The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 07, 1884, Image 5
THE GIRL'S CHOICE.
Judge Wallinna, one of the beat known
justice? occupying the United States cir
cuit bench, after listening lo a party of
lawyers the other day, lighted, hi? pipe,
leaned back io an easy chair aud said :
"Gentlemen, your stories of courtship
and marriage are quite interesting and
romantic, lui I believe that it is served
for mo to tell you of a love afluir, which
I am inclined to think, will teach you
thal thc commou place inarrir.go uf every
day life is not worthy of a piuca* iu our
most prosaic novels or even in our most
spirited conversation. Quite a number
of years ago, just after the war, I was ap
pointed judge of ? southern circuit. I
attended vory strictly to the discharge
of my duty, and although very fond of
ladies' society, yet, in my rounds I met
very few representatives of. tho fair sex
who iu tho least impressed me. Ono day,
during au overflow, I crossed the river
about twenty flv? miles below my regular
beal, and tho stream waa so swollen that
by thc lime I had landed the sun hud
gone down ?tili! darfefteas.h&d spread it
self over tho face of the earth, so far as I
could discern, aud the bosom of the wa
ter. I did not find a road when I landed,
and I made Inquiry of the ferryman who,
in effect, declared that he never made
geography a study, and that I must take
care of myself. Of course I intended to
abide by' the extremity of such advice,
and after thanking my 'water side char
acter' for information which, to say the
least, was self-apparent, I turned, eod
began a solitary journey through the
woolie. ? had not gone far rvhen I came
upon a large log house, surrounded by a
well kept leuce and almost covered by a
thick growth of wild vine. I was assailed
at the gate by an army of dogs. Their
fury brought out an old man who drove
them away, and lo a voice of touching
kindness asked me what I wanted. I
explained my misfortune attendant upon
highwater ; that I was a federal judge
.trying to reach an appointment. He
?very cordially invited me into the house."
"A jedgo or constablo is welcomo ut
>my house at sich a time nu thin/' he said,
throwing more wood on tho fire, 'i've
been cotch out myself aud kuow what it
Ja. So you are a jedge?"
"Yee, I am a Jndge, holding the office
'under the United States government."
"That means you ain't a State jedge?"
'Yes."
"Wall, lt don't make auy difference
I wouldn't help a State jedge no quicker
than I would you. Myra soe if thar'?
anything to eat in the house."
"I looked up and the girl to whom he
spok". stood near me. She moved away
immediately after being addressed, but
not BO soon that I failed to note the ex
tremo beauty of har race. I saw her
wealth of fire-light reflecting hair, her
glorious depth of eye, her ruddy full of
the year cheek and raspberry mouth
She seemed topsy no attention tome,
but obeyed without hesitation. Present
ly she reappeared and aunounced that
there was something to eat ih the house
and it was spread on ;he table."
'"(Dome," be said, and conducted me to
'the dining-room.
"Although I wa? very hungry, yet 1
'think that my appetite could bave been
satisfied by allowing my eyes to feast on
the beautiful girl who attended the re
.past. Tho Bpare-ribe, backbone and
ir isheil potatoes were excellent I admit,
but that magnificent fuco that bent above
it all, far exceeded any banquet that I
h^ve ?verseen."
"Myra," said the.old man, after we
had gone and taken position before the
fire, "baud around the pipes."
"The pipes were brought and filled
with natural lear tobacco. We puffed
and puffed and talked and puffed. I
t dd my experience und the old man told
his. I had been a captain under Uncle
Sam-Jefferson Davis had made him a
colonel. Tho old man bad uo family ex
cept Myra, his daughter. He seemed a?
devoted to her, and quite as much de
pendent upon her as Mr. Wick?eld was
upon Agnes. I bad been ao much inter
ested in tho conversation, ?nd especially
with the occasional glance: cast at Myra,
that I did not think to oak ihe o'd man
his name until just about the time we
were ready to go to bed."
"My name is Jasmire," he paid, "1
noa woude?in' if you were e*er goin' to
ask me, an' hanged cf I'd er told you ef
you hadn't. Hopo you'll sleep well."
ul bade him a cordial good night, and
with one more'- glance at the beautiful
girl 1 followed a negro boy who appeared
with a candie.
"I scarcely remember the conversation
of tho next morning. I know that I saw
a beautiful face, that I sat down when an
elfin little band drow out a chair, that I
heard tho music ol a sweet voice, and
that when I left, I looked into a pair of
eyes direct iii earnestness. I don't know
how I told the'old man good-bye. I
don't .know that I thanked him for his
kindness, oven after he bad refused to
accept pay. I don't know how I mounted
my hor?e, whether 1 climbed ou like all
awkward judges do, or whether I was
lifted into the air by admiration for the
girl aud sat down on the saddle. The
truth M, I don't know anything about it,
except that after awhile-bow long, P?
bebanged if I know-I found myself
riding along the road, deep in the cob?
temptation of a divinely drawn picture,
which the very sunlight itself framed and
hUhg beforo mo.
