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I VOL. I. ?, ? ^ CAMDEN, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1874>> NO. 3gT Mj Lore Lore* Ke, Bonny days of spring-time ; Bird songs in the air; ? Tinted appla btosaoaa Drifting ereryuhere ; Happy brooklets nrarmanng Boftly hers and there; And through it all, I lor* rsy Vots, Although I knew ha krred me not. ? &T * Long awaat days of summer ; Drowsy hum of haa; Oold-hearted, anosry 1111 se Fair se fair oan be ; Dewy crimson roeee, Stooping, wooing me; And throogh it all, I krred my lore. Although I knew he lored me not. Golden days of autumn, Waare my year a crown ; Flush the weeds with oriaoson Shadow them with, brows. Till the mystical glow and glory From the trees drops silently down ; And evermore I lore my lore, For now I know my lore krvee me. AT THE COUFTY FA IB. 1 Amanda Who*ting and Nell Eustis were neighbor* in the town of Brierly Centre, both daughters of well-to-do farmers, r They had both been at South Jlsdley together for a finishing touch after the district school had done its beet for them, and Nell had learned, among other things, to play a few tunes on thi piano by means of a natural ap titude for the nae arts ; and since re turning home she had found time to look after her fathers house snd dairy, and by teaching the district school summers?they never allowed that privi lege to a woman during the winter term ?she had laid up enough money to buy a second-hand piano in the city. When Nell showed Amanda the money, and confided her intentions to her, Amanda had a new sensation. Hitherto she had always been ahead of Nell, so to speak. Her Dlsok alpacas had been finer than Nell's, snd had borne off the in the matter of trimssings^ ' hsd been more numerous gorgeous, her bonnets mors . ribbons more freqn*nt*#Qtf girl, is short, she had lnvnri, styles In Brierly Centre, and dona them credit with her w ?<But now be embittered beyond a peradventure. Them was hni one nlauo in all Brierly Oentre, and that was up tA old Bauire Brierly's, snd nobody to open It from year's'end to year Vend. "Oh,dearaakes! Nell,, "what makes you ?htnk of wisttng your money on suoh foolishness as a piano, when you den't know bow to use either, ana it ll taking jf^ph a sight of room ? . " Oh. it*l just fit into the niohe by the ohimney, said Nell, happy as a cricket on the hearth ; " and I mean' fcr learn to nae it?see if I don't." " I don't see who'll teach yon ; and it oosts a power of apnfty." " I've thought muM' Deacon Small might give me some hstts; he plays ths bass-viol in ths choir, you know. And then folks o4n learn hy themselves. I've read about it?there's'Meaact and?' " Lor aakes I" laughed Aokanda. " I "'pose you're a Moaart, or some of those fellows who knew .lnusio by nature. You aren't vain nor toy thing, are yon " Maybe I am," MMWMftd Nell, pleas antly. "Ons can't get on without a trifle of vanity : it's aqct aH wholesome stuff, after all that haAb^en saU about it, though it'a like homeopathic m?di oine?a little goee a good ways. But anyway I oould play ' Fisher's Horn Sipe," ' Chorus Jig,' and ' Old Hnn red,' at South Hsd ley. And I thought it would sort off liven father up, after the day's chores wsre done, to hesr s little music,*if it wasn't so fine, before the oandles are lit, between daylight and dark. It's sociable like, a little music is; snd then it would be all handvJor a dance any winter's even ing." >, "What's that about winter ingst" son, in at the aaH| air ol his efift made him welooms?sv ery where. A dance? I'll engsgs jon for the first ootillon, Nellie, shall "Oh desr, no," giggled M She's going to he the bsnd "Mandys laughing at me," Nell, ?* because tI*n going ... piano with my earnings." < ' "Let those laugh who win, oriM an.l Ht Tom imddI his family k*d been tie in atifl silk*, end shine in- sheen of laoe, with ?mhine and powder tangled " roo|? end miles in their rode, end rongn end rmOSf on their dimpled tiling ; at lenrt thet w? the story their portraits told, hanging r ^ hlrSS^ely 'Jp 1 come day dream; bnt he wea always J Bp 'kind, end might not kin inns* osysteliss into love any layf Amende, with her rmd oolora and^- pretty ooniianee end daahing ways, might beguile the heartout of e terapb, - she- fancied^.