The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, March 30, 1886, Image 6
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A DINNER AND A KISS.
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"I have brought your dinner, father,"
The blacksmith's daughter said,
As she took from her arms a kettlo,
And lifted its shining lid.
"There's not any pie or pudding,
So 1 will givo you this
And upon his toil-worn forehead
She let*, a childish kiss.
The blacksmith tore off his aprou,
And dined in happy mood,
Wondering much at the savor
Hid in bis humble food;
Whllo all about were visions
Fill) of prophetic bliss,
But bo never thought of the magic
In hia little daughter's kiss.
While she with her kettle swinging,
Merrily trudged away,
Stopped at tho eight of a squirrel,
Catching some wild bird's lay;
And I thought how many u shadow
Of lifo an<i fate wo would miss,
If always our frugal dinners
Wero seasoned with a kiss.
* ?Pittsburgh Commercial.
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FARMER KELLUML'S FOX TRAP,
And How It Worked Impartially on Doss
and Italians Also.
About twenty years ago Randall Kellum,
of Kirubles, Pike county, EJa., purchased
a liorse for which he paid $90, a
correspondent says. He worked the
horse daily on his farm, until one day
last week the horse died. The neighborhood
of Kimbles, and in fact all
through that part - of the country, has
been literally overrun-.with foxes this
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eUttSUlI. ' AO ilttt) UCUii L1JA3. I LI OU1Uvan
county, across the Delaware River,
the farmers have lost hundreds of chickens
and other poultry by the bold raids
of these usually timid animals. Farmer
Kellum hit upon a plan that he thought
might destroy a large number of the
thieving pests, and that was to put
strychnine in tho carcass of the old
horse and place the body in a spot
where foxes would be sure t'o Hock to it.
The dtadly drug -".s accordingly placed
Slentifully in tL. Sosh of the dead
orse, and the carcass was hauled to an
out-of-the-way spot in the woods, two
or three miles from Kimbles, and left
there.
The next morning Kellum went early
to the woods to see if his plan had
worked successfully. He found lying
scattered about in all directions, and
none of them far away from the poisoned
horse, thirty-nine dead foxes.
How many more managed to get to
their holes or hiding places was of
course unknown. Mr. Kellum had the
foxes laflen home, and the next morn"ing
went to the woods' again. There
^ were no foxes found, as could hardly
have been expected, as the horse during
the previous night had been monopolized
by half of the dogs in the neighborhood,
fourteen.of which were found
dead at the scene of the feast. "With
barely an exception the dogs were animals
that had long been suspected of
habitual and wholesale killing of sheep
in the vicinity, so the night's work was
regarded as an excellent one.
The following morning Kellum visited
the remains of his old horse again, and
this time picked up 19 dead foxes. He
was returning home loaded down with
fox pelts, when about a mile from Kimbles,
he heard moans and cries of pain
issuing from the woods, some distance
off to his right from the road, lvellum
made his way to the spot from which
the sounds proceeded, and found two
Italian quarrymen rolling in the snow
and writhing in pain. Upon asking
them what the matter was, one of the
Italians told him that they had found a
frozen horse in the woods, and had cut
a piece of meat from it, which they had
roasted over a fire and euten. They
were almost immediately seized with
, intense pains in the stomach. Kellum
waited to hear no more. He knew at
once that the Italians had eaten a piece
of his poisoned horse. He started on a
run for the station to telegraph for a
doctor. Fortunately, Dr. Brace, of
Lackawana, had been called, to ICimbles ]
that morning to attend a patient, and
'if nl lum mnt- ViJr*1* r? r? '
JAVltUUl IUV7U U1JJ1 UO UC >v il3 UJflU^ 111 l-ur
aid for the poisoned Italians. Kellum
hastily told the doctor the sitviation and
. the two hurried back. Dr. Brace ad- *
ministered powerful antidotes to the
Italians, and got them to the nearest
house. He succeeded in counteracting
the poison, and in a few hours the Italians
were able to go on their way. Kellum
lost no time in hurrying his dead
horse. i
The 58 foxes that fell victims to Kellum's
baited horse will net him $58 in
bounties. The pelts he can 'sell for $2 i
apiece?a total of $174 from a horse
dead that only cost him $90 alive and
had given him 20 years' faithful service.