^Thji routine of court duty was vjt?y'
dull after this, and I longed for the tim?
when l\ could wander back lo the lpg
house, which to me held auch enchant*
ment..! previously, I had lamented the^
fact ?ut'l bad remained so long a ba'cV,
eipr, but now I was glad, because I had
found an ideal. I don't know how many
sentimental decision? I made during that
session of the court, but I don't think
that it'wo\ild shed the light of very much
cieoiVoifoy judicial career, if the ebua
?. jj. MUKRA Y & CO.
Tho Peculiar Old Mvaf
ANDERSON, S C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1883.
VOLUME XIX. -NO. 23.
auuuiu arise ana demand a state
ment.
"After awhile, I went back to tho old
log house. I found the old man just tho
same. Ho welcomed me as though he
j had never seen mo before, but with rap
j ture, 1 noticed thc girl spoke as though
she know me before, and that she was
glad to see me again. This time I was
determined not to leave so soon, a?d the
truth is I lingered several days. ? wa?ked
by the river with the beautiful creature,
and helped ber ta gather the kind'i. g
wood at night. I roamed with her morn
ing, a?, night, and at noontide, and to
gether we chased tho rabbit and squirrel,
aud even the fox, with all his shyness,
didn't always escape our prowess and
skill. Not among all the neighbors was
there such a 'girling,' and I, for myself,
had never seen one to comparo with her
beauty, her grace and her voice. When
I spoke of my leaving, the old man ob
jeeted, and even the girl did slightly
demur, but 1 told them that business of
pressing importance wai claiming atten
tion from North to South. The beauti
ful girl, with rosy lip? pouting, declared,
in a way that would have paralyzed Paul,
that I was so restless aud wanted to leave
them because, ns she thought, I had
found them all dull. I made a brave
effort to go without showing the slight
est emotion on my part, you know, and
when the old man seemed so very anx
ious that I should remain, I decided thal
I'd better go and return within a few
days, as I didn't care to overdo it, you
understand.
"Well, i went away, not because I real
ly had any business, but because 1 didu'l
care lo injure my chances, for by thi<
time, you may kucw, I was dead in love
with Myra.
"I couldn't remain but a short time
When I returned, they were all glad tc
see me. Myra, it seemed to me, wanted
to kiss roe, and I would have kissed her
but I did not have a good chance. She
was more lovely than ever, and when ai
night we walked out under the stars, I fell
that she loved me-I dreamed of her
Her growing acquaintance with books
pleased me, for I knew she studied foi
my 6ake. The old man, too, seemec
changed toward me. He spoke, wher
we were alone, of family affairs, and tole
me how glad he was that I had come te
visit him. I saw that he know that 1
wa? in love with his daughter, and witt
thankfulness, I noted that be encourag?e
my suit. ODO night after Myra had goni
to her room, and while the old man am
I sat by the (ire, the old fellow removee
bis gaze from the glowing coals, an?
looked at mo and said :
"Myra is the heat girl in the worl'."
"You needn't tell me that," said 1
"for I kuow it/'
"Her hushan' will be a happy man."
"A gloi'ous man," I assented.
"I hope you will not regret theda;
when 70U caine here."
"I know that I shall never do so. My
ra and I understand each other."
"You do?"
"Yes, sir."
"I am glad of it. Myra is slow to apea!
out, and I'm glad ibatyou know. Speak
in'-on the subject, might shock hei
Wellv good night," aud he grasped m
hand warmly.
"That night I .could not sleep. I kne<
the old roan understood my great lov
for his daughter, and, with a thrill,
saw it met bis approval.
"Next morning I was deteimined t
ask for her, so, after breakfast, when b
invited me to take a walk with bim,
thought that bc divined my intentiot
Myra, too, seemed to know that aomt
thing was likely to pass between un, fe
she sbook*her fist in a charming way t
me when we left the house. I looke
back and saw her peeping at me wit
such eleep, fixed love iu her glances, thi
I thought I ought to go back and kii
her, but 1 turned to the old ?ia
talked to him about the hogs and sbee
I decided to aak him for the girl, and a
though I koew he would willingly git
his content to our marriage, yet, it was
difficult matter. 'When I get to th;
tree,' I mused, looking ahead, 'I will ai
him.' Just as we came to the treo I
stopped and said :
"You've knowed my darter for son
lime?"j
"Yea, air."
"NHtf Buch a long lime, it's true, but
long that we almost look upon you
one of ihe family."
"I mi proud to know it."
"Thank you, air. Well, now, I'll ti
you, mi darter is goin' to be marri
next wleek, and I want you to bo wi
us." f - ' .?
"To ?hom ?" I gasped.
"To the ferrymao dowu hore. 8hi
been engaged to bim for a long time."
**I slid nothing as we returned, I
when i fouud the girl aloue, I said:
"Dod't you koow that I love you c
votedljf?" .
"Of ourse, I never knew it, Judge.
"Bal I do, aud I want you to be 1
wife."
"Juc ge, I can't. I am going to mai
Tom ?trall, the ferryman. I know j
are a g >od man, and I don't want yon
think i jat I won't marry yon jost becai
you at i a judge. Position makes no d
forent} with me, and if I loved
mao, I wbu?d marry him', even
I he was a judge, just as soon as I would
. ferryman, and I hope you will understate
: that position has not influenced thi
j case, for even though you are a judge,
[ must aay that you have ever conducts
yourself as a perfect gentleman."
