
ing for a party, and he'll dance round
and swear like a double-barrelled pirate.
? "And canst thou always love thus, j
Alfred," she murmured, "even when age
has crept upon me and left his traces
here ?" There was a pause on his part, I
but 'twas only momentary, when he re?
plied, in a tone of deep remonstrance,
"Can a duck swim ?"
? A young clergyman, whose reputa
tation for veracity was none of the best,
ventured to differ with an old doctor of
divinity as to the whipping of children.
"Why," said he, "the only time my fa?
ther whipped me was for telling the
truth." "Well," retorted the doctor, "it
cured you of it, didn't it?''
J. N. HOBSON,
68 EAST BAY,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
ANP
DEALER IN FERTILIZERS.'
Charleston, S. C, November 1,1875.
HAVING been engaged for twenty years
in the Guano Trade with eminent success, I
deemed it advisable to introduce Fertilizers
under my own name and guarantee. I have
made arrangements to have prepared a Guano
under my Inspection and control, called
E OHSON's COTTON AND CORN FER?
TILIZER. This Guano is of the highest
standard. It contains, among other valuable
ingredients, three percent, of Ammonia, one
and a half per cent, of Potash, and fourteen
per cent, of Available Phosphate. I also
have prepared for me a COMPOUND
ACID PHOSPHATE of the highest stan?
dard. These Fertilizers are compounded of
the purest materials, and are manipulated
and tested under the supervision Dr. St. J.
Ravencl, of this city whose name gives a
warrant for their high character and adapta?
tion for our soil. I offer these Fertilizers to
Planters on the following favorable terms:
Rohson's Cotton and Corn Fertilizer,
Cash $44 per ton; on time, $50.
Robson's Compound Acid Phosphate,
Cash, $2S per ton ; on time, $33.
Planters ordering immediately will be al?
lowed to the first of April to decide which
they prefer, cash or time. An order for a
car load of eight tons will be sent free of
drayage; but for a less amount $1 per ton
will be charged. On orders for large lots
from Grangers or dealers, a liberal discount
will be allowed.
I take this occasion to return my thanks
to those who have so largely patronized the
Fertilizers hitherto offered by me, and in so?
liciting their favorable attention to another,
I pledge my beat efforts to meet a continu?
ance of confidence by keeping the highest
standard of Fertilizers .adapted to cotton and
corn.
Not 18,1875_18_irj_
EVERY ARTICLE
PERFECTLY PURE.
TO all who "have occasion to use Li?
quors for medical or other purposes,
we would heartily recommend that sold
by T. J. LEAH,, who has at all times
a large and well-selected stock of
Brandies,
Wines,
Grin,
Run,
Whiskey,
?&<?.,
Which he offers on such terms as will
please all. Iii s terms are easy and fair,
and his Goods are warranted to give sat?
isfaction.
T. J. LEAK,
No. 1, Brick Range.
J. S. ASHLEY,
Having anticipated a Heavy Trado
in the
CONFECTIONERY LINE,
Has bought more than double his
usual supply; consequently
he will give his customers
and the public gene?
rally the advan?
tage of it in
LOW PRICES,
As he has net store-room enough for
storing thorn away. Call and be con?
vinced of this fact.
SOMETHING NEW!
FANCY CASE TRIP,
Just arrived.
HE WILL KEEP DAILY
FRESH OYSTERS
During the season.
Oct21, 1875
J. S. ASHLEY;
P. P. TOALE,
MANUFACTURER OF
DOORS,SASHES,
Blind?, Flooring:, &c.
DEALER IN
BUILDEKS' HARDWARE,
Paints, Oils, ?8cc.
SOLE A-GENT FOR
The National Mixed PaintCo.
Great American Fire Extinpisier Co.
Page Machine Belting Co.
?S- Send for Pricos.
OFFICE AND WARER00I/S,
Nos. 20 & 22 Hayne St 33 & 35 Pirfkney Sts.
FACTORY and YARE;.,
Ashley River, West End Brmd Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Sept 23, 1875 _10 ly
BOARDING AND DAT SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
Greenville Street, Anderson, & C.
