The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, June 25, 1896, Image 4
DEACON H(
'I'lle )2istor at GIoShel Corners had
prl'ehed at clo4.e, praticail serion oil
the ins tit do so easily besot its.
;ile* 'i-et 'l'witchell and l3eacon
I lonliln cLmeW4 out. Of t1.he1 meeting house
-tall st.ar41 oil their loiidward way to
4,411111. Int l I 'ueter's cano went down
1l(poll the stony road w ith ' strong emii
phaiis, as lie begatt :
"Tull ye now, that was a powerful
sar'hin' discourse Brothber Jonks give
us this miiornIlin' -ehl, deacon ?"
" Wall, tollerbly so, to somo folks,
I expect, butl he didn't bear down on
S0111 pinits as he'd orter, and left out a
good ( many as had ort'er beet fetched
ii. I"' I'd been prlaclin' Oil that air
subjiek, with Squair Bowle's a-settin'
right afore m1e, I should 'a' beon moved
to say suthin' about drinkin' and takin'
oulawful intrust, but ministers Is
nothin' but air'thin vessels, the bost on
'em, and a big pow rent hides a good
many besetmonts."
"Sho, now, doacon, I wouldn't say
that of I was you-don't appear to
sound like the charity that thinkoth
no evil. There was one or two pints I
took portikelar notice on, one was
that a man's besettin' sins ain't apt to
bo marked sins, so plain that every
body calls 'em by their right names
we talk about 'cm as only our ways, as
of that made 'em all right-whereas,
Scripter says it's the 'leutle foxes that
spile the vine.' 'Nd then agin, it's a
sight easier to see other folks' beset
monts than our own, es the Good Book
says-a mote in our neighbor's eye,
and a beam in our own."
" As to that," began the deacon-but
just here the road parted, and the two
wetint their diffeirent ways.
The deacon's thoughts having been
led into a persolll channel by Uncle
Petc r's last remark, ran on somuewhat
in this wise:
"'Cordin' to B3rother J.18ks tihe' h
somne pertikelar sill that hbeets every
on'e of us. Now I ean'L call to mind
anytl hing inl my wal k or, convarsatior
thalit Iin't streuiispect." Ilere a dini
siggtestiot) of t1e i'harisee in th e
tepl)14.e Crossed his illind. " I ain't by
114) m11ans perfet, and dont' purtend
tor be-but I coIntribit to all the causes
and reiember. the widder and th(
fatherless, and don't nover- sufler sit
ill mily leighbor without rebike
What's unbeknown can't be cured; e
I've got 'il), the bord'll hev to makt
'em known."
Dinner was smoking oil the tabb
when the deacon reached home. Afte:
his eustomary acknowledgment on the
divine bounty, 1he surveyed tile tabb
with a look of disapproval.
t" Mlarv Ann," he sharply ordered
" you go d]own sullar and fetch pl) son
pitkles. How ailyhody kin git bake
beans, and leave off tile pickles, beat
all."
"But, father," his wife timidly vent
ured, " you said last Sunday pickle
ilake your tooth aehe, so I got eide
app~llos4ass to-d.ay."
"Spos'n Idhi say.3 so, that's 110 reaso5
why I shouldn't, m:' muickles on) thi
table :that eider' aplesas -. '' bile
down half enough. Helre, E-:zry, yo
take this 'cre coffeep1ot, and set, it bac'
onto the coals ;I wish it, could be0 key
in mind, thlat coffeeL or'teir be hot,'' wit]
a master'ful look at is wife.
By wvay of creating a diver'sion
'Siah Stearns, the hired man. romar'k
ed to Ma' s. Holden:
"I thought we had fust-r'ate singini
to-day."
Becfore she could r'ely,' the deacoi
took up the word.
" Singin': Wail, of scr'eehin' is goot
singin', I should say we had--but 'tain'
nowise beOlittinl' tile satnetooary, as
part o' worship. What Phineas Gat
chel11 is sot up thei'e in theO gallery fo.
is mor'e thlan I. can tell ; hlain't no voiet
-for singlin', and what lhe has need
ilin' as bad as Amos's old bass viol."
"Mother," asked .'lIary Ann,"d
you notice Jim Pettengill's got hlomo
How glad his folk must, be !
SSpeociaily his mnother-'-I'mn glat
for' her," said Mi's. Hlolden. "'he
say Jim's (lone well out there in lowy.
" 10f he has, he's the fuist, Pottengil
as cycr' did do well," pronounced the
deacon. "The sins o' thbe fathers i,
visitedl upon0 the childurn, and evei
sence- the old1 colonel's eviil(loin's th4
P'ettcngills has aller's come out at tiht
leetle end o' the horn."
By this time nlobiody car~ied to encoun
toe' the cr'oss-currei'nt,. of contradict iot
any ful'ther, so tile meal wans finlihct
in silenec.
"1Plough the south mnedder to-day
'Siah," 4.1irected the deaconl Mondaj
morninig, "'andl try your hland at a
straight fuerer' for once."
Now if there was oneO thing upor
which 'Siah priidedi him sel f it was h i:
skill in ploughing. lie knew lie hat
a neighborhood repultation for that.
"' Some folks can't see when th ingi
airi straight,'' lhe saidl ha'11f tolI hisl:
as he went out.