"Why didn't you tell her that you bm
been a captain in tho army ?" said on
. of tho listeners.
j "I did," replied the judge, "but sh
i said the ferryman had boen a teamster
and while that she would just as leav
; murry a captain as a teamster, yet sh
I was compelled to tutu to ber ferrymai
' lover, nud now when I teil my wife o
I tho choice, she says, 'Yes, the girl wa
j right in tating tho ferryman.' "
j A Coming Notable Celestial Event.
j Perhaps the roost interesting celestia
i event of tho year will be the oppositioi
? of Mars ut the end of the present month
j There is so much about this remarkabl
? planet that suggest a closo resomblanci
! to the earth, and so many of ita eurfac
! features and of the natural processe;
occurring upon it nie visib'e with tole
scopic aid, ?hut evecy time it cernes tr
opposition, that ia, gets into a line wit]
the earth and sun, the earth being in tb?
middle, a battery of telescopes is turnee
upon it with eager expectation of inter
esting views if not important discoveries
At opposition Mars appears with amal
telescopio power like a full moon of i
ruddy tingo. As the magnifying powe
is increased one detail after another o
the diversified surface of this distan
world comes into view, until it hangs it
the field of the telescope a real globe
marked plainly with continents, ocean
and islands, and partially covered witl
; clouds.
The first physical features of Mars tho
come into view are the snow caps sur
rounding his poles. Tho Southern poh
ie now inclined toward tho earth, and f
small telescope, say of three incboi
aporture, will plainly show the circular
gleaming patch of enow that covers the
antarctic region of the globe of Mara
The dark ring surrounding the snow field
and sometimes called Phillip's Sea, is al
most equally distinct, and nomo of theooca
cr spots that are believed to be seas, cai
bo seen with the name telescope. With J
larger telescope more details are visible
and with tho largest .-nd best all the
various features of Martain geography
which are represented on some of th?
wonderfully complete maps of Mars tba
have been constructed can be seen
What a surprising thing it is that mer
have neon able to make maps and globei
representing with a high degree of com
pleteness tho surface of a world neve;
much less that 40,000,000 milea distan
from the earth !
Large telescopes will, during th*
present opposition, also be able to sbor<
the two troy moona of Mars, which re
volve closo to thc planet, sn rapidly the
the inner one goes through all thc
changes from new moon to old moon ir
less than a day.
Another interesting thing about Man
which can now bc studied is the mysteri
ous net work of so-called c?sala which
cover a largo portion of the planet*!
surface, particularly in the equatorial
regions. The idea that there are reallj
canals constructed by inhabitants of the
ruddy planet can hardly be en termin?e
when it is known tbat they are sixty
miles and more in width.
One thing seems to be pretty certain
Mars bas reached a much later stage ol
planetary development than the eartb
and if it has inhabitants they may possi
bly have attained a degree of civilizatior
incomprehensible lo us. At any rate, il
is a wonderfnl world which now beami
as a ruddy star in our winter midnigbi
sky.-Ail? York Sun.
Senatorial Clerks.
The resolution which was adopted bj
the Senate on Thursday, authorizing
each Senator to appoint a clerk, is even
more objectionable than tho reioloiiot
which was submitted by Senator Butler
In that resolution it was proposed to pa j
each secretary $1,000 a year. The reso
lution which has been adopted gives th?
new clerks $6 a day daring the session
Congress will probably be in session eight
months altogether, or 240 days, so tua
the pay of each clerk ?ill bo $1,440 in
stead of $1,000. There are seventy-sii
Senators and forty one standing commit
tees: There are, therefore, thirty-five
Senators who are to bo provided witl
clerks, as not having clerks already ai
chairmen of committees. The coat o
the new clerks, therefore, will be $50,40(
a year. This amount cf money ia to be
taken from the public pocket, in ordei
that the different Senators shall have
private secretaries at the public expense
We can see already what thia sort ol
thing must lead to. Mr. Belford, o
Colorado, demands a derk faft each mern
ber of tho House of .s^Oeseritalives
At the rate which is lo be^paid to th?
Senatorial clerk?, the clerks for the mern
bera of the Lower House would cent th?
people between $400,000 and $500,000 i
year. Congressmen are fully as mud
entitled to clerks as the Senators are
and need such clerks quite as badly
both for purposes of patronage and con
venience. .
The Senate has, it is presumed, a ven
large contingent fund, and this contin
gent fund it spends in any way that i
?leases. There is no check or restraint
he 8cnato is growing more aristocratic
in }ts methods every day, and, withou
counting the new clerks, the army o
hangers-on in the Senate wing of thi
Cap?tol is frightfully large. The House
of Representative ought to gtve some at
tention to thia abuse. Contingent fuodi
are always fruitful sources of extrava
gance and waste, and tbs committee oe
appropriations of tho Soase of Repr?
sentatives will do well to make the con
tingent fund of the Senate so small tba
it cannot be used for such purposes a
paying for clerks for Senators.-Newt
and Courier.
