The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, January 05, 1886, Image 2
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TWO LOOKS AND A HOOT.
Showing People the "Way in
Nortti Carolina.
A Simple System, but Trying to Blind
People and Mutes.
Down in North Carolina, wticro 1
live." said Frank W. Woodard of
< Southern Pines, to a New York -fun
reporter, "tho natives have a fifiny
way of giying directions when asked
how a person may reach such or such
a place, and it is apt to bo a little puz
znng co tne stranger wuo hears it lor
the first time. The first day I was
down in Southern Tines I wanted to
> find the Post Offica It's a fine country
down there, and while the villages
are not large they cover a good deal of
ground. I had walked around a good
deal without seeing anything that
looked like a Post Office, and then I
Btopped a native on the street.
" 'Where can I rind the Post Office?'
I asked.
"The native swung his hand in the
air, and, indicating the direction, said:
?i ?Two looks yan way, on the lefthand
side.*
41 'Thanks,' said I, a little startled.
two iooKs yan way,' said l to tnyseir,
gazing in the direction the native had
waved me. 'That's definite.' After
gazing a while, I noticed that the last
thing in the range of my vision was a
bridge.
" 'Ah!' says I; 'that must be one
look," and I started for the bridge. I I
reached it after a walk of half a mile.
Then I gazed ahead again. The boundary
of sight was a building on the
left hand side of the road.
" 'There's the other look/ I says, and
made for the building. Sure onough,
it was the Post Office. Then I understood
that a look, in the Southern Fines
system of measuring distances, meant
as far as an ordinary man could see.
I never thought about the possible
necessity of a division of the measurement
into shorter distances, but one
day I found out that there was. I
wanted to go to some parties who ;
were camping in the woods somewhere
In the vicinity, but I didn't know
where they were located. 1 found a
native who did know, and. asked him
how to get there.
" 'Go three looks straight ahead,
over yan, then turn left an* go two
looks an' a hoot, an' thar's the camp.'
/Two looks and a hoot.' That was a
stunner. 1 didn't want to show, mv I
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ignorance, so I asked for no explanation.
I started for the camp. I got
over my three looks over yan and my
two to the left. But what was a
hoot? If it had been in Pennsylvania
I'd have known at once, and would
more than likely have had the utensils
with me to furnish the hoot without
delay, especially if there had been a
spring handy. But. a hoot in the
Pennsylvania sense I felt couldn't
bring that camp before my eyes. Then
I considered the subject a while, and
finally thought of hoot-owl.
" 'That's the caperl' I exclaimed,
and I gave a regular two-lunged Southera
hoot The echo hadn't died away
yet, when back came an answer off in
the woods. I went in the direction
and found the camp. The North Carolina
system of measuring distances is
very simple, but rather trying to blind
people and mutes.
" 'I SUPPOSe VOU know that. a. "North.
em pig likes Irish potatoes as well as
a bear likes honey, and that's saying a
good deal. Put him in a potato Held
' and he'll revel In bliss. If you want
to keep on the right side of the North
Carolina pig, however?a pig familiarly
known as the razor-back?don't offer
bim Irish potatoes. Neither the Peach
Blow nor the Early Rose nor any
other choice brand of potatoes will
tempt him, and he eyes with suspicion
any one who sets them before him.
But he will eat bis way through a field
of sweet potatoes, like an auger going
through a pine board. But a whole
crop of sweet potatoes, transferred
from the soil to his stomach, wouldn't
put any more flesh on a genuine, na?
tive, to the manner born North Carolina
razor-back than a bushel of apples
would ont a cider mill."
Boss of Hit Boots.
Daring one of Col. Tom Scott's visit
to St Louis, he was hailed on the
troet by a little bootblack with, "Boss,
bavejrour boots shined ?"
The colonel pleasantly shook his finger
at him, saying, "My boy, I am no
boss>
The little waif HWlinff hla hftr AVO*
bis shoulaer, and, eyeing the preat
railroad;:king from head to foot, replied.
^You are boss of your boots,
ain't you?"
What 4*HC JS*n ' Moans.
"What do th?y always put t>. C.
after Washington tort" asked Mrs.