1'The same14 minlilg lh'othler l 'ike
pre'Lparing to go out on his round o.
churchi.oiloecting, said 1It his wife:
" l'v a niottion to begin this tim<14
over on l)ennett,'s hiill, andl take thi:
neiighborhloodi last. Th'le fact, is Ill'oth
or' I~oldoni's4 irst-rate to payI3 :hut, h<4
has a way of tallking -. t11bat puts me al1
outo0' sot'ts-nobody, nor~i nothiin', seenn
to be4 just iright, accordinlg to hiis view
andl I always get clear downt to ga
heel about tle church when I hear h1inl
to]lk."
So it was 1late in thle afternioon whet
It -other' Il'ike's "'Ih ul lo "' br'oig lit th
d aeon to the roadside. LOanig or
hlis hoe 10( hnlo besido 1.he4 stonec wall
lie remarked(C~ intterrlogatively3'
tihie oin't .Y I",dks int gener'al ain'I
over01 anxious11 to) payi upJ thie Lor~id't
dues0."
"' Well, I'ml glad to say3 1 haven't
found them batckl ward't ti)'-day. .1 ust
look there no0w," po4inting to4 aL bibo
r'4iouly b4erawle.Id linie wh' i ch pro'4ved) on1
car'eful (!xam~linattionf to recad :"biddy
1'oter's, li vo doliars."' " ' 8 ne sol(
denial it's takent to get that11 five (do1
lar's, and someO faith, too14, as to how she
can get along without It.''"
"Self-denial's a1 good thing of It's
pra'ictised wheire it's mo0st, n'e(eed, and1
us to faith, we'ret 'onltnanil! to add to
it, virtoo. iU Widder- l'eters'd jumst
brtidle that onruly' tongue o' horn, mt
woulid help) the causl5 in4r'nl twice
five dollairs. Her's mty oiutes, jot II Lty,
of I've coutedC( r'ght. low multch did
"' Abovo two hundred."
'Orter' bin thlroo: tell ye what
Birother' P'ike, yoi'e'c too easy :you'd
orter dive 'cm right up1 to the miiark,
anu hlave all the titLhes fetched in. It's
a means o' grace for a1 mnan to be told
hIs (1a11in's, and theroe Is thtem that
says a le'tle moi'e snap In 'olIh-''t n'
DLDEN'S....
-PET SIN.
would bring the tiggers up a good deal
higher.
As 'Siah i'ove up to the bars just
then liLrother I'ike very 'willingly de
parted.
" Wall," said 'Slah, looking back
over the level stretch of straight brown
furrows, lying fresh and mellow in the
setting sun, " I call that a purty fair
piece o' work."
" Ucm, tain't so bad as it might be
nor so good nurther; that's a consider
'ble of a crook over there to'ards Mar
tin," replied he deacon.
" Natorally," said 'Slah dryly, "I
didn't hov no plough thet would cut
straight through that big rock," and
gathering up his reins, he started
homeward, wondering. to himself what
" the old man," as he rhentally termed
him, could have found to say if there
had been no rock there.
By prayer meeting time that night
the deacon felt himself Prepared to re
prove and rebuke with more than ordi
nary fervor. It was the burden of his
prayer that the watchman upon the
walls of Zion might be no longer dumb
dogs that did not bark, that they
might cry aloud and spare not, show
ing the people their transgressions, and
the house of Israel their sins. He
warned the brethren again covetous
ness, which is idolatry ; expressed his
conviction that a good many had a
form of godliness w*,tliout its power ;
and exhorted each and all to pui away
their easily besotting sins, winding
up with the declaration : "As for
me and my house, we will serve the
Lord."
Walking homeward in the dark
ness of a clouded night, the deacon
could riot help overhearing a conver
sation going on just before him. It
wias Uncle Peter's voice that was say
ing:
" You'vo got a good place this year,
'Siah, a fust-rato good placo ; you'd
orter git a good deal of spiritooal good,
whilst you're under that rutf."
There was a little pause, and then
'Siah burst out:
" I git good vittles, and good pay
enulT, but as to spiritoOal good, any
body as gits that livin' with the deacon
will hev to take it by the rule o' con
traries, now I tell yo!"
" Why, why, 'Siah i--what at alrth
possesses ye to talk-that way ? Deacon's
one o' the pillars o' the church ! 'Tain't
many hes his gift o' speech ! Brother
Jonks hisself couldn't a spoko more
powerful than he did ter-night."
Ef church pillars is set up for folks
to stunblo against, 1 grant yO, he's
one to all intents 'nd purposes. Uncle
Peter, I ain't give to talkin' agin the
folks I live with, but seein' you've
started it, I'm jest goin' on to tell ye,
of all the contrary, contradictions,
Iaultlindin' men I ever seed, he's the
- beatin'est! Yis, sir, and all the time
settin' hisself up that lie's a better
judge o' what's right than all the rest
"Ain't you a leetle ha'sh now, 'diah ?
Iexpect he hes his faults, like all the
rest oni us-pocor faillable critters we
root o' the matter in him. Pint out
Ssomebody, of ye can, thet's more honest
and fair in deal in's than he is !"
"I say 'tain't honest to pile on blame
whero 'tain't due, and keep back every
single word o' praise tnatfolks deserve's
anid ortor hey. Eif Iwas testifyin' be
fore a jury I should say jest as I'm
tellin' you~l, I hain't never nearn that
man own upl that anybody, minister
or wire or chiildhren, or neighbors or'
church or gov'nmenit or' what not, had
done one thing that wuz jest right!
