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^ if i ?i7 ? . !? -<i \i jtm?m?.1 ^ ' ??? ?^??H*M^?Mi^?'il <jn#^^>i>*?11 ? "'* it* A REFLfe: OF POPULAR EVEN^TQ. ,'1'--1 ' ^.., rp i - '- _ _ _ JOHN C, BA1LKY, f'RO'R. GftgBNVlLLE. SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 24. 1969. VOL. XVI.?NO. 27. thk stAtf of sooth oamolufa GREENVILLE COUNTY. U Common Pleas?In Equity. james b. MA ts**. samuel e. ma ys. Bill lo Foroelote Mortgage. *Oy virtue of the Decretal Order mode In Jt> tbe above mm, I Will eel), on Salesday )n December nett, at Greenville Court House, to the highest bidder, the lands described in the pleadings, to wlti , Tract No, J, situated, lying and being on Bouth Fork of 8aluda River, containing sixteen hundred and seven'y-four acres, more or less, in Greenville County. t. Tract No. 3, lying on Middle Fork of Baluda River, containing one hundred and twenty* "six acres, more or less, in Greenville County. Traot No. 8. situated In the County of Pickens, on 8aluda Kiv?r, below the junction of the South nod Middle Forks, containing three hundred sod ten acres, more or loss. .Tract No 4, also in Piokens County, containing one hnndrod scree, more or lees. Also, all tbe right, title aud interest of tbe defendant, In two thousand acres of land, sits uated, lying and being partly in the County of Greenville, 8outh Caroline, and the County of ' , North Carolina, on Matthews Creek. Some of the finest Bottom Lands in the upper country is found in these tracts. Terms of Sale: Costs to be paid in cash? the hslanco on a credit of one and tto vests. Interest from date. Purchasers to execute bonds with Rood sureties, end wortgayos of the premises, to eeetire tbo payment of the purchase money. . * < Purchaser to pay for pepere and steinps. W A McDANlEL, CC P Clerk's OSes, November 8, 1889 14-4 STATE OF 80UTH CAROLINA, GREENVILLE COUNTY. Sheriffs Bales. BY virtue of an order from 8. J. Doutliit, Probate Judge of Qreonrillo County, I will aoil, on Balesday in December next, before the Court Souse door, at publio outcry, tbo following Tracts of Land, to wit: Lot No. 1, situated in said County, on was ters of said Crook, adjoining Undo of T. M. Thackston, Seweil Thomason and others, and containing one hundred and ninety three acres, more or leas, field as the property of Wiiliain Austin, deceased, for partition amoug tbo heirs. Lot No. 2, situated in Greenville County, on waters of Durbin Creek, adjoining lands of Jamos Goldsmith, Dr. D. O. Bennett and others, and containing ono hundred and eevtuty<one acres, more or less. T-eress; A credit ot twelve months, with interest Cross date, for all, except to much as will pay the coats, which will be required in cash, on the day of sale. Purchasers to give bend, with two approved sureties, and a mortgage of the premises to the Probate Judge, to secure the payment of the purchase monoy. Purchasers to pay for titles and stamps. A. B. VICKERS, 8. O. C. November 9, 1869. 25-4 TUB STA TE OF BOUTU CAROLINA, GREENVILLE COUNTY. In Equity?In Common P1?m. JAMBS N. TAYLOR, A fig nee, rs. DAY LIS FARR ?l al.?Rill to Foreeloee Hurt BY virtue of the Decretal Order made in the above ca?o, i will sell, on Salee-day en December next, the TRACT OF LAN1) described in the Pleadings; to^wit : All tliut Tract of Land on wbioh the j>? lendant bow resides, on Reedy River, adjoining land# of Choice, Hawthorne, Foster and others, and containing Four Hundred and Thirty Aerce, mere or less. This Tract oontuins some fine Bottoms. TERMS OF SALE?Six hundred dollars cash, the balance on a credit until the 18th day of Fehruary, A. D. 1870, the purchaser to execute bond with good surety and a mortgage of the promises to secure the purchase money. Papers and stamps extra. W. A. McDANIKL, C. C. P. Clerk's Office, Nor. 8th, 1809. 26-4 " Slate of South Carolina. GREENVILLE COUNTY. In the Court of Probata. JOHN BUTLF.R and LUCY H. BUTLER, ve. JAMES M. BENSON, et al?Petition far a Final Settlement, <t*?. IT appearing to my satisfaction that Willis K. Benson, Alary F. Benson, James t, Benson, and Willis 11. Benson, defendants in this case, reside without the limits of this EJLate: It is ordered, that they do appear in porsen, or by Attorney, at a Court of Probate, to be boldea at Qreeaville Court House, on tht 21st cfay of December next, to show cause, il any they eon, why n final settlement of th< Estate of WILLIS BENSON, deceased, should not be had, and a Decree given thereon, oi their consent, in failing to attend, will be en' tored of record. S. J. DOUTHIT, Nov. 8tb, 1809. Probata Judge. Nov 10 2.? 