- end* Itlter all, Tom was only S ytmtog m<fl, with s man's reliahfor warmth and vitality and beauty. And whaftfit should oome to pass, and wKe. should hers to live her life next door ta Tom end his Wife, and watch their ahadows upon the curtains, and see their children go in and out I After all, perhaps she needed the piano, in order that she might oonflae the secret that sometimes seemed too big for her heart to hold. "Nell is so odd 1" said Amanda, as she and Tom loitered home. " What do you suppose she wants of a piano? a girl who spends half her time in the dairy and the kitchen ?" " A piano ian't a bad investment," answered Tom; "and Deacon Small saya Nell's got e talent that oughtn't to be hid in e nepkin "?laughingly. " Oh, that's it! he's been turning her I heed with his flatteries. I wonder why he dosan't marry her. and be done with it!" "Marry Nelly! Deeoon Small!" cried Tom, witn a start and e laugh. ? "Did he ever dare propose such a thing ?" ? "They say she has hsd it under con sideration. Folks think she oouldn't do better." " Couldn't she ?" said Tom, uneasily. . "He's got means, you know." said Amende, seriously, ? " and Nell's got ambition."?- " 1 ? '< ? i . "And he's old enough to be her grandfather." " Some folks, you know, would soon an old man's darling then a young n'tt" ' ? * till the bade him good-tgv toan'tbe that Torn; __ blossom thet it's hard for s fellow to mak^ np his mind. Jehu! what s oon oeited aa* I am! Perhaps Nell wouldn't many me any way. There's a look in her eyes, though, that makes me feel somefruies as If there wasn't sny body else in the wide world?and then Aman da 11 throw one of her saucy glanoes this way, and raise the deuce in me!" " I'm going to make some of those raised dongnnnts that father likes," going hinder," returned her mother: " only the empt m's is out." " That's always the way. if I take a notion W do , , v!/Wa'al, von don ttake a notion often enough ter hurt; bnt if you're sot on yon might toss np e rolly-poly ; he that a sight better, only its apt tsr swell in his stomeeh." " Dees ass 1 bnt it steins your hands so. peeling apples !" seid Amsede, who waa too ornamental to be very useful. In fact, the neighborshed ssserted long W heatiMS ?wsrev spailin g Ifvtght np er's daughter should be ; she oouldn't make np e baking nor take off s churning mote than a baby. These things had oome to Farmer Wheat ing's ears, and had toade them burn. Bo when he hed oome homo to dinner, and found the rolly-poly smoking hot on the table, he smacked his lips and said, * I ?? Jest see wh?t a wifeygjir nether is, iCwd.* ! Xoall new hsf the Ante to r?ah? nucha tld-bit tntjout husband like tki? 'era. You'll her to perk up ?d git accomplished 1 ft youroookin , J. if you wanttergit married j fur they do say aa how a man's heart's reached through his stomach, and I danno bat they're about right." *' I gnaaa I sna'n't hare mnoh trouble in Rptt.htf married when I want to," pouted Amanda, with a toss of her head. " And that's all the thanks I get for staining my handa peeling ap and blkteriag My faoe orer the Mandy, you dont mean ter i made it t rd as aoon mi te* tarn ft* green 27?? ? ./ iCl HW, ain't I a-praisin' it, Mandy 7 I been helped to it twice? What r praiee ee5T$dn her than Ikakt' ell's going to hare a fkaoTlK" pont*d Amanda, who wan h*nk?rinK ftter something more substantial than "A pianny! What's she *?fo' ter do with itf Km it far the ohiokens ter roost da t Old Rnstfa is e-?h*Uin' out, spears to me* I a'poee youllbe wantin' one aeactf* " rd gta gllj'm msrth to get one Mu" m She'll be to highftMNfir yoti can't touch her, " ibletO lfo aire r ?PRP , mid mah you kinder humble flk*. Mandy. Wa'al, if Jon was tef take a premium at the county lair for the beet bctftMr. I'd boy you a pianny. There's ? bar "b&SSZ) in All my born days. Bat mother oould " Wo, no ; mother shan't pat * finger to it?honor bright. I'm goin' for Mr ?how the (oiks how mm you're equal to any of the farmers' daughter*. I alnt goin' ter have it thrown in my faoe no longer that I've fetched yon up above joar station." . w - " Well, I don't oare if I try it. If I don't take the premium, there won't be any harm done ; and if I do, yonHabny me a brand-new seven octave piano honor bright t" " Yes, IwiH; seren octave or seventy ?whatever an octave may be.