All he has tor say is pickin' iaws. As
to the root o' the matter, as ye call it,
mabhe I ain't no jedgo, but i do0 know
there's an a1wfuml heavy topgrowth o'
thorns and briers."
"Wail 'Siah, I dunno what ter' say.
I'm drietful sorry to hear ye say sich
things about the deacon, sich a nice
fambly as lhe's a-br'ingin' up. too ''
"\What do ye 'apose I hoar' thoem
children say one day up overhead in
the bam'n t Ezry wuz a-tellin' Mandy
he'd rather riot go to Heaven of pa was
goin' to be ther e ;but Many she says:
' I guess pa'Il c.v to stay in the fr'ont
r'oom all the Lia. u0lp there, 'cause he's
a lea'~on, end ho won't dlar' to he
cr'oss am11onigst the anrgels !' Now, I
jest want ter kncw. Uncle Peter,
what r'eligion is good for ef it don't
make a man pleasanter to live with
every day ?"
H-er'e thae talk came to an end.
Never in all his life before had
Samuel Holdhen hcon madec to see him
sel f as5 othbers saw him. At fir'st he wars
stunned altnd bewildered, feeling as
though his hearing was playing him
false. Ic, to be spoken of as a stum
bling block iAnger, r'osentmont and
mnorti lied pr'ide strugglced foi' the mas11
tory. But, p~reLsently all these gave
wiay before an over'whielming convic
tion of sin. The Spirit of God( sent
home thre truth like a searclIghrt
upon his conscience, br'inginig out his
ways anoi wvords' In their true colors,
till he was r'eady to en'y out :' I abhor
miyself :"
Th'le deacon was in hris aiccustomcd
se at at the next, pr'aye~'rimeting, but
iv idecntly rnot in his uisuarl stateo of
mii nd. TPhr'ough prayers alnd oxhor
trations and( singing he sat silent, with
bent head, evidently unconscious of
the wornde'irig glances turinied towar~id
him. When the mooetinig drew to
Iwrds a close, lie rose0 uniutoadnily,
leaning heavily upon the desk before
him. His face was working with 01mo
Lion in the str'uggle for utterance.
"lin'ethr'en and friends,'' he said,
"I've been 10(1 to see myself a sinner
beforo (God and man. It's an awful
hing to know that you've bocn a1
diumbl in' block ! A stumrnbl in' block
IThat's what I've been all these years,
'ndn now, my besettin' sin has found mo
ouit. it's moy fauIt-li ind in' moanner 0'
speLec'h that's beeni a rer'lnoach to thre
cause, anrd madc rel:Iigion arn otfonce
and~ a by worn! I've priovoked mny
childr1 nen to wrath, 'nd cf their souls Is
lo-t, thir blood( 'll be 0on my honmd. I
ha In't exercised char'ity. I've spoken
evil of my fellow mrenr. I hain't studied
to please my neighbor for Iris goodh to I
onddyficationi. I as5k youri pra'iyers, that
God be mnercifulI to me, a sinn ter'.".
T1he deacon 's manner, ro) less than
his wor'ds, mado(1 a deep imopr'ession.
T[he light in wh ich~ he saw himisel f so
clearly re flected into ever'y hreart,
br'irnging into view a multitude of bri
setting sins, uinsusp~ected hitherto.
A fter a solemn silence, Uncle Peter's
tr'omuilous voice said :'" Let, urs pra'iy."
and all, with one accor'], fell on their
knees--a comnpanry of sinners before a
holy God. As the good old1 man pou r'ed
Out his whole soul in the words of
'ul f-ahnlsinfo ('nnitritinn. anhs and arid1L
blo reaponses came from all parts e
the room. The influence of that meet
ing made itself felt in " great search
ings of heart," in mutual confession
and forgiveness, and walking softly
before God. This was the beginning
of the great revival at Goshen Cornors.
-N. Y. Observer.
PITY FOt THE POOR.
Bill Arp Draws a Touclhing Ploture
o' Sutlering-Help for the DeLst
tute.
If Gordon Noel Hurtel never writes
anything inoro, " Tho laillT's Sale"
Is sullicient to draw lovo and prailso
from all good people. It has kindled
a kindly feeling toward-him, and what
is better, it has warmed our pity and
culisted our sympathy for the suffer
ing poor. How casy it is for. hearts to
got hard and charity to grow cold.
Tho sale of the poor tenant's house
hold goods to pay the landlord's rent is
a much more common thing than is
supposed. The picture is not over
drawn. If it is not sold by the consta
blo it is by the auctioneer. I never
pass an auction sale of old furniture
but what I linger and look and ponder.
There is an unwritten chapter of want
and misery in every old bureatt and
sofa and chair. There are hearts ach
ing somewhere. There is sadness
under some roof. If the sale paid the
debt there would be some comfort, but
the costs of court, the dray age and
commissions takes about all-for, as
Mr. ilurtel says :
" Such worthless old rubbish will go
for a song."
"Alas ! for the rarity of Christian
charity," when the bereaved mother
has to spend her last quarter to buy in
her dead baby's chair. If that did not
really happen, something akin to it is
happening every day In our crowded
cities. What we so when we visit
them Is only the sunshine and glitte
that wealth has brought to the favor
ed few. We walk or ride on Peach
treo and wonder and admiro, but who
socks the dark ailoys where the poor
congregate? Judge Ileckley wrote a
beautiful pom, called " A Tale of Two
Citics-the City of Life and the City of
Death "-Atlanta and its cemetery ;
and his contrast between their inhab
itants was wonderfully graphic and
true. Ilut there is a mor'e .pathotic
contrast between the very rich and
the very poor in every crowded me
tropolis. Sometimes we Condone out'
neglect of poverty and suffering by
saying they ire not worth befriending
-they art ungrateful-they brought
their misery 1)o11 themselves--or, if
you feed them and set them up for to
day they will want more tomorrow.