- "I can't carry this bandle." said i
wife to her hosbaod. "I canV' the hus
baud replied, "for I have to carry thi
two children." "But you ought to hay?
some consideration for me," the wife con
tinued. "Yon must think I'm a wagon.'
"Oh, no, mr dear, I don't think you sn
a wag??. ?% wagon bolds its tongue and
you never do."
BILL ARP AT HOHL.
How he got lil? Nona tl? Flume.
; Having seen several inquiries recently, .
; from some of our people respecting thc :
'domestic lifo of Bill Arp, tho great i
Southern humorist, I think it piobable
: that what little information I eau give
; may interest our readers.
! Just before and during the war, 1 was 1
: attending School at Home, Georgia, and '
, was on visiting terms with the family of
Maj. Charles H. Smith, ('Bill Arp') then
' a prominent lawyer of that city. A
moro Icvs*.ie ?nnviiy than his, it bas ;
: never been my fortune to know. Mrs. :
Smith was at that time a bright and I
! beautiful little, matrou of about thirty- <
j five, surrounded by six or eight hand- I
some boys and girls, of ages ranging i
j from one and two years to fourteen ; and j
' it was one of the greatest pleasure? of i
' my school-days to visit "cousin Tavey,"
j -as wo called her-In her magnificent I
uew homo and elegant surroundings, and '
bear ber laugh and repeat tho quaint re- '
marks of Charlie. They were wealthy,
refined, and cultivated people enjoying
the goods of this life as good Presbyteri
ans ought to-not hoarding them in a
raiser!- fashion. But the war came on
I and disturbed the happiness of thia tain
I ily, as it did thousands of others in our
sunny South. Major Smith volunteered
with the Rome Light Guards, a company
composed of the best young men of
Rome and vicinity. Oh I the sadness
and weeping of that day when parents
gave up '.heir darling boys ; wives their
husbands, and young girls their lovers;
but saddest of all, fathers loft families of
little children with only tho protecting
care of the weak mother. Thoso noblo
foung martyrs whoso laces I saw for the
sst time, wet with tears, I can never
forget. Tho crowd that bad assembled
to see the last of those who had biddon
tho dearest ones "good byo" at homo,
was Glied with s?>bs when the order to
"fall in line," came, and "forward
march !" was the signal for tho company
to file down tho dusty street out of sight ;
next the whistle of tho eugine, tbe
hoarse yell as they left the depot-and
they were gone. Two of thoso who left
large families were Major Smith, and
P" Arp,-a poor Ferryman of Floyd
t, uty, who was very witty, but wholly
unlettered, yet witLal a true patriot.
They went to Virginia, and while camp
ing on Bull Run they heard of Lincoln's
Proclamation, ordering the Confederate
Army to disperse. This was laughed at
by oar men, and Maj. Smith wrote a
humorous answer to Mr. Lincoln, saying
that be couldn't get the boys to even
think of dispersing, and having despaired
of doing BO he had gone off to himself
in an old field to calm his patriotism,
and try to disperse, but he found that he
couldn't disperse worth a cent 1 He
read bis letter to aomo appreciative
friends, and Bill Arp was one of tbe lis
teners. When he bad finished, Bill
came forward and asked : "Major, are
vou gwine ter have that printed?" Ho
answered. "I think BO, Bill." "Well,
cir, ef it ia all the same to yon, 1 wish
you would put my name to thai paper,
'cause them's my sentiments, odzactly."
Thun it wa? by the rightful owner's re
quest that Maj. Smith adopted the name
and exact alvie of Bili Arp, and over
that norn de plum? has become world-re
nowned, as much to the pride of th'e
poor Ferryman as if be had earned tho
reputation himself. Bill Arp, the Fer
ryman, was killed by a fall from a wagon
several year? ago, but his name will ever
be linked with the great humorist of tho
day, and descend to future generations.
After the war, Major Smith gave up
the practice of law, purchased a fine
plantation in Karto v.- County, Ga., and ie
now a progressive farmer. His children
are scattered from Maine to Florida, and
II grandchildren are numerous iu the fami
ly. I well remember "HiaeB," the boy
soldier, who went with hhs father to the
army when only fourteen, and Hattie,
whose infant dress Mrs. Arp dug up
from the bottom of that old trunk some
time ago, and "made it over" for Hattie's
first baby ; and the dear, sweet old moth
er-to whom he so often alluded ic his
letters-was once roy ideal of a noble
wife and mother. I havo not seen her
since the war, but the nice strawberry
psrties which she used to give her chil
dren of my age, and to which I waa
often invited, is still fresh in my memory.
She wonld often reward our good be
havior by relating to us some of the ro
mantic incidents of her childhood, of
which we never tired, but were always
greedy to hear more. I always listened
with wonder at tho real romance that
was finer sud fuller of ?;?tuo?;and foiling
than any fiction.
Pardon me, Messrs. Editors, for the
length of my communication. There is
bo much in this family to interest ms
that I forgot the length of my letter.
Georgia in Lauretuville Herald.
Death on tho Rail.
