Orangeburg news and times. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, April 07, 1877, Image 1
TWO DOLLARS FJ3K ANNUM. [?
GOD OTTK OOUNTBY
VOLUME 11.
SATURDAY MORNING, 'APRIL 7, 1877.
NEW GOODS
AT
JL.OW 3?]RIO.Ti3.
Cornliill Crackers, Fruit Crackers.
Lemon Ih*s;uit ami (iraham Wafers.
Orange Marmalade, Broma Chocolate.
Cox's Gelatine English Piccalilli.
Choice Hyson and Y Hyson Tea.
Koanted Codec (try it.)'
And a full supply of First Class
FAMILY GOODS
My stock of DRY (SOORS (being re
{tlenished) Lady's and Men's Straw Hats,
'arnsols, etc, etc.. will be sold as Low as
Ca*h purchases will allow.
As usual Hiebest assortment of
TOBACCO
os hand
J. A.. Hamilton
Russell Street next to Oornelson's.
ABI A Ii LATIIKOP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Va3~~ Odicc in rear of Masonic Halb
March 3 I v.
Is hereby given that in thirty days
from date, application will ho in ?de
to the Clerk of Court for Ornngehurg
County togrnril.a ('barter to Ed is to
Lod<_re No. 5U1. I. <).(.). i-. in coitfortni
ty with the Ac*. * f Assembly, entitled
"An Ai l tu pr vide fur grunting ol
*? certain ( barters" nop.oved February
?Olh lS7d.
J. 11. W ? in.kks 1 Committee.
F. RkAIahs. j
feb 17 1 in
GO! 1IIIWS
overnnicnl will be recognized at
JJT Washing! a n before long. This
cheering news induced no* to pur
chase ODO of the lines! lut of
li?pJiS AND MULES
ever brnugbl into ibis Market. And
as times will grow bei t er im I er I he
Rrople'.s Governor; 1 have, put my
juices down and can.now aceommo
xlate the public upon the most resi
,*?( nable terms- No mutter what style
ol i lorseoi Mulei wanted I vouch I
caii 1.11 the bill; Call on me at my
(.tables Hl Maler s Hotel.
R R SLATER.
Watches and clucks
RlsPA 1 HK1 )
On. t.li<'. shoi'icsl; Notice
15Y
JOHN J. HOWELL,
at tiik s v it i: y
K.TUK ROIRNSt >X.
oiiAj\OJ:nujio, s. c.
All work1 in the above line done on the
?hortest notice. Also .Jewelry repaired.
My terms are reasonable ;iud :ill work
Warranted. ' Sive iue a trial.
dee 'S.i I ST 'i .'Jm
-~jTo Tjj x 6 u n m n
fa'n.'KSSpn oe
roiR::rt .j i :n:, vi
honorier :? *id Manufacturer
op
HARNESS A SADDLES.
Has the pleasure to inform the I'iiblic
that he has Keecived a heavy Stock lYnm
the North of every dcseriplion wli.il belongs
to a first class Saddlery Kstah?slunetil;
Also vidi to draw particular attention in
bis Stock of
LAIM KS HI 1)1 NCI SADDLES
and bis assortment of
SI 10 KS.
Prices lower ihen ever.
(ioo(l Saddles at S?.?O.
FTISTEY.
According to the latest improvement;* i.?
the art.
I . S. WOLFE
over Fzekiel's Store, is prepared I >
execute anything in Iii? line
Chinrnntcchig :i fa oh fed nilcnd:iri?<? io
business, he respci Vdly a-i; a enii ' i i
anru of the patronage, w Iii? h lit- he r to
fore been extended to the old linn hi
Sni?l< r, Wolfe ? CsdvWt.
V&T. AU Work Guaranteed.
FOR RENT
'the Two Story Ihiildhig in the Town of
Lcwisville. 'flic first Story lined unit a
Store, complete in all respects. TheM'cbiid
Story arranged foi a Residence.
