The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, July 07, 1886, Image 4
WITCHES AND DEVILS.
Queer Stories and Ideas of Early Times
Concerning Evil spirits.
(From the Boston Conunercial Buletin.)
The earliest letter in the Mather
papers that alludes to the delusion of
witchcraft is "The testimony of Wil
liam Mors and his wife," relating cer
tain events that occurred at his house
in 1679, wfiich were believed to be the
result of witchcraft. This testimony
was inclosed in a letter from the Rev.
Joshua Moodey to the Rev. Increase
Maher. "The last thing heard of,"
says the venerable dlvine, "was the
cairrying away of several axes iii the
night notwithstanding they were hid
up, yea, lockt up very safe, as the
owner thought, at least, which was
done this spring." The tramllp had
evidently not yet beeti invented for the
benefit of the careless.
It seems that Master Mors and his
wife had but just retired for the night
when they were roused by the violent
falling of "Stokes & Stons" on the
roof On opening the door to discover
the cause of these nocturnal disturb
an'es both he and his wife were
driven back by a volley of stones
hurled against them. The pair dis
creetly returned to bed, locking the
door carefully behind them, but at
about midnight were again awakened
by the loud grunting of a hog which
the master of the house was at some
trouble to drive out of doors. The
poweri of darkness did not confine
their pranks to the iiigbt, but continued
their performances in broad daylight.
Household goods, hung in the chimney
for safe keeping, leaped from their
hooks and took possession of the chairs,
and other articles fled from their accus
tomed places and fell rattling dow i
the chimney. Among other articles,
he says: "A basket in the chamber
com doun the chimney. I tocke it il)
myselfe and laide it before me; it was
sudinly taken away I know not how
and com doun the chimny again. I
then took a brick and put into it and
said it should carry that if it did goo
ny againe. It was taken away I know
not how and com doun the chimny and
the brick * * * after it." .
The godly man was sorely plagued
by the continual falling of stones on
the roof and even of lighted firewood
down the chimney. Swine invaded
his house and it was impossible for
,him and his hired boy to keep the cat
tle fastened in the barn. Pots, kettles
and jepdirons performed a witche's
dance around the kitchen, and neither
sheets nor klankets would stay upon
the bed. Chairs would then perform
a polite obeisance and then violently
kicked the master and mistres of the
house. Finally the writer concludes:
"A mate of a ship coming often to me
and said he was much grieved for us,
and said the boye was the Cause of ohl
my trubble and my wife was much
,Ronged and was no wich, and if I
would Let him have the 4)oy but bon
Day be would warent no more trueel.
I being persuaded to it lie comet lie
nex day at the break of day andhed
boy was with him until night an It
bad not any trubel since,"
The second letter vouching for sun
dry Witch-like occurrences was Writ
ten at Bajley in 1683, and by no less
a worthy than. the Rev. John Russell,
the kindly protector of the regicides,
Goffe and Whalley. According to the
accounts it seems thit X3i aged man
named Nicholas DisboroTW, o0 Iirt
ford, had at her mother's death, taken
charge of his little granddaughter.
This little girl at the tender age of
eight fell into a pond and was drowned.
Her father, John Agidrosse, with
whom she had not lived for years,
immediately set to his father-in-law,
Disborow, for the personal effects of
Mistress Androsse and of his daugh
ter. Disborow, disgusted with his
worthless son-in-law, refused, and
straightway "began to be visited with
a strange providence, stones and dirt
being thrown at him, at first small
-pieces. * * * This providence becomes
amazing; things being thrown at him
and his boy,. night and day, in house
and field; sometimes in open places,
where one might see a quarter of a
- mile about and no appearance of hand
or person to throw them. The things
wer~ stones, dirt, brickbats, cobs of
.Indi n corn."
