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MARGQIN k EULI. Yohebqd*I ner , h; Whards 3gu rinitog, sahl I'd hab yqu tfo t know, sah. I's iholdin' de,lines! You better stop dat prancin' You's powerfu) foind of *dancin'. Bit I'll bet iy yealis advancin' Dat I'll dure you ob de shines. Look heah, mule! Better miln' out Fust t'ing yonktnow you'll; find out How quick.I'lt west dis line out On you ugly, stubbo'n back. You needn't try to step up A n' lif' dat precious heel up, You's oot to plow dis fiel' up, Youl s, fora fact. Dar; dot's de way to do it! le's comiin' right down to it, Jds' watch ploWin' t'roo it! Dis nigger aint no fool! Some folks dey would beat him; Now, dat would only heat him I know jes' how to treat him; You mus' reason wid a imule. He mines me like a bigger, If he was ohly bigger He'd fotch a mighty figger, He would I tell you ! Yes, sah! See how he keeps a-clickin', An' neber thinks o' kickin' Whoa, dar! Nebuceadnezzah! * * * * - * *ls dis heah me, or not me ? Or is de debil got me! Was dat a cannon shot me? Hab I laid here more'n a week ? Dat mule do kick anazin' ! De beast was sp'iled in raisin' But now I s'pect he's grazin' On de oder side de creek. A Pity Not Akin To Love. The other day, when - the Illi nois Central train pulled up to the platform at Wapella, says the Chi cago Mail, a stout, rosy-cheeked country girl boarded it and sat down on a turned seat facing a dude in tight pants, and a small, white hat. He at once determin ed to exercise his wiles on the poor thing and make a mash, 'Good mawning, Miss,' he said. HIlowdy-doo,' she replied. 'Aw you going faw?' 'Huh ih !' 'Wheah do you disembawk '' 'Huh?' 'Wheah do you get off the cahs?' * 'I'm goin' to Bloomington.' * Aw ! I am going to stop theah yself. Vewy happy to have such :hawming companion.' Well, the boys here say i'm ~hty good company,' she re ~d. 'he dude got up and sat dlown ier side. ou aaw a vewy p~wetty young and I am chawined to be your vt,' he said, leaning over on hiouldler. an on your own breakfast.' rid, pushing him away. iat did you say ?' he asked, crowding her. n on your own breakfast. t eat enough for bo0th of us. this miornin' was four bie id two pieces of' ham, two i and nine slices of fried nd I don't feel like hold ,;~up.' ide looked considerably sk, but he began a lot of c as the train pl)Uledl, and rold farmers in the coach became thoroughly an ~44 ~.e sat up close to her and lnnd in his, and lanned on-her shoulder and whispered to her. Just as the train was pulling in to Bloomington the girl began to cry, and therc were four old men on their feet in a minute, each of whom had made up his mind to thresh the dude within an inch of his life. One of them approach ed the pair and kindly asked the girl: 'Did the snipe insult ye?' 'No, no, no!' she sobbed. 'Then what's the matter?' 'Pe-po-pore feller!' 'Why, what air ye cryin' about, if he hain't insulted-ye?' 'He's in d-da-danger, and I pity the p-po-pore feller,' she sobbed. 'Why? What is his danger?' 'He's so g-gree-green that I'm afraid he'll get off at sonic little t tow-town and the cows will eat him up!' she cried,wringing her hands. The last seen of him was as he turned a series of double somer saults alongside the train in the ditch, having jumped off when the train was making twenty miles an hour. HE DiDN'T ALLOW IiMSELl' TO GET ExcITED.-A stranger sat in the corner of one of the Piedmont Air-Line elegant passenger coach es en route for New York,in an easy attitude, his feet upon a laige, black trunk. The gentlemanly conductor, going his rounds, at the first station politely informed the stranger that that was no place for a trunk; it must he put in the baggage car. To which the stranger nothing replied. At second station the displeas ed conductor more decidedly told the stranger that he must put the trunk in the baggage car. The stranger seemed perfectly indifferent. At the third station the vexed conductor more imperatively told the strange- that lie must put the trunk in the baggage car or it would be put off the train. The stranger kept perfectly quiet. At the fourth station the irate conductor, had the trunk put off and left. To( which the stranger said1 nothing. At the fifth station the molli fled conductor, add ressing the stranger, begged him to remember that he but done what his duty, required, that lie had done it only after repeated warnings, and that it was solely the stranger's fault. To which the stranger laconic ally replied: "I don't care a but ton ; tain't my trunk." EQUAL TO A REGIMENT.-'Pa,' said a little Kentucky boy, 'what is the title of a man who commarids a regiment?' 'Colonel, my son.' 'Do you command a regiment'' 'Yes, somewhat. - I don't com mand a regiment of soldiers,' the colorilel explained. 'We are hav ing times of peace. now. I only command your ma.' 'Is iny ma a regiment ?' 'Yes, indeed,' he replied, with a sigh, 'your ma is a regimnent-a whol egiet DISSOLUTION. THE FIRM OF W. M. Hagood & Co., is this day dissolved by Mutual consent. All parties indebted are re spectfully begged to come forward as soon as possible and pay their Notes and Ac counts to W. M. Hagood, as money is badly needed. W. M. HAGOOD, P. McD. ALEXANDER. COPARTNERSHIP. The undersigned have en tered into partnership for the pu pOSe of ConduCting the Mercantile business at Eas ley under nam and. style of W. M. Hagood & Co., and respectfully ask the patron age of the public. W. M. HAGOOD, J. McD). BRUCE, W. W. ROBINSON. aug 4 tf. L'stabilishe~t 186. NQ Patent No Pay. PAT ENTS Obtained for Mechanical Devices, Comn p)ounds, Designs anid Labels. All preliminary examinations as to patentability of inventions, Free. Our "Guide for Obtaining Patents," is sent free every where. A ddress, LOUIS BAGGER &-CO. Solieitors of Patents, May 30 tf Washington, D. C. Joseph Weston, Boot d& Nhoe Maker, Over Wash. Howell's Beef Market, Main St., GREENViLLE, S. C. I F you want to save. money call on Jtos. WESTON and have your oots and Shoes made to Order, and gu eatri rhe BUY FINE SHOES; p. w ye &. 1 GREENVILLE, S. C. Dec 21-ly THE CHEAP CASH Store of OWNBEY BROS., Is the place to buy your Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobacco, Segars, Far mers' Hardware, . Garden Seeds, &c., OUR SPECIALTIES. We keep Stoves, Crockery and Tin.. ware, at hard times prices. Thanking the public generally for thelir libPraptronage in the past, we hope by close attention to business to merit a continiuance of the same. Country produce bought at highest market price, for cash. Remember our motto is qedick sales and short proflts. Give us a ca-i. Respectfully, OWNBICY BROS.. Easley, S. C. .Jan 25-.-8m Furniture House EASLEY, S. C. COME ONE, COME ALL A ND furnIsh your Houses in elegant style for the Summer with a nice Line of Bedsteads, Mattresses, Bu reaus, Trabies, Stands, Chairs, Rockers, &c,. A general assortment of Landscape chromos in 22x30 inch frames, chord, &c., all ready for hang ing on the walls. Also, on hand, a line of cabinet, promlenadle, panel and card size photograph fraines, all in artistic style., Always on hand a full line of UNDERTAKER'S SUPPLIES. Caskets and coffins, alisizes and styles. Burial Robes for each sex, all qual ities andl prices. Ready at all hours to wait upola customers. Coffins trimmed in any style, andl when -so desi'ed, will be trhunmeil and shipped to any point on Ralronad free of etaca