For particulars apply to
pKORtSK HOblVKIb
aug. 5 it'
DR. J*. F. MUCK ION FUSS
Dentist Rooms over Store of Mr. Oeo. II.
Cornclson's.
J??y" Charges Reasonable.
Helen's Babies
With Some Account of Tin:in
Ways.
It was an enticing invitation from
my only married sister, Helen
Lawrence, that moved me, Harry
Burton, salesman of white goods,
bachelor, aged twenty-eight, to spend
my fortnight's vacation at Ilillercst,
Tom Lawrence's cigars and claret and
horses, a splendid flower garden,
plenty of handsome girls, and un
limit d leisure for reading?these were
the iliducemenis offered me. Inciden
tally, as Tern and Helen were to be
absent on a visit, I was just to keep an
eye on the children, w ho, I was as
sured, would not give me "the slight
est, trouble."
Remembering Budge, the elder, as
a hoy of five, with a serious, noble
face and great, pure, penetrating eyes,
ami 1'nddic as a happy little know
nothing oi three summers with a
head of tangled yellow hair, I set out
for Hillerest without apprehension of
impending woe.
At the end ol the trip I hired a
hack man to drive no* to Tom's. On
the way on!- horses shied viblohily.
and I he driver exclaimed :
';Thai was one of the 'imps'?that
little euss that scared the bosses, j
There he comes runuin.' Wonder j
where t'other is? We Call 'em the j
'imps,' cause they're so uncommon
likely at mischief!"
'1 lie offending youth was Budge, in
a very dirty sailor suit, and the other
"imp," who bore down on us iu a
cloud raised by thrusting a brunch
i nto the dust of'the road whs Toddie !
"I bey're my nephews !" I gasped .
fhe recognition was mutual.
''You're Unele Harry," said Budge.
"Did you bring us anything ?"
Bring us nn\ thing ?'* echoed Tod
die.
'*! wifdi I could have hi ought you
sonic big whippings,"said 1, severely.
"(ltd into t his carriage.''
Iii they climbed, each with a very
dirty towel, knot led in the center.
'They're not towels," explained
Biidgc, "they're dollies; we don't like
huyed dollies; these are lovely."
"I want to slice your wateh," re
marked Toddie rolling into my lap,
followed by Budge.
Obediciitly 1 showed them the dial
of n,y three hundred dollar time
keeper.
"\\ ant to slice wheels go wound,"
said Toddie.
"No,''said I fearful of dust.
"Want to slice wheels go wound|"
repeated Toddie, '"want to slice the
wheels go won ml."
'1 tell you 1 can't Toddie; dust
spoils watches."
"Wan! to sin e wheels go wound,"
murmured Toddie again."
Abriipljy I pocketed the. Match.
Todili c's,jaws dropped, and he cried .
"Ah- -h ? h?h. Want?lo?slue
?tlu?w heel-?go?won?ouiiil !"
"Stop that noise ibis instant !"
"Yes?oo?on?wants lo shec"?
'?toddie, I've got some candy in"?
"Wheels go wound! Ah?h ? h
?h !"
"Toddie, dear, don't cry so. There
are some ladies coining in a carriage."
"Ah?h?h?h. Wants to slice
wheels !"?
Madly I snatched my watch from
my pocket, opened the case, and ex
posed the works to view. The passing
carriage slopped; mv name was called,
and, looking up. I saw?bright-eyed
lair-faced and smiling? iss Alice
May ton, a lad whom for about a
year I had adored from afar! Tb
ease with which she greoioil he;,
praised?actually praised! tin ho
dreadful children;and let inudiscover
.that a hixjiicl. from die Lawrence
j garden would he an acceptable oiler
I ing, converted my confusion inl ? de
light. When the carriage siarted
again Toddie niurmured :
? ."Uncle Hawwy, does you love thai
lady?"
'Wo, Toddie, of com sc not."
"Then yen's biuhly man, au' de
Lord won't let you go to heaven if you
' don't love peoples."