Qullp of Mr. Q'wilp.
'Why* ray de^r don't yon know that
Washington was the daddy of his
country?" said Quilp with a snicker.
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PEAHLS OF THOUGHT.
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A coxcomb is ugly all over with the
affeetatiou3 of a line gentleman.
lie that would rolish success to purf>ose
should keep his passion cool and
his expectation low.
Rather than impute our miscarriage
io our own corruption, we do not stick
to arraign Providence itself.
Calm the disorders of thy mind by
rellecting on the wisdom, equity and
absolute rectitude of Ilis proceedings.
There is an enduring tenderness in
the love of a mother for her son that
transcends all other affections of the
heart.
The worthiest people are most injured
by scandal, as we usually find
that to be the best fruit which the birds
have been pecking at.
Reflect upon a clear, unWotted, acquitted
conscience, and feed upon the
ineffable comforts of the memorial of a
I conquered temntation.
Tho knowledge of the world which
is do admired, but which, after all, is
but a very poor attainment, is really
nothing more than a knowledge of the
defects, foibles, and weak points of men
and women.
A Persian Workman.
From the paper in the Century by
S. G. \V. Benjamin, our late minister
to Persia, in the city of Teheran, we
quote the following: "What implements
they used in ancient times we
know not; but to-day the Persian artisan
has neither rule, compass, nor
8pirit-levei. He is commonly ignorant
of the fact that the diameter is the
third of the circumference; his gimlets
and augers are prodi turned by a bowof
>t!rt n*. V* W A <? ? A. _ * - 4 1 1 *
obiiug, no una uu uaicnec, duc only an
adze, and no carpenter's bench. If he
desires to plane a board, he puts it on
the ground; and if he would saw a
block of wood, he squats on the ground
himself and holds it between, his toes,
drawing the saw toward himself.
Wood is scarce, and with such tools
hard to work. If pillars are to be constructed,
the trunks of poplars are
raised and simply stripped of their
branches and bark. They may be
crooked, but that matters not; the
master workman tells his subordinate
to shape the timber into an elegant
pillar with gatch. Depending only on
his eye and the skill of his hand, this
artisan applies the plaster round the
trunk in the form of a fluted pillar
I and crowns it with a graceful capital
and cornice, showing a lively inventive
fancy. If judged by the strict application
of rule and compass, theae decorations
mavsometimes d?viRt.p> niicrViHw
from a straight line, but of the artistic
beauty of the conception there can
be no question. Walls and ceilings
are tastefully decorated In like manner.
Lightness combined with strength
is often gained in Persia by building a
wall of square sundried brick, ingeniously
arranged in the hollow cubes
as in a block-house. They are cemented
together by a layer of cargel, or mortar
mixed with straw, over which, in
turn, follows a coat of white plaster.
Where great strength is required the
angles are fortified by a layer of burnt
bficks. Such a wall will stand for
ages. It is interesting to watch the
builders at work. They wear long
tunics, which are tucked into their
girdles when working, displaying a
length and muscular development of
limb I have never seen equaled elsewhere.
The one above sings cut in
musical loue, -uroiner in ine name or
God, toss me a brick.' The one below,
as he throws the'brick, stegs in reply,
40 my brother (or, O son of my uncle),
in the name of God, behold a brick 1' "
A Wandering Sheep.
Recently, in a Sunday-school not far
from Springfield, Mass., the superintendent
had given oul to be sung hymn
Np. 6 in the Gospel Hymns, when an
impulsive singer started off with a solo
of No. 6 in the Sunday-school Quarterly,
which reads:
"I vrusn wandering sheep,
I did not love the fold."
Finding himself alone at the end.of
the second line he subsided, when the
school, with as much sobriety as possible,
touk up the song given out, as follows
:
' There were nicely and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the lold;
But one was out yn the bills away,
Far off,*' etc.
Enterprise.
Vragge was boasting of the enterprise
and push of the Western people.
,4Why," said lie, here's an instance.
A young fellow, a friend of uiiue,
married a girl after only ten minutes*
acquaintance. What do you think of
that?"
"Why, I think,'* replied Fogg very
quietly, "that it >vas an unaeces&arily
long-courtship. Around here now?"