Mrs. J. V. MOORE, ) Princ.;imig
Miss S. Y. ROBINSON ] rrmuI)Ul8
FIRST SESSION cnmmflicing on 4th of
January, 1870.
THUMS?per skssio.v offive months.
For all higher branches including
French, Latin, Greek aid Mai he?
matics.$13 00
Intermediate Classes. 12 00
Primary. 8 00
Music. 20 00
Drawing and Painting. 20 00
Boarding per month,exclisive of lights
and washing. 12 50
Pupils boarding with the Principals will
receive tuition free for ore session. For fur?
ther information, addros
Mas. J. V. MOORS, Anderson, S. C.
Nov 11, 1875 17 3m
Dr. W. G. BROWNE,
DENTIST.
Anderson, S. C.
A reliable TOO?H POWDER for sale
at 25 cents a Box.
NOTICE OF- FfNAL SETTLEMENT.?
Notice is lerehy given that the un?
dersigned, Admiiistrators of Mrs. Elizabeth
Geer, deceased, vill apply to,the Judge of
Probate for Andfson County on the 11th of
January next, ?r a final settlement and
discharge from aid Estate. *
E. T. COO LEY,
S. A. B0 WEN.
Dec 0, 137? 21 5*
RATHBOIWE'S
ACORN COOK.
With or without Portable Hot Water Reservoir and Closet
Eoa't Ivy u oli-fubloaoi Store, bot set ose
With all latest improvements.
Largest Oven and Flues. Longest Fire Box for long wood.
Ventilated Oven, Flro Back and Fire Box Bottom?In?
sures a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast
, Swing Hearlh and Ash Catch. Won't soil floor or carpet.
Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers.
Burns but little wood. Has Mica or Solid Iron Front.
Carefully Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap Iron
Nlckol Plated Trimmings. Tin Lined Oven Doors.
Ground and Silver-like Polished Edges and Mouldings.
Heavy. Best New Iron. Won't crack.
WABBAHTED SATISFACT0B7.
Manufactured by
RATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N.Y.
Sold by an Enterprising Dealer In every Town.
B. F. CRAYTON & SONS, Agent,
Anderson, S. C.
Nov 25,1S75 19 3in
ATTENTION
FARMERS!
500 POUNDS
Just Received and for sale low for cash.
Also, a large lot of
LAMPS, LANTERNS,
AND
LAMP FIXTURES,
At the lowest figures.
Call and sec for yourselves.
SIMPSON. HILL & CO.
Sept SO", 1875
METROPOLITAN WORKS,
Canal Sr., from Sixth to Seventh,
RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA.
ENGINES,
Portable and Stationary.
Saw .Hills.
Grist Mills,
Boilers, Castings
of Brass 4c Iron,
Forglugs, Ac.
ARCHITECTURAL
IRON WORK,
in all its branches, done
by experienced bands.
We :all special attention
to our Improved Por?
table Engines for agri?
cultural and other purpo?
ses. A number of second?
hand ENGINES and BOIL?
ERS of various patterns, in
first-rate order, on hand.
Ripair work solicited and promptly done
WM. e. tanner & co.
Aug 5, 1875 3 ly
The standard remedy for
SCROFULA
And all diseases arising from
IMPURITY OF BLOOD.
Such as Eruptions,'Pimples,' Boils, Ulcers or
Sores, Abscesses, White Swellings, Hip-Joint Dis?
ease, <ic, and ail affections of the Eyes, Ears.
Throat or Lungs, occurring in Scrofulous consti?
tutions. For pamphlets, illustrating cases, send to
SWAIM'S LABORATORY,
113 S. Seventh St., below Chcstuut, Philadelphia?
Dec 30, 1875_21 4
TALBOT & SONS,
SH0CK0E MACHINE WORKS,
RICHMOND, TA.
Manufacturers of
Steam Engines and Boilers,
Agricultural Engines,
Circular Saw Mills,
Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills,
Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys,
Improved Turbine Water Wheels.
Oct 14, 1S75 13 ly
wm. EXTENDER. ii. p. KDMOND.
