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VOL. .1.] EASLEY, SOUTH CAROINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1884.[N.2 J. R. HAGOOD, Editer and Prop'r. he RPiteed it 440 Postqflice at Eusie S. C, as econd Class Matter. THRMS OF SUB ISCRIPTION. (' One year; strictly inl advnce. $1.00 ro' Six months '. 65 tI Sily RATES OF ADVERTIS[NO. to One sqiuire (1 iich) 1 inseitio ...... 75v E hsubseque lit insert in ............ 40 Libeal <discount on contrawts or by tr the colu1m1, aulf or g i-te'r column. (a< Marrialvge Iotices free maIll( solicited. Obitutries over 12 fines ('cha1i rged for. Correspondents. h) toisire altteltionl, must give their full address. We Itre Iot respInsible for he opil- 11 !onsh of our orlespomients. ho All mlloillmienti, t lon; for thepapr ha mu11ist bt arlbIressled to tle Edit 's; o buisiness letter to the Pliblisher of th e MESSNGEI EaseyS. C. dl JIM DOWLER'S RESURRECTION. A Sketch froni Life, in the Backwoods. _ BY ELZEI1 H AY.01 Jim I )oWlr was <lrOWle'l this is norin n leuNickolls mill ponA l.' un h s pzi.)ke :1I'l ru ie (" ilctt ['1 U Ii U StieA his mu11le I.( n hii'kmw' snip 1 blo ing beforwe thIIe (.aIr penIItevr's dioo)r natp Jon1nson's4" ('ross; Roadsk, :1111 drew N t:al Croml his pocket a slip of grtasyh 1apr11 n were inerhe hel th dimlenisions sf, , rude w !d (Il 4 f-Ie h' Itat -ho)v -d ronevid I cx 1aime( n horus of al8u1( voi(eS.1 m-s th In ts of th eaen t he ileL or amil thes blackmit h shope1 b aurnedli' (t e ln mss to Iear I t he se NewS. Even the carpenter foI'got 1 h: he pro)spect of a )jb an1d Stood in to iis door to listen. d4e Iall, ver see,' contiiued the gr, 1e5Sse'lner alter a lit tie pause, by p way of' aserting his imp ot nce a l iirst heare of' the tidillgs, 'him dil Ind Bob Simson, thiey went inl 1 CO INashi', ca), us I)Iie las ( it ()t (i y' i Iall h knowws n powverful hot one, -Inb lBoh savs, le did, tHnt dimn 1lo oIr brea fast t ie, he'd -rit ter up i ikhe a. kag o' soap j grease on fi re, w nni 'lowed lhe was a sweat in hisself ha ikhe a hoss, so thiey ,j ist st(eppedean * ve'r to) Ben~l NichllIs' pond, an it ho moint, aml lhe say, hei did, t hey su! hadin't beeni in t' water m~ore'ni teni so miinils wh~en diml says, says hlej ed -'ioh, 11m tOOk withl the (eramps;') inl an Bob says, says lit'-'Bet ter' swim, out then, as qulick(U as'l yer kin,' un 111 he( say fore t' words was well out - he erI his mouth1 I, 411m had done flop- le pedl over lilke a dlead (luck an gn hlshed1 uip, a hioi 'ur ter'wards, s U dea,1 as a (10or inal Tonn lr'in- krh 1 an Sam Wilkins, they help fur fish him out, an Dr. MeJiunkin, went down thar c'reetly arter akfast, an they all kin tell yer >re bout it 'n I kin.' Bob mnd Sam, and Tom and the tor immediately becIame the he IS of" the hiour. Thle stor-ekeeper,1 tavernkeeper and the black ith all shut up llshop and went hear. each of the eve witnesses turn give an account of the g'edv, anld1 thenx hastened away, -h to give his own. Ie llows spread froi inouthl to nth with a rapidi thv thiat would ile the telegr'aph, and long he C ) o'Clock inl the aifteri-noonI. the Ilr. n ppoi niteI t1 for 1he f uneral I, it 1. real' ched the rlltest. cor-ner' the Beau rs F4"oot distiec t, anI >lee ere 11'vilo hurying froi every 'Utioln to assist at the ceremo l'hc weIinen1'. were ats .anxiOuI.