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- 71 eLF A .Z01, .J/ff 12-,2{0 L7'S SJIOOI '.SII'.W VOL. 1.] EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MA.Y 2, 1884. The Faithful Housewife. I see her in her homre content, The faithful housewife, (lay by day, 1Her duties seem like pleasures sent, And joy atends her on her way. She cares not for the loud aeclaim. That goes with rank and social strife, 1Her wayside home is more than fame.; She is its queen-the faithful wife. When summer dayvs are soft andm fair, And bird songs 1ill the cottage tiees. She reaps a benison as rare, As ier own gentle ministries. Peace shrines itself upon lher face, Am happiness i) every look; IHer voice is full of charm and grace, Like music of the summer brook. Iii winter, when t he days are cold, And all the laidsen p lead al bare, How well She keepsher little fold, How slihies the fire beside her ciair! The children go with pride to school, The fathers toil half mu111s to play, So f althful k her frugal rule. So tenderly she molds the day. Tt higher stationi vannt thepir claim, Let others siur of rank and birth. The faithful housewife's honest fame. Is lInked to the best joy on earth. -Weng'a. BILL ARP'S LETTER. '0 he "IShyeoon D)isseussedA--Ils Ef. l'ort to Conisole, Etc. I rockon the eleiments are satis lied now and will let us alone for a seasonIl. We've got niothing to eunpilain of at my house an(l much Sbe grateful fror. nevertheless one ll' my props wave been knocked "rom under, for I've been sayig 11ud thinking for seven years that hese hills and mountains that surti'round us were like fortifications gai nst storms 11(d tenpe.t and cv'Ilones ai1 Siloolls and toria loes and all those sort of things. I thought that the high peaks and ;i lges broke them to pieces whenl hey come and wye wIere in no dau gern', but the day we could look out at our' winidows an(1 see0 the r'aging halloon on its winding -vay tear inup things andi~ paymng no( re spec~t to houses or tr'ees or' manf or' beast. It lif'ted up the roof ofl of like the shingles were f'eather's, and I ben took hold of' his b)ig two-sto ry barn' and1( twisted it all t~o piec es and1( then d.1ropped the tfrag - men('fts aboult oni nine mule and5ttl Ivo horses andl a carriage and all sor'ts of muachines, and~ nline nig ?(ers to boot4 that were0 inlside the buiiling. No, those darkeys were not in. Tney saw the eyelone fooling round the dIwelling houses :1nd( theXy rn out of the barn Ijuist as' the suiburbs of the monster g)ot t here. Says-I, "J~hn 'what .did those dar'1keys do then?" "'Good grrcioun boss T te1l yon -demi niggers just frow demseve (own on de groun', and holler 'Oh Lordy-good Lord hab mercy o a poor nigger. Nebber be a bat nigger any morel oh Lordy-goo< Lordy'-and d. Qld Shycoon pa: 110 'tention at all, but jes' lif 'en up and twis' 'em ober de fence in to the red mud and Gin, my sou I wish you could litib seen Gin for as le gwine obor de fence'ii struck a postis dat was stickini up, and gethered it with both arm and held on and hollered was thai eher, 'Oh, Lordy--1, my goot Lord. BlesseA de Lord, ha) mner e-y on a poor nigger,' and abou that tiie old shyeoonl twis he tai roun'11 andl lif Gim's feet way uit ober lie head aid his holt br-ok< and boniedllCC of n de gr1ou(n' am den1 took aioelr boune into (1 mad hole and (lar do consarn le him. "A rter do shyCoon gone cleai away f ru11 u) to Gill, and says I 'Gim, is you lded or no.' Gim Iy ill dar inl de muh1d hole Wid nuil but he head out. G im neber spok nary word, and his eves wIZ wal led like a ded steer, and so says agin, 'I say Gin, isyou done gon cleInll ded,' Ior. vol SOe I though Gif Gim ded no use iI my wadii' ill de md11(l atter' hill, a(l Gii h walle 1 on1e eye atter e anld whis er, 'wh ~ is he.' -Whar's who said I. 'Dk (bbil.'said lh". 'Don gone,' said J--rOnI" clea1n away ( it up from 1dar-.'it up1) 1 say. G imin groaln and say, '1 can't. .] donle dead. 'G it u I toll you,' sai( , but Gim inher m->v'e. Rymeb I f'row up mlly h:mds and loo. downd leig rIo:1ul ani say 'my goo.: Almiglity, of dat ole shveooi dit a comlinl' righlt back here. NeherI see I a dlel ni gger cole t< life like Gim. ie bouned oute1 dat mul hole andii start oft up (1 road a runnin' :n hollerin' for : quarter o a mile. White fo)lk comlie a loig anid Sto) hiI and 1001 all ober him and nIeber find: s(ratch. WIe'ni le got back w< w1s all euttinl' away de tiiber: hromu olleni deC muiles, anid it was hailf ani hou r 1bef'ore we coul d gi Gim to strike ary lick. Tell yoi what b)oss, we was all mighty ba< skeered, hut I neber01 see a iggeo a~s onreLadly for' juudgemnent as (da same nigger', G imi. When de oh debblil d(1 git himi lhe raise a r'umpi 11s down) in (1em1 settlemnents sarti1 anid shiore.' 'D idn'tI the cyelone take off th r(of of your1 eahin, lohnY' 'Of corse he dlidl b.oss. Het' a~k (1e r'oof of l all along~ emey where h 'go. Look like eber~y house hi come to he dhip (down and say tak 'your hat oif, dlon't you see m coin', aint you grot nto mannier' adzp he strike 'em and~ ta kei oiY hiisselfI. Hel take (do 'oof ofte' de r'oof' oflken de culuid school an 3 offen de white school all de same. 