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*. % w> - - w ' * "* ' M^Q | A. REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENT& JOHN C. ft EDW. BAILEY, I'ltO'RS. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 26, 1870. vni. VVI ?vn ais. Or. F. TOWNES. EDITOR. I. C. BAILEY, iiiMlitt Editor. Bntntmox Two Dollars per annum. Agrnmnum inserted at too rates of one dollar per square of twelve Minion lines rthls si sad type) or lees for the f ret insertion, fifty eents each for the seeoad and third Insertions, and twenty-five eents for subsequent Insertions. Yearly contracts will be made. All advertisements must have the number of Insertions merited on them, or they will be Inserted till ordered oat, and charged for. j Unless ordered otherwise. Advertisements a will Invariably be ** displayed." Obituary notteee, and all matters inuring to to the benefit of any ona, aro regarded as Advertisements. m?msmw?ae??ssmsm?^sJ?aae ftltrttlt ^nffrq. The Fairest Always the Rarest. Thus It is all over the earth? That which we call the fairest, And prise for its surpassing worth, Is always rarost. Iron Is heaped In mountain piles, And nluta the leeward fbrares: But (old flake* (lean la dim defile* And lonoiy gorge*. The snowy marble fleck* the land ^ With heaped and rounded ledge*, But diamond* hide beneath the *and Their starry edge*. Qod give* no valno unto men Unmatched by noed of labor; And cost of worth ha* et cr boon Tho closest neighbor. Wero every hill a precious mine, And golden all the mountain* ; Were all the rivers fod with wtno By tirclcM fountains; * : ' * ' t f ; LSfo would be ravished of its test, And shorn of tte ambition, And sink into the dreamier* rest Of inanition. Original Cnmmunicalians. ron the boothkrr kktrrpribk. Hotel from the Scrap Book of an Old Phyiieian of Greenville County. B. d ? y :fi A GOOD WAY OF W11I1TINO. Not many years after tho intro<1 action of Methodism in tho country, Parson B was 6ont to our circuit. At ono of hi* appointment, Tom T-??, a rondy, mischievous sort of a follow, during tho service, did not behavo with that projiriety anil decorum to suit ti?o i'ftr6on, whereupon lie administered a well timed rebuke. At this Tom bec&mo highly offended, and swore ho would whip the Parson on some suitablo occasion. Knowing tbo lino of travel of the Parson, he posted himself at a public place on a certain day, and snro onongh, as was expected, on enmo the Parson. Tom halted him, and told him what ho had resolved on doing with him. The Parson, who was a tall, raw bone, atldotic man, replied to Tom, if nothing elso would do, ho would fight him, but that he must go 'on with him a few hundred yards farther to a eertain wood, where they wonld settle tho matter. On arriving at tho place, the Parson dismounted, divested himself of his coat, &c., and then told Tom ho always prayod bofore beginning any undertaking? which ho accordingly did?ana on rising from prayer, Tom professed satisfaction, and owned being whipped in a way that ho did not expect. - A CLOCK. There lived in lny neighborhood, at the time when Yankee peddlers were flooding the country with clocks, old honest J.. F??. One of these specimens drovo up to 4 F s1 house and drew forth from his box a handsomely painted eloek, which be soou had running and striking in fino apple pie order, .much to the amusement and satisfaction of Mr. F , his wife and a numerous family of sons and daugktej-8. After having fully discussed the wonderful mechanism of the thing?with its nevervarving precision in keeping timo ?tne price was fixed, and a bargain struok with the old man, tq the delight and joy of the entiro household. It happened, when the purchase was made, to be a bnsy time in the season for hoeing cotton?at whioh work the boys and girls were engaged; but now to leave the house, and be deprived of looking at the clock and hearing it strike, was a pleasure hard to forage. An agreement, however, 1 was soon effected in the family, it &U1 j Irv-' ^ . V being understood and arranged, that'when near the time of striking, tho mother wonld give a signal for the family to assemble? which they Invariably did for some time?every fellow dropping his lioe, making for the house at a stride with greater rapidity than if for bread and bnttcr. The clock was reported to have been strongly on tho brain of tho old lady for some time after the purchase. A friend, for instance, calling with the morning salutation, how do yon doi, Mrs. F? 1 She wonld answer: "Now is it not a protty thing! O, how music-like it strikes.'' " Which way is the old man this morning f 41 