Some folks say that private charity is
against public policy, but my expe
rience and observation is that the best
way to quiet our consciences is to fielp
then-give help In some way. There
are a few professional beggars, but
not enough to impoverish anybody in
this Southern country. But those
who are really poor and do actually
suffer for good shelter, good food and
comfortable clothing are many and In
creasing in numbers every day.
My wife (iut out those touching
verses about the bailitf's sile and says
they reinkfd her of Tom Hood's "Song
of the Shirt."
011h, for onIe short hour
To feel as I used to feel,
Heifor I knew the woes of wanit,
I. l the wiork that e ,sts a meal."
That "' Song of the Shirt " awakened
all London to) the sutIlerings of poor'
women and it has come down to us
aong the corriidors of time and quiick
ened our1 sympathies and enlarged our'
charities. Oh, that our rich p~eophle
would sometimes r'eadl it and dr'op a
tear' of symipathy and then go out into
the by-ways and do something for
humanity's sake. lHockefellor IS at
great 1)1hilanth roplist in his way, but
George Pecabody wvill outrank him in
the annals of historty and the jtidgment
of heaven. W by does niot some multi
inill ionairec follow his example anid
prov'ide cheap homtes for the poor1 of
ouir cities ? I have heard it said that
it was Tom liood's poem that first in
sirued him to build cheap lodgings for
the 1p00r of Lo~ndon. ils plans for- so
dloing were not carriedl out for sever'a!
years, but lhe could not erase from his
memory the lines:
"Thzat shattered roof-this naketd floor,
A\ table--a broklen cir ,
Ao nd ahal so blnk myV shadtow I tlihn
H-I spent three millions on those
lodging houses andl they are still a
coinf t to jtm thousartnds who occupy
the:. . i: a . ut.'ar is not so) meani
and - .. . .i oughtless and for
getl. Oia io at emotions need re
mi's. Every now and theni a pa
thetic'picture must be drtan n, a tender
poem l must be written. We must see
the poor01 woman with the faded shawl
"As she wipes with its friniges a tear (romn
her eve."
Many a mni has pity in his breast
and chatrity in his hecart, but, it slum
hers because it does not see the misery
of the unfortunaite, i'overty shrinks
from th'e public gazie. it hides and~
sultfi's and waits, and hence we see
large sums of money gathered in the
churches to be sent to those alfar oilf
when there is more need of it at home.
Starmv ing' pleople do not go to churich
nor will thbey go half clad in unml y
gairments. The* best relhigton Ian
Iguishies from hunimger' and cold. True
charity must hunt for disetress aind re
lie it.
This reomindls me of the convicts and
their' pi tiletss condl i tion.- Most of the m
dlescerve theiri fate but amoang the 3i.000(
there are some who i.avo expiated
thieir~ (otensems anid ought to be set free.
The coar its make mistaktes so~meti mes,
tar d no doubilt there are many convicts
palyling peinalties they d10 not owe.
There is not, a mfor'e helploess creatur'e
upon earth thtan a fr'ien~dless convict,
and we rejoice that Governor Atkin
son and the comminittee are making a
sear'ching examination. T1he GJoveir
nor toldl me of a negro boy who had
served nine years and had eleven more
to serve. lie wvent In a boy of fifteen
charged w ith ar'son and now it alppear's
most clearly that ho was not guilIty,
and it could have been, so prioved, b t
the witness, at substantial citizen. live d
out (If the State and his evidence coild(
not be had. The boy was convicted on
circumstatntial evidence. The Gover
nor1 has alhiidavits that place the innc
conco of this negro beyond all doubt,
andl of cour mse ho lias set him at li berty.
Hei has shortened the termns of a great
many and his consideration for those
who havo b'ehavedl well r'eoivos uin
usu11al co)mnmndlation.
Reform is said] to h otne (If the ob)
jects (If punishment, and if the crimi
nal hlas real ly r'epented and reformed,
ho should be given another chanco.
My wife was commenting on that
little chair- that was the poor1 fbother's
token oIf her dead chilid e'nd that ire
minlded( her of a little workstand that
tihe Y'an kees tootk from her' and car'
r'icd oif. It wats a beatty and was
madec specially for Iher twenty-four-thi
birthday and she hats lammnnted its loss
all theso years. ioorty mnoro years'
have nand, and now she has nnoter
birthday, and all that I had to give
her was a morning kiss on her brow
and a white rose in her rayon hair and
to wish shor long life and happiness and
that her last days inight be her best
days. God grant that no allliction or
calamity may befall her! Her absent
boys wrote her loving letters, and as
she read them she said : " f know
they would not forgot their poor old
mother." " Poor ! " said 1. " You are
rat and you are rich in your postority,
and you are not old-not near as old as
I am Why not say their rich and
well-preserved mother?" But nu
merous grand-children and more com
ing does make an ancient matron feel
old, espeolally If she had to play rulla
geo from the fowl invaders and carry
halIf a dozen little helpless children
with hert during a long and cruel war.