But the Western man did nut want
to hear what they did 'wmuiil l>ore.,fc
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Carriage R
pAN EE FOUND TITE LARGEST S
' Phnotnim. Tvoinii (.'nrts, Plantation Watron<?
Hnruef* Saddles. Keltinc, lonthor of all kind
thirty day* I will OFFER SPECIAL BA.RGAH
GlES nt less than Manufacturers' Prices. Th
cm makes; which I will guarantee equal to tfc
vinco yourselves that thoy ore absolute bargaii
A. R. GO(
(Successor to R. H. May & Co.,)
j?- | ADGOSTA.
DAY & TA
Are Now Receiving a
CARRIAGES A
FOR THE SPI
AT PRICES TO ST
-ana -Never 13clore Attained in
"We arc- f uablod to ^ivc our customers e'
at the closci*. possible cash prices. Call ai
Children's Carriage
T'.if* fine*! trnn:< of TTANDBAGS a
THINKS. WHIPS and UMIIKBLLA0.
THE WIl.SON. CHILD'S & CO.'S PHI
'I EN NESSEE WAOiONS, 1, 2, and 4 H
DAY .t TANNA HILL'S ONE AND T
KXPKESS AND DELIVERY WAGOt
Avirs, Spring, Hubs, Sjiok^s, Ac. Ru
lloYT'S I..EATHEU PELTING. The
T. ACINI). US VETS, Etc. OAK AND I
CALK AND LIN INC SKINS. .LASTS,
IIA UN ESS AND SADDLES. WE C
OljK I1AKNESri DEPARTMENT, IN W
PRICE.
XJ*X SC.
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WHITE B:
Would cull the attotion of buyers to
O R ?SSS
1; l:irjr?nn?l nl tractive. They have
tsc ntlcrwl. They bovw nl?o Home hani
Horin-r-iit uf lllnnh and Colored VELVETEEt
u iiuu of Wmil IsHitoft iu nil colors, the In I
Their xtook ?<f IlLACK C5AS11MERE canno
onr?* iti llioRoh'ciiiai of llipafi jjoods, and are n
tjtmiily iiml |>ricu. \ good line of JERSEY J
It would anion ish any one to how very cl
fiensoii Mayor* in tlii-> line ?ould do well to ?
WHITE IBD
CATi fl'VI S nre no very olir>np a" to be in the
I*fc"TS n??l III" iS mm <? fou"?l ut tho storo o)
J lilt are only n few |iu?H in whio Spot
Tl.c trend ul Stock of l'*ull and Winter Qooc
\V II I T E B i
'- i I"**1 ll*-"-rted, and more attract
fit.to in all dep'i'lniouLj.
THE HUMAN EYE
JOSEPH
OPTU
li? anv oilmr m hum, ' oii'drnntad in a
n>i!nr<> in i Ii?i pii'iiiliur form of t\ (JtlNfiW
? . il-rf iii.'iiiih i>f i-iyhl, tied perfnotly natural
U, Hut ?i'<iiiju nwur invented,
J. SIIM
\l> l ?<x Irrnrolinjr nt <1mr timo throughout tho f
l.iinvvii bin Thtioiy nod Priirt iro. nin! ul tho hut
in!? "p?'?-t"->kv havo horn t'ioil (hoy are npokcu
Inilmiorjialrt will roriily; lhuonirin.il nnd ni
room** llw at tho numo tiino wisluiH Lo h? uiu
quark* who morely ? lis yon n pair of glim
iiisvit xi-f n?r;|in. lit* haweHtahlmhml in \nun
caw you should Imppun to Ioho or hrnuk your
a -o?>all nominal sum, nx it i.s bin nu*loifi to kn
him li> know jn**t thn yon luivn purr.haiu1
such tueu uo Judj/fc I'ottlu, Ouveru Colquu, (it
CLOTHING! CLOTS
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fEAR'S "~j~.
depository. !
JTOCK OF CARRIAGES, BUGGIES.