Rather substantial eflects, these, of
ghostly influence. Not even the
hearthstone was safe from the witch
sped missiles, it appears, for the nzar
rator goes on to say: "When in the
house, and doors shut, they wouid
come down the chimney, and fall upon
them, and upon others that were in
-the house. ***One stone that hiitt
him on the arm putt him to some little
pain. Another on the leg drew a little
blood which appeared through his
stocking." Thus it continued tili No
vember, about which time said Dis
borow's barn was burnt; "no man
knew how, but very strangely; and
considerably to his loss." This strange
pelting wit'h missiles from unknown
hands continued until Disborow sent
-to Androsse the garments in dispute.
The reverend doctor marvels greatly
that, although "Stones & brickbats
about a pound waight that fell down
by them, yet they received no consid
erable hurt.'' "It was a strange &
awful Providence," he decides. "More
than naturall, which occasioned great
thoughts of hart; whether the child's
death was merely casuall, or, &c.
But how, or what the cause of the
motions was, the Lord only knows."
This same fall of 1683 seems to have
been especially blessed or cursed with
all manner of witch work, for late in
August of that year the Rev. John
Higginson, of Salem, writes to his
brother minister, Mr. Increase Mather,
the following terrible warning against
a too great love of books, which pre
cocious youngsters of to-day would do
well to learn by heart:
A godly young student, says the
account, was bound apprentice to a
draper, ye "Notwithstanding, con
tinued a strong inclination & eager
affection to books, with a curiosity of
hearkening after & reading of the
strangest & oddest books lhe could get ;
spending mtuch of his time that way to
the neglecting of his business." But,
as the Sunday schools say, mark the
sequel. "At one time there came a
man into the shop & brought a book
with him & say.d to him, here is a book
for you; keel) this till I call for it
again, and so went away. Mr. Sharp,
after his wonted bookish manner, was
eagerly all'ected to look into that
book ~& to read in it, which he did,
but as lie read in it, he was seized on
by a strange.horror both of body and
niind, tile hair of his head standing
up.",
The worthy apprentice straight way
took coutnsel with his master, and be
tween they decided that the volume
was a conjuring book and committed
it to the flames. The~man who brought
it of course no other than Decelzebub
himself. Then this godly young ap
prentice, taking this "As a solemn
warning from God to take heed what
bookse he did red. was mneh taken off
from his former bookishness, confin
ing himself to reading the Bible and
other known good books of divinity
which were profitable to his soul."
Listen to this Messrs. Crawford and
you uncanny shades of Fitzgeral, Do
Quincy and Poe.- If the mild horrors
of a seventeenth centurY tale were
judged the inventions of the devil,
what is the source of your grisly reve
lations?
The second story which Dr. lliz
-inson tells in all seriousness would
be worthy of a place in the ranks of'
those innumerable folk lore stories of
bargains wits the devil, if the expla
nations were not so patent to all ex
cept sage doctors of divinity two cen
turies ago. It seems that somewhere
in Essex, England, a young man
agreed with the devil to preach abso
lute atheism, that there 'vas neither
God, devil, heaven nor hell. In ex
change for this service he was to attain
wordly distinction and a great reputa
tion for wisdom. All at first went
swimmingly with this seventeenth
century Bob Ingersoll until the ap
proach of death. Then he straight
wav avowed his belief, not only in
prradise, but in punishment, and died
miserably in instant expection that a
legion of tiends would carry him, a
second or rather a foreshadowed Don
Giovanni, to the sulphurous pit.
The same Dr. Moodev mentioned
above can not let the birth of an un
fortunate monstrosity occur without
finding in it something of witchcraft,
and he gravely writes to Boston in
September, 1683, a- minute descrip
tion of a poor distorted infant that was
brought forth by an Indian woman, as
a terrrible warining of things present
and to come. He concludes: "Doubt
less vou have hearn how matt eri are
with~ us, I beg your prayers." Poor
man, he needed them not only for his
credulity but for his misfortunes, for
he was shortly after imprisoned by
Cranfield "for administering the sac
raments contrary to the laws and stat
utes of England."
These extraordinary statements
were sent to Dr. Mather, as he was
at that time compiling a volume, or
rather volumes, called "Remarkable
Providences," which he published in
1681. These uncouth and garbled
tales were accepted as absolutely cor
rect, not only by superstitious country
people, but by the most learned
scholars in America and England.