0 The State of South Carolina. ANDERSON COUNTY. In Equity. WM. H. OOOLRY and Wife, E. COOLEY va KM A LIN E GAMBUKLL and otlirn ?Rill for Relief, dx. I>Y virtue of a Decretal Order from tb< 1) Honorable James L Orr, Cironi Judge to ma directed, I will sell at Green vllle Court Houta, il public outery, on Sol* (lay in Dtcembrr ntxi, the Traet of LAN I xlwetibtd in th? pro?ce*linm in thte care ft? tho Root Relate of RAKAil PKPPEB deceased. situated in Greenville County, 01 Grove Creek, waters of Saluda Hiver, con fainitig 818 aerea, more or lore, hounded b; jthe lend* ot Samuel Payne, Henry Paynt potato of B P. Cleveland and others Termi of Salt?One-third Caah, the hal lanca en a or edit of twelve months, will Interest from day of aale; tha purchaser t giva bond with approved surety to seeur payment of the purehaee money, with leav to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pa /or stamps and titles john w. Daniels. o. a p., a. o? ?. c. Clerk's Office, Aodstson County, Novell bar 1st, 18?0. fW conducted by W. A. ICoDAN JKI Clerk C o. a IV J Nov X 24 V Notice IS hereby given to all whom It may ?or aern, thai I will apply to M. J Douthi Probata Indue of Oraanvilla County, oa 1/ lat day of D*e*mt*r next, for a final di charge ae Executor of tha EeUle of JAMS HUlWOIf, deeeaaed EDWARD P. HUDSON, Nor. let, 1840. Executor. Nor t M ? Bnbeoribo for the Fntopn')? 2.00 n yonr In advance. B BAIro&, }A^uu Edit#?8??okiptio5 Two Dollars per annum. AnraitTisRWKttTs Inserted at the rate* of mm dollar per squat* of twelve Mi a too I tor* tlooa, and twcnhf-fve cent* for subseqneht insertions. Yearly conlrteti will ha made. AM advertisement* murt have tha nnmbsr of li.se/t1ons marked on tnem, or the/ will be Inserted till ordered o*ft, Mld"t?h fet.' Unless ordered etherwUe, Advertisement* will invariably 1>o " displayed." ^ Obituary notices, and all matters biurlng to to the bene* i of any one, am regarded as Advartty*Mtpr HO SL1 HOM Impromptu; Written ** t!Te r*?*plto? Wnr Po*roi^. ^^^j "r" " TBKY IIAVS I.Ofr A CAniK. BCt TtX MVI HAM A THirMPn." Unt u HU ooontry'a har'p ne fcWefeft Vrf^ * Theeoaltered strings he sought and strung. The# g*?a their nturtmir to the breeso.: V: * * Melodiously It f?IW end float*, Or In 4inpa?on? lUfp, ^ * ' As through its chords the Sooth Winds MN And moke the music of its note*. All that ottr oohtilrj's peet All that her future held in hop*, Is eouipa?s?d in the silvery s?*ope Vibrating from those mellow strain** ' They give her gferiuue hiatory well. Sh. graft Ay | A Tl)ro>tghou^^'\o(j<r4-Wi^e^patvj. L*"~"! rtvese strains reapoactve chords ahoulj " find, ' Iu e*nbitiali?*ts The out buiet <A the Southern heart f ??* w'^9&i^<fta$bd?,i Appreciative |*al*ee yield, And breathe th< ni orvthe blazoned shield, 'Unit bears the name ol Oilmore Sim mil And b(ud fresh bays upon his Icow ??, The ayml.oI* of In* country's truth? Hf Won fittlrV laiWnBjJ^J?l||lh But wears the garland gi smllier now !' L'-na; may Kfa gol Long may hi* ItRndils muaie lrik?'? lli* tii(-m?>iy, paroa aod kite t>? like His State'* l'almettoe* tvtrgreen 1 r , , W." ^**XT ^towmio; ' ...... . ror the UOUTBRn* rxtertiiisk. Drdught *' r ' Sin?The cropafof^ta^Connty have beeu in]nred by. a draught. , , Corn in the bottom' lanSd ftMMi average half the usual crop. On up land, many fields produced only one tiiird, and in somelocations, the yield was do small, the tfaike were cut-for fodder^ <-ft# r?very ten bushels of corn produced last year, there may 'be four bb'shels raised this?therefore we are on less than half rations. 1 In the mohtli of "June, the suh | evaporates copiously over tbo Gulf of Mexico. The clouds which | form over that basin, are moved i by the south west winds over the ' mountains of South Carolina.? The farmer here looks in that direction for rain to make his crop. Tliis year, he looked in vain-?it did not come. We do not receive much water in summer ftom the North Atlantic. This year, what ' little wind we had from the ocean a -a. il . Tl-.i &. 