You may believe 1 was glad to get
those children home und t"rn them
Over (o She girl! At dinner they
found fault with my blessing, and
taught me the one their papti says.
Then they condemned my version of
Jonah, and Budge gave one certainly
much more graphic. Ami finally,
after requiring me to say my prayers
first, that performance, too, was bold
ly criticised. Budge prayed with a
face lit for ac angel, and then To I lie.
closed his eyes, wriggled, twisted,
breathed hard and at last began :
"Do Lord not make mo sho bad,
an' [bosh mamma, an' pupa, an*
Budgie, au' duppity (grandfather,)
an both hoggics (grandmother,) an'
all good people in dish house, an'
everybody else, an' my dolly. A-a
meh 1"
'?Now give us candy," said Budge
cell .cd by Toddie.
I gnvcUhem the candy and escap
ed at last to the parlor, where I pass
ed a delicious evening with my hooks.
That night Toddie howled for his
dolly like a young demon, nidi made
tue get up and find it for him; and
next morning, before be was fairly
awake, I was appalled to bear him
murmur :
"VV Mi ?to?slice ?wheels? go?
At break last he remarked :
"Uncle llawwy, days!) an aw fun
funny chiiut up 'stairs?awfoo big
cliUlil. 1 show it yon after brepa
pup."
"Toddic's a sidy little b >y," said
L?dge; ' be always says hrep-pup for
brebus" (breakfast.)
" b ! what does he moan by cbunt,
L?dge ?"
"I guess hc*m<*aus trunk."
A iliicl'ul thought struck me. 1
rushed up stairs. Yes, be did mean
Tr'tiiik? my trunk? open ! --eniptiedr
A blacking box in my dress hat, and
rolled up lightly in my dress coat,
one ol those dolls! Bui worse was to
onie. I made an exquisite bompiet
for Miss Muytotl and put it in n box
which 1 sent to her by the coachman.
To my surprise he brought it. back,
and To Idie, shrieking with delight
snatched it and ex< laimod :
"Uli, darsli my dolly's k'adle!
.Somebody put nasty ole flowers in it;
1 freed "em away !"
Opening the box he displayed?
that internal doll ! ? viewed him so
sternly that he look refuge in sobs,
wept plentifully on my shirt,ami
murmured :
"1 wanUh to love you, and wantsh
you lo love inc."
Who could resist? 1 petted and
kissed him till be was consoled, and
resumed his sovereignty, with the
infantile command :
"Kish my dolly, too "
1 obeyed; but closed the interview
abruptly, and wrote the best apology
I cdii hi frame to Miss May ton.
The next day was Sunday. In the
mottling those boys invaded my bed
lo "fwidic" ami "wide horsiebacken,'
und I sadly learned how it was that
my brother in-law bad grown so Hat
chested. In the afternoon we tried
the stories again, and Toddie told
with the most spirited gestures, how:
"Dave, let /.c /.ling go bang hequcen
B half's eyes, an* knocked him down
(lend, an' Dave too Blind'ssword
an' sworded Bliaff's bead oli', an'made
it all hluggy, an' Blind'ruiiucd away."
Then Toddie ''ruuneil away," and
got himself stung by a hornet, and
rushed in sobbing :
"Want to ))o woeked. NVaitt sliiiig
'Toildic, boy, one in v.'"
And 1 bud lo rock him and sing,
line by lim-, tiller I Judge, some absurd
l.l le i logge re I about a basket, begin
ning:
"A he e is my Iii lie bastik gone?"
Said . od lie, boy one day.
^ heh he was soothed. lho-c child;
rcii beguiled me out to a 11 cache rolls
muddy brookside, in search of jacks*
hi-I ho pulpit; Toddie tumbled in, and
so did Budge, and in pulling them
out I wiis most horribly sputtered !
i iiirrying home, a carriage overlook
us with oulies in it.. Could it bo??
ol course it was!?Miss May ton her
self!
"You; seem lo have been having a
real good time together," slid she, as
the carriage passed; "Remember you
are all going to call on me tomorrow
afternoon."