O, it cost a site of money J' 44 Yonr cattle aro in tho wheat l> tch. Mrd. F." " She will atrike soon now." " I think yon had best have the cattle tnrnecl out, Mrs. F." " O, my neighbor, a clock is a great thing in a family." BOTH BAOOW AND CAM1AOK. My neighbor and old friond B , lived on a road that I almost daily passed his honso. On one occasion 1 was riding with a friend, when, on getting near the garden of friend B , ho was so strnck with the luxuriance and fino growth of the c&bbnge, he remarked that they wero tho finest he had seen. Yes, I replied, but I am afraid it is all collards and no meat. Mr. B was in his }-ard and o%erheard the conversation, rose from his-scat and swore ho had as much meat as I had. Wo had a merry laugh, and rodo on. For a long time afterwards, in passing the plufe, might often bo seen hanging on a nail in a tree in the yard, a sido of bacon. I sometimes asked old annt why she did thisf who informed me, that she did it to let mo know that they had bacon as well as 1 and tho other neighbors. THE WORST TO COME. I had for a neighbor an emigrant from tho Emerald Isle, a man of much slirowdncss and fine tact for making money, and when he did make it, a talent for holding on and keeping it. It so happencd, however, in the courso of oventa, that ho was seized with a violent attack ot illness. I attended him until recovery. On call ing for his bill, and being informed what amount it was, he flow into a tcrriblo passion, and told me that I had added to his bill the accounts of all tho vagabonds of his neighborhood. I assured him that such was not tho case, that it was his own bill, nnd if bo did not pay it, ho would place me under tho unpleasant necessity of suing him for the money. After 6omo hesitation nnd colloquial crossings, ho settled tho bill, reminding me, however, that I might froezo to my saddle beforo ho would again give mo a caso.? This, however, he soon forgot, and always had mo called when a physician was needed in tho family. II is neighbor, Squiro 8 , not long after bis own illness, bad a long and serious spell of fever. When tho Squire convalesed, and able to rido out, on meeting with our Irish friend, he romanced to the Squire: Well, sir,I wa9 sorry 4- I _X 1 ?J J uu iioar ui iuu iuug auu utiiigercMis spell yon hare kad ; and they tell ine that the doctor (royseltt skinned yon from head till heefs with blisters; bnt there is no d?n, Squiro, if yon have not to undergo a worso skinning yet with your pocket-book when that bill is presented. * [concluded next week.] ?? FOR THB fOUTMB* E VTKRI'ltVSR. Farming?Preparation of the Soil. Messrs. Editors?Some one has said, " a stick in tiiqp saves nine." Taking this as a maxim in making a good fence, next comes the consideration of the soil*. Ex peri anco has taught all who have obseved tho natnre of things, that land mnst be broken in some way, or domesticated plants will not profitably grow thereon. The breaking of the soil is effectod by i the application of some mechanical power, and la usually done in this country by means of a horse and plough, and is called " breaking up." On this subject it is fitly 4s " P!?jgh thoToogb ?n<l <Wj?, while ?lnj#nrd? ?l?ep, And you'll hurt corn to nII and corn io keep." God said to man after his sin, -< " Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow snalt then eat of ife all the days of thy life." u In the sweat ot thv face ah alt thou eat bread." This shows man, that his subsistence is to be dorived * from the gronnd, amid the " sor- f row" and "sweat" of toil. The J question for each one is, not wliAt * amount of land can bo plowed, 1 bnt what amount can be so pre- * pared as to moke the greatest yield * from a given amount of labor. It 1 one acre can bo so prepared as to J yield as much as two otherwise firepared, then is tliore a saving of lalf the sum of labor. It cannot 1 bo doubted, that early deep plongh- ' iug is favorable to a crop. Tho 6 baro fact of having to break tho ' soil at all, clearly proves, that there ' is a given depth. And quality ot f ploughing, that will crivo the crrent- 1 est yield "of which tHo soil is capa- 1 blc. Different varieties of soil 1 should be ] toughed in accordance with their respective nntnres. All ' stiff, clay lands, should bo broken . from eix to eight inches deop in < Decembor and Jannarv, if possi- J blc. It would bo better, if dono 1 from the first of September to the < lust of December If the land is 1 covered with a good coat of veg- 1 ctnblo matter, it would be an ad- * vantago to turn it under. Where * this is not the case, I don't know e that