The Blind Chaplain of the House.
A Washington letter says: No Chaplain
within the memory of the oldest '
Representative has commanded the respect
and affection of that unruly body 1
as Dr. Milburn docs. His predecessors
were, without exception, tiresome and '
slow. The morning prayer was invariably
delivered in a sing-songy fashion,
and the whole performance bore the
perfunctionary air of a man trying to <
earn his salary with as little effort as 1
possible. Dr. Milburn's daily invoca- [
tion is eloquent and brief. The full,
rich tones of his voice fill the chshnber
and the adjoining cloak-rooms. Every 1
word can be distinctly heard. During 1
thcr delivery of his prayer the members (
rise to their feet and remain in that 1
position, reverently and respectfully,
until- its conclusion. Such action on 1
the part of the members is all the more
remarkable when it is remembered that
in former times no more attention was )
paid to the Chaplain or his utterances i
. than if he wens a thousand miles -away.
Dr. Milburn visits the members of the
/ 1 House precisely as other pastors visit
their parishioners. He makes no distinctions
on account of political or reli'
gious differences. * With the Roman
Catholics, of whom there are quite a
-number, ho is in every way as popular
,. as wjith the most orthodox of Protestants.
It is very evident that the reverend
doctor has created a profound ira'
predion upon the rather unusual congregation
over which he is called to
| . preside, and that he may bo regarded as
' a fixture, so long, at least, as the Democrats
remain In control of the House. i
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THE OLD SCHOOLMASTER,
And Ills School In Sleepy I1oHo\t, m So
luted by Wonbtnatoa ^rrlng.
In this by-plnco of natxire then
abode, in a remote period of Ampricai
history, that is to say, some thirty'year:
since, a worthy wight of the uame o
Ichabod Crane, who sojourned, or, a:
he expressed it, "tarrifed" in Slc*p]
Hollow for the purpose of instructing
the children of the vicinity. lie was i
native of Connecticut, a State whirl
supplies the Union with pioneers for tin
mind as well as for the forest, am
sends forth yearly its legions of frontie
woodsmen and country schoolmasters
He was tall, but exceedingly lank, witl
narrow shoulders, long arms and legs
hands that dangled a mile out of hi:
sleeves, feet that might have served fo
shovcin, and his whole fame most loose
ly bung to^Cilier. His head was suial
and tlat at top, with huge cars, larg<
green glassy eyes, and a long snipi
nos?, so that it looked like a weather
cock porclied upon his spindle neck, t<
tell which way the wind blew. To se<
him striding along the proll e of u hil
on a windy day, Willi his c.othoj bag
?ing and fluttering about him, om
might have mistaken him for tin
genius of famine descending upoi
earth, or some scarecrow eloped from i
cornfield.
His school-house '**rt3 a lov.' buildin;
of one large room, rudely constructed o
logs; the windows partly glazed anc
partly patched wi h leaves of copy
books. It was m.-st ingeniously sc
cured at vacant hours, by a withe twist
cd in the handle of the door, ant
stakes sct-figainst the window-shutters
so that tho igli a thief might get ii
with pcrfect case, he would find somi
embarrassment m getting out;?an idei
most probably b rrowed by the arclii
tec*, Yoat Van ll-utcn, from ihc mys
tery of an eel pot. The schoolhousi
stood in a rather lonely but pleasan
situi ion, just at the foot of a wood;
hill, with a brook running close by, ant
a formidable biich-tree growing at out
cad of it. From hence the low murmu:
of lis pupils' voiccs, conning ove
their lessons, might be lieard f i
drowsy summer's day, like the hi..a o
a bochive; interrupted now and thcnbi
the authoritative voice of the master, ii
the tone of mcnancc or command; or
pcradventurc, by the appalling sound o
the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterc;
along the floweryvpath of knowledge
Trutn to say, he was a conscientioui
man, that ever bore in mini tae goldci
maxim, ''Spa. the rod and spoil thi
child."?Ichabod Crane's scholars ccr
tainly were not. spoiled.