And 60 we did, Toddie bearing an
expiatory bouquet. The child 1 en
raced off to watch a grass cutter, and
I sat 4own to a delightful chat with
Miss May ton . Men were scarce
among Itbc summer boarders at Hill
crest, and somehow the piazza gradu
ally filled with the ladies of the house
Suddenly a shriek arose from the
Jawn; Toddie had pinched his lingers
"in the little wi eels of the cutter
grass," and rushed up to me, sobbing :
"Singj Toddie, boy, one day.'"
Wy blood seemed to free/;, but
when Budge explained that "he al
ways, wants that song when he's hurt,"
all the ladies urged me, and I wrath
Iully picked Toddie up and hummed
the detested air. But. the little tyrant
was not satisfied, and successively re
quired me to *'sit iu a woekiu' chair,"'
to "sing the words," and to "sing
louder,"- till at last before that audi
ence and her, I was obliged lo sing
that dreadful doggerel^ line for line,
as Budge repeated it. My teeth were
set, my brow grew clammy. At last
I heard some one whisper:
"See how he love-: him ! Poor man !
he's in perfect agony over the. little
fellow."
But the agony was a prelude to a
most unexpected rapture. An appro
hensively accepted invitation to din
ner, where Toddie tilted his soup over
Miss May ton's dress, led to a twilight
O-tc-a tcie, which Budge interrupted
by informing the lady :
"Uncle Harry 'speots you, Miss.
May ton."
The jlttlc rascal had, that very
morniugtUlemuudcd to know whether
T? Uiuti T^-"iove Miss Mayton, and ac
cepted with suspicion my assurance
thai, 1 "respected" her very highly.
Now, before I could stop hi in he con
tinued :
"(.July what he calls 'spect, I calls
love."
1 here was an awkward pause?
something must be done.
"Miss Mayton," said I, 'fBudge is a
marplot, but a truthful interpreter.
1"?
"When I loves anybody,'' observed
Budge, "I kisses them."
Miss Mayton gave a start. She did
not speak; she was not angry. (J?uld
it be tliat ?? 1 acted on Budge's
suggestion, once, twice. She raised
her head ami I saw that. Alice May
Ion had surrendered at discretion.
Then Budge and Toddie came in for
a share of the kisses; two or three
ladies appeared, and I calmly said :
"Come boys. Then I'll call with
the carriage at three tomorrow, Miss
Mayton. Good evening."
1 shall not tell you what I thought
or diel during that interval, except
that I bought my angelic nephews
everything they wanted, beginning
with candy and ending with a goat
and goat carriage. Nor shall I say a
word about, my ride, with Miss May
ton, except that it was suddenly inter
rupted 1>\ a runaway goat and two
boo booing b >ys; and that night BadgJ
prayed :
??Dear Lord, bless just lots that
lovely, lovely lad)' that comforted inc
after the goal W'ns bad to me."
The next day was wet and those
children led me a terrible life ! Their
only real comfort was donah, or
ratlier, iho "whay-al," a picture of
which Toddie tenderly caressed, mur
muring :
"De old w hay-al, I loves you. I
links 'twas weal mean in Djotiah to
get freed up when you hadn't, noffin
else to eat, poor old whay-al !"
Ami Toddie aiuusi himself for some
time with a box for a whale and a
dead mouse for a Jonah, till a mishap
occurred which he ino urn fully an
nounced by saying :
"Djoua bwoko he tay al !"
The next morning, I got a letter
from Helen, inclosing one to hor from
Alice Mayton, from which I learned
that I might attribute the sudden
success ol my suit to Miss May ton's
"seeing that a man who could bo so
loveablc with thoughtless and un
reason able children must he perfectly
iidortible to the women he loved."