ETTENGER & EDMOND,
RICHMOND, VA.,
MANUFACTURERS
PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES,
Boilers, of all kinds,
Circular Saw Mills,
Grist Mills,
Mill Gearing,
Shafting. Pulleys, &c.
American Turbine Water Wheel,
Cameron's Special Steam Pumps.
Send for Catalogue.
Oct 14, 1875 13 ly
G. F. WATSON,
Furniture Works and Lumber Mills,
RICHMOND, VA.
Cottage Roadsteads, Chamber and
Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs,
Ac, manufactured of Walnut and cheap?
er hard woods. No soft Pine used. Cot?
tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses
leading articles.
Oct 14, 1S75 13 ]y
LUMBER! LUMBER!
IAM now prepared to furnish PINE,
OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR
LUMBER on the Blue Ridge and Air
Line Railroads at Seneca City, in any
quantities desired.
For further information, sec mc at my
Mills, ono and a hal f miles west o f Seneca
City, or address me at Seneca City.
Mr. 0. IT. P. McKlnhey is my agent at
Anderson, wbo will always bo found at
the Yard, ready to wait on eustomors.
WM. J. HARBIN.
July 8,1875 51
I). .TON'E?._ , . ??.BQ?PTOBl:
J. II. DAVIS. -': , i/'.j , i : 8. BOUKNIGT.
JONES, DAVIS & I5QX7JKXIGHTS,
SUCCESSORS TO R. C. SHIVER & CO., AN 1>-DI>ALERS IN'
Dry Goods, CamBts, Oil Cloffis, fflattings, Boots, Slioes, Etc.
COLUMBIA., S. O.
rpiIE attention of purchasers in every part of this State is called to consider a very
J. important fact, namely, that the old established house of R. C. Shiver A Co.
is not closed, but reorganized upon tbeonlv basis that business can be carried on
successfully?STRICTL Y CASH?and. we assure our patrons that we shall continue
the same honorable course of dealing with thernjihat was such a distinguished fea?
ture with the house of lt. C. Shiver & Co. *
We have now in store the best selected stock of DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, CAPS, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, WALL PA?
PER, Etc., ever seen in this city, selected by one of the firm, who superintends tho
business, and consequently knows the wants of this community better than buyers
residing elsewhere.
The entire stock will be offered at prices never before equalled in this section.
The Prices will Startle and Attract yon at Sight. We invite you,to
send at once for Sample* of these New and Handsome Goods, and if shown to your
friends and neighbors, wo are sure it will be to j'our advantage to sond us a large
ordor. Wo pay freight on all bills amounting to $10 and upwards. All orders
must bo accompanied with CASH, or wo send them C. 0. D., and guarantee satis?
faction.
Best 61 Prints in the city.
Long Cloths 81,10,12 Jc. Nono equal to them in the State.
Well known brands of Alpacas and Mohairs, Just Imported.
Hosiery Department?Full of well assorted goods at popular prices.
Gents' Furnishing Goods complete, as a department.
Our Boot and Shoe Department is second to none on this continent. From the
cheapest Biogan to the finest Hand Made goods.
The most complete and best managed Carpet Department in the world.
Cloths, Cassimeres and Jeans are bought by the case and sold at a very small ad?
vance.
Brown and Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings sold at factory prices.
Flannels and Blankets at prices that will astonish.
We shall expect an Order from you or a call when you visit our City.
.Columbia, S. C, Oct. 13, 1875. 13 3m
LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT !
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.
7E desire to call attention to the fact that we have on hand a LARGE and
well-selected stock of
Heavy Groceries, Dry Q-oods,
Boots, Shoes, Hardware
Crockery "Ware, Etc
We have just received a largo lot of Bacon Sides, Shoulders, Sugar-Cured Hams,
Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, Demerara and New Orleans Molasses,
100 BARRELS CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR,
A complete assortment of Sugars, Coffees and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, <fec
A very large stock of Iron, Steel, Hoes, Shovels. Spades, and farming Implements
generally. In short, wo have everything that the farmer or man of family nseds.
We are selling the forogoing articles at the most reasonable cash prices. Call and
bo convinced of this fact.
g&r And now a word to thos a that we have supplied with Goods during the year
1872,1873 and 1874. Unless you come forward and pay up, your Notes and Ac?
counts will bo placed in tho hands of an Officer for collection.