1 Lr - cnmc irom me E.nsr, oui u urougni , very little moisture. "The oastt wind bringeth a drongbt and is a * burning wind.** > When there is a wet summer ' here, the following winter is cold ; ?snow falls. When the wind . " returns from whence it came," i there is stormy weather from the ' north-eastern mountains; but when i. the warm atmosphere from the h south-west fails to come up and ? battlo with, and forco back the I cooler at mosphere in the nortb-east, > the probabilities are, that tb? northern temperature will be more moderate ana mild towards us ir i the winter. In England,after a severe drought j the farmers killed off a nmn ber of their cattle, lest they coult not keep thcin. But this proved a mistake in convenience and loss t, The winter was so mild'that th< * cattle 6n hand found food and di< g well. If this winter should be temper ed by a warmer Atmosphere, 1 will nevertheless be what it called i _ "r aw** winter; or, what the Englist *- call "nasty weather " Therefore, h will save life among tlio catllo U f*n?Whero with shelter. "Kaw" cola chills tho bone to the marrow, the nerve of the animal is Attacked. wMeb fk injurious to Iflh. The seareity of corn this year will produce a corresponding scarcity of baeon.jjfi r . Daring the early fell of nnrlpe fruits and nuts, the swine are attacked with cholera. This indigestible food which the hogs pick up In the woods, choltes np the machinery, and in one night they roll over and die In great numbers; in somo locations, at oertain times, this seems to bo their fete. There are a number of remedies practiced, porno of which are tedious and troublesome. The best, probably?and that which is generally at hand?is the farmers own wa* tefc. They will take It from a trough. The animal is relieved of its pains, and moves ahead again. Unless they have a constant supply of wktcr, they fall away and lose much of the good effects of the mast, ?fec., when it ripens. In the flltl. rtrnrM nf Itnrra oro driven through this oonnlry from Kentucky and Tennessee to the Southern markets. When the crib* nre fall here, there is no dif flcnfcr K- i>Tchan?nn?r corn for meat; hut the present year has I been one-of Visitations. Wages in this County are usually paid in ooru, meat or money. There is an immense amount of work "to be done on the farms, but there is very slim means for paying for labor. The surplus corn ana bacon ia carried to market in Greenville?after supplying the wants of this city?the remainder is shipped by Railroad to the markets towards the seaboard. After the lAt-mer has set aside that which is required for home consumption, including the neceesanr allowance for keeping his cattle for one year, there will be very little left to send to market. If there is a surplus, he will require every bushel of Corn, and every pound of bacon lie can save, to pay tor assistance in the preparation"of the land for the ne*t year's crop. After the farmer has his farm well cleansed and organized, fences in order, shelter for liis stock, winter wood cut and stored away in a dry place, and his. crops well housed and protected from the damaging effects of the weather, he is, in a measure, independent Liberty without independence, is not worth tnnoli. The raising of sheep is a great economy in the snpply of meat, and in the payment of wages.? They have stood the drought well. The wool is more xalnaole now than ever, for tho South has now become a woolen as well as a cotton manufacturing country. The principle obstruction to rearing far^e flocks of sheep in this County, is owing to the absence of stringent State laws, which should protect the wool growers. The habit ol keeping on hand large numbers o1 dogs, makes it unsafe to keep 6beep. Tho farmer cannot, undei the circumst nces, be expected t< payr one thousand dollars for i ram or two hundred dollars jnei head for ewes. He has to connm himself to the common stock to fx used up freely, 'lhere are sotm very fine Southdown sheep here but, for every one on band, !arg< numbers have been torn to ) ijcei by dogs. These miserable, half starved cnrs, are kept, it is said to catcb coons, opossums or foxes The meat of these wild animals ii only liked by a few individuals.? It it genorally considered to be no only very coarse, but nnwholesome food for man or beast. It costs ai much to keep a dog as it docs t< keep a hog. 