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V~OL. 1.] EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1-881.N. 8 ghe gasley' Jssenger. Enteted at the Postoffire at Easle S. C., as Second Class Matter. J. R. HIAGOOD, Editor and Prop'r TERMS OF SUBoCRIPTION. (One i ri', 4Ai'i -,'.I i -I advane ...... $1.0 Six moliths " C ...... 6 RATE'S OF ADVIERTISINO. One sypare (1 inch) I insertion......75 Each subseqient insertion ............40 Liberal di.sotunt on contracts or b t he column, half or quarter coluum111. Ma rl'iage notices free and solicite( Olituaries over 12 lines charged foi Correspondents, to insur1t attentior must, give their full address. We are not responsible for tie opil 'ois of our Correspondenllts. All communiCations for the pape mu1.t be addressed to the Ed itoi 1u1sinss let (Iters t) the Iublisler of th YESSESN( En, E asle, S. (3. HILL Al1P. The Philosopher Talks on Every I Subjects. The crops are laid by, but ther is- no rest for thrifty farmerand i is a blessed thing that the thrift; farmer don't want any. A chang of work is all the rest he wants Some folks are constitutionallY In z.' aI I d vork only when they ar obliged to. and they are nctIall, g1lad of any excuse to st op. The like to go to mill :nI they like t go to town, b1hut they don't like t Vo1'k. I know a fwrr who is "00d, clover iant and behaves him self decentlv, but he lore(vs to t:ll s0 well he can't wmoik. IIe wi l talk about the weather for hl:11f a1 h1ouri' without stopping. ie cnom to my h 11use the othe'r 'av to hor Iow a spade and said that he wa inl it powerfull hurry to) got ba"1ckJ 'Without thinking of" the onse quiences I just. asked him if th storm damage( his corn va. an< thdat started h im. I e t ol m(1 ine mo bou storms andhurlae fromn -Iwn back to his hoyhood, alil how man iung to a sapling. ai ieveri got nary ise, but th wind blew his breathi awav am dIidn't g)ive% himn time)~ to driawv an other, and so he die'd for' want C breath, just like a cow dlies whei she losos her' eud. I Ie couh in' work his bellows in such a wi nd And lie told of' another storm b)les an old1 'ow hiead foremiiost a ga ins :a popilar tree and1( stucok bot h he horns ini it so (leep they coulden pull heri out by the tail, and hao to) saw her hor'ns off andl leave 'er in the tree and they arie there' nowi And so heke(pt oni uutil I told him I had to go, for 1 was in a hurr too. That niin has lost~ hail' hi life talkinmg. it always scares m to see him comning. But thlere is p)lenty to do hi tween laying-by the crop and gath ering time. August is the bes month to cnt winteo:M wood. It wil burn freer, and even the red oak that som6times burns black and goes out, will burn well if eni down in August and seasoned - awhile. I've got the boys cutting my winter's wood nio(w and wil haul it up and stack it. Two o 0 the fire places want woo(l two ano] a half feet long and the others wil only chamber two foot sticks, so I C have the wood cut four feet al live feet, and then we cit in two vas we nee(l it. Fifty cords wili run us through a winter. Ther there is the stove wood to get up. and that is a careful job for I nev er let luy wife or the girls lav an y causeof complaint about wooc or water in the kitchen. The woo( m: ru1st be dry anil split up1 ine iiand not too long. j saw 1) hiekor and ash i ith the cross cut and af ter plitting it, up put it away un der shlelter, an(1 I hiiil up1) the chips foim the woods to spi inle inl. It is not muilich troul.e to prepare . frugal Ineal it' everythinl ug is h:11n e 1Y. Tl boyNs ctch tie clickens t and. fix th m il reaIldyN . wo.nI' t - let 1Y wo mem l k i( that. It I s 0 no0t a 's ighl jIb : t i noImbod N, . ought to have it o (,o but nlier . oblow, collfund '.I But I be C lieve in indepelndence. I like to sea family irnieperdvint and l f. rlialit. I know fa.imiliesi Who areC always: a ulamefor fear their cook will quit, :n1d they don't know where they will et~ a nothr. And ie inl he s:Iamne fix about nurses I o" r their h i 1 1 ;el, nursi 1. harl work, I kno--ning aI freItful chil ii the hirdest. work I kno w of. i've had a l:ail inl that 1 busineI s for t hii rt v ye: ars a-n I wouldcniit. g~o through it again f r 1 hu()s1Ce ful of goI d. Man-y 1 night have I w11iedl theI. floor ill My log *whit ~le grnutt wVithI ai bhr~h~ while I wa:1s( so sleepv I could a1r 1 Iy w Nl st.ra'ight. MI Ar had (Idoe her'l sha1ire over' alnd over n]1d Swhen she hi: trie1 alnd tried to l uiet the little' thing,). and wsorriu.d OXver it, andl patted it, and( nur1sed it onl both sidles, and at last, in a ~fit of d1espera~'tion, str'aighitened uij aild Raid. ''1It'ee WXil~iain, talk( yourI cild1(.''1 I away underlCstoo(I her'l, and1( took, her ad vice promiptly: rshe ailways said "yur child'' o'm r suidh occasions1, but whene'i('ver' I tvenitured to punIIish 01ne of 'em sh( looked indignant and sai I "mx chihI." She will let meC X own 'esl somel(timIes. I amii~ '* 1orry for ths youn tg foldks who hiave'~ abouti twc on handi amil ar'ejust b~eginninug t(. s get a fair hast e of the consequtences e of connun bPi I bliss. I MI wV oMe t hI( other night try'ing to quiet a tittlh t wo year-oldI and alter lont a nc pal)tienlt eflorts, he exelaimned ir tmortal agony1\; " Oh ,please. lHo I sa.