Such contemporary letters speak, as
no other testimony can, of the hor-ri
bly darkened condition of the human
intellect, even in the days when France
was approaching her. zenith under
Louis XIV., and.England was prepar
ing for that glorious revolution which
was to eflace the name of Stuart from
the list of European dynastics, and
give England not only genuine free
dom but a genuine king.
HOW VICTORIA DRESSES IN STATI:.
The Queen's Last Drawing itoom Recep
tion and the Toilettes of the Occasion.
(Froi a London Lette~r.)
I had the tonor of. being presented
to her Royal Highness at the last
drawing room and will give you a
description of her dress. It was of
the most tender lilac or mauve shade.
a wairt d pqtticoaL of lilac teir'
velvet, a train of creau ciepp de ohine,
handsomelv embroidered in various
shades of flowers, lined and bordered
with lilac and coral roses. The skirt
was looped with tulle and embroidered
with .e.ers, the train caught back
wthlilac featiers. 1er leaddress
was a tiara of diamonds; featiles a::d
veil, hecr ornaments diamonds". She
wore the orders of Victoria and Al
bert, the Crown of inudia, St. Catha
rine of Russia, St. John of' Jerusaie.u,
the Roya! Red Cross and Danism fain
ilv order. Next her stood the Princess
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, in a
dress and train of black striped velvet
and satin, the train lined with scarlet
satin and trimmed with jet. It should
be remar'ked here that people going
out of mourning in Englaud ahve-ys
wear scarlet. H~er headdress was' a
,iaI'a .f diamonds, feather's, veil, and
her ornamenu, .emeralds and dia
monds. She wore four orders~ the
Victoria and Alber't, 'the 'Crown of
India, $t. John of Jerusalem and the
Royal Red Cjoss, The Princess Mary
of Cambridge stood neat to her, an
igunense but rather handsome woman.
Then .came a yoglng girl, the Princess
Louise of Waies. An exquisite shade
of blush brocaded satin,' lined wit~h
poult de sole, and trimmed with feath
ers and syringa blossoms, joined the
corsage and train, over a tulle petti
coat looped with bunches of the same
iowers. H~er headdress was of feath
er's and taiil vy . She wore pearls,
damonds and rubies. Next tohe
stood her popular papa, the Prince'of
Wales, in a full suit of scarlet, the
uniform of a Geneil.
Nelhie Grant and Her English Husband.
(Frorn a New York Letter.)
It is possible 31rs. )ellie Girant Sar'
toris may visit her' mother late in the
summer.' She has now proceeded to
her Isle of Wight residence and will
soon make a visit to the Continent.
The only daught~er of the great chief
tain'of the American army deaired to
pass last winter with her mother to
comfort her, but her husband's father
wrote such a ioVing~ appeal to her to
return for the winter that 3i's. Saric?
ric at once went back to England.
There has been such an amount of
gossip about 3Mrs. Sartoris and her
husband that I feel authorized to say
that from the best sources I have
heard there is truth in the report of
31rs. Sartor'is being anxious for a
divorce. Her husband is gay and
perhaps would not by an American
mioralist be considered a model hus
band; but after all the model husbands
are few in this world, and if the wives
of all the husbands who are not
models were to seek and obtain
divorces the wives of the models
would be so numerically weak they
would certainly feel rathei- lonely.
A Lawyer's Contingent Fee.
"What is a contingent fee?" asked a
litigant of a well-known attoney the
other day.
"Well," said the legalite, "if I take
your case and lose it 1 zet nothing."
"Yes, yes; that's all right."
"But if I win the case you g'et noth
"H~ow's that ! How's that: I don't
think I understand you."
The attorney calmly repeated his
statement. The still noni-plussed liti
gant per'sisted:
"If I understand you, in neither'
case do I get any'thing."
"Well, you know that's not my- fault;
but that is the meaning of a contin
gent fee. Shall 1 bring suit? What
did you say ? No? Well, I am very
sorry. Good morning."