(nil sizes, 1 to 6 hor.??e.) Rinjjle and Double
la,Waijon Materinl. etc., ?fcc. For the next
MS IN A LOT OF 0"EN AND TOP BUG j
ese Baggies are nil Fine Northorn and East
le best. Call and examine thom and conIB,
>DYEAR, Agant- ]
opp. georgia railroad bank.
ClflATlflTi i factory, 703
GEORGIA. I El,i9Str4e2et
NNAHILL,
Fine Assortment of
iND BUGGIES
tING TRADE,
JIT THE TIMES 1
l the History of the Business
very advandtnge by purchasing our good
ud be convinccd.
is in Great Variety.
nd SATCHELS ever brought to the citj
LA. WAGONS, all sizes.
orae.
WO HORSE WAGONS.
*S.
liber Belting nnrl Packing.
best in the YVorM.
IEMLOC1C SOLE LEATHER.
THREAD, CEMENT, En.
ALL PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO
rHICH WE EXCEL IN QUALITY ANE (
TANN AHILLj
Augusta, Ga.
BOTHERS
a Few Specialties: Their stock of
GrOODS,
the cheapest line of BLACK SILKS thej
cisome Coierod Silks. They hare a good
for Dresses and Trimmings. They iiav<
test thing for fiue Dress Trimmings,
t be surpassed. They have bestowed unusual
fwmred they nre nil ri^ht in regard to color,
ACKETS, rhtmper than ever before.
leap FLANNELS and BLA.Nli.ETS are thii t
txamrne the stock of 1
ROTHERS ;
reach of all. A pood assortment of CAR
t WHITE BROTHERS.
rial Bargains can be had.
Is now offered to the public by
lOTIIERS,
ive than they have ever oarried. It is com
sep.30,. 88o-Lim
AND SPECTACLES.
SILVER,
fJordanf".? with tho science and philoHopfcj
K COSVEX ELIL'SES, admirably adapted
to tl.fa eye, avoiding the best artificial helj; "
IS ESTABLISHED A
Sl> KYK ULASS EMPORIUM
lih ctitv nv \fit!tT4
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Itato of Georgia for the purpose of making
ne-time introdncinff these Lenses. Wherever
? of in the lushest term*,, a* the following *
(any others ran be seen and examined at hie,
tor.stood ihat he is not oue of tho traveling t
ses at exorbitant prices and whom sou may
ata, at present, 548 Broad Street, where in
gliuMe*. he wilt replace the same for yon at '
iep a rotfifter of alt he uellj, thereby ennblee
nt iroiii him. Tnese testimonials are from
rii. Got dan and a host of others. sepv3 ',138
[ING! CLOTHHTff f
J ^OOK at tlx? old gent above in a
badtix isn't he with his pants all
Dnggy and no fit? My friends do
you wish to avoid getting into just (
such a scrape? Then when you
make up your mind to buy a suit of
clothes como right along to our
store and have your measure taken
and have your clothes made to or- t
^ der by the very best
^ TAILORS IN THE COUNTRY. ]
- and then if they are boggy and
don't tit, just say to us "send these
clothes right back, I don't want
/ them nnd wont have them." Moresv>\
over, wo would not let you keep
them ourselves if they did not fit
you. We aTe not working for a fall
s>\ trade, but a trade we can by giving
^ cntivo satisfaction hold in the fu- ;
ture. Remembor our motto is "do
fit no pay.
We are yours truly,
rotHers.
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Palmetto S
THOS. McCETTiCA!
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>f the largest SAIiOON in tlio up-country, don't inteu
idvertisements. Tho half is not mentioned in the t!
>repared for fall trade. The Palmetto House is wed sto
Foreign and Domestic Wi
tho best the market affords. lie has got Liquort
Rye and Corn, Irish and Si
kpple, Peaoh, California and French Brai
Porter, 1
He can cheerfully rocommend his goods to the ii
nixed drinks with all the DlCLItJlOUS bEVERAGES c
E'ERATE DRINKS. His specialty is a large stock of .
GENTLEMEN'S RESORT.NO. 4
and you will not forget again. T3
A. Good Line of Tobacco and C
Beer a Specia
CUNNINGHAM &T
HAVE IN STORE
Their Large anil fell elecl
FALL AND WINT
Consisting in I?
