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i Al **.w3 SOUTH .CA -U.-. 6 22i B. 702cB 21A2 . 1?' .4F 3 1100c' )F QJT. 3. VOL. 1.)' ASLEY,. SOUTH CAR(>EINA, aFRIDAY,. JUN4E 6, 1884. __[NO. 35. ghe a eg s zessger. Ent e~ed kAe Poltopfre~ at Easley S. C., as Slecond Class Matter.. J. R. HAGOOD, Editor and Proper. TERMS OP SUBSCRII"'ION. One year, strictly in advance......$1.00 Six muonths , " ... 65 RATESFOF AiVERIu NG. One square-(:1 lueh) I insertion......75c Psach sub4seqltent lsertion....... 40c Liberal (110t)t Oil contiacts or by the coluninxalf or quarter column. Marriage hntices free and solicited. Obituaries over 12 lines chargedl for. Correspoldents. to inlsutre attention, ullst give their fIll address. We are not responsible for the opin !)ns of 0111. correspondents. All communications for the paper mt114 be addressed to the 4ditors; bu11sintess letters to the Publisher of the MsslNEma, Easley, S. C. WILL YOU SOMETIiES THINK OF WV-hel the moon is shini1ng brighi tly. Ca4ing heams on h-It land se": Givlng light to shipwrecked sailors. Will you Sometimes think of mw ? When the radiant stars are smilitng, GetitIy, te)(dLrlV, on) thee', When tlerv t vilkle inl t14,h blue vaulits, Will yot sometimeus think of me ? Often in the morning's bright lighlt While you're roa muing light and f ree, Anl von heart is ray and happy, l yol solietimes Ihiik of me ? When the clouds are dark and dreary, And the light you icainot see; When vour lhart's crushed with siorrowv Will von1 sometiies think of me ? When fr1end von loved ill childihood All have wondered far from thee; Wien youI are so sad :II(i lonely, Will you sometimes think of mie ? When all others iave forsaken. 1 will prove a friend to thee; Then,. friend, in the darkest, hour, I wonl? have thee thilnk of me. [From Ailanta Constitution.] BETSY HAMILTON'S LETTER. Tom Davis lells Betsy She Looked Pretty and Sweet. H IILL4ABEE, T aA1 DG Co., AL A. -DE)IAR COU~SIN: I Was in hopeF atter Tom Davis hearin' what Flur ridy Tennysy said1 about him that Sunday evening at our house, that he'd have' sense enough to take the hint and stay -away, but h( can't he knocked dlOWn. RIuddy lows lhe's WUSSer'n a tarrapfllin foi holdin' on; itf a tar'apin bites he holds oni tel it thutnder's if' you dlon't choke him off'. His hair had been erappjed...to the skin of hais head, and when it sot in to growin Out- agin-thiar ws ione onrlyl lock that stood out stiff all to itself oni top of his head and made him look like. askeprec klbt 1h tried t( gr'ease~ it dow*t vitfrg meat skin, hut it Wnnlldin't stnye cownm no way he'd fli-t.It. werried . antorr in Sunday Tgmpt hsself to 'come to see me, and was bent arid deter ninereftA iil'ke. that ar 1ockley b down. He- work with it, and swet- poE ted over it, and it wouldn't stay; thi it riz-up agin every time. .He low- the ed it shouldn't outdo him no lon- litt ger; he knowed what would stick di( it. So he turned in, he did, .and a taken some of these home made bol 'lasses and smeared 'emf all over he, his head, and they helt that look gel down tight, I tell you; every'lar liII stayed right whar he stuck it; and he when he come in I didn't skacely an, know him. Cap Dewberry was in thar a settin' up to me, and as he quick as he sot eyes on Tom he of let in to laughin'. i Then ihe drag- wu ged his cheer to tother eend of the er entry to git out'n the way and set (a in to talkin' to Caledony. I seed th< the devilment in Cal's eyes, and he Cap he was iost takin' a fit, so int glad to git sumpen to plague mae 8e about. an I was mad as I coUld he, and Iy tickled to death, too, kase Tom lie was plum satisfied with hisself. th< Atter ine and him howde'dl he gig- loc gled and his face tuirned red. Ie i allers laughs over nothing. Then th< lie axed me, "Miss Betsy, what lie for a time did you have at the he. show? Did you see them hy-nee- ter niesy and did you see the street est progade? I seed yoU." says he, to "and you lookel migh ty sweet, too. kn And I 'knowed in reason I must a . er, for it was a rainin' hard as it an could pour, and my coat'ail was th< all drabbed in mud up to my ev knees." Ie said I looked sweet we and I never denied it. bit when lie hul ip and lowed, "Miss Betsy, I think you air the smartest gal I ever ao' seen,"' 1 wanted to ax him how ; pon the yeath he knowed, for he me has got about the letast sen.Ie oft e an~y ignant; fteller I know, an I had a tturrii)le grudge agiu an Tom. le had knocked me oit'n ho gwine to the sinin(Yii' twice't hand lov gwine, and onee't to tie sorghum111 pir stretthin' at 0ld Miss Gooden's. at HeI had axed me to incept of his sa comparny and I jist-wouildn't go) at yo all, kase Maw she thought sich a no p)ower ot old Miss.D)avis. (Tom'A he Maw) that she didn't 'low me to tin sligh~t him. Tom hie fetched his- dy jself1 here every Sun day, rain or th<4 shine, jist when I was a lookin' ift: for Cap Dewberry or Iky Robin- tal sonl, and if they'd see.