Four' prnisoncs are now confined in Rich
landl jail at Lexington's expanse. One
sering unexpired sentence from Court of
Sessions, two uder Trial Justice sentencec
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts or Interest Gathered from Various
Quarterm.
The Bank of Monroe, Louisiana, has
been closed.
A woman died in Nevw York Saturday.
it is stpposed. from cholera.
Unprecedented fruit and wheat crops are
reported in Virginia.
The apple crop of C(onnecticut promises
to be unusually large this year.
Ex-Vice President David Davis is lying
critically ill and may die at any moment.
Parliaient will be proroigued (nt Friday.
Diissolution will take place oin Saturday.
Randall says the Administration is not
the enemy of the silver dollar.
A horse was frig0htened to death in In
ianapolis, Ind., Thursday by a tire -team
Providence. 1'. 1.. Thursday celebrated
the 250th anniversary of the settlement of
that citv.
There is anider:e grumbling in Ba
varia regarding tae treatment of the late
King.
The Treasury has issued a call for $4,
000,000 of bonds for redemption. The call
matures August 1.
A French brigantine sank Saturday on
the banks of Newfoundland and nine of
her crew drowned.
Revivalists Jones and Small are said to
be planning a New England seashore cam
paign for the summer.
An unknown friend of Erin in New
York has contributed $5,000 to the relief
committee in Ireland.
The strike in the yarn mi'l of the River
side Mills at Augusta is at an end and the
mill is in full operation.
John Johnson, of Brooklyn. N. Y., com
mitted suicide by pushing a h)andkerchief
down his throat with a long ruler.
Jacob Swingley, of Creston, Ill., cut the
throats of his two children and committed
suicide on the 19th-insane.
The Board of Trustees of the University
of Alabama co!,ferred the degree of I). 1).
upon S. lieclit, Jewish rabwi of Mnm;zn
Ct.'
The New York Times has determined to
make an attempt to find out the secrets of
Alaska, and has sent an exploring expedi
tion.
Newsmen in New Jersey. Brooklyn and
part of New York commenced in5 oyeat
the World Monday and killed 50,0O0 copies
in one day.
The New England Institute Fair build
ing.. Boston, was burned Thursday. and
four workmen killed. Loss $250,000; cov
er-d by insurance.
The Republican Staite Convention met in
Montgomuery, Ala., last week, and decided
to pu1t ;I ticlset in the fi:ld. Prot.ection
principles a(dherad tO.
The British Museum has recently paid
?05 for a copy of the first, edition of the
Pi'grba.. P roge.'x. Only three copies are
known to lie in existence.
The pla:terers of Pitsburg and Alle
gheny City, 1a., some 700 in number, have
gone out (-n an'ther strike-. on acconut of
the bad faith of thy contra;cVars.
The University at Athens, Ga.. gets
$.,000 per year from the State. The At
lantat University for the colorl-d people gets
the same amoiun.
Ten Mexicans attacked 5o Apaches in
Tecapodepe Pass, near Sarache. The In
di:ms were defeated. The Mexicans lost
three killed and one wounded.
Saturday morning J. 11. Blackbur, of
AtImia. Ga., died. lie overtaxed his brain
in to- cause cOf I:mpe-n: on the dy of
election i Atlanta, andin-caie insane.
Yotinr and healhy as the season Is. there
is already a disposition to get up a yellow
fever scare in New Orleans. in consequence
of the arrival of a Cuban doctor with some
nie;-obes
'A meeting of 10,0011 petpiu a as jaek Tliurs
day at Zurich.'to protest against 'the Gov
er-nment's action a~rainst the'strikers. 'The
red iag wvasnmld but the polie pre
served order.
The Prince of Wales, who has decided
to become ;hn amateur phaotogra~phier, has
much dispieased the English by ordering
his tirst camera from an American firm.
Over 200 per-sons wecre poisoned at a fes
tival at Petersville, N. JI.. fronm eating sand
witches made of canned beef. Later news
attrtbutes us to nrsuro. w'iil put La thie
ice eam.
The Lake Shore switchmen employed at
the Union -stock vards unit work Thurs
day, owing to th,, r..fasi of thet r:ailroad
company to discharge~ eight non-union
men, at Chicago.