anything is gained from turn- * ing. AH vegetable matter con- e tains carbon, oxygen and hydro- J gen, which aro disengaged by de- < cay and united in different forms < to make water and carbouic acid < gas, and these afford nutriment to growing plants. < Deep ploughing increases the ' capacities of the land to absorb | and retain carbonic acid from the atmosphere during the falling 1 snows and rains of winter. This 1 I gas is a principal fertiliser. If en- ' tors all the lumps and clods, and pulverizes tliein. Vegetable mat- ' ter thrown under deep in the early 1 fall and winter, begins to decay much sooner, and further pre- ' pares the soil to absorb a portion ( of the ammonia which passes j through the air and store it away, J as it wero, to nourish its future ' young. Deep ploughing not only 1 prepares tho soil to store away * aliment for its coming tribes of c vegetation, bnt it greatly enhances c tho easo of their culture. Land, J well broken, can bo cultivated with a great deal less labor, with greater profits, than that which is ? poorly prepared. Sandy soils don't e require the same depth of plough ? ing that red clay, stifT mulatto or c wet bottoms demand. Nor is it [ so necessary that they should bo ' ploughed so early. From four to * six incho* appears to mo to bo r deep enough to break sandy lands. 1 These lands usually have more ? silica or calcareous formations than 9 other varieties seem to possess.? c Owing to this fact, they never be- 5 come so hard or baked during c summer drouLhs. A word about our needs. Wo 1 should havo a Farmers' Club or- ? ganized in every Township. Each farmer should do a member. Th? I? rcanIts of different experiments ' should be detAiled in .these clnbs v for the benefit of their membership. In a multitude of counsel- 1 lors there is safety. The tillage v of the soil is an art?old?but still k defective. It can be greatly iin- d proved with us. Why should wd e not address ourselves to this duty 9 b The farming interest should con- ti trol all things in the way of busi- c nesa. It eliould make the laws, c impose tbe duties, and regulate the fi prices of all commodities. The h farmer should onjoy life the best, bo the freest, tho happiest, and & most independent among men.? c He should know, and feel that, f< upon his mind and hands, depends t< not only his own, but tho prosper- I ity and peace of all other condi- ll tions of society. Instead ot tho lj prince or noble looking down up- a on tho farmer, he should feel it his h privilege to look down upon theso. tl No engagement is more honorable, h none more healthy, none so eesen- ? tial. Why, then, should it not f< be conducted npon tho most im- g proved plan? n fours, truly, " A. C. BTEPP. ? Line Oreek^ 8. O., Jan. 14,1870. 1< Ifonj fat ijie ITnbitB. 1LM0 8TA OHQ8T BTOITY, A REAL lNCrDENT. BT OKAORGREENWOOD. On a Christmas night, some 50 or >0 years ago, there were gathered ibont the wide fireplace of a largo STew England kitchen, a hnppv am My. circle, consisting of ? wello-do farmer, who was a magistrate ?known far and wide as u Squire Percival "?his comely wife, two air danghters, a niece, and lost, nit not least, a son, just home from fale, for the holidays. The night without w&9 seasonibly cold, and brilliant with tnoonight and starlight. The large itone farmliou6e stood on the >row of a hill behind a projecting ine of tell pino trees, the only green in the wide landscape. The itecp Uilisiuo and the valley be nenth wero heavily blanketed with snow. Tlie early part of tlio evening liad passed merrily with games, jests and song. But for an hour jr two tho conversation had taken x drift into tho realm of the snpcrlatural. One ghost had succeeded another till, as tho " witching imo of night" approached, and ho fire burned low, tho circle initinctly drew closer together, with hrills and shudders of strange ipiritnnl dread, which is yet akin 0 tho keenest pleasure?an awo tome joy, and exquisite terror. Clio solemn sighing of winds imong tho trees, heard in the pauses )f ghostly recitals, added its wonlerous, weird effect to tho theme. Just as young Percival had concluded a wild German legend, which he declared "splendid stuff for dreams," the outside door was neard to open suddenl}*. All looked around more or less fearfully, to sec standing on tho threshhold the slight form of a fair young woman, clad in whito,nnd looking strangely pure, and cold, and luminous, like incarnated moonlights "With the glide* of a spirit" jho came forward. Her feet were inito bare, and her arms were Irooping wearily. Masses of fair lair fell over her shoulders, but icr eves wero dark and fixed with 1 melancholly stare. Iler lips vcro slightly parted and almost oliirlpAA Rlio onmn Ir?