'lhero are roanj whites and blacks in this Connty whoso families are snpplied wltl the former, but none of the lattervet they believe as little in the Oh Testament as thoy do in the New Those who work indostrionsly ii the field all day makiug bread cannot live well if tl?ey pass tin ' night in the woods after meat I The power to increase the agH | cultural wealth of this Connty, i to bo found in well-broken oxer j "Where there are no oxen, th 1 crib is ompty." I have raised an< trained two teams in six vears. they are much less expensive thai I horses or mules, and will do thei i work. The horse or mule is easl i ly abused?the ox takes care c t himself; when tired, ho walk ? slowly, or lays down. He fatten on tbe grasses. A cow that has been in the habit of sleeping under a drj and warm shed daring the nigbt, for six years, has presented me, within this time, with three heifers and a pair of oxen. Her sons, "Jack "ana ttMr.Gappy," haul a two-horse wagon loaded with ftyn from Marietta dnring sunlight, travelling a distance there and back of twenty miles. I attribute a great deal of their strength and remarkable induranee, to the care taken of their mother, who has now a grandchild. The soil of this County is susceptible of being highly improved by a regular system of deepening it, and the application of stable manure After a moderate cropingto wheat, corn and potatoes, tbe increased yield of cotton would be in calculable. There has been an erronons practice here in agriculture. To the great neglect of the uplands, somo farmers have, year after year, crowded down into the bottom lands. A careful observer may read by the growth of pine, where the land was cultivated fifty years r? i > mi * .1 . . npu. A/wjcenumg, ne win see tnirty rings in the trunk of the tree? each ring representing one year'i growth; then ten ana so on until he reaches a small strip of corn raised along the winding stream of water in the bottom of the valley. " Sir," said I to a plowman iu the bottom, " What will yon do when the land wears out down hero I" "Sir," said he, "I shall go WestP To roe this appeared to be M a stumper." Now, however mnch the farmor may desire to go to Texas or Arkansas, the fact stares us iu the face that this is no time to travel. Every one should know that it will reqnire constant labor at borne to improve and build up the country iu which we live. Evory dollar expended in moving about at this ' time, is lost?it may be?never to be found agaio. 1 have not heard of a single man, who went to Texas from Qreenville since the war, who did not heartily wish himself back again?and who did not find out how difficult it was to get back, until he got there. A dealer in agricultural seeds in Philadelphia, Penn., lias Applied to me for the peach seed of this Oonnty for the pnrpose of improving the culture of this fruit in the State of New Jersey. There is probably no part of the United , States, where the peach of this County is surpassed in flavor or essence of peach. No doubt the , introduction of the seed ot well > trained trees here, would improve the orchards of Now Jersey. He i offers fifty cents per bushel. The . peach season is prolonged by plant i ins extra early and a late kind > which are ripening on the trees i until heavy rrost. I have about ; three hundred young trees df the f best quality, which are for distrif but ion among those who wish tc > plant them in December. r I have the honor, sir, to be, youi > obedient servant, i LARDNER GIBBON. r 3 A Finb Womsh.?It is vcrj ? pleasant to observe how different j ly modern writers and the inspir ; ed author of the book of Proverb i describes a fine woman; the form j er confine their praise chief ly to personal charms and orna , mental accomplishments; the lat . ter celebrates only the virtues of f j valuable mistress of a family, of t - useful member of society; the on< t is perfectly acquainted with all tin 3 fashionable languages of Europe i the other opens her mouth wit! ) wisdom, and is perfectly acquaint r