'l Ie no respeckter of pussons, bress i God. Tell you boss what I tink t I about dis old shycoon. I tink he I nuflin but de old debil on a seir- i ( cion. Yah, yah, yah,' and John I i cackled athis own ideas. 1 - Well, I was mighty sorry for l Nabor Munford, for it tore him up ' , awfully, but it left him his wite t : and his pretty little children and r good old mother and all, and he is ( 3 thankful for that and said. to me t i that his gratitide would be co-. t I plete if his shade trees had been ( - left, for he eould'nt replace them. t t. It was only a few days ago and now I you could hrrdly tell that the >stori had beei there. In 24 hours l he had 75 hands at work repair- t I ing the damages for he just called' o for the hands at the nines close by c r anld they.cm anll' it was1 lively times there for a few days and s i nw everytiling 18 aIS good Or bet- I ter thani before. 1 I Wish all the suifferers could do i that way but alas, there are a hun- I l dred families who have lost treas- t - 1res that 1onfley eluld not 'replaeo I -treasures of the heart and homle t P that will never return, What a' t terrible death. Verily these cy II seem like thIingis of life, oir istriminents of Vone ill the - 11ans of the gods19, Ve rea(l about t ill ( nythology. All that an- ( eienit ro1)mnc has ecoride of Ajax . anl Ilercules and J upiter, or all that thtA raiIll nllts tell us i I Of, thet geniii does niot Su1r pa ss th 1) I puiwer and11 gran11ileur aul-l desola- C tion of tlt mo:lern eyelone, It 1 honllbles wus mo1re! tiani ) ra ver or S 11 preachinrg. It takes us una:uwaire. i It is colistant 1read of the t iml'rd ' defeleless, andI nowy it takes all . 11yV philosphy t) keep m11y house-w J hIold calh and serene. 'There is I D the hasement,' said1 I, 'a iw < lcould all run downa sta.nirs and be t s eieathl the tract of the eyclone, i foi it iever was in owil to attacki l a basetment that w'as below the 1 0 g'round1, 1101 a cellar, norm a well.' 4 Mis. Arp laid -down her knitting 1 andl saidl, 'yV1outn' suppose for' a t mioment that anIybody in their it right mind would go down inl that: 1i basement during a cyclone andl( r'I have. all .the timber)~is of the old ti house craishi in onl thiemi?' eXWhy, 1 myx (dear,' said 1t, 'Lihe timb1lers8 of! -this house are~ fashionedI and(l :1 str'ong. Do you kfnow t hat t hese sills are 14 inehes square and all e framedl andl drawt~ pin ned.' 'So mI)uch' the worse4,' said1 she; e *thie heavier11 tihe timb er the hea vi e er1 it would faull onl 1s. If theQ hiouse e was light it mlig(ht blow clean e away and~ leave us unharmed, bu e these big sills you tell about would. (,h just he lif'ted up a little andl drop t. ped back into the basement.' ai 'Well then there is the flower' i1 pit.' said I. 'Thmat is a .good ln(( "here are no timbers over that.' 'But how are we going to get to he flower-pit,' said the girls. 'The yeloue comes before anybody :nows it, and while we are run - Ling to the flower-pit it catches us .ud carries us off. 'Not only that,' said Mrs. Arp, but the trees are all about and hey would be- puilled up1 by thet '0c oots a1A erush down onl the flow r-pit aud evei the sash fraies aid lie 'glass could kill us, and theni here is always hail with the ey - lone and that would heat us all 0 pieces-no P Im not going in the lower-pit.' 'All right,' said 1. 'We will tay right here inl the tiunily room ,Id see it out. I don't think it vill do anything but take the roor 'Why, it tore Mr. Munhords big t rolig b Iarnii all to pees a(l k ill ed is mules,' said she. 'it wouldn't aiiidI this house rt all.' '"hen where are YOU gOig,' sail , an1d there was silence for a sea on1. Finally Mrs. Arp said she' vanited to move somliew here where here were lo storm1lfs or1 evelole. There is n1o Such plac' said .1, this side of heaven1.' Last night my womein folk,. tayed I) at abor Freeiman's to (l and about tel o'clock he came lown alone aild Said he Walited 01neho(0y to go up1) after Ily folks. 'Why didnl't thevy come downi HIh your? Said I.- 'Afraid' Said W. 'Afraid of wvhat?' said 1. '(v lones,' said le. 1 was about to AXpress my\ indignation, wlieii he ai(l they h1a( all been ta;"lking t)olut spiri t s an(d gh osts an(d his vif' didl't wait to be left alone m1d so he left Imly folks up there 1ile le caie down. It does look ike spirits :ndil magietisim and cy -lonies are abouit to take this coun. ry and a man do't lairdly know viet her it is worth while to p1lant L crop or niot, but I reckl In we wilI >lant. We have been sowig olts til the Week as har d as we can aid 11rC still living ill hope that sun hine1( anud the season s willi cotin we and the (earthi give its increase. 11d( this yearu be a better one than hie last. So mote it be0. BILL Ame. -HeC who wvouldl admioniish och rIS shiould( abv allt ~ I things, he)& 'areflul of the'ir r'epuItation and enise of shiamue. UTey wYho have ast oif blushing are beyondl -ig0h t-m inded0( yotug tbhg ini i hathing' suit: "'Surely, Annt Margare'&t, you 're not going to year your1 spectacles inlto theb vater!'' wi shall indnliee mec to take off' an