-him in the do entry they'.d1 lay whip) to threr crit- ke ters rand :ghl Ilop by,. and [it got mre ka so 1 fairy hated Tomn Davis. .yo ..That Sundiayb..h..pq.fowug me ov with his back to Cali and themn, and "V they kop) a laugh in' and *t crook in' thi ther fingers at me.. -It was a hot ga evenuin' and .1 thought mnehhe it I'd was a f iin' to rain, for' 1 never hit seed the like of flies. and wC (lnn'tmat ennerly have rnany tin. How do you like the name of I Ay Davis?" says he a hittin' at I flies. "be lII&%d is. YnIfitV " y l*YA Ur". 4 fed 'they was a ( teriu!tof him ,6e6ful, c me ( Seveia"' sayp h(slisppin' the t s) "to'ax you (hittin' at 'em a I le harder) to ax you if you I u't want to be Miss - Davis,"'i 's he, (fightin' the flies with h hands and scratchin' his id). "I been a lovin' you ever tse the (hittin' the flies) log-rol at old man Ilashers.-" Thent slapped at his head and neek I face, but they 'peared to come; drove from everwhars, and his td begun to look like a swarm bees-the more he fit 'em the, sser they got. I looked at toth eend of the entry and thar sot ledony and Cap jest a killin' .y fool selves a laughin'. Toml fit harder'n ever. "Wit's gotI o the flies?" says I; "I never d 'em so bad, 'pears like they tryin' to eat you up 1)arbairiou-1 up," says I. Hle scratcled his! Id and lowed: "I dunno what 'y want er me, I haint so sweet; ks like they had orter bite you tid er me. iHit shorely aint me y are atter: hit must be these re fool 'lasses I've greasedi my id with..(and he hit 'em fiasi n ever) and I reckon the only Way to git shet of 'em is to go 1 the branch and washi'em oft. I ow in reason they are jist whats Irawin' these tarnaital flies," ,1 with that he riz and went tol branch. lie nIever sed good 1nin' nor noth in' to nobody, and lowed lie war a comin' back, t he iever. 'he next Sunday here he come in; 1. had dole made upl) my i nd I wasn't a gwine to be tor- 1 nted with him n1o longer. I low- < to gin him his walkin' papers L let hin go. "ie sot and sot, 1 I told me how putty I wis, and 'i W sweet, and how smart, andI red as how his heart had been a 1 On' for me ever sense he seed me the cir1eu, -nid Up) and axed me, I es he: "Now, Miss Betsy', can't i~ love jist a. leetle grain?' "No. fnairy grain," 1as. I seed i was as rmad as blazeAs. Next me I seed him it was at the can pullin' at :Miss. Hooker's, and1 i fust chance he got hie axed me [ wasn't mighty, sorry I dlidn't 1 e hire. '"No." satys I, "for IL n't want you." -."Well, I.(don't Er,"' says he; "I jes courted you se I hearny.o.ur Pap) lowed to ginL a1 th at- ar..vreek. bottom (elearin' .ar thair fernent Miss'Gooden's.'') (ell," says I, "I have hear'n of1 Sfeller that loved1 the gro'und aH walked on, but I niever lowed see h im. I ami monstous glad' was the land you wanted1 in-i d er me, kase if you've got the aoney you can buy the landkase its for d I haint, and if 1 rn't buy imie.o how. 'A'6p Tnver olice't auspi ioned, h i the land you *ant d. I was biked up with thbidee hat you was 4 lovin' of me for my 'yore smarness, and my putti - ress, and wy iweetness-least vays that's What !Fxwed," says I. 'Thlere ar e meny Mihiaofl N'euy ininds. Oud menny fools of meny -kids." That's the pOetr'y Cap said that ;uiday evenin' atter 'I onu left. Yout:'n, BrTsy H LlrON. Whiat Surprises the Traveller in Florida. To find (notwithstanding all ou[ have read concerning- Floridv viniters) the Jaiuary sun so warm it mid(ay. To find (in view of all you have lcad) so few wild or cultivated >lossols thviiving inl the sun11's. 'ays, and so little fragrance in hemi. That the dua i'tion of' twilight is ;o brief. To find how little covering you -equire on your bed upon retiring 1(d to find how much you wish i'o1 had when wake lip toWard the iormiig. To note how little soil there is. tid how mtlany emlijptV tin cans4 ;here are above sand. TO see orige trees with rich licen le-aves and loaded with yel ow fruit, growing out of the glary 51nd To come across gardens, which >llltS 1111( Nreeta)les are growing n1 great variety and lIIxuriously n this same sand. To discover that your watertight ;op boots leak sand, and to be told ihat everybody's boots and shoes .nitains mo e or less sand. To be forced to the conclusion liat where there is sand there are ed ants, also. To hear the voice of the nocti r. .ini musquito in mid winter. To'see hoW yellow most of the ativYes and acclimated residents Ire. To discover before long that you ire turIning yellow you rself. To find sidewalks shaded by or~ inge trees weighted down by temp Aing golden -fruit. *To discover that this golden fruit is Wildl o'an'ges, and very iour. -To comne f ace to face;in the san ly wildlerness wlthra pack of gaunt, Lony; shiaggy .beasts, of al most ev - wry color and resembling nothiing yon have ever seen before.- :- - To be informed afterward that they were M r. 'Julius L2mon' s shoats. TFo be assuired thmat **Mr. Idrnoon utd his family contexnplate eating hemn nlti natelv.-Florida - tetter.