- to Shmuv Alts. Dowler wvould -take' .S the 111(11 vweire k ' 1 'a, p rtic 1Ir of t he (Ir'owllil, A eI-w I thiem llun I )ervlde1Ilile i lthge 1 since the first. news ofhe di - >rhid curh-iosity of the vulgar:1 eCm . Il1ilig. wN'lait" ver is,- liiriill, n 11lii O lii lri' . Ii2, la i~*Ilie lug(l 'ion N U:is IC 1 1 II t') I I. y I I I ! I I.*: w *I ell. lleral, th i n' (dV I lit Lel* -.1si.1 I~ I~ a c I ~ ~ r Ii si :cr'f 1011 1 1 I I I.. p"', bly (Ie ilf ll s li M lv IN' k(Ien o v i lea i t i e v 11i:nIrt 0. 11(1 aidlc hi)ha sh Ailll te n in' liew' tooKh 'I 1111is', : 1 1. the 11et h im )lN'er w !-', -itllest m1 n inl t"h I jlnen I, Ii d deacon I* i I Ipzi . c-di I In 'l 1,61,01 i. IiIilii :ii lV(vlv dec-tredl t Ihiiat thl w I hef "Widfelee waIs minmecou illed. "; K ittyD to k l a re in h )1 o ()il(le s.l id Il lI I h n e I ldnll iS. o wvy he way (tok--n t i ld I I :1 t he wv 'A. i oIwl ake inl with : I wos 1 I:1l wnIt v IthI h)i m. I HitepllpOtioll.o h ollal 'lsi ieted fo ( aw i illether ' enhoed her' I' us2 w ~i ai mo'p oe msit alpiildie someay, re 'It wa ,ll alh onel all (high111 andii n oe asene toi thisi or - ofsutnupon to 1 he (.heathe ml'ptein alirs. h'r' itle, givin was drownded thar a year ago, the s Friday before the next fust Sun- I day but one.' . 'I (on't see no g0o of all this (i wash in ofl hissf, no way,' whisper- 1 ed old Mrs. Perkins to Miss Kitty 1 Darden, 'hits all nothin but pride, s an the Scripture sa4vs, pride goeth V afore a fall,' an1 a (ro:)wniI's the d s"1u1e tiillV)'11 sC1t , fu hits a fa11 in the I Water. I hainit 0111 myself a wgh t in th'ese 2(0 year an' more, an' 1 ] doll't see but I'm jis as good as 1 them that hias. Iiit was pride. sis- 1 terl Dm'denl, doexmd upoln it, an i Provide(lice tiuk him ter put down I his pride f1rrin ter he clean - er'll other folIkS.I Alrs. Perkin's revn were cut i Short byv the ann11onneeenit that brother )ucker, the minister, had i arIived. ;I11 wa I I(s ren d v to conduct the sArviees. AT ivin out n hymnm spelling Is way labor iouIsly I hrogIh"- the xivth eiipterI of J), brother I)uoker annuiced f t hat the fun~.eral' st'rnum of t heiri d ise;aI-ei 1' bro t h) would% ' he preach-( i at I lepzilbah1I the next 'irst Sun d1a. at l'I Au IuIst meetin. and 11m 1roceedI to cloe I he exerci. OA w1 :h:: ,x',,Temporaneousll- pray- t ' ) b. I r I)Ow str;lulle nir thy I wa111 annwu ir the dealingos el ~ ~ ~ '11 th Poidne.Touhst< I iiino to ta-Ike awvay ou* o I:~ fltte ); n~l~. 