** And so Amanda went to work with a will; she waa diligent at the weekly churning. Nell always sent bntter to the oounty fair, and had taken a pre mium only last year. If she oould only eclipse Nell ! And there was Tom Brierly, too ! How proud he would be to take her in to the county dinner? the best batter maker in Brierly Oentre ?fop Tom appreciated those things, and she had heard him declare that he should be proud of a dqpestio wife who o mid tprn ber hand to anything, like Mrs. Kitchen ; and the reason why she had never striven for that pinnacle was because she fsnciod that he would be proud of her on any terms. Beaux oame by nature, but a piano was a different affair. StiU she had no faith in her own handicraft, and every time that she sent her butter to market she expected it to return unsold. Tue fair was to be held in Brierly Oentre that year, and the time drew near, and Amanda got so nervous over the prospect thai she dreamed she was a pound of butter left to malt in the sun ; and her favorite nightmare was that the premium was Tom, and Nell's butter took it. She found out the days on which Nell ohurned, and she alwavs took care to drop in *nd ta*te the butter, in ccder to compare, it with her own, which did not in the least eonduoe to her com fort, but left tbW bitter flavor of envy upon her palate. * " What are, yon going to stamp your butter with, Nell ? - she asked one day. N^^baaying agjtmat, aod harmony In kixm oolor of the mga. *? Oh, I always use that did stamp of the strips of my thinkfTV * "'Who erer heard of taste in a rag mat f" laughed Amanda, peerishly. " Do let's talk about the fair. Pre got' butter on the brain." degen?i? of the braky " Now don't langh ; If you had a pre mium to take, you wouldn't feel bo "Wouldn't I, though ? " "Do tou send your butter to the town-hall, Nell, in your butter box, just as if it was goingto market ? " "Exactly," said Nell, sorting her rags?"this bit of orange wouldn't go in badly there ??yes, with my name on a card in the box. " Would you mind lending me your stamp?the sheaf of wheat- after you're done using it ? " " Not the least in the world." " I broke mine last churning." "Ill send it orer." And that was how it happened that Nell stamped her own butter with a strawberry instead of a sheaf of wheat. oo iar Amanda had been as honest as the sun. " Mother " hadn't so much se touched the ohurn-dasher, sad it was not till the erening before fair-day that the father of lies, or original sm, made a suggestion to her naturally not in aooordanee with "honor bright" The butter, obeeee, vegetables, fruit, and fancy-work were all displayed in the town-hall, ready far the morrow's judgment, Nell's and Amanda's among the rest; and it had tin fortunately fall en to Mr. Wheating's part he being one of the Judges on fruits and Tsgsts bles, and the nearest neighbor?to look up the hall and take the key home, in order to makl sure thai the products of Mtp county were not molested. Aman da saw him eome in and hang the key behind the keeping-room door. ?' What's that, father f" she asked. she ask It's the key to the town-hall, that's ? s A " said his 1 him till all worsted, her shoulders took the piano, at all ran, ''and sa for the pi p to Nell iutath?U she ?west and let he fantastic prsnkijitosobg assemblage there, startled A mammoth oahhage m air waa rank with the o< knew exactly where her butter b<4| had NelPa,* and Than she dipped out _____ g*sat door groaned^on its^hiagee, und hall fttd before she^WM^fslrly its shadow, secnebody passed hfottt# The