BYRTJM & McGKATH.
-o?? v
Important to those Indebted to Us*
To those indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we wiU give one-half cent
above tho market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts and Notes, at any
time between the 1st of November next. We must have the money on them, and
do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at once and settle up.
BYRDI & McGRATH,
Mechanics' Sow.
Oct7, 1875 12 ' . . . ly
THE ALABAMA GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
C. ?. THAMES, President. T N. FCW1ER, Secretary.
Gen. S D. LEE, Superintendent of Agencies.
CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, - - $200,000 GOLD.
Assets, $759,084,79. Surplus in hand, $266,921.47.
npHE above statement is based on examination of Company by the Insurance
X Commissioner of Maryland, on admitting Company to work in Maryland.
The Company has paid from 17 to 27 per cent, dividends per annum since organi?
sation. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeltable after two years.
BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY.
B. F. WHITNER, President. F. C. v. BORSTEL, W.,H. NARDIN, .
J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, TV B. LEE,
C. A. REED, R. F. D1WER, J.B.LEWIS,
J*. A. HOYT.
The above gentlemen aro insured in Company, and will take pleasure in giving
information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company.
WM. WATTES, Affent.
Sept 2, 1875_47 ' | j
C. A. REED. A. S. STEPHENS.1
REED * STEPHENS,
MANUFACTURERS OF '
BUGGIES, PHOTS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES,
WAGONS, &C, &C.
W. A. GEEK, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent,
Bel ton, S. C. Fair Ployi'
ESPECIAXat- .
tention paid to
REPAIRING,
and all work ful?
ly warranted.
We claim, the
most thorough
Ironwork, Wood
work, Painting ,
and Trimming, l_.
as we employ on- \"
ly the best work- \>
men. _._
Nono but well-seasoned lumber used in the manufacture of our work. AH per?
sons desiring to purchase are cordially invited to call at our Manufactory (at the
buildings formerly owned by John A. Reeves, Esq.A.and inspect the work tor
;hemselves.
?r017^61338 alwavs ?n hand at our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridge; on
Main Street,) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always be found, ready to eell a rieW
set of HARNESS.'or to repair old ones. \ \
Anderson, Sept. 9, 1875 8 Iv
HITE * WILLIAMS
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Ac. Also Lamps and Lamp Goods, Paints Oil
Varnishes, Brushes, Dye Stuffs, &c. Also a full line of Perfumery and Toilet Ar?
ticles, Cigars and Tobacco. Pure Brandies, Wines and Whiskies for medicinal purposes
strictly, and other articles usually kept in their line. Prescriptions carefully wmpotuid
do1 A choice selection of Bnisf s new crop Turnip Seed on hand. 1_ly
M. GOXnSMITir. T. KrNt).
PHSNIX IRON WORKS,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
GOLDSMITH & KIND,
FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS.
HAVE always on hand Stationary
Steam Engines and Boilers for Saw
Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Mills, Cotton
Presses, Gearing, Shatling, Pullies, etc.
Castings Of every kind in Iron or Brass.
We guaranteo to furnish Engines and
Boilors of as good quality and power, and
at as low rates as can bo had in the North.
Wo manufacture, also, the Gaddy Im?
proved Water Wheel, which wo recom?
mend for power, simplicity of construc?
tion, durability and cheapness. We war?
rant our work,, and assure promptness
and dispatch in filling orders.
GOLDSMITII & KIND,
Columbia, S.C.
May28, 1S74__46_ly
JOHN B. HARRISON,
TRAVELING AGENT FOR
T. J. MAGRUDER & CO.
Wholesale Dealers and Jfanvfactilrers of
No. 1 Hanover Street,
BAI, T I MO R E, MD,
July 22, 1875 1 Cm
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NOTICE
IS hereby given that application will
be made to the General Assembly at
its next session for an amendment to the
Charter of the Town Of Belton, so as to
extend the limits and open new streets
within the said corporation.
GEO. W. COX, Intendant.
Oct21, 1875 14 . Sm ? '
$5TO$20S
pie of Ixrtn sexes,