The down freight train on tho Colum
bia & Greenville Railroad due here at
4.20 a. m. yesterday ran over and killod
a white man named John Bowers, at
Kilgore'a Hill, four miles Sooth of New
berry. The fatal accident occurred be
tweeu 2 and 3 a. m., but nothing was
known of the occurrence uutil after the
train arrived in Columbia. The deceas
ed was intoxicated and had laid or fallen
on the track. He left Newberry with a
flask of whisky in his pocket. When
tbe engineer passed Ki'gore's Hill he
felt tho locomotive jar a little, but '.bought j
it was only a alight obstruction which he
had passed over. The body of Bowers
was mangled almost beyond recognition,
and the engine which passed over him
was besmeared with blood on the front |
portion and pieces of flesh were also
found about the wheels and truck. An
inquest was held and a verdict rendered
in accordance with the above facts which
exonerates the railroad authorities from j
blame. The deceased was a brother of ]
Lee Bowers, the postmaster at Prosperity.
-Columbia Regitter.
-,->???! - --
- Many Englishmen are settled on
ranches in the neighborhood of San An
tonio, Toxae. Among them are an ex
General of th j Indian army, an ex-Cap
tain of the British navy and otbor sol
diers and sailors of rank.
- m m
- The health o/ Jefferson Davis
extremely poor this winter. His eyes]
pvohiin much trouble an/- hh step it*
Marry lug Ubi Omi Child.
Tho strange scene, has been presented
hero of a clergymau in a fashionable
church joining in matrimony a father and
daughter. Thc details have just become
known, and the story ls now thc chief
topic of society gessip.
Invitations were issued to a largo num
ber of Philndelphia'a most fashionable
people to be present at the Church of j
the Epiphany to willies* thc marriage
of Wilson Mitchell, a young gentleman
well known in society, to Mia* Fanny
Elizabeth Kessler, daughter of John
Kessler, Jr. At thc hour named tho
spacious church was crowded to overflow
ing and thc assemblage was anxiously
awaiting tho arrival of the bridal parly.
Presently ibero was a whisper which ran
from the door to tho chancel that they
had arrived. The rector of the church,
tho Kev. C. H. Kinsolving, who was tn
perform the ceremony, stood up and ad
vanced to thc altar railings. Tho deep
tones of the organ pealed tm th Mendels
sohn's "Wedding March," the swinging
doors at tho foot of tho centre aisle swung
open, the six ushers started slowly for
ward, aud following them came tho bride,
attired in traveling costume, leaning on
the arm of her lather. Tho wedding had
been srrauged in the usual English style,
and the bride was to bo met at tho chan
cel steps by the groom, attended hy his
best man. Eyos which had been fixed
on ibo brido turned towards the door of
tho vestry room, from which her pro
spectivo husband was expected to emerge ;
bul tho door was tightly closed ami it
gave no sigu of opening. The organ bad
ceased its music, father and daughter
stood before the altar, with the ushers
ranged ou cither side, and yet no hus
band had como forward to claim his
bride.
Tho clergymau evidently did not un
derstand thu situation, though it was evi
dent from tho rustle of excitemeut which
stirred tho assemble, i gue>sts that they
wcro ouly too well aware that something
was wrong. The bride turned palo and
clutched her fathers hand convulsively,
and the father's face grow scarlet in the
suppressed excitement of tho moment.
The awkwardness of the ? tutu ion was in
creased wheu in solemn aud deliberate
tones Mr. Kinsolving began to read the
marriage service. Ho had mistaken the
father for the groom and was about to
marry him to bis own daughter. The
excitement was intense. On every couti
'"nance was depicted a consciousness of
Vue situation, yot no one spoko and the
clergymau proceeded with the service.
When at leugth be came to the wordB,
"If any man can show just cause why
they may not lawfully be joined together
let him now speak or else hereafter hold
his peace," there was a noise outside, Ibo
door of the nave was thrown vic'.ently
open and Mr. Mitchell, attended by his
best man, both nervous and excited and
both aahen pale, came rushing up the I
aisle. I
A few words sufiiced to explain mat
ters to the astonished clergyman. By
some means the vestry door had been
locked, and the two gentlemen were thus
prevented from making their entrance
when the organ gave them their cue. In
v&ii they had tried to open it and had
lost valuable time in the* effort. When
they Anally abandoned the attempt it
took them several minutes to get out of
tho vestry and around to the other door.
The ceremony was again begun, and tbe
wedding waa duly holemnized, but the
shock which the young lady's nervous
system received was severe, and for a time
it war, feared it might be attended with
serious consequences.
Twenty-Four Hours' Prayer,
A special to the Bostoti Globe from
Akron Ohio, says : "Harrison Ramon
lived for many years in Hinckley, Mo
dina County, ohio, and amassed consid
erable property, most of which waa in
cash. He would not trust his money to
tbe keeping of a bank, bur hid it about
his own premises, keeping the hiding
place a secret even 'rom bis owo family.
A short time ago be told bia wife that he
had bidden about $-30,000 in money and
that pretty soon he would inform her of
its whereabouts, so that in caso of his
death she would know wboro to fiud it.