*w !.? .www VMiliU IIUV H1U Uir* tie about tbo hearth and then laused, standing utterly motioness?a beautiful appaling figure. For a moment nil tlio startled group remained as silent as that itrango visitor?then one young girl caught her breath in a hysterisal scream, which was instantly inswered by a cry from the pale ips of u the woman in white," ino whoso blank eyes rushed a wild, :ccn light. She gazed abont her n terror and 'bewilderment, then ;lancod down upon herself, and ank cowering upon the floor, covtring her face with her hands, and riving way to childish paroxysms >f weeping. The fanner's wife, a woman of are sense and presence of mind, it once divined the truth. uSho is a sleep-walker," she aid. "Sho must bo half dead rith the cold. Girls, bring some vrappingsT* Immediately all was bustle.? lie farmer and his son discreetly anished from the scene, and the :ind mother, daughter and niece levoted themselves to their bewild red charge, who atili wept and obbed under their kind ministraii ns, bnt declared that she felt no old and no pain, though her debate feet wore actually bleeding roro the long walk tip in the icy illside and over the crusted snow. After having been tenderly put y bed, however, she became suffiiently composed to reply to tho 3\v questions which had been put > her. She sard that she was ncy Ellett, the niece of the viltgo physician; that she had later been taken from school on acaunt ot nervousness, and sent to im for medical treatment, but int home-sickness and loneliness ad made her worse. She had ocssionally walked in her sleep be>re, but only about the house and rounds at home, and on summer loonlight nights. "I think the toon bewitches me," the said, niling through her tears. That ight she had, before going to bed, 1 >okcd across the valley to the ' r? - ?I y LL pleasant bouse on the hill, watched the chccrlul Christinas li*ghts gleaming throngh the pine trees, and lorgod to be one of the happy party t icre, though she was a stranger to all. She had crjod herself to sleep, she said, and that wni all she knew of her mysterious tramp over snow and stones and ice. Hot a memory, pot a thought could she recall til! the moment when she found herself standing on that hearth, in her night dress with so many wondering eye* fixed upon her. u O, dear ! what do yon think of me! What can you think ot mo now ?" she mdaned. 44 Never mind what we think of ion, niv poor child," said the good Irs. iPcrcival, " we love you already, so drink this nice ginger tea, and go to sleep." The u poor child " got a little natural sleep, And in the morning appeared somewhat less ghostly than the apparition of Christmas night. But she was still very jmle, with a playfully shy, grieved look. She was suffering less than was expected from the exposure, but more from the nervous shock of the night before, and by tho advice of her uncle, who had been summoned, consented to remain with her new friends for a few -days. Yunng John Percival was hospitably Kind to the invalid guest, not seeming to perceive that she j shrank from his attentions in a ! sensitive, disquiet way. Yet when his eye was not on her, sho was observed to study his face with a gecu liar inquiring expression.? he could not remember having 6een that face at the fearful moment of her awakening and she hoped he had not been a witness of that walking trance, and she regarded him with absolute horror. Finally, on the last day of her visit, finding herself alone with him for a moment, under a desperate impulse, she asked, " Did you, too, see me that night, Mr. Perci | valI" ' lie was touched by tli6 tremble in the voico and the wistful look in the dark eyes ; bnt he answered honestly : M1 citn not deny that I did see you." "O, sir, what mnst yon have thought?" "Thought??why, I thought if ghosts would always come in such shape, I would i.evcr fear them more." The shy smilo and rosy blush that his playful answer called forth, seemed to the young collegian the pale, sad vision of that night as a lovely walking flesh and blood roality. I never heard of Lucy Ellett "revisiting the glimpses of the moon" as a somnambulist after this, but I heard that on another Christmas night she stood on the hearth of the old iarmhouse, dressed all in white, in the midst of the same family circle, and 6he gazed about her and said : " I am ntraid I am walking in my 6leep again," and then put up her hands in a prettv deprecating way, and added " lunt if I am, John, don't wake me." i 1 j?.u- l 9 1 1 .1. . ?m Bots in IIoksfs.?D. Woshbnrn, n^.