When school hours were over, he wai
ever the companion and playmate of th<
larger boys; and on holiday aftcruooni
would convoy some of the smaller one!
home, who happened to have pretty sis
ters or good housewives for mothers
noted for the comforts of the cup
board. Indeed, it behooved him t<
keep on good terms with his pupils
The revenue arising from his school wa:
small, and would have been scvcel]
sufficient to furnish him with da.-n
bread, for ho was a huge fee<-.?r, oik
though lank, had the dilating poweri
of an anaconda; but to nelp tut hi?
maintenance, he was, according fo coun
try custom in those parts, b -ar ed anc
lodged at the houses of the farmer
whose children he instructed, v/itl
these he lived successively a week a' i
time, thus going the rounds of th<
neighborhood with all his worldly
effects tied up in a cotton handkerch.ef,
That all this might not be too oner
ous on the purses of his rustic patrons,
who are apt to consider the cost ol
schooling a grievous burden, andschoc1
masters as mere drones, he had vario..?
ways oi rendering himself both useful
and agreeable, lie assisted the farmer*
occa.siona'ly in the lighter labors of tlicli
fa;ms; helped to make hay; aiended tr<
fences; took the horses to water; drove
the cows from pasture; and cut \vi?v]
for the winter lire. He laid aside, too,
all the dominant dignity and absolu??
sway with which he lorded it in his little
empire, the school, and became wonderfully
gentle and ingratiating. lie
found favor in the eyes of the mothers
by petting the children, particularly 'he
youngest; and like the lion bold, which
whilome so magnanimously the It i/ih
did hold, lie would sit with a child oe
one knee and rock a cradle with his
foot for whole hours together.
In addition to his other vocations, lie
was the singing-master of the neighboihood,
and picked up many bnjrht
shillings by instructing the young lolks
in psalmody. It was a matter of ro little
vanity to him on Sunday to tuko hie
station in front of tlic church gallery
with a band of chosen singers; where
in his own mind, he completely carried
away the palm from the parson. Certain
it is, his voice .resounded far above
all the rest of the oonjjrejration. and
there are peculiar quavers still to be
heard in that church, and which maj
even be heard half a mile off, quite to
the opposite side of the millpond, on a
atill Sunday morning, which arc said to
dc legitimately descended from the nose
of Icliabod -Crane. Thus, by divers little
makeshifts, in that ingenious waj
which is commonly denominated "bj
hook and by crook," the worfcHy pedaorogue
got on tolerably enough, and
thought by all who understood nothing
of the labor of head-work to have ?
wonderful easy life of it.
The schoolmaster is generally a m*n
Df some importance in the female circle
of a rural neighborhood; 'cing considered
a kind of idle, gentlemanlike personage,
of vnstly superior tastes and
accomplishments to the ro'igh country
3YYU1HM, anu, in?eea, interior only in
learning t.o the p..rson. his appearance,
therefore, is apt to occasion some
little stir ut the tea-table of a farmhouse,
and the addition of a -iiperuurrary
dish of cakes or sweetmeats or,
peradventurc, the parade of a silver
teap t. Our man of letters, tliereiore,
.vas peculiarly happy in the smiles of all
?hc country damsefs. Itow he would
figure among them in tho churchyard,
between services on Sunday-1 g'.vhenng
grapes forthem from the wild vi.iesthat
overrun **>e surrounding trees; reciting
for their amUE?mon* all the pitaphs on
the tombstones; or sauntering with o
whole bevy of them u1op0 tae bank" of
the adjacent millpo id: whilo the n* j
bashful c ountry bi mpkins hi?? h A yishly
back, envying nis supc.if elegancc
and addicss.