roee that a draw the shawl ft* it VM Tom Brierly, 1 looked after her re Wbere bed Tom been i Nell's, perhaps, look 8he bed sen? it sr. kh her own eyes, end upjbejutenou^hto^go .re the piano end the p re ar the foolish gtrl hadnt ka doabt M Neffi butter would be the beet; it bel taken the premium onoe, end people weeen't apt to retrograde in the matter of making butter. Bnt then, if Tom should find her oat, bow he wpald despise her t end at that thought, though she wee hurrring away from ner misdeed, ue would gladly hare re turned and made it ad honor bright again, but for fear of meeting Tom and being detected. The next day the road* were gay, and alire with fplks flocking in from the the neightpgingtowns, dressed in their Sunday beet. There wee a plowing matoh worth seeing, at whieh Tom Bn erly himself took a prise ; and? to crown all, there wfcs the grand dinner in the big tent, to which every body walked by twoe to' the mneie of the fife and dram from West Brierly, and all the no bodiee stood eside and stared, and oon aoled themselves with eeroeetio remarks on the toils ttss in the prooeesion. and then went and peeped through the chinks of the tent till their months wa tered. jjS ? Tom Brierly came in a little late to the dinner, flashed and handsome from his plowing, and Amanda's heart gave s great thump when he dropped into a ?aoant Beet beeide Nell, while ahe set opposite with nobody bat Deaoon Small to do the gallantries. " I bono I'm not patting mvself Into somebody else's place," said Tom. *j ** I guest if s sU right," answered Dr. .Thoroughwort. , "There's many who'd like to pat themeelree into your shoes, ? .1 .. . T 4 V .' crisged as if somebody end Nail blushed a be Aod then followed and and manda sat through and horning by turns, of the pleasantries go with no relian for oate G? of her wnsoffaiih,~f$at now she make it kno#h ? With Whet face could ahe deolars it T Surely her sin had found bar oat. " Seems tsr me yoa ain't got uenai sperits nor appetite, Mand.y/*tt?d the deacon. MIn lore, eh ? Won't yon her s drop of this w'i SS* ss.isi: rea en your n^ir onr^ .nstty Jones took th. premium on honey, did yoa see? The'doctor he asked her, the wag, if she made it, or the bees. I s'poee Miss Nell's rather set up with her pxemium on butter, ain't she? Young Brierly is kinder sweet on her, eh?" ' ?t the other aide of the taUi Tom Brierly wee "whispering to Nell, " 80 I see tout res mat took a prise. ' 1| it was for sale I should buy il" " Oh, I'll dre it to you, if yon want it, Tom," said NelL ?'; / " There's aomething elae I wiah you'd give me ineteed, Hell. H?vpi yon tea ted these gflly-flowers ? What's the mat ter ? Yon look pale. Any deadly secret on yoar mind J Make me father oon feeaor, Nell, dot I'm afraid that it doeen't. agree with yon to take premi ums. I'll tell yon what, Nell, if yon'll marry me, and eonse np to the Hall to live, I shall think I've drawn the first premium in the country." " Oh, Tom," gaaped Nell, under her breath, "I don't know what to do I I mwtt tell edmebody 1 I'm almost .wild I I?I didn't take (he premium for batter! Somebody had exohanffod oards with me. Ton aee, I should never hare found it out. but I atamped my butter with a strawberry ; and th* which took the praaaium haa my card attached to the box, but it'a stamped with?well, no matter what; if a difisrent^Jfc* " all. It ian't my butter." Ia that allr cried Tom. *Tou gave me auoh a atari ! I thought yon were going to tell me that your amo tions ware engaged to the dcaoon,* or you'd been changed in yeur cradle 1" *' Now don't laugh at me, Tom." If a no laughing matter. I oan aaaure you, when a fellow offers bis heart, and 0? _ than I've given yon already ?' ToLt: inch, and they It nam t a Neil." ? Bnt what shall I do about the but ter?" "v " 111 tell the |ndgaa there haa been a ill know that she haa r ' I do hats to take sMiit that Oi. pns. WHcr by my Mandy's batter, if I ?u to di? for il I There isn't another lot here stamped with ? ehe*l of wheal, end I'd lake mi oath that Xady'i