cd with all th& uses of the needle , the distaff and loom ; the busines i of the one is pleasure; the plea - sure of the other is business; tin i one is admired abroad, the othe . at home; her children rise up am 11 call her blessed, and her huebam I, praise her. There is no man ii e the world equal to this, nor is thcr a note of music half so delightfn [. aa the respectful language witl , which the grateful son or daugbte perpetuates the memory of a ser e Bible and affectionate mother. Faiaaua Ptraca was the four n teenth President of the Unite r Slates. There are fourteen letter |. in hit name, and the first letter if of the Christian and surname la s ing F. and P. stands for fonrtecut s President, Only Female Mason. Bow'sok Obtained ukr Deorees ?IIkb Portrait in every Lodob Room in Ireland. Hie Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger was the only female who was ever initiated into the mystery of Freemasonry. She has bad two degress?tho first and second?conferred on her. As it may be interesting to the general reader, we give the story as to how Miss St. Leger obtained this honor, premising that the information comes from the best of sources. Lord Donerailo, Miss St. Lexer's father, a very zealous Mason, held a warrant and occasionally opened lodge at Donernile Iiotne, his sons and some intimate friends assisting; and it is said that never were Masonic duties more rigorously per/ j i.ft. ? - lorineu man Dy tne brethren ot No. 150, tlio number of tlieir war- I rant. It appears that previous to the initiation of a gentleman to the first degree of Masonry, Miss St. Leger, who was a young girl, happened to be in an apartment adjoining the room generally used as a lodge room, but whether the young lady was there by design or merely accident, we cannot c'onfi dently state. The room at the time was undergoing some alteration ; among other things, the wall I was considerably reduced in one part, tor the purpose of making a saljon. The young lady having heard the voices of Freemasons, and being incited by the curiosity natural to n'.l to sec this mystery so long and so secretly locked np from the public view, had the courage to pick a brick from the wall with her scissors, and thus witness the two first steps of the [ ceremony. Curiosity gratified, fear at once took possession of her'inind, and those who understand this passage well know what the feeling of any person must be who could unlawfully behold that ceremony : let them judge what were the feelings of a young girl under such extraordinary circumstances. There was n o mode o f escape, except through the very room where the concluding part of the second step was still being solemnized at the far end, and the room a very large one. Miss St. Leger had resolu tion to attempt It e r escape that ' way, and with light bnt trembling steps glided along unchserveo, laid her hand on the handle of t'ie door and opened it, but before her stood, to her dismay, a grim tiler with his long sw*.rd unsheathed. A shriek that pierced through the apartments alarmed the members of the lodge, who, all rushing to the door, and finding thnt Miss St. Leger had been in the room during the ceremony, resolved, it is said, in the paroxysm of their rage, to put the fair spectatress to death ; but at the moving and earnest supplication of her youngest brother, her life was spared, on condition ol her going through tho two remaining steps of the solemn ceremony she had unlawfully witnessed. This she consented to, ' and they conducted the beautiful * and terrified young lady through * tlioso trials which arc sometimes * more than enough for masculine * resolution, little thinking tiicy were * taking into the bosom of their craft ' a member that would reflect a las * tre on the annals of Masonry. 1 Miss 8t. Leger was cousin to 1 Gen. Anthony St. Leger, who in* stitutod the interesting race, and * celebrated Doucaster St. Leger ' stakes. Eventually she married 1 Richard Aldworlh, Esq., ot Ne\Y? market, a member of a highly hoh '' orable and ancient family. \Vhcn8 ever a benefit was given at any o! the theatres in Dublin or Cork, for B the Masonic Female Orphan Asy r. bun, Mrs. A Id worth walked at the , head of the Freemasons, with her apron and other insignia of Free 1 masonry, and sat in the front row 1 of the stage box. The honee wat 1 always crowded on those occasions 1 The portrait of tlria estimable wo r man is in the lodge room of almosi '* every lodge in Ireland. A man l>eing awakened by th< J captain of a passenger ln>at, witl g the annonncement that ho mus 8 not occupy his berth with his booti 5- on, very considerately replied It i4Oh, it won't hurt 'cm ; they're ai I old pair.