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. Palmetto
THOS. McCET'
f
) of the largest SALOON in tho up-coontry
j (idvertisonionts. The half is not mentio:
1 preparod for fall trade. The Paluiotto Hoi
; Foreign and Domest
* the best the market affords. He ha
Rye and Corn, Irish
I Apple, Peach, California and Fri
1
D Ho can cheerfully recommend his go
mixed drinks with nil the DELICIOUS HE
I'ERATE DRINKS. His specialty is a lar
i GENTLEMEN'S RES0R1
and you will not forget again.
B
0 A G-ood Line of Tobacci
1 Beer a
5 CUNNINGHAM
[ HAVE
i Tleir Larp aid ?
i FALL AND W
i Consisting ii
B
i Foreign and Don
NOT]
E HATS, HATS, H
J30
HARDWARE, HAR1
s Groceries, Grocerie
3 '
3 Crockery
3
At Lower Prices than they were Eve
PAVILION IhiOTI?i
CIIRLESTON, S.
(First Class i>n all its Appofr.tmcnl
RATES, S2.00, S2.50.
' Excellent Ouiseno, lnr^ro airy rooms, O
Pasf*en?.'?r Elevnlor. 'Electric Lxill and ligh1
Heated rotunda centrally located.
Oct. J, 'M-tf 21
QENTRAL HOTEL,
Mrs. M.W. THOMAS, Proprietres;
Broad Street, Augusta, Qa. A
J?XOIIANGE HOTEL,
GREENVILLE, S. C.
The Only Two-Class Hotc
in the World.
W. R. "WHITE, Proprietor,
JJEW DINNER HOUSE,
Greenwood, S. O.
Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Choap rate
First-class fare. ,
<iune loin, ioo^-ir. Ill
, T. P. TIIOMSON. J. W. TnOMSO"
I rpiIOMSON & TIIOMSON,
Attorn eys-nt-!Law9
j
i Abbeville, 8. C.
iSfOfficein renr Mr. Lee's.
Jane 8th, 1 t-85-tf. 10
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| I QALIIOUS & MABRY,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Adbevillk C. H., S. C.
Offlcc formerly occupied by Judge Thorn
; 3on. tf-50
noBT. it, nEMrniLL. wm. p. caliiouh
JI <JC UAJjJtlUUJN,
Attorney s-at- Law,
Abbeville, S. C.
Will practice in the Courts of the State
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' i. W. PERRIN T. P. COTHRAM
: ] pERRIN & COTIIRAN,
Attorneys-at-Law*
AbbbVzlle, 8. Q.
i SALOON f
riCAN, Proprietor
, don't intend to dnpe his cnstomors by false
tied iu the three Abbeville papers. Heis well
ise is woll stocked with everything in the lino of
tic Wines and Liquors,
s got Liquors nino yoars old. Good old
and Scotch Whiskies,
ench. Brandies,
Porter. Ale and Fresh Laerer Beer.
ods to the pnblio for MEDICINATj USE, and
VERAGESof the souson. Also COOL, TEJIgo
stock of PUllE GOODS, Call at the
'.NO. 4 WASHINGTON ST,
THOMAS McQETTIOAN.
0 and Cigars. Budweiser
Specialty. 47
& TEMPLETON
IIS STORE
ell Selected Stoclt of
INTER GOODS,
1 Part ot
_ n. A
lesnc ury uqoqs,
E O NS,
:ats,
ot8 and shoes
dwarf, hardware,
Groceries,
, Crockery, Crockery.
r Offered Before. l-tf-22
ENM5ED BY SHr BETTEH AM
SCIENTISTS AS j|||g_CHEAPEB TM
'S' PRACTICALLYBfej ANY
MestrnctlMe STONE.
[? Over BOO , ?end *?
Beautiful Mm;|3 Price List
_ Designs. Sw| Circular
V?^
MANUFACTttRKn BY
MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY
BBIDOEPOBT. CONN.
? 1886
AT THE
4
" Centennial .Saloon
(For this year will be focr.d
s.