^! />! > ? * * ui Aim loii) unio, iorwaraea " a cure," which, lie says, he has never known to fail?namely : u A piece of alnin the size of a walnut dissolved in one quart of water, and drench afterward. It is well to loosen the bowels." Mr. Fuller ?M A dose of tobacco is sure pop. My father tried it often and never failod. In our neighborhood, in my boyhood days, there used to bo two classes?tobacco men and milk and mblaeses men. My father belonged to the former, and his success was as I havo said. Since that time, I myself havo given tobacco a dozen times and found it a safe core." Patrick &aw a bull pawing in a Held, and thought what fun it would 1 bo to jump over, catch him by tho horns and rub his noso in the dirt. ine idea wrs so funny that he lay : down and laughed at it. The more < lie. thought ot it, the fnnnier it i seemed, and he determined to do it. ] Boras qnickly tossed him over the 1 fonce again. Somewhat bruised, ' Patrick picked himself up, and, , snid, "Well, it is & mighty foijHj thing I had laaght foorsO' ti Banyan's Tomb. < Bun-bill Fields cemetery in Eng- 1 land was recently re opened with 1 appropriate ceremonies. It is tho i place of repose of the asliea o! many worthies : of Isaac Watts, Samnel Westley, Nathaniel Lard- ' ner, Dr. John Owen, John Banyan, and others. The city of London having spread beyond and around ] the old burial-place, a demand was < made that it snould be taken np, i but the feeling against the measure < was so strong that Parliament has given the gronnd to- the corpora- I tion of London to bo forever pre- 1 served as it is now. Writing to 1 the New York Independent an ac- i count of the ro-opening, M. D. ] Conway speaks as follows of Bun- \ yan and his tomb1 But one tomb there was to * which above all others the crowd pressed. About it are moistened eyes, and lips which try to speak, bat quiver and falter. A large, grey, square tomb or monument it is. On one side there is carved a pilgrim leaning on his staff, bent beneath a burthen tied upon his i back. On tho other side m the pilgrim kneeling, his arms flung < round tho post of a wayside croes, I his burthen falling to the earth be- i hind him. On tho top of it re- < clincs the form and tho heaven- I ward looking face of John Bunyan. I Long did the thrilled company i look upon tho face whose blended i massiveness, and sweetness, even I thero in the mouldy stone, are i quite indescribable ; and no doubt i tho lips, seeming so still, really whisper something to oacli ono of : the multitude, lo me, as I look- I ed npon tho great and wealthy, 1 standing with bated breath beside < the tomb of the old tinker: when i I saw tho Lord Mayor in his scar- < let and gold, paying homage to the | man whose proper place his ofli- 1 cial predecessors two c ntuvies ago < thought to be Bedford jail; and < the commerce of London keeping I its respectful distance from tho du6t of him who frescoed the sky I with visions which its snioko lias 1 left untarnished after six genera- i tions ; and again, how men of all i beliefs found around h i s grave i that u Immanuera Land, common i to and for all pilgrim*," from 1 whence they could u see to the 1 gates ol the Celestial City"?why 1 tlien, as I say, to me also the stony ' lips softened to gentle speech, and repeated what they said of old, but with Hie gathered significance of the ages, " Beliove steadfastly concerning the things that arc invisible." Constant Courtship. A married man, after a time, appears to forget how much a woman, especially a woman who is a lady, desires small attentions to the very last. Ho seems to believe, at any rate, that his wife docs not care for them at his hands. Women do not forget the season of courtship; and it would not bo too much to sav that an ideal marriage should bo a constant courtship, or else tho romantic thcorv ~r * - - 1 ui marriage iuus 10 uio ground al- 1 together. f But supposing a man marries a < fool, and uoesn't discover the fact 1 for eome time, then it is well worth 1 his while to try and improvo the fool into a tolerable companion; for even a foolish wife can make herself excessively pleasant to the 1 wisest and most philosophic of hus ' hands; in sncccssful cases the wo- ^ man will be grateful for the teach- *' ing. Mr. Dickens makes David Cop- f pcrfield attempt tho culture of 1 Dora, but the experiment was not " fairly tried. David went a very 1 clumsy, not to say priggish way * about it, and committed the insolent blunder of exposing the * shortcomings of his wife before 