*' Support Your Home Paper. We know of nothing that is more disheartening to the publisher of a country newspaper, than to be told as he often is: 441 take the Herald (or some other huge weekly) and it costs me but two dollars a year, aud contains a deal more reading matter than yours." Does that man consider that its receipts for oue week are double the yearly receipts of a country paper! Does ho consider, also, that if that paper were published a thousand years it would not benefit liim as much as his homo paper does in one ? That is tho thing. See which will build up your own section; see which will be the greater benefit to t'our own district. It is the county paper that directs the attention of people to your farms, and publishes to the world its advantages, invites capital and advances interest in its own and adjoining counties. Besides, it is true that the huge week ty made op of the ponderous articles of the daily, contains more valuable matter than* the county paper. It is not always filled up with lengthy editorials on some subject foreign to your interests and your taste, with long winded, gust}' novels, (the very bane ot the reading public,) and extended ac counts of this and that; while your county paper if conducted properly, will .give you everything of importance in the most concise manner, and you have your time left to spend in something more profi table than wading through a wholt case ot type. Let no one fail to take his count} paper first, nnd if he should warn a daily, let that be a second con sidcration. Our Future Housekeepers. We sometimes catch ourselves wondering how many of the young ladies whom we meet with are tc perform the part of housekeepers when the young men who now evt them admiringly have pursuaded them to become their wives. \V< listen to those young ladies o whom we speak, and hear then not only acknowledging, but boast ing of their ignorance ot all house hold duties, as if nothing would sc lower them in the esteem of theii friends as the confession of an abil ity to bake bread and pies, or cool a piece of moat or a disposition t< engage in any useful employment Speaking from our own youthfn wo ot-n fi-on en. that taper fingers and lilv whit" hands are very pretty to look a with a young man's eyes, am sometimes we have known the art less innocence of practical know ledge displayed by a young miss to appear rather interesting thai otherwise. But \vc have lived lon< enough to learn that life is full o rugged experiences, aud that tin most loving, romantic, and delicah people must live on cooked or oth erwise prepared food, and in home kept clean and tidy by indnsti ion hands. And for aM practical pni poses of married life, it is general ly found that for the husband t< sit and gaze at a wife's taper fin gers and lilly-hands or for a wif to sit and be looked at and admii 1 od, does not make the pot boil c 1 put the smallest piece of food i 1 the pot. A Rkihtrtino M a r h t v r_?It Qeneon), on ingenious French ma has invented ft "stenograph! press." The reporter sets at sorm thing like the keyboard of a pinn forte, ftnd by applying his finget ' to the keys, prints tLe woi ds i they drop from the lips ot th k si)eaker, syllable by syllable, on strip of paper, which tolls alon underneath. When wo say th r we do not, of course, moan th) ' the words are printed in letters. The keyboard appears to bo divi< ! ed into three parts of eight ke^ ' each. The left pine, worked I the four fingers ot the left ham ' prints signs which represent initi J consonants; the right, worked I . the tinkers of the right han - prints final consonants; and tl t middle, acted on by the tv thumbs, the medium vowels. V gather that something like pli } netic system of signs is om]?loye j A tow months' practice is said t enable