Those four years ought to count ten in
the ealendar of a mother's ago.
Hii, Amr.
THII STAR SPANGL'D BANNEIR.
Anl El1ort to Build a Monument. to
(lie Anthor-The OrIgin of' tihe
Poem.
Philadelphia Times.
[rancis Scott Kov, the author of
"The Star Spangled Banner," to whose
grave an elfort has recently been made
to raise funds for tile erection of a
suitable monument, was the father of
Mrs. George H. Pendleton, of this city,
who died a few years ago, leaving a
flmily who cherish tile memories of
the noted hymn writer. Among some
of the papers of the family are the
ever familiar stories of tile events
leading to Key's Inspiration and anu
thorship of this national renowned
song. Some of tile most prominent
and interesting facts are gleaned from
a paper that was road before the Hlis
torical Society of Ponnsylvania a few
days ago. The grave of Key is in a
pubtlic coeletery not far from l'red
crick, Md., the home of his birth, and
is only mark(ed by a slab abnost over
grown with weeds and busies.
Mr. Key was born near Fredrick,
Md., August 1, 17719. After graduat
ing at St. John's Law college in An
napolis, h began a successful practice
in Georgetown, Md. His Camreer was
sull that he was soon appointed dis
trict attorney of Washiuj;ton, and was
considered one of the most brilliant
attorneys of tile (lay. le was poet
and wit as well as lawyer, as'a few
of iis productions h ad aInl ready gained
the admiration of his friends before
his niam bcame a Iousehold word
throughoeut the land. Key was a great
friend to Dr. William Boanes, and it
was through a string of circumstances
happening while boarding at the lat
ter's house that led l) to the soul
stirring words of the ballad.
In 1814 lie and four or live of his most
intimate friends were spending the
summer at the Beanes retreat. Dur
ing tile sumlelr Admiral Cockburn
and General Ross cailpaigned a inarch
upton the calpital. When they reached
Marlboro, thu ollicers and tieir stall,
mlade thir hieadquarters at the doctor's
residence. They wei-e well pleased
witn the reception given them, and
General Ross pliced guards around
the grounds as a means of protection
against any depredations of which the
soldiers might be guilty.
The march on Washinigton was
made in Aigtist, resulting inl the de
struction of the capitol, president's
house, navy yar'ds, arsenal, pulbic
stores and the vairiouls newsp~aperl of
liecs. Thle Britishm were unsuccessfully
attacked by a small army of raw i
cruits. Waite the alir was dlenso, ' w ith
smoke, some one rushed wi tih gladne1ss
inito Dr'. IBeanes's yard crying, "' The
redicoats ar-e whip jped, I see them comn
ing o'ver the hilt." As they were re
treating over thme hill, the doctor and
his friends descenidedl to the spring in
tihe hollow for a drink. While there
thrce British soldieris apipeiared and
declared they had been victorious. A
dispute ar-ose resuilting in aL light. The
redcoats were over'powered, taken and
confined as pisonerPs ill the coirit
house. Cock burn soon hieaird of it,, and
that night sent a body of soldhiers5 to
libo'rate the subijects and r'oturn with
iBeanes. Tile dloctor was unmciifully
tireatedl andt impiIsoned in one of the
ships. Key was bound to have is
friend released, iad consultedl P resi
dent Madison, who gave oi'ders and
placed a boat at his service. Key, with
his associlate-s, over'took the lBritishl
bomt neair the month of th e Il'otoimalc.
Key's persuaision wats unsu51cessful
wvitlh the aidmira'il, wvho stated ini strong
teicnms that Bteanes- should be hantilred.
Hius ar'gumient with GJener'al R~oss was
morec oll':ctuail, whlo, afLter consmiderinor
thle matter, concluded that Beanes
might hge i'oleased shlould their attack
on Lkdltimoire be unsu~lccessful. A fice
landing, Ross miovedl up the Il'aluixenit
to I'ort Meilenr'y. Meanwhile hleanes
had beeni transfer'red to hey's vessel
and kept uinder- British guards. Ilt i
mfore wias 1)1in ly in sight from the
smnall A merican vessel.
Throughout the night shot and shell
initense agony awaiting the result of
thie conflict. Ju Lst at dawn the fi ring
cased ,and calmness r'eigned. 11ut
yet their suspense wias not irel ievedl, as
tihe smoke was so low they could not
see from tie shipl's deck whiichm lag was
floating. .Key often said that wa the
most trying time of his life. As the
Suilnroise, a faint gl imnpse of tihe A imri
can fIlmg coulId be seen th rough glasses,
wavinig In the breeze. At the sight
of the hlag, Key could only 11in( cx.
i'ressioni fori hiis feeIi ng b~y wiin g the
Iirist two stanzas of the "'Star Spangled
Banner."
Th'ie IBrmitish could be seen retreat
ing, beaiiming the b~ody of I toss. aL corpse.
Th'ley boarded their' vessel leavinzg Dr.
Beanes, Key andl their friendls free.
Key wr-ote the lines while 0on the
vessel (in the back of an old letter he
found in is pocket. It wais published
and suing for tbe first. 1,ime Septemb er
15, 1814. Key dhiedi in Baltimore Janti
uary If, 1842.