1 Traddlca. No wonder that the 8 blossom shrank from his bad prnning. p Tho man who wants to bring a c wito to at least senso (or nonsense^ onongli to lovo him, has often had f, his work before him, oven after he i< has placed the marital ring on her ? finger. Sbo may then only be a ieini-dotached wifo. Wo can givo e no definite recipo for the enrativo m process. Circumstances would do- u mand a constant change ot ingre- g ilients. The shrew should be tamed. The indifferent woman e gkh her sonl occupied only with ? (bights of tho millinery hung i JKT her body, should?but wo e :annot advise on these points, and, taeidee, it is more than probable hat the balance of incompatibility incline* to the side of the husband. {Semi-Detached Wivee. i, ^ a rhe Recent Disturbance in Spartanburg?Destruction of 8tiUa On the 10th of this month, Mr. tl. M. Wallace, Depn^ Collector >f Internal Revenno in this city, ivns despatched to Spartanburg Donnty, for the purposo of investigating certain outrages, said to liave been committed against A. P. Turner, one of the Deputy Collectors for thatX3ounty. U pon bin irrival, being satisfied tl at the reports were true, he organized a party, consisting of the United States Deputy Marshal, three United States Deputy Collectors, Slieriff T)o\rVtornr anr) cntrnri TTnifml States soldiers?all under tbe command of Captain Summerfield, of the United States Army. They went to- Turner's neighborhood, about fifteen miles from the town. On the route, they found three stills running in violation of the United States laws, which were destroyed?no one coming forward to claim them, A young man, named Humphries, who had been engaged in distilling, was at rested. Soon after leaving the locality of tho stills, an armed band of men appeared on the road, and surrounded the officers, threatening to attack and drive them out of tho country. Mr. Wallace, Captain Sninmerfield and their party were forced to take possession of a citizen's house ana prepare to defend themselves, as the crowd, which had followed them, was soon increased by a large uuinbcr of men, armed with rifles, pistols, &c., who demanded the releaso of Humphries and the surrender of Turner, whom, they asserted, tbey intended to kill. Captain Sninmerfield ordered them not to come near the house, and orders were given to fire upon any loersons attempting to approach. The crowd kept col iccung, ana uie most violent and abusive language was used. A number of the Bien appeared to bo under the influence of liquor. Tbo mob declared that no one in the liouso should leave it alive. Collector Wallace, in order to save trouble, and the shedding ot blood, which must certainly have resulted, as both parties were armed, surrendered Humphries, upon condition that the rioters would all cave. This was agreed to, and tho majority departed, but a number cmained, supposing that Turner would also l>o sent out. OnG of ;he soldiers, while on his way from :he honso to the well, was shot at, nut received n o injury. T w o nules and a borse were shot. On ho way to the court house, the oficers were hissed, hooted at, and ;vcry disrespect shown them. Ma ion Johnston, Andrew McKelvy uid John Cantrell were arrested or illicit distilling. The difficulty iccurred near the Cowpens battleground. This is the substance of he statement which Mr. Wallace las forwarded to the department it Washington. T? ia a k;-!. - ? _ ,M w* **l?tl-|JiilJU" sd proceeding, to say the least of t, and wo sincerely regret being forced to record soch occurrences. [Columbia Phoenix. A man ciime into a printing ofTice to eg a paper. " Beciose," ??id he, "we ike to rend the newspaper* very much, ?trt our neighbor! are all too stingy to eke one.** Mikistkr Washburne recently inormed an Amerionn traveler at Paris hat the Empercr Napoleon was never tronger in power than he is now, and herefore has sufficient force to soppresa ny disturbances. Mrs. Wilbour thinks women could ote and do a good deal of man's work ut when she comes to drilling rocks he would get the back ache. War does the bridegroom always ut on the ring at a wedding t Beause Bell(e)s cannot ring themselves. i OUKI8T8 to Monnt Vernon make the reqaent mistake of weeping over the se-nouae instead of the tomb. Dot it arret to cool them off. A noTEL at Red Oak,Iowa,adrertia a : " The moat polite ladiea will act aa raitera, dresaed in pea green jacketa, ilting hoopa and high heeled lot toned altera. ' An Oawego man lately ate eighty* ight pancakea in tea minutes and ranted to begin over again because lit wife reeolutely inaiated that ha had aten eighty*ntae. a*'