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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."