via, tkowh I tunl to bear swearing in my ?a. TO leak go and gat . end aae if she'll own ft." ?ad af oourse Well was only too glad to rsaign the troublesome honor of takiug the premhug ; and the fudges ware in formed, and it -was finally re-announced that Amanda was the suooessfnl petitor, sad nobody dreamed how the mistake had botne abouty . ? "They silos muddle snd mix things so at them fairs," explained Mrs. Wh eating. Bat wneh Amanda's father bfcgau to talk about the piano, Amanda hang fire : she wouldn't hear to it?it ooet too much, she hadnt aey gift at mosio? snd so the matter dropped. Bat when Nell fulfilled hfcr dream, and married Tom, snd went to live at Briefly Hall, she gave Amanda her second-hand piano that nad ooet Amanda'so mneh. And, after all, Tom Brierly thinks that It was he who toek the premium at the oounty fair. The Hud 5f Providence. I The following incident is a most ex citing and - remarkable occurrence? more- especially when taken in oonneo tion with the fact that a human life hung upon " the throw of a dice ? When William III. of England was besieging Namur in the year 1695 (in conjunction with his allies), some of his soldiers went on a marauding expedition in the neighborhood of the camp?not withstanding the penalty of instant death which had been promulgated against any soldier committing this breach of martial law. The country people, who'dbjeoted V> their property being taken from them without pay-1 ment, caught most of the marauders, and visited them with a speedy ven - geanoe. Two soldiers, however, es caped, and got baok safely to the camp, no\ however, without being pursued by the peasants they bed despoiled, who lodged tfrair complaint beforsthe officer in charge. The two soldiers were im mediately arrested, a dnun-head court martial was called, and after the evi dence had been taken, both ware at one* sentenced to death, ^he General that to and the dUaehnx. ' frhen the tee for ??. execution arrived, the two led to a dram, near which ihe pole aimed? fined for danjdyt ont the sen- < teooe. One of the condemned, with a up the dice, and I his comrades. ." was whispered xwvnd i and, in another instant, his brother in trouble also threw two sixee 1 The officers were ilnil. but ordered the men to throw a second time. Again* to the amassment of all, equal numbers were east?but this time-two fives! Their fellow soldisra were now lond in their demands that the marauders should at once be pardoned, but appli cation was made to the oourt-martial for farther instructions; and, after some delay, the order was given that the offenders should throw a third time. Trembling from heed to foot, and with heavy hearts, the poor fellows again oast the dice, when, to the further con sternation of all around, eepecially of the offloera charged to attend the execu tion. the reeult was two fowre f The loud cry then arose from the bystanders, "This is God's hendI This is God's hand 1** * Tho eaee wee again submitted to the oo art-martial. Jftven its most hardened msqsh?s shuddered fan* it was unanimously Veeolyed to leave the decision to the general-in-ehief, the ^dnee of Yendemont. The two Eng Hahmen were brought before him, and told him the whole of thnbr story ; and, after liiteoing attentively, the Prince ntteeed the weloome word; " Pardon I" adding, " it is impoeeible in such an uncommon saee not to obey the voice of Providence." iW. proceedings were* then sUj ed, end the soldiers*.., both of whom but a few minutee MfCrc were ing the " agony of ehspense," and wboep.l&es were literally depending on the tkr&v of a dice. wer? liberated, and returned to their dnty, each oonglfetu lating himself on the narrow e*c*pe from an ignominious death. " What Cealg I William Chapman, a years, living in the South weal, t/a* made hie first sucosss. An exchange says : Ohgpttan, theoMfsther 6f the had a fight,' down and me al wae^a on-hie baok and He wee the old Rtelling i dor I?r?limi thst the Items of laterest. New Hampshire ships clothee-pins to finrop6. . The wind**are resjjgnsible