Judge Holman, of Indiana, has just been
norni:ated for Congress, and if elected it
will be his 11h term. Hie is kngvi in
Washingtoit as ethe wvach ~d'g of the
Treasu rv." --
A comirasA was glosed Mondaiy for the
completiont of the Birnnhami aiid Shuf
tield Rairoad and the ereetin at. Sheielt,
Ala., of a second iron fturnace with 100
tons capacity.
Fiv-e rien have been sentenced to impris
onment for terms vat ying from four to six
mnonmh for jwin'ng th:e 400 rioters who
felled, kicked and stonfed & Cathie lac
tory wvomen.
Fiiur of the five saloons at Washington,
Ill.,- are iowned by w:6tmen. Womin are
rapidly fitting~ themselves 'for polijdid du.
ties in anticipation of the time when they
shall achileve thte ballot.
Register Rlosecrans says the war of the
revol~itioni cost this country $0.000,000:
the wvar of 1812, $115,000J,000i: the Mexi
can wvar, $1:35,000,000, and ti- late n
pleasan;tnew.- $t;.180.92o005,
Th aitat ion of thequetionh of sces
sin tOhe ols in DgyN..,has occa
sioined or fr-ankness of expression by the
penople in regard to their earnest desire for
annexation to thn United States.
11. M. Hlyndmtan, President of the tio
cial D~emocratic Federation of London. and
leader of the Englishi party of so-called
Scientitic Socialism, has decided to visit the
United States on a lecturing tour.
At the fire of the great exhibition build
ing in Boston one man wvas roasted in sight
of the gazing crowvd. Eight charred bodies
were takenifromi the ruins and more are
still in the ashes.
A Mississipipi court has decided in a case
against a ciolored congregation that the
right of freedom of worship does not im
ply the right to such shouting and singing
as distmibs the neighborhood.
The w~ hipping post may be looked upon
-e a r. 'ie of barbarism, but its introducetion
into Matryland as a ptunishment for wife
beating has lessened that crime in 'hei State.
Btllies and cowards ailw~ays dread physical
paim.
In Annapolis County. Halifax, N. S..
where the contest in the recent election wias
very close, one- or mtore of the ballot boxes
are imissing. As a r-esult. te sineessionist
canidibat. ~Atstorney Genaera! Longley. mtay
lie counted it.
Thte Recv. Charks lI. Glloway. of Mis
sis~ipi, who was recentlv elgeted to, a bishi
oprite in the 5iouthiern Met hodi4t Chiurch. is
said to lie the roungest moan ever- elected to
cuch. i po t in the counels of his
huh.His age is 03.
Thle "oldest Mason" hias again paissed
awav; this time ini California-Captain
Johni Paul Jones Davidson. I he wvas born
in Connecticut in 178$ and had bieen a Ma
son 16 years when the Morgan episode
created sucht a stir in 1820.
The Presidbential vinoes of peusion raids
uponi the Treasur-y are apparently bearing
gooid results in Congress. Tuesday there
were :34 adverse repoirts of pension bills
fronm the Invalid Pensions Committee, and
there nre more to conic.
The Swedes are numerous in Chicago.
There are not less than five Odd Fellows'
lodges composed of this nationality alone.
The first Swedish lodge has commenced
putting up an Odd Fellows' block. At the
laying of the corner stone more than 5,000
were present, and the structure will cost
near $40,000.
Berlin has abolished the old custom of
holding market in squares and public places,
and during this month has opened a series
of grand and colossal market halls in vari
ous parts of the city. During one year the
city consumes 1,6:.5,000,U00 pounds of
food.
An Ecc-siastical Convention, represent
ing the Lutheran Synodsin Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Missis
sippi and Tennessee, met Wednesday in
St. Mark's Church, Roanoke, Va. Rev. W.
S. Bowman, 1). D., of Savannah, Ga.,
preached the opening sermon.
Seventeen years ago Thomas Stewart. of
Chicago, was sentenced to imprisonment
for life fcr the murder of Harry Hulbert.