--A gorud story Is being told on one
of ILoulsvillio's most prominent hmoimo
copa1th Ic phiys!eians. SeveraIL dfays ago
at younmg womnan ('alled iat his olie
amd, after' di5isusing Oil all the topjies
of interest of the dauy, settled down to
tell himi her ailments. Amiiong other
Liings, she saidi that, shie was greatly
annioyed w ithi a sinking fooling. The
p)hysician preparerd a littleo bottle of
pill s and gave them LI) her, 'i ih
minu111to diirections ias to how they
shouild be Ltakeni. The won- an1 aigain
beganm to talk atnd, after many vain ef
forts to) get out., she starited for the
doom'. She had just openied it when
she turmnedl and1( Iaid : " Oh, dloctor,
w hat shiall I do (0If these p-ills do not
enui- me ''" "' Tmko Lime cork,"' lie re
toirted ; "they tell mc that s good for a
sinking feeling," and1 he' called( the
next, patient into hiis prmivate ('1lico.
--ThIe M is.-com i is I.hio longest, iiverm
aind the Mi1ssissipp;i really joins the
M~ti *-iuri. hut thme Missi~4.npi wats
discoveried first and obtineid tile repul
hation of being thlo nininal stroni:
ISAAC G. McIUSSICK.
A Sketch of' Ills lite and Services
A 13iave t101(lier' aniid Pntriotic
Citizen.
Tho subject o! the following sketch
died at his home in Union on Monday,
June 8, 1819t. ilo ws much larger than
his own county, and was well known
and highly .esteoiied by hundreds of
peoplo in all sections of tle State. Ile
was generous, largo hearted, full of
love for his neighbor, kind to every
one, a genial companion, a helpful
friend in time (of need, without hitter
ness to any one, with stirong faith in
the lpeople, a lover of hils coutntlry, his
church and his (od. It gives us pleas
ure to publish the follovinlg bketch
prepared at tihe re'uest of Tne Spartan:
Col. Isaac G. Mci(issick wits born in
Union county, in that section known
as "Pea Ridge" which he has since
madie famous, on Nov. 20, iM5. ile
sprung from the loins of a sturdy
Scotch-Irish ancestry, his ancestors
having lived near the border of Scot
land and Ireland. When he was seven
or eight years of ago his father (lied
leaving a widow, live son1s and one
daughter. Col. McKissick's early
childhood was spent Ol the farm and
his education was, of course, limited
in a very great degree. Dis school
days would number lessi than twelve
months, all told, and it has boen often
told of him that his education was ob
tained by studying at night by the
light of a pino knot, or lightwood, af ter
the day's labors was over. In fact., he
has often told the writer of this, that
it was his custom, after getting his
supper, to steal away and go belind
the old barn and study. Whatever ed
ucation he received was through Iis
own elforts. At t.he age of twenty-tive
lie was elected clerk of the court of
IJnion distirict over Wne of the most in
liuential meon in that section, who was,
if the writer Is not mistaken, Mr. Wim.
J. Keenan. IHis election at that age
was a high compliment to his native
ability and worth. When the time
came for him to take the oath of ollice
and assume its duties, all the teamis
and horses on lils mother's 'Plantation
wereso busily engaged in gathering the
cr)op, that lie walked from h is mother's
IQne to Union court houtse, a distanee
of twelve miles. Ferom thatetime until
the war began he held the ollice cf
clerk of the court, and the records
show that his dities were t'll per
formed, and its Judge Wardlaw once
said he was the best clerk of the court
he had ever seen.
When secession was uppermost in the
minds of the people of South Carolina,
Col. McKissick espoused the cause with
all the fervor of hiis warm nature. lie
imade spechies thbroughout the upper
section of South Carolina and until his
dying day, believed inl State' rights.
Djuring his term of cl2ce as cim k of
the court, he was successively elected
lieutenant colonel and afterwards
brigadier general of State militia.
\hen the war caie on heo forsook his
bomb-proof olice, which he could have
easily held during the war, and organ
ized a company. This conimand was
known its the MeKissiek Jtingers, and
its lieutenauts were Jlohn W. Pulmuer,
long sitnce dead, and Gilliam [J. Jcter,
now living in Union county. The Me
Kissick ilangers were sent to Charles
ton whecre there were other companies
in the Holcombo begion tinder the
command, at that time, rf Col. P. 1-'.
Stevens, nlow bishiop of the Episcopal
church. T1his coinmaind was named
after Governor Il'iekens' wife, Lucy
ilolconmbe. \Vh ile serving on GJov
etrnor I 'iekens' pllan tation, whiiichI was
thben forti lied, Governor Il'ickens, hiis
stalf and Mrs. P'icns visited the
legion and presented it with a ibag and
si viply said: "Soldler-s, thiis hlag repr-e
seats one dear to my heart, never let it
trai." The legion wa~s-aaterwards,
transfer-ed to Virginia with head
quarters near Williamsburg. It was
ati Williaunsburg that, the McKissick
I.angers atchieoved, per'haps, theirt
greatest victory dturing the wvar. This
shot sketch necessai-ily precltudes the
incidents of that heroic chiargo~ led by
Col. McKissick. Afterwards the Hiol
coinho Leg ion was dlisbantded or dis
organizAed and the Mceilssick hRanger's
wetrc transferrmed to the Seventh Southi
Carolina Cavalry, of w'h ich A lexander
C. HI askeli wvas elected colonel and I.
G. AlcKissick lieutenant (colunel. The
suplerb service of thmis coimtand1 is
written in hibtory. At .Old Ch itrch
neair Cold Harbor, while under the
command of Gien. M1. C. Ilutier, the
Seventh South Car-olina Cavah'my fotigh t
one of its h ard(est battles, ini whichl
every lild oflieur was killed and
wounded and in whIiIch rnany zallIantI
miein lost their livas. (Col. .\IeKissiek
was s'everely wvounded,& mmd while~ neing
taken fronm thme liehI lost his bswor'd, a
fact lhe regretted always. lie went
iiomlie a fter- lying in the hiosplital at.