I have not lime to tell you how
Budge revealed lo stalely Mrs. May
ton the relations subsisting between
her "little girl" and bis "Uncle
Hurry," or bow that awful Toddie
disclosed our secret to the ladies of
Miss Mayton's acquaintance by solein
nly declai mirgsome "Lines to Alice"
ho had heard me rehearsing in the
garden; or how the same Toddie swal
lowed a "whole bottoo-fuir ' of pare
goric, and was hurried lo the apothe
cary's with such wholesome results
that be reported to his brother :
'?Budgie, down lo Ibe village I was
a whay-a'. I didn't free up Djouuh
but 1 f'rood up a whole libor of uwer
things."
Tom and Helen came home indue
time, and at lunch that day toasts
were drunk to "Her" and to "the
makers of (he match ? Budge and
Toddie!" And Alice insists that when
a certain ceremony takes place they
shall officiate as groomsmen; nor have
I the slightest doubt that she will
ea rry her point.
A Negroo Walch Meeting
The Neiv York <S'kn has a long ac
count of a n gro watek meeting some
where in the South : and it contains a
most extraordinary aermon, from
which the following extracts arc
made :
'I'll tell you a litt!c allegoric or
speech ob do digger. Truth and Lie
started out for to trabblc. They stop
ped to drink at de ribber oh Jordan.
Truth was thinking no evil, but Lie
pushed him, ami be fell in and wos
drowned. Lie got out, stole Truth's
bouts, and mcetin'. a culiud ptisson
who was tootin' 'round whar he bad
in bus'niss, entered into bitu and sot
up his habitation; So Liobas lowed
to dwell along wid culiud folks ever
since Its uiy bi-nc ;s to pint out dese
things to some you of de tricks of tie
dcbhlc. Lie den sowed UU seeds
among us culiud folks. 1 axes you
ain't dis a fad ? Don't doproduce
correspond wid dc seed ?
No matter bow hungry you gits, if
you has faith, do Lord's gwine to iced
you. De re wos Da on el, a man who
was sot agin circus shows. De clown
ketch him prayin' out der winder,
am! put him to starve in de lion's den.
De angel one day met Belzcbub carry
ing soup to his f'rirder, who was a
hocili' bis crap. Ebone/.or came a
ridin' along on iimulc. lie had been
to town to buy some whiskey. Dc
mule beseel do angle, and be kicked
up and kicked Lbene/.er heels over
bead, end he drapt his whisky bottle.
Belzcbub he seed do bottle, and he
picked it up, and put it in his coat
tail pocket. Von see he found il, and
that make it hissen. De tinge! kotched
Bel/chub his wool on his head, and
toted him oil', jus as he was, wid hisilin
bucket oi soup, and dc bottle of
whisky, and dropped him in de den
where Daniel v/os
I licbher beard dal. Daune) got
drunk, but Scripter tells us Noah,
who was shy of water, kept a bottle
of Loo.-ianncr >'iim under his bed.
Some colon! preachers say Noah was
do 'cnsion of wc black folks in dis
wise : Noah had one gal chii 1 natu 3 I
L'anc Aiiny, a sassy, dissiptcd gal,
who would steal her daddy's hot tie
when be wos asleep, ami drink bis
rum. He colch her one day tipsy
and inakiit' si spectacle of herself. Uo
ok; man cused her goo 1 fashion till
she turned right black in de face, J
don't pond much on dut, kti-io it can't
be proved fane Aim'shead got kinky.
No, my 'pinion is colored folks is the
most wonderful production of nature
?oVy yr?U'cif jist so. I axes who made
dein ? When was do made, and whar?
Nobody answers. Dese p'ints can't
be proved by do Bible; dhr's nuflin in
dc Holy Writ about negroes; and (hit
eirc must unco shows dc is a nation |
'euliur to dcre own notions, au' I'so
nebber seod oiie (hit wasn't proud of
his color. Do 'postlcs scs to do 'pistle,
"Know thyself.'' 1 terprcts dat, ??Uo
ye seekers oh do knowledge hour you'
so comically made in dc flesh."