He neglected to do this, aud ubout a
week ago he died ot apoplexy. After
bis death au examination of his papers
showed that ho had $335,000 in money
all bidden about his premisos. Tho must
thorough search failed to reveal the hid
ing place, and the widow began to de
spair. Thea shu wah impressed with tho
notion that if she prayed with faith the
Lord would direct her to the place where
the money was hidden. On Wednesday
she prayed al! day and all night. On
Thursday morning shu was impelled to
go to the bee hives, which stood on a
bench near the house, and in the excite
ment of expectation she knocked over
ono of the hives, disclosing to ber view
the top of n bench with a pile of large
denominations upon it. A search under
the other hives resulted in finding a total
of $15,000. Io the afternoon one nf the
family dropped a bunch of keys through
the barn floor, which necessitated taking
up a plank to find them, and when the
young man put bis bund down ho struck
a halfgallou fruit jar, which he pulled
out to find partly filled with $20 gold
pieces. Other jars and a grain bag were
also found containing gold and silver,
and when it bad all been counted the
total amount figured up over $213,000.
Tho widow was overjoyed, and in her
statement to the correspondent said she
believed that the discoveries were iu di
rect answer to her prayers.
Never Satisfied.
Thad. Stevens had been conducting an
important suit for a wealthy old Penn
sylvania farmer. During its progres3
be was the latter's guest. While stroll
ing over tbe farm, Mr. Stevens observed
that tho farmer's corn crop, which waa
just ripening, was remarkable beyond
anything he had ever seen.
"My friend," said Mr. Stevens to the
farmer, "this ia truly magnificent ! There
is nothing left to be desired in your corn
yield thia year."
"W-el-l," responded the farmer,
guardedly,'lt is purty lair; purty fair.
But," and this, with a noticeable tinge
of sadness, "thar might be a few more
connels-just a few more cunnek--at tb?
end of the cob."
Vanily of Vanities.
A few years ago Alexander T. Stowart
died with an estate valued at close on to
$75,000,000. It was bis ambition to found
a house which would bo recognized for all
time ns the head of tho commercial enter
prises of tho United States, and to this
end he toiled until physical nature was
exhausted. He died full of years, but bis
life long dream was HS unstable as aa
April wind. Ho had no BOU to take Up
the burden, and bis fortune passed uuder
the control of one who was bound to him
by no ties of blood. Even his weary
bonrs were denied rest. Tho price of a
huckster was set upon them. The great
house of Stewart bas almost ceased to ox
ist, and a whitehaircd woman aloue keeps
the namo from being forgotten.
Robert L. Stuart siso toiled to win a
place among tho great merchants of New
York. He accumulated millions, and bis
Inst hours were spent in superintending
the construction of a palace In the upper
part of Fifth Aveuue. He passed away
without chick or child, leaving a frail
woman the sole arbiter of his fortune.
Tho famous vintages which had made bis
cellar thc envy of tho town are now at
the call of any who chooses to pay the
pric? sn the gorgeous cafe of tb? Hoff
tuan, and a widow in broken health nor- j
sea lonely thoughts as she alts surrounded
by (he splendors of the Fifth avenue
mansion.
A few days ago Mrs. A. T. Stewart was
assisted down tho broad steps of the mar
ble palaco in Thitry-fourth street and
was driven to tho brown Btone palace of
! Mrs. Robert L. Stuart in upper Fifth
Aveuue. It was the first time that tho
two ladies had met since the husband of
ono had beon gathered to dust, ard we
shall not attempt to say what passed
through their minds as they looked" into
each others eyes. Slowly they moved
from room to room, where were unfolded
views surpassing in richness tho fanciful
creation-! of a magician, and yet upon
each face rested a sad, far away oppres
sion.
The woman who sat in tho scantily
? furnished room two blocks from tho ave
nue, earnin0 her bread with her needle,
heard the prattle of children, stopped
now and then to kiss rosy lips, and she
thanked dod for having given her some
thing to love. Humble as were ber sur
roundings, the sun ?thone brighter for her
than it did for tho childless widows of
the merchant princes. Verily, Riches,
thy name is Vanity I-Tur/, Field and
Ihrm.
Hiram Homeipnu's Ideas About Raisin'
Children.