It now appears that Eliza Reilley, a woman
for whom he had a boyish devotion, com
mitted tho crine, and that he voluntarily
sacrificed himself i4 har behalf. He was
released from the penitentiary on Ttesday
last.
There is a veritable war between the Chi
cago gas companies, three of whici have
invaded each other's territory, and the con
test has finally become so bitter that one of
the companies has offered to supply resi
dents of the West Division with gas on a
five years' contract for 65 cents per 1,000
feet, against $2.50, which was the charge
two years ago.
Last week, after the great victory by the
Liberals on the question at issuei a wealthy
old -ea captain' at Digby N. S., tooki a
hatchet, stripped the limbs from the highest
spruce tree on his farm, near the town, and
nailed the Stars and Stripes there. Then,
poiuting to the flag, ho shoudli "T 7t is
our ne-t qjuestion to yte op, and you will
find before long two-thirds of us that way
of thinking.''
The Government at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon issued a decree expelling the
French Princes from France. Count Tou
cher de Cariel, ambassador to the Austrian
Court, iis resigiued in prptpst ,1gainst the
action of the Government in expelling the
French Princes. It is believed that M.
Waddington, French Ambassador to the
Court of St. James, will also resign. The
Count and Countess of Paris and their son,
Prince Louis Philippe. after receiving their
fiends, w!4 embgk at Treport. Prince
Napoleon (Plon-Plon) is going to Geneva,
and his son, Prince \ ictor, to Brussels.
Origin of the Word "Doodle."
The origin of the word "boodle," which
has obtained such notoriety efl late, is
giving rise to a consiilerable amount'od lis
cuision'.' but' hei is littld doubt that it is
simply 'a slani Western term, implying
morey in buft. The Chicago New8 sug
gests thnt it may be a corruption of "bodle,'
a small Scotch coin, in value about one
third of a penny. In New England the
term ". oodle" is in common use, signifying
the whole or all-the entirety of anything,
Ingenious philologists might sppculatp qn
thecounecifon 'bptwdcp 'bio1le" and the
Gothic botan, meaping plunder or profit.
Icw Ilebriden,
The Islands of New Hebrides and Santa
Cruz, over which France and England are
now squabbling, form part of the long cha in
of groups in the West Pacific known as Ma
lanesin, about 200 miles from Solomon
Islands and New Caledoni. Net-rly a li
iianas arte o1vcjcaic'form1ton. The
largest of them is called Espiritu Santo, and
is seventy-five miles by forty miles in ex
tent. The population is about b0,000, most
ly savages, very cruel and quarrelsome, and
inveterate cannibals. The islands have an
unpleasant notoriety from the fact of the
murder of Bishop Pattjson, Capt. Good
their~ efforts ~to ev'ange1ize 'the natives.
They hav'e always been regai-dett'by the
English as forming paft of the clominion of
Ne Su Whaleg
Railroad Racket.
Railroad men say that on July 4th there
will be some considerable changing around
in railroad circles. General Mtaaaggr b. ..
'homas, of- ths Richmiund ana Danville, is
set down ahs a& mover, and liis object seems
to be to rob th& Atlantic Coast line of as
much of the through travel between the'
Nortih an!l South a,; possihe. It is said to
be a 'posi'tive fact that de ble daily trains
are to be put on the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta road, and the track between Char
lotte and Augusta is to be put in first class
order, new steel rails having been ordered.
When the tlduble tinily servjce bpigias on~
this roai, the' trairis wilf'be' run thirughx
from Charlotte to Savanniah..
Ji is rportd that a~ new through fast
mail and passenger train will be put on the
line between Charlotte and Washington,
making three trains per day on the Rich
mond and Danville, two of these to be
through passenger and mail and one local.
It will not surprise up to see all of these
rumors tconfirmedl, for the Itid.iond and
ianville is pot only reachiing oidt jor buisi:
ness, but intends to bid'r.-=.Ckalete O&
seer. -
A New Revelation.