11U\ Il11 1Y It )I (i.ii i iiIwler Iroin l l uii cI is: Th l !s Il h, I bV w liI OT14e1 I 'i, I <I i aine in cut hliuIl dlown. hm rawn edhi li I e :1 bl wa---n oO:1 man. a usu1 1 1111 n. )sI })r \ any l1im er we ul lI, wv II il e dle I iIh T I vo r vomler. t h I ats 1 nr I N yboy el al, bo1 t ever c ere Ih -w m n 4l bl their Io s va lel v vIiIe Billy Ta ylor himisel wa; s' overome by theV pre chi I (.!(ll I I t I i e t I ( I i Iu ' I hti both ,i 'in hi e yes I tr v o ti h ise tears. rte r ))ker efe li 'te snr itt wasmo evant io alt' sobiiel)I th( weniil~( t on)it h.:is ndi ol r l, Ilinhril, t here aira tle pnister lowers awtays enood to thel pre)lher; ti''-~o'hertillm he gits another lhand. But, JOrId, thou)lgh thy ju ldgemenits eem1S hard. we know that. thou oest not atlliet willingly, and they alst all turn out 1fi good in the ang run. 1hloi hast afillieted our ister, bIt T1loul will con(io't. her g'In ; lhoui vilt not leave the wid Ler an1 the orwplhanll dissolite. Thoui :nst tootk awayU one huisalll, buit 1h01 vnst give back 111ther. 'lere's Sam Wilkins, which he ,)st his wife t'otlei (1y ef he linit Ils to()0 Nollngy filr her, 81n ef lw s, tler's brother liarker what's )St tlree wives r11'ady n wantS nmtller, l 1d J lmJi~ er-soll wvith [is tell liot hlerless childlrell. aild )lentv o1t goo(d hotllers that11 all e reInl v to comii, rl1. the w i lHer .11 tnl 1e e1nre of her propert y ali d 'f none (' the rest of em w:n11t s to l() it, I'll do it ivse n' ,.' i1.ll vy bmon e f ver (I4) !, so! - lenl y resou Ilded inl .w10,11 tmile-. 'r01m the coAlln; the lid, which h1:10 Iot y.(I 1 been I ied dowIIN, waS lashed violent lv to t he floor, nu1 lim I)owler, spoiut ilg like a whlm e, '014 n11inl Sat. upright inl his shrouid. Ice11u1(1 never. really b eenl dev~l, but he pr'essuire of the waIter that had. niered his 1g)1 -s. 1suspended an i 1 naItionl 1,m- a Itimei, ti II sdll sh -ly om11itinig it, or1th h, frm somel enuse >r Ot her, he reganined ciosciousni iess II(I speecI at. t he same Illoinillt uI( I t husrud 1elv interrupted hi mvn1 fiuieral. 1Th1e .reatest (o'sternl-sh ation sciz -lt ihe :assembldvlhe womn shriek -( , menl holtedi throughl doors :1nd vinldows "s it 'Sh uilt bV :11 (N ds)-.i ofl ( dymn ilite, vhile hrothLer Ducker crnIn bled upon Ilk honY mile. Ild wa not seel aganin in he set Ilemenvit (br. a 1-2 11mnt h. Thec o(e of Henl's Foot hod llever ituIldied the polite art of fliitinig., ) M I's. I )twer ex press d her feel ngs by lling u tpon he floor an1d (ieking lo. 1l sereniiligo with :ill )(1r m1ighlt, till .Hl m olrsru led out of his c(4lin1 and swore o) thle I)owvler househol. ,J im's 'ood hoiinor' re(turni'ied with tiihe lan of peac l'Ue, and1 be'stowVintg Lip m1 his aistonishiishe(d and( now1 do ile spouse a hert ks, hei. orderi W 1 th pu co ll i Iken awai v (I 4 (n de -torp thlat 'erI ther warnit mu yfiu S' e a lon. ti . me to wIa i%, fU 'r :uir all themi othier (haps) whai susI so w(Vill in to com fort h18 ii wi uil 1 a ke enre 4) 1 he proper'It.' dJimi 1(i)nce kept. it )fo himii, as lhe livedl Io assist at the f'unern l ot pars~on I )uucker' and s('eera others wvho ha~d onc(e t hiough,'t to have a hamlit in) his.