You litivo all seed Mo ??' ? n,fq.H
sycamore tree; dat oi ? atioo ia^i
bery , interest ?' lac m ? . Hem '
was a very small col it.i.uumiiL*
Nigger Demos. 1; public
house, hi:(I done his ??? b.n?; He
hoard one of de'eiploi .'<.oiU<Vfd
a jiiuioy and was ?? great
glory to preach, ft . \ lh mos thot
if he could only gel to eedatirood..
man de Jundiegger he earricu iii"d?
so all of his hack wmild cease. Hyarr" ?
in' folks a slioutin' ho Hang down bla '
dish cloff and went out to sec de 'ciple, -
hut hy the 'c sion of his stumpy legs.,
lie couldn't see nullin. A hig syca- .j
more w as grow in' right before his
cabin,so he shihed up dar and looked
down at the 'ciple, who went ri'di?' Vfy"'
and iiebber seed Nigger Demos. Poor-1
Nigger Demos did cry. He-was so .
hurt cd, his tears was so hot dey
blistered do bark wharcver dey touch
ed. One of dem tears hit de jinny on
de back and hurt her so bad she kick
ed up. Dat 'eip' c den looked upand:
seed Nigger Demos and said : "(Jomo
down, poor fellow! I'll stop at your ,;
hotel and take a glass of your'sim- .
mou beer.*' Nigger Dehrns was proud
of de honor. Sycamores been blister
ed ever sence. Now we must bury''
our heads in de durt and pray long ?'
and fervently. I hope my endeavors ^
to give you de true light to carry you.A
froo tic next year will bring forth j
fruits without insects. The Lord bo
w id you all.
?ssrj> . - . <groiin V d
A Good Point Plado by kJig Caro- ;j
Una Spnrlau
_ > "? 'i"
I3y reference to the Auditor's
books, we find one-twelfth of the laud.-,
of Spartanburg is returned; as. jij
?'arable"?much of this, not being
cultivated ?and it is worthy of remark''
that this one-twelfth now beats tho '
wdiole burden of supporting bur' :
people, paying their taxes, cf-c; in ?;
short, one-twelfth olithe county sup- \\
ports everything in the county, as j ?
everything is based upon and suppor
led by agriculture. Out of a total of
5CG,723 acres, . c have 290,992 acres' '''
in old fields, 18:l,(>77 in (original) ?"'
woodland, and only 86,054 acres cal
led "arable." The burden of support- ,
iiig the county falls not alone upon
the cultivated laud, but also upon thj
labor which cultivates the land, ami
we are astonished to lind sosmal nn
amount of land and labor successfully
supporting the county; indeed, ifo'?r .,
country was uoi what it is, if our
lauds were not intrinsically worth
more than tin \ iiio valued at,' such a ?
stale.of alfairs.wnui i no impossible.
We conic m>w . ? main point in
view, and ask w ... i we require
ibis small ana land and labor
to carry this Ini i n, when a more
liberal spirit iin the part of our land
holders would?by dividing?lighten
it? Is it not clear to every thinking
man that we n. cd a larger population
to put more laud under cultivation ? ..
This being conceded, the questions
arise, Low can wo secure a larger
population 'i And what inducements
jean we oiler I hem ? The first, wo 1
answer, By advertising your country
land * its advantages; and the second,
I By renting and selling lands on low,
I reasonable terms. It is clearly with
in the power of the landholders of
Spartanburg county to double tho
population of the county, in a com
paratively short time; aud it is also
clear, that in doing so, they double
the value ol their own property, Is it
wise to keep all this laud lyiug idle,
dead capital, on which taxes aro paid,
and for which no interest is rccoived?
and Would it not be better to S3? and
I least it at low rates to actual settlers,
who will cultivate and improve it,
and increase its value and tho value
of the property surrounding it, than
to allow it to remain in its present
state? Our farms and plantations,
are too large, and experience has pro
ven that no country has ever arrived
at a high stale of cultivation, (or of
civilization even,") until it became pro
perly settled. These surplus lauds
represent so much idlo capital, whicti
should bo loaned at low, rotes, in
order that its value may be iucreased,
and the country benefittcd.