I tichm tonid a long time, and~ whlileI
tecuper-atitng lhe wvas elected to the
Iegislatnu-e w herc lie served uti hiI iis
woumnd was healed and lie then r
tur-ned to the fr-ont.
Hie was plresent at the sutrrendcer, al
Li hogh on furlough Hi-le wanitedi to
light, hiis way~ otut wvithi somet of Gatry's
Brigade, but his soldletrs woulid not al
low himi to do so on account of his coni
dIitioni. lI etti lg hie~tm stricken in
fortuneI, sore3 at, hear-t 1and desolate with
the kniowledge that the cautse) was l(ost.,
he attempted tm recoup as be hst he
could.- lie eiitercd the law ollice of
lion. A. WV. Thlompiison ini 186 and wazs
ad~lmitted to the bair in a ver-y large
class, amorng whlomi was Ju idge Van
Wycke, of lIrbooklynt, N. V. an I1111lotn,
I loher-t AIdrmich, of lI arniwell, and many
other- jin'omiinenmt, tmen wh h11 iave nua' I
thir i mpre~-ss ont thme hiistotry of theitr
counfttry. In ti 66i Col. McKissick anid
Miss Sal lie l''ostetr, dau~tghtctr of Col. I11.
11. l''osteir, oIf Glenni Spinigs, Spar-tmia
birg county, were tmarried. Ini 187o
Col. Mcl(issiuk was niotminmated foi Cot
gr-ess by thte D emaocrats mand was elected
by a lar-ge milajor itly, alIthough hie op
p)onment, A. S. WnmI lace, of Yor-k, was
coute d in by the lI epub Ilicans after 'm
lomng and tedius cotntest in Washing
toti. A bout thiis timeii a law pam't,no
sh ip wams formed bettween 4tm and Gen.
Wtm. II. Wallace, whliebi lasted until
1877, wheni Genieral Wallace was ele
vatmied to thme bemelh. In I18711 Col. Mc
K issiek di vI~alilant wvork for- t~me cause
of I1am pton and fot' t~me catuse (of evotry
homiest, CarIol inilan. lIe wor-ked niigh t,
and~ day, ma1kIig sp)eechtes every whem-c.
Noi man rejoiced more tlbani lie did at
t~he sucecess oIf thme D)~tmocraitic party.
lIt 1878 lie was elected to t~be Lecgisla
ture at thme hlead( of t~me tickeCt and wasfl
successIvely e)lected umntilI 1890, wheti
lie recfused to stmand agalin for thi l ofr
liee. Cal. McI(issiek's services in the
fagislatimre Itt- well knmown to1 the
peopilo of Soumth Carol ina. When
J1utdge Wval lace was ceeva' d to thme
bletnch CoI., McKl issick forimied a pat
ner'sh ip withi J1. ii. IRion, whiich latsted
un mtil thme death of Colm. Ilion. lie was
themi associated with J1. S. 1. Th'lotmson
amnd then w ith ,1idge C othr ian, whI.ich
listed tuntilI his (leath. ils faitlly
conisists oIf Mirs. I. G. McKissick, E. P.
McKlissich:, of A sheville, N. C., atid A *
I-'. MleN is'-irk,. of Autburn-, Ala., Miss
Salh lees sick and lHion McKissick,
who snevive him.
ProilereI ( HIsiitlity it th Ite
Tihe Richiond newsptipers prilnt tihoe
fol lowiig letter from (;e'. .Joe Shlb, v
of Missouri, in respolset toGen. I'eyt (I
Wiso's invitaion to Confetiur.0
veterans everywhere to cooe to the
reunion. Goneral Shel by says :
"General Wiso: We, thc Confed
orato soldiers, womien, abil (itizens Of
NIissouri, accept. tle genero's invita
tion froi old \'irginia, hani of out
fathors, lanld of our iotlhors : lanal of
Wa.sh i ngtonl, .litrsonl, .\ad iml, M\ull.
roo, IPatrick len111ry, a 1ld tlbe los of
the llVollltion : land( of oilr foreliatlis
W ho
IoItle with SpoltswVood rnilld I he lai:1111
Anid sailed n ith lHaleiph ('er thie seas
Land that gave birth to the immor ail
I )eelaration of I nd pend enice: ianil that
ilunciated to the erow1ned heads of
Iiurope thit Monroe Doetrine : land that
gave to the World the first, law guari'a
teeing religious freedoin ; land whose
fair women, in the (dyiig (ays (if the
Con federacy tore theiri rich jewUl's
ftorin their person ll tilre w thei
into the depleted treasury, that re
cognition ats a nation in ight hie seureld
to tihe Soit'h.
Snal of old \'irgin ia, we vreet
thee . fr.ind of i kson, i,
and Stewart, we salute yol: \ve w il
a1e4Cmble ill ouril great ttity (of St. latis
on the morting of tho 27th (if .imw( e
and over the Air Line and the Cjh
apeake road we will parsstiln-olug loG.