(It do )lens sina $ r)AmXi r. th Lord's sake." I was sorry for him, I was, but I couldent keep from' laughing to save my life, and 1 wanted to exclaim; "Stand up to the r'ack my boy, fodder or no fod der, for its your child." There are inventions, but nursing children a nd raising them h as to be done in the same old way, and happy are they who can go through it with a. philo opic siei Ic. It is great btus iness of life an- cn't he (lodged, an1d it has its comforts anl it re wards-rewards that are sweeter and pur-.r aii: richer than aIn, v for they mem to man when he is o.d: and nee.ls them. Good children who honor amid love their parents 1'(re t reasu re ; that gohl cannot b 1u, and they ma -chke sweet and la(bsant the Wa y that l eadis us to the grave. There i n) prettiVer' sig)ht in all nature th'an an aged coulple wNho1m live inl hairmlioly aid have their( hil iren and grndeIil dren) arouln4l them to give them comi fort . Bu 1irn s nAver wr oe a tenm - derer verse thani "Now we m111.t ter < . w Jlm B'(11 LalMI ill HIanI we'll go, Ani scp togethelr at the foot. . John Andrsnvn Joe-. Womn 's rights and ialin riglts ive ilothing to do with such part IneIs. Inl fact. all human laws ar de:I letters Ito I .I e g). They do 1nt need thin. Lanys are made for. the hol. and4 the fraii. and the evious, awil t lie j(ealou 1. I wasu thinking aboult t[his the otlhier daY in1 y)u1r ton,1u whon I pai I a friei 1 I\- vikit to a good man-- courtc OIs gentlman-away up ill the thirl story wherC Ie kept his in SuN!rance ollice, S o .s to have quiet;: aind time for- work. lit he (ani'ti dodge the callers an(d impoirtunesl Veven there. I nevIr vi it him 1mt I what soimebIov comeS and([ wnt 1som2ething., for. they know that he is generous and he is kind. There was a -r(og-Ilinded wiomin therel w(ho hand come all the way froil Chicag'o with a petition For. wNonl'1ias! rights. She talked patheticatll y ab)Ollt woman: ii's insignificait condi-1 tioni hefore the la w. She declared( that womuan was a nmonenity, ai creature wvithout a soul, an incor' porealI t hin g, a~ slave, a serf a noth ing1, and14 she had~I pr'eparedI a billh for the legislauture to pass for woman's relhief and'~ prPotection. She 1 t lked abou noentt-yso muhill that the and said. with etmotion : ''My g0ood womnani, t hat may all be so uip in Chicago, but41 it is not so at my house-by n1o meanis. My wife is ng eaetuiire. She has all the ri ght x she0 wants. and' I have all I want. We ar'e a muitual protection socie' ty. It is my~ right and happy pr'iv ilege to k~eep my wife iin money,andl it is hers to k&W1n me in a Ntatoe or ally, madam, we do not need otr law, and you muist excuse mc'. Thte strong-Iminded woman did not subside or wilt, but proceceded with her philaInthropy wvithl more vigor than ever, and her black eves flashed as she expatiated upon 11er own unfortunate alliance with a pre,acher who imposed upon her and had her put into the hinati;: asylum. Finally the gallant col onel hinted that his time was prec. ious nitl said he would take her pfalmpi)hlet and refer it to his law yer. and if his lawyer said sign it ie would sign it. Then she tmn ed her attention to me andi( aske1 me1k to 'sign1 it an1d I salid f Wa,, away from iomie and dihin't live ill the covntry and inever signe I s'uch pa pers -intil I got Mrs. A ip's con - sent anid so I took a paiphliet to look -at when she openle i gip sack awI pulled out two books o womtn11's rights :1n111 mrwaniteid to sell them at $1.50 apiece. but we re spectfull v dccli n"ed. I dident Want to bie buvin. Ch.licago books from ,I Chiieago wolan without coisult. ing Mrs. A rp 8bout it, forv Cic: o is a ha1d place for Such litemra tiure to come f'ro m1, ai(id I Was afrail tat thIe b)ok migh0t Work 111) a divorle in my fami ily. IdI ;t, l1. she asked us fior a dime for tihe pamlphlets, an1d we gaive hora" dimoic an11d a blessing, and the (01011el il. tilated that if she would depart those coasts she mig h t finld more U'ongiei a! v'(ctimfs. Vlihat acomfort. it i.i thIInt we have no't (rot such vome1(nil down Soiti, nloP suclI preahers to m: rry 'pm. When I tohd liT er wedid not need such l:w11s ill Georgia, that our wivesi were all happy anid contentl d 11d whoen they did n1ot have laws enolulg11 they 1mI'le iheim :t. home, -and whe n mn wife walnted acinything she i s aiil -lv id, -1e it. en1aCted" and11.1 it, was enac1ted1 st ritway andii forth wit h- Th.. wom11 an looke d a1stonisdli Id si id "It is not. that waw where I catnm from. '' MayIe it aint. As slie seemw I reluet ait t( go the b~enefien~t colonel too1k anu idea thant shte was 1.iredl and 1sick, and1( nieeded re freshmirent, and so) he r'ungi aI little bell awi lQJordre at punich for the p)hilanthrIopi(' lady ; bu she r'espectfully d(eclined by s:ayiung. hat she was b) no4 meanflhs old enloughl to neced au stirimlant. She was smari t, that womn iw as-anud as r'easonlaly g0ood lookin aW:s a ('hi enlg() woman enn ( be1 ). Shle would ( miake a goodl wife for Johnl den'hkinis, w~ho said1, "I want :a wife old( eniouigh to have senseS, and( ugly eou1)lgh to stay at hiome. '' She is going to take thle war pa3th any --There is a factory inGre are mnade of naoort.