A good many folks has somehow gotten
the notion that the youngest of this here
age is just about as bsd as they was afore
the flood. I am only a plain farmer fell
er, but I have observed a few things, and
I don't agree with those people. Tho
boys of to-day ain't no wuss tk-ui they
ought to be considerin' the trainin' some
of "em gita. I was only 'tother day 'tell*
in' naybor Skimmer that he was makin e
big mistake with his boys. Skimmer's
a good farmer-none better. He farms
scientific. But be don't know the science
j of bringin' up a youngster. Children
tbri?o best in the light, sandy leam of
kind words, wbero it is allus warm and
cherry like. After a while, when they
gita middini' strong they ought to be
transplanted to the heavier clay of com
mon sense and self-reliance. This will
give 'om a will of their own-strength of
purpose, yon know. I like to see a boy
with a will of his own. Some parents is
allua a feolin' bsd when they see young
un - actin' stubborn like. Then they go
lo work to break the stubbornness with a
barrel hoop or hickory switch. They
thrash and pound until they beat .out
everything that's good, ?nd there's mith
in' left but a lot of worthless chaff that
vou can blow anywheres. It's fearful
foolish, that. If < he parent had only got
the child's will under control instead of
knockin' all tho ? punk outen 'em, their
boys would bavo been some use to the
kentry. The boyo who makes successful
men is those who have got lots of push
and go ahead, r/hich is uoihio' ???oro nor
a good strong viii that bas to be trained
to grow straight. Another mistske-and
naybor Skinner's makin' it-is to want
all your boys to ??arn a profession. You
might just as well try tc make a wagon
pole o?ten a tooth Pick, or a barn door
outen a ahinco. Tb?y would be dead
failures. If you hs ve bad to work hard,
the boys can work bard too. Some of
the boys won't make good farmers, and
them's the one's to make store keepers,
book agents, or lawyers of. But what
ever you du don't choose their profession.
Turn a sheep out in the bush and it'll
And the best grass and purest water.
Give your boys a chance, and when they
go into the thick woods of Hie, they'll in
nine cases outen ten come out to the
dearin' right side up.
A Moonlight Sympathy.
Algernon-My dearest Endors, you
know that as we are so soon to be mar
ried, we should cease to live in an en
chanted dream and begin to take practi
cal views of life.
Endora-I know that, dear, and I have
thought it all over much more often than
you think.
Algernon-You know that I am not
rich, and can iot afford to keep my bird
of paradise in a guilded cage.
Endora-It mases no difference, Alger
non. I have already picked out a sweet
little bouse in thesurburbs, which I know
you can rent.
Algernon-How good of you, my an
gel ; and then yon know that, in order
to pay for the furniture, which must be
bought on installments, it will not do to
keep a servant, Can my darling's pretty
white hands make bread and attend toefl
the other household duties?
Endora-Well, no ; but I have provi
ded for that, too. Mother's people ere
nt living housekeepers, end she and my
three maiden aunts will give Up boarding
and come and live with us.
- "A baby," says the New York
Journal, "is the oasis of married life."
This does away with the popular notion
that an oasis is a quiet place.
- The Louisville /W editorially as
serts thst "to be a Kentucky horse is as
dignified as in olden times was to be a
Roman citizen." . .
- A daughter of Mr. Jobo Bennett,
who reaidos near \Valterboro, dropped
dead recently.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OP
M. P. TBIBBLB,
TBE4S1?BER
OF
ANDERSON COUNTY, S. C.,
TO 1118 Honor J. H. Hudson, presiding
Judge of thc Court of General Session?,
February Term, 1884, showing schedule of
claims pr.id from th? County and School
Funds for the fiscal year ending Occtober
31, 1883:
COUNTY CLAIMS FUD..
AHHK8SMKNT8.
No. Name Amount
373 Thoa J Webb.9 125 00
398 TIlOS J Wobb. 275 00
Total.?400 CO
COL'NT V OOM MISSION KllB' & CLERK'S
SALARIES.
Name Amount
R M Um i ?KM, Cuuuiy CorotiiV....^ 25 ?o
J H Jones, County Comm'r. 31 40
Ezekiel Harris, County Corum'r.. 37 45
J H Jones, County Comm'r....... 60
R S Bailey, County Comtn'r. 105 85
John A Reeves. County Comm'r 90 40
W H Frierson. Clerk. 41 00
Ii 8 Halley, County Comm'r. 140 05
John II Jones, County Comm'r... 113 05
John A Reeves, County Comm'r 100 50
W H Frierson, Clerk. 162 00
Total.$946 C6
JURY TICKETS.