The Interior, publishedl at Chicago, gives
the following discription of the recent titter
ance of the Augusta General Assembly:
'The Southern Presbyterian Geuneral A~y
sembhly has given the scientific and religious
world detinite information in regard'to the
proes-by which'God created man-an im
portant matter of kn'owledg6 unknowg to
mnkind nip to the& moment wh-len it was
revded' in the city of Augusta, Slate of
Georgia., Uniited States o'f America, anno
1S6. The purpose of this revelation was,
as our correspndent shows, to produce lhar
mony and peace in the Southern Presbyte
rian Church. The scientific and religious
world have, however, a just cause of com
plaint for that, whereas the Augusta As
sembly knew so much, it told so little. In
quirers after knowledge desire definiteness
andl particularity. In these qualities we
we must saly, with all deferenice, that the
Southern 'IHardshell Baptist colored
preachier was the bett'er revelator. H~e an
nontced that 'Ibe Lawd made Adam outen
ob de dust ob deC yearth, and stood him up
agin de fence to dry.' 'I1o1' on dar!' ex
claimed a dleacon fronm his pew, 'Who built
dat fenee No ~twithistanpdingr the 'erious
diliulty whichl so promptly miet the 'fence
theory,' we iregard it as, on the whole,
more explicit than the theory prop~oundedl,
in the interest of peac-e and harmony, by
the Southern Assembly."
Thie sune journal says respecting the hy
potesis that the Augusta Assembly hais
.ivn peace to the Church.
"Our Southern Presbyterian exchanges
are congratulating their readers that now,
and at last, the qjuestion of how Adlam was
created will no longer tear up the ground
on their Mouut lion. Now that their As
semby'has fully explained the process. if
any nian shall say that the As~mbly did
not know, fie can be taken by his back col
lar with the ecclesiastical left hand, and
seized w ith the ri'bt hand by the rudimen
tar integzument'of any other part of his
garments which may seem best located for
lifting pmurposes, and tossed out of the semi
tropical sheep-fold."
He swiang v.ith he~r till tlie hour was late
And when he went'home, said he,
1r father had painttedl the garden gate
And my pants are a sight to see.
Hereafter, he said to himself, I'll wait
Til the paint has dried on the garden ate.
BRIC-A-BRAC.
Upside down-A feather bed.
A capital fellow-The millionaire.
Glnziers take pleasure in the thoughti tbat
this is a world of pane.
Uniform prices--What the tailor ciargcs
for soldier's clothes.
You can always get a bottle of )erfiei
ry for a scent.
The fisheries question-[N there anything
left in the p0,ket Ilainsh
If you find you cannot succeel-suw
cumb.
One need not be a brilliant writvr
press himself in glowing terms.
Young man, never say to yoursire: "You
might go. father, and fare worse.
Perhaps the music of Thomas and Maria
may not inaptly be called eat-chy.
The tramp who entered a bakery :1ni
stole a loaf of ginger-bread took the eake.
Nature's most becoming dress-the close
of the day.
Effectual destruction of weeds- marrying
a widow.
Man proposes, woman accepts, if tle col
laterals are good.
It is not believed that the President will
veto his wedding bills.
No chicken pie blooms oi the echoless
banks of Salt River.
Country cousins are beginning to receive
letters from their city relatives.
Better to have loved a short girl than
never to have loved a tall.
Every nice young hidy who ib:ps: a bach
elor guardian s5!cul feci ccouraged now,
If you want to communicate with the
finny tribes of the sea first drop them a line.
When one splits his side with laughter he
should run until ho gets a stitf-h in them.
In answer to the question, "Is life worth
living'" we reply that it all depends on the
liver.
It is between the acts at the theater that
a man is most liable to have an at tack of
the g'out.
Buy bar soap by the quartity. Keep it
where it will dry, and it will go niuch
farther in using.
It is a sure sign that the fools are not all
dead when aii fat man tries to be a dude and
wear tight pantaloons.
"Letter go!" exclaimed Flippant-!alker.
dropping a missive into the x on thestreet
near Dr. Mioi's drug store.
Maine seems quite willing to go over and
thrash Canada, provided some one will hold
the Canadians till she does it.