Old henticky lilo,' stopping f 1 1.
un hour' at l1ol1isvill o to greet, I hJii
1)uke, 1lem-y t\Vteroon anttld ott.
comrades. I'assing oin to 'ank -t
we will stop ahl hour and p- in it a lid
give ou1r George G. \'est an oplnortnliity
to look on the lhiue ills and Ieau-i!il
river of his happy, ragg'ed oyhoid
days. At Lexington, we top all lwiir
to greet the monihers of the Orpham
l3rigadu,' and the gay cavalikrs of .loh n
Morgan: and on Mlt. Sterling, to SU( I
old Cerro Gordo Williams, the hero
of two wars, Iissi ng on throlugth t.be
blue grass pastu res of K enituk v to ti.e
beautiful In1ount.ain sceeiriiy of \'ee:trn
Virginia, over the Alleghanlie S to the
great valley of Virginia. Made Iiiiiou..
:0id historic by the decis oi :-dw
.lackbon, wo wiiil arrive At Iichmiiioid
on the morn ing of tihe :!5th , to be given
the hund and heart of welcome by the
greatest people the world ever knew,
o ming:o the last time, perhaps, wit Ih
the gallant survivers of the A rmy (if
Northern Virginia anui the Arimy i
Tenn'essec-anid let 1.1h tiim see the \li:
souri soldiers who thri-ice carried th
southern cross of ' II xic ' from the
God-blessed and sun-ki.cd hinl of tie
mo1ckcing-bird and thu inagnolat, amid
llung it to the breezes on the .I\issouri
river. Let all go who Ucan.
ST. LOUIS WANTS ''11 I. N EIT.
I will go with you in this march (if
peace, and along oir old comrades at
the reunion we will Join in fervent
prayers for Continued blessin ils n oul
happy reunited Country, and plede(
anew our allegiance tio the con.,ti tution
and Our Conmnon country and tlie starry
insignia of its power. a nld we will
ask Our coirades of the South to ..rant.
us the reunion of INiG. \Ve wi givic
themi a cordial invitation to tliet great
ety, of the .\ ississippi V hey, St.
1.oie, Senator tortie (G et a;ii
plat St. Louis in nonEII iat11..n."
A Gool) Iysiz Suul Y.--One of thec
mo1(st reiinarkable (catches (everi miie
with the rold andl reel ocoe t' r ii e t
ti ne atgo~ ini the state oIf I" orida. 'JYe
inain who actomlllisheoi this ex trtoi'i
nary feat was N. .\I. George, of Ia
I oswell l'. l''ow Ier, of New York. i I
was Iishuiing for tarponii in (comp~am-y
with a guide, at a little pllace calb d
N igger' Head, when lie felt somethin!
pIulling ati his line. It dhii hot ti
long t) aLscertain that the gamIle wast
Ceen bigger than the silveri kinl2, andu
NI r. George settled dlowni to givye:
fellow battle. Th'e lish soon caime h
the surface. lUe was a monster saw
tiish, and he 8lashed his saw abouI~t in
the water at a great. rate. Nlr. Gor
handled the lish most skillfulily, a
prloved that he is ai thior'ouh ef xplerit.
in the use of roil and reet. Thm hattle
lasted one hone andit twenty muiinu-t
when theosawhish wais broug lt tol ti.
gatf and k ill cd. le mneasurmith foute
feet eigt.l inches in length and wu-i'
ed G'2 pounids. Iilis saw w:w fnu
inehnis in lengtuh andi live in wiut.hi.an
,his liipijferis' iesured~i liity-six ine
I'his tyives .l.Go-' h recor en
the Gl)oosuhatebiet for the largtest
NI r. George says lie doesn't caiie to
taekle anoIther, and thiis is the 'o.01
eluionii oIf aill the noted expter-, w t,
have ve '"r playzied a -sawlis n. Thiis iii.
r'ead~ like great, iush stoiry to plii'e
wVho( know l ittle of the great li hinot on
the Catloosaha~tebe~ iver, but 'lie facts
---Caimels arei' perIhailps the t ly am~o
Iimatls t.h at can not sw imn. Itonii. iate
ly upon entering th;e wauter'. it i.~ said,
they t uln onl tthir bact~,ks andlll1 ae
dIrowvned.
Wlifl A CoMiP:IT OUTFIT FOR
~Cuy $12.00,~
ed)tb' 'l 'it raltroadi depot, alt
uit - ' - -. : 'il id Ctooking
p -t- i v 4 - i or )O inch pot hotem;
Sli ....* I . ia rnlbox,211inches
IIti e o..h'eind foriany tradl ~
- -i ' *i . inbin i al the0 good
ti i .(I .. ii m ., ji -r' mityo , and
'41 .'o Toam to inlauren.
4 0 .-a i 0-: t ib '. .,t Ni. 4 Cook ing
'I or i; .r. - r in . Euiu e n t
Slar. ko .r * r . '.t tI li4 po3lih 1 Iron
I -o ' it ' ,'" 1. W'e itnt, to uake cus.
4 s ti n! :i -. o in ivery p'arLt f the
b Stut.tt. fr tlh. -are -s:. of iut roincing or
y uin.,tiw ga 'il'. andt to rosnew ouril.-.j3 okn9t.
acq ain~en-eit.t , le , r isl
W ie wnill s ,1'.:g.i ~ N'' ou iSt veto
Catalogue of . 'irnit~u to, S'tves andt Jiaby
Carriages tuailed free . A ddrets1
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mn w n y (verv intelligent
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