ETnPfllfvn rtnrl fla
rui Gign aim uumcsii
sr otio
HATS, HATS, HATS,
BOOTS
HAKDWABE. HARDWAR]
Groceries, Groceries, Grc
Crockery, Croc]
At Lower Prices than they were Ever Offered Bel
PAVILION HOTEL,
CHRLESTON, s. c. ENDQRS
r. . . ? .. , . , . SCIENTI
First Class in all its Appointments.
PRACTK
RATES, 92.00, 82.SO. '
Indestro
Excellent CuiBone, Ja.rge airyrooms, Otis mm?mmm
rassenger iMevaior. juectric 0011 ana lignte. Over!
leated rotunda centrally located. _
Oct. I, *{?4-tf 21 Beaut
Desig
pentral hotel, "
Mrs. M.W. THOMAS, Proprietress .
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Brood Street, Angusta, Gn. 49 y
Exchange hotel, ,
Greenville, 8. C. WON
rhe Only Two-Class Hotel
In the World.
W. R. WHITE, Proprietor. f
^EW DINNER HOUSE, Cfifl
qregkvood, s. 0.
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Kep4 by Mrs. F. Q. PARKS. Cheap rates j
First-class fare.
June 15th, 1882 tf. Ill j Afc>?
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North Ca
T?HOMSON & THOMSON,
Attomeys-nt-Law, T
liporte
Abbkviuue, S. C. j
^"Office in rear Mr. Lee's. AleS
June 8tb. If86-tf. KH>' In fact n
CALHOUN & MABRY,
To!
Attorneys and Counsellors at law,
Abbeville C. H., S. C. s
Persons
ffice formerly occupied by Judge Thorn- ham
ion. tf-CO _ The p
_ House.
robt. ii, hemphill. wm. p. calhoun. ?
ODl)
JJEMPHILL & CALHOUN,
Attorney s-at- Law,
jnn 14Abbeville,
S. C. ????
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,34 nnd Velv
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U. w. rKHKin. X. P. COTHRAN
pERRIN & COTHRAN,
r ^ . Attorn
Attorneyo-at-Law,
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IALOON !
\i, Proprietor
d to dupe his customers l>y fnlse
iiree Abbeville puper*. Heis well
eked with evorythin^ in the lino of
nes and Liquors,
) nine years old. Oood old
sofch Whiskies,
tidies,
\.le and Fresh Lager Beer.
ublic for MEDICINAL USE, and
>f the season. AIbo COO Li. TT5M
L'L'RE GOODS, Call at. the
WASHINGTON ST.
IOMAS McGETTIOAN.
Cigars. Budweiser
lty. 47
EMPLETON
f-Q rl QtnnV nf
lUU UlUUfl. Ui
ER GOODS,
'art of
c Dry Goods,
NS,
AND SHOES
3, HARDWARE,
>ceries,
kery, Crockery. *
fore. l-tf-23
ED BY lj? BETTER Aim
STS AS ^g^CHEAPERTIIA,
500 fj ?end *01
II ^r*co ?"'?*
ins. Ill^i'll 1 Circulars
M*Nin??CTt?*KI) BY
lUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY,
XRIDOElOItT. cou:x.
1885
AT TDTE
tennial Saloon
or thin year will be fonnd
tolutelv Pure JpVrlta,
rolinn copper distilled Corn, Finest
amis of Kentucky Rye, from
to 66 Per Gallon.
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4 Cognac LraMy a Specialty.
ALSOPArfni*
fV? ?
. v? wx| vuamyagueS) WCi
,11 the popalHr and standard good#
can be obtained. Togather with
an assortment of
)acoos and Fin? Cigars
can not be excelled in quality.
needing such Roods would not ba
tbuRured by baying from them.
lace ia second door from Oonrt
NNELL & CUNNINGHAM,
1 . iProprietors,
ABHEVILLE, 8. C.
tf n'
lie new ehadaei in Hats ana Bonnets ,
i Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, Satins
eta to matcn.
R. M. HADDON & CO.
!NE B. GARY,
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ey ami Counsellor-at-i aw, J*
Abbwyii?i<b, 8. C. *
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