We always knew this administration
would get itself into trouble before i f:n
ished its term.
Perother Blaine is everything and every
where in these days. Isn't lie a little too
previous for the summer of 1888?
If the poets can may be kept quiet the
country may yet recover from the excite
ment attending the President's marriage.
With what fiendish glee the Frcnchm:;n
will greet the news that the bieyclc has
been introduced into the Germait army.
said Podger's wife, "the devil
has a clbven foot. and the mnim-. who has a
cloven breath is oi the way to him."
There is 1 *giuneness" about the girl's
feelings who has been lavishing her smiles
exclusively on students.
"Come, swallow, come, for thee I wait."
sings a poet. for whom, apparently. the a
loon keeper will put nothing more on the
slate.
What is home without q p~m~e, what
are all. the ;oya -. e mot, wh'en we're igno
pint o'f 'hO topies that are talked of on the
street
A Harlem girl -ants to know ' if it is
true that kissing cures freckles." Wouldn't
say positively, but a simple recipe like this
is worth trying..
A Western journal head~g in articlie, '"A
lunatic escapeg and man'ics a widow"
E~cuiped4 'eyP We .should say lhe gi t
caught.
"I do love dress" oxdimett a young so
cis.ty hello. "Then I should think you
would wear more of it," replied a cynical
bachelor.
A contemporary says Miss F'olsom's pho
tograph has been copyrighted. Her news
paper pictures appear to hate h::en all ('0y
wronged. lY
The blockade against Greece has just
beraised in Europe, while on this side of
th ater Congress is legislating agtinst
oleomargarmne.
If the raihcais continue to water their
stocks'in the future as they have done in
the past a locomotive that can't swim won't
be worth a cent.
The Capitol says that interest in base ball
in Atlanta is waning. Th~e gg-wds afe very
light au'g thege age nyt more than a do'zen
ladies in attendance,
Now that the funnyisms of the Lord
High Executioner in "The Mikado" are
becoming stale dont style them chestnuts.
Call 'em Ko ko-nuts.
Senator Edmunds approves the Presi
dent's marriage in good round terms. After
that there could be no possible Gb ictian to
it even if it were not tog, late.
That ggnuial lrute, John L. Sulivan,
thir'estens to write a book. lHe evidently
waints to figiht a three-rognud nlatch wvth the
I gersoll's sweeping assertion "that noth
ing is ever lost" staggers our faith in him.
If lie excepts umbrellas he can restore the
religious harmony between us.
Rip Van Winge was roolish to go out
and shep un a dampu mountain for twenty
years. lie might just as well have clerked
in a store that did not adv'ertise.
An A tlanta man is dying from the' bite of
a mulo. When a muli becomes dangerous
at both end.s it is tim'e to propound the co.
nlundrum: "Whither are we drifting"
Ifmsi signs are in vogue among the
drumniers: associations, it may safely be
assumed that the new member experiences
little difficulty in "catching oii" to the grip.
The question which seems to be troubling
some members of the h~ouse is whether but
ter or b~utterine would be the cheapest to
grease the political machinery of their dis
trict with.
It always su1'pribes a man when lie dio
covers that a woman is not a coward. But
it never 'surpri'ses a woman wheni she finds
that aman is.
Do not laugh at the gentlemani with a
bare poll, my son. It is nnt nearly so had
to hiave? a head that is bald on the out:-ide as
to have r, hiead that is bald on the inside.
J. W. MIartin, Intendant of Woodruff.
has resignedl in consequence of the five
Wardens clamoring for the sale of whisky.
He says: "I used every argument availa
ble, but all to ino putrp)ose, so I be~grc dis
gusted and havc resigned."
'The Troublec ibarely Oier.
Stomach troulde is serious buwintes
while it lasts; but what a blesse'd relief
to have it depart! 3Irs. F. G. Wells, of
19 Atlantie street, Hartford, Conn.,
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lag process began right away, and the os
eulatory forfeiture (lied away amid sound
similar unto those made by a cow when
pulling her foot out of the mud.
SPRING FEVER
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