No. Nomo Amount
2319 W A Geer.4 7 90
2281 J C Hamlin. 4 00
2327 Thos J McClure. 12 70
2353 D J Sherard. 4 60
2402 Jos O Riley . 3 10
3324 Jeptba Harp?". 21 60
235? Wm Jones.- 4 10
2390 A C Keys. 4 90
2317 John Eskew . 12 30
2192 Jesse M Bmf J. 1 60
2425 J O Woodland. 4 60
2424 I? 8 Tucker. 4 CO
3423 John P Trayaholm. 4 40
24ir> W A Evans. 4 80
2346 W A Evaua.-.M 4 80
2412 Beni F Bowie. 3 50
2350 B RTucker.,.- 4 ?0
2403 G L Shrimp. 4 00
2404 A J Burrett. 4 60
2384 Robt B royles. 4 00
2383 I) S Branyan.- 8 ?0
2343 B F Bowie. 3 00
2357 J C Woodland. 4 GO
2389 Thos B Earlo. 2 50
2381 CS Beaty. 4 60
2213 D M Humphreys. 3 85
2450 Andrew Cromer. 3 10
2449 W A Chapman...-. 13 50
2410 J Boyce Burrise. S 00
2341 J Boyce Burriss. 3 00
2419 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40
2282 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40
2358 T Bonks Wright. 4 50
2457 B L Johnson.- 2 90
2278 J C Gantt. 4 30
2347 J C Gantt. * 30
2410 J C Gantt. 4 TO
2258 Ira C Williame. 2 fO
2401 J W Poore. 4 10
2391 J M Glenn.- 0 10
2462 W J Freeman.- 13 80
2237 Wm Harper. 3 60
24G8 Charlie Starks. 14 85
? 2407 Geo Riley. 14 05
t 24G0 W II Long. 14 05
I 5,173 John II Zachery. 15 (0
2455 E M Holland.~. 14 ?0
2457 R L Campbell. 14 ;0
2420 J J Vaughn. 15 00
2459 James W Keaton......- 14 70
?405 John V Osmint. 15 10
2445 R B Brock. 14 40
2453 J A Emerson. 14 TO
2447 Mattthew A Cobb. 14 30
2472 Scott Young. 14 DO
2442 John Agnew. 13 C?
2444 F M Bonds. 15 00
2440 Eliab Ambrose. 14 ?0
2400 Wm Pruitt. 14 95
2453 John L Jolly. t4 20
2441 Thomas A Archer. 13 50
2382 R R Beaty. 3 70
2032 John W Dalrymple.-?. 2 50
2409 J J Stuart. 14 10
2454 Jas L Geer. 14 10
2464 James A McCallister. 14 (0
2463 Wm T M alt iron. 15 ?0
2443 .fas 8 Beaty. 13 40
2323 W T W Harrison. 12 10
2401 V/ W Marita. 14 00
2378 PG Acker. 5 SO
2397 James A Montgomery. 3 90
2312 L C Clinkscales.- 13 35
2407 James H Wansley... 5 20
2400 G 8 Williford.- 4 20
2406 T W Webb.?.- 5 60
2399 M EPruitt. 4 20
2361 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40
2380 John H Burns. 0 ?0
2344 James A Celery. 5 40
2385 Sani'l D Childers.. 5 30
2275 James A Coley. 5 40
2320 A C Lat ?mer.~. 5 60
2364 John W Simpson.n.- 4 60
2373 B B Brcazeale... 3 GO
2285 John W Simpson.%...? 4 CO
2342 B B Breoreale."" 3 00
2352 Wash Richie.- 5 30
2283 Wash Richie. 5 30
2328 G W McDsvid.?. 8 60
2440 John M Craft. 3 75
2328 G W McDavid..........?. ? 8 50
2379 James M Banister....... 4 1?
2380 James P Callahan]...?...........;. S 70
2376 W C Andrew.?. 4 60
2409 R F. Yon. 5 79
2394 A P Johnstone.MM. 4 60
2392 Beni F Gantt. 4 50
2303 Jas T Gossa way..- 5 00
2338 John R Wyatt.... 13 80
2340 A 0 Wardlaw. 12 70
2289 T Banks Wright. 4 50
2284 D J Sherard. 4 60
2272 J B Burriss.-. 1 50
2349 D D Gentry.;. 3 30
2337 John F Watkins. 13 50
2280 ? D Gentry. 3 30
2253 E B Rice. 5 50
2355 J P Trnynhulm. 4 60
2388 G W Evans.- 4 70
2329 W T McGiU. vi 70
2118 J C Hamlin. 4 00
2277 W A Evins. 4 80
2274 B F Bowie. 3 00
2276 Ira E Dodd.- 5 30
2286 Jno. P. Trayuholm.- 4 40
2287 B L Tucker. 4 90
2288 J C Wardlaw.-.. 4 00
2311 W B Balley. 12 40
2321 J Perry Glenn. 9 30
2310 John C Bogg?. 13 f 0
2322 L I) Harriss. 3 10
2330 G B Robinson. 13 40
2330 James A Wooten. 13 70
2335 J N Vandiver. 12 60
2325 B C Johnson. 14 30
2315 WT Davis........ 13 00
2331 J C Rush.i.. 12 70
2370 John D Dobbin:)...... 12 55
2332 W II Simpson......*.?." 13 30
2339 J A Wallace-. 13 00
2314 John Crews. 12 50
2309 Wm Brown. 12 35
2320 O W Gmbbs.?. 13 40
2313 I P CltnkBcales.- 12 85
2334 Julius Thomas.- 12 00
2333 T CSheorer.-. 13 10
2300 James R Ashley.-... 13 70
2311 W C Balley. 7 50
2307 EA Boll. 12 15
2377 R Q Anderson. 8 40
2387 B A Davis...... 4 20
?398 D A McAllister ...... 4 30
?448 A R Cox.- 14 00
1350 J C Hamlin-.- ?00
Total.......41165 70
W?THE?M TICKETS.
Name Amount
W Emerson....$ 1 55
Hannibal Jackson... 8 85
Ligi Wilson-. 1 30
James Johnson-- 8 50
Sam Acker-1 5?
Geo Poore_ 1 08
n Jackson-8 8?
Frank Gambrell- 130
Theo Gary.............. I Sf
Frank Lyle?. 8 00'.. :
Geo Ladson. 1 00 . . ;
?'om Gary.- S 50. .
saao Glonn. I 00 '\
.ney Owen. I 58 V.'//IT.
R F Haynl*.? 1 *),' :;
I) E Carlisle. t 00