for many an unlueky blow. W * A broken engagement is always the precursor of a cry-sis. ? splendid ear, but a very poor voice, as the organ-grinder said of the donkey. ? frequenter of public dinners oom pj^ins of the overwhelming quantity of dry toast. A retiring disposition is appropriate only fce those who hare money to fall beck upon. ? good-natured spinster used_to boast that she always had two good beaux? they were elbows. The room where the matrdnonial har ness is kept is indeed well termed a 44 bridle-chamber 1" A dyspeptic who has tried hydro pathy, allopathy and homeopathy, finds great relief in antipathy. When a gent^r^an is seem often with an unmarried lady, his attentions are' apt to be miss-oionstrued. An Arkansas paper says that there is* ooal enough in that State " to keep per dition biasing for a hundred years." Bojs should be careful how they steer ~ their life-barks if they would arrive without ahipwTeok at the Isle of Man. , A mother writes that her little girl, seeing her papa tap maple trees, asked: " Whv don t you tap apple trees to get cider ?" A worthy Kentucky farmer being asked if a daughter recently married was still tiring with him, replied: " No sir ; when one of my girls swarms, she must hunt her own hire." The Chicago Times predicts that that city will one day become an inland place?left high and dry by the reoeding of the waters, and the gradual accre tions of alluvium. or made earth. A party of men have purohased 1,600 acres of land in Wisconsin for the ex clusive purpose of raising muskraU. Last year they captured 4,000 of the animals, and anticipate a take of 6,000 this year. The skins sell at thirty ceats each. A backward spring is generally fol lowed by a healthy rammer, and usually a pwdaaUw one, especially in?,tuostr**l ar* endangergd^b^late bloki* . If you are hind aoomls want to make bo mooE of each other that they wouldn't move qui6k if they were going to a funeral. Get behind your jelly tarried folk*, who hare lots of childre^at home, if you want to movefafli^^ !'?,*} ??., A Weflpfctt paper has the fallowing funeral notio : ** A long funeral oortege wended its solemn way to the cemetery yesterday. The deoeased was a man who neglected to bny a nice warm suit of underwear at the JEmporinm Bazaar. Be wise in time. The store is crowded with lovely ladies, and the spruoe clerks are hopping round like a flea on a hot griddle. Call before it is too late." -- III IIP> I Dip I Batter that Skoild be Avoided. For some time past an article has been sold in this market aa batter, says the New York 7Vm??, which' is nothing but a oompound of aniptd fat, suet, milk, and oil. It is alleged that many tspq^UJUal*' tik buUefhavi been induced Id purchase this .vile Article, and W sell it to their customers tS pure butter. Large quantities of tfc#trtiole have been sold to the mill operatives in Patexeon, and to the miners in Penn sylvania, and it has been shipped t^the West Indies, thus destroying the char acter of ths New York market. The >und have al faotoriea in New York, Brooklyn, New Jersej. Hoboke^^ Newark, and Boston, and employ per sons to collect grease aud fat from butchers' shops and private dwellings. The matter has Vkmw brought under t he notioe of-the Batter and Oheese Ex ohang* and the members have pledged themnelvea not to norehase the artiole and to do al in thehr power to rid the market of it. A Mb-cagamittee has been appointed to examine into the question fully, and to report the beat mens to be adopted to prevent the in troduction el "oleomargarine," aajftia new butter j* called, into thejMtfei. Xhe Mf artlcU oan be jsptfOTmoturad for about fourteen cents fgAound, and it is diapose^ of at thirty oenta, realizing for the mauufac bearing thin MM Shd stockings and theatre-going, dan&ng lfK. peeping oa>MMi in s7 by 9 toomJ^Eating ng ibS.loq last, and a mnoh of it, and at im . "Beginning with tea and Jhoodi and a?ldlBg,tobaooo ladM mm+mWfr* in Terment y occu Tnking bitters ?mandir.inK be way to fits of ; aoAwMh they msreaty, tartar ttd sulphur