any operator to fellow t s most fluent apoakor with ease. We ought to say that M. Geosou ? i system renders it unnecessary 11 transcribe the copy. I [Com. Priiitin$ Gazette. Thk Franklin Union says there is a man living in the town of Oasipce, in New Hampshire, named , Joshua Kannock, who is, according to the best information, 160 years of ago. He is extremely imbecile, ana takes the simplest kind of food. He moved to Oeaipee from the State of Maine some 30 years ago. He is a native of Scotland, where he lived until he was abont 40 years of age. He married and lost his wife in his native country. He had one daughter, who came to this country, ana with whom and her descendants he has resided ever since. The family who have the care of him now are middle-aged people, and are his descendants in the fifth generation. He served in the old French war ; was with Rogers in his campaign np nboot Lakes George and Champlain, and on bis , return recollects seeing Governor . Shirley and his Secretary, Wil. liam Alexander, near Albany. He , was also out in the Revolutionary ( war, and his recollections are qnife . distinct as far back as that. He , speaks of Colonel Aaron Bnrr as , l>eing a young, smart officer about New York ; also of seeing Washington and Lafayette; and especially recollects Colonel Alexander il amilton one of Washington's aide, and that he used occasionally to bring orders to the officer in command. He has used tobacco from his youth, and has probably chewed and smoked more than a ton in . his lifetime. He says he thinks it > bus hurt him, and that its use will shorten his life many years. t Advantages of Bring a Wo. man.?A woman says what sho chooses without being knocked down for it. She can take a snooze after dinner when her husi band goes to work. She can go r into the street without being asked > to ((6tand trent" at every saloon. , She can 6tay at I ome in time of 5 war, and get married again it' her I husband is killed. She can wear j corset8 if too th ck, and other fixn * ?* a. 11 oi - v i ins ii 100 nun. one can get dii voiced from her husband if she - sees one she likes better. She can - get her husband in debt all over, > until I o warns the public not to r trust her on his account. But - these advantages are balanced by c the great fact that she cannot sing 5 bass, go sparking, or clitnb a tree . with any degree ol propriety. y The longer a woman remains B single, the more apprehensive will t she be of ontering into the state of 1 wedlock. At seventeen or eighteen . a girl will plunge into it, often . without the least fear; at twenty 3 she begins to think; at twenfyi four, weigh and discriminate ; at T twenty-eight, will be afraid of venf turing; at thirty, will turn about, 0 look down the hill sho ascended, b and sometimes rejoice, and 6omc. times repent, that she has attained 8 hat summit. It is to bo feared, s however, that the repentant class predominate, from feelings of re[. morse through early coquetry. o " i. A Virginian traveling in Texas e says Austin is a most picturesque and romantic place, and, though ,r devoid of gasworks, has improvisn ed a light which is far superior to (<Anl. or netmlonm ti/? , r-" ? thus describes the modus operandi.1. 41 So soon as the slur goes down, n yon see a red-haired girl come out ic and place herself on each corner j. of the street. Wo then turn loose o the lightning bugs, and the two1 6 make it as light ne da}'. I have is been brought up twice before tho c authorities for nuggihg the lamp jx post, and fined heavily." g is A YOUNO LADY with & " switch " \t trailingfushionably down her back ? was somewhat startled,.while waitd ing at a railroad depot the other rs day, by a kindly old lady, who >y was not 44 up to the latest styles," d, approaching her and whispering, al in a tone audible all over tho >v room: 44 Your back hair is comrl inir floxx/n \r:<? *? ?6 """"l ic po Tu ono of our large cities, a short fc time ago, a western, editor was met 10 hy a friend whov taking him by tho id. hand, exclaimed : to u I am delighted to see you. ho IIow long are yon going to stay ?" ? " Why, I think," said the editor, l's 11 shall stay while my money to J lasts." ' " Dow disappointed I I 4 hoped you'd stay a day or two."