Absolutely Pure Spirits#
* Sorth Carolina copper distilled Corn, Finest
brands of Kentucky Kye, from
$2 to $6 Per Gallon.
iiDortei Cognac BraMy a Specialty
ALSO
Ales, Porter, Champagnes, &c
? [n fact all the popular and standard goodi
i that can bo ohtninnd. TnoofhAr with
an assortment of
Tobaccos and Fine Cigars
that can not be excelled in quality.
Persons needing such goods would not bi
i- humbugged by baying from them.
The place is second door from Cour
Souse.
" O'DONNELL & CUNNINGHAM
Proprietors,
ABBEVILLE, S. Q,
jan 14-tf 25
AZjL? the now shades in Hats and Eonnet
with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, Batin
and Volvotd to match.
- 52 B. M. HADDON ?fc CO.
JgUGENE B. GARY,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law
. Abbey illk, S. 0*
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GOODYEA1
Carriage Rep
r<AN EE FOUND THE LARGEST STOCK 01
Phtoton* Ronn Carls, l^ianfHtjon Wnirons (nil sizes, 1
Harness Saddles. Ridh'nir, lonthor of nil kinds. Wmjon ft
| thirty day* I will OFF ICR SPECIATj BARGAINS IN A 1/
( GIES ?t loss limn M an uf adorers' Prices. Theso Bugp^Gf
l cm muktw: which I will snarnntos eqnal to the best. C?
viacc yoursolves that they are absolute bargains,
^V. R. GOODY]
(Succcssor to R. II. May & Co.,) OPP. GEC
S5- I ADGOSTA. GEOE
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DAY & TANr
Arc Now Receiving a Fine I
CARRIAGES AND E
FOR THE SPRING
AT PmCJES TO SUIT 1
And Never Before Attained, in the H
We are enabled to give our customers every ad vat
at the closet possible cash prices. Call
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES IN
The finest assortment of ILVNDBAGS and SATC1
TRUNKS, WHIPS and UMBRELLAS.
THE WILSON, CHILD'S & CO.'S PHI LA. WAG
TENNESSEE WAGONS, 1, 2 and 4 Horse.
DAY & TANNAIIILLL'S ONE AND TWO IlOli
EXPRESS AND "DELIVERY WAGONS.
AXLES, SPRINGS, HUBS. SPOKES. &c. RUBB
IIOYT'S LEATHER BELTING. The best in the
LACING, RIVETS, Etc. OAK and HEMLOCK
CALF and LINING SKINS, LASTS, THREAD, (
HARNESS and SADDLES. WE CALL PARTIC1
HARNESS DEPARTMENT, IN WHICH WE EXC
DAY & TAI
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WHITE BRO'
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Would call the attention of buyers to u Fow Spi
l. Is unusually large and attractive. They have the cbea]
have ever offereu. They havo also some handsome Colo
ROJtment of Black and Colored VE-liVETEENS ior Dr<
a nice line of Wool Laces in all colors, the latest thing 1
Their stock of BLACK CASHMERE cannot be i
unusual care in the selection of these goods, and are as
to color, quality and price. A good line of JERSEY JA<
It would astonish any otto to see how very cheap Fl
J this season. Buyers in this line would do well to exuini
: WHITE BRO
CARPETS are so very cheap as to bo in the reac
CARPETS and RUGS can be found at the store of WU
The above are only a few lines in which Special Bat
1 The General Stock of Fall and Winter Goods row c
WHITE B R O 1
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. Is tbe larg&st, be t assorted, and more attractive than tl
I plete in all departments.
The Human Eye and
JOSEPH SI
OPTICIi
Superior toahy other in uso, constructed in accordance
af nature in the peculiar form of a UONCAVE CONVI
to the organs of sight, and perfectly natural to the eye,
to the human vision ever invented.
I ^11 Vfifi SPECTACLEHANIMmE
U. 01 111 Jill IN THE CITtf C
and is traveling at this time throughout the State of G
known his Theory and Practice, and at the same time int
his Spectacles have been t?ied tney are spoken of in tl
testimonials will certify; the original and many other
his rooms. Ho at the same time wishes to be uniors
eliug quacks who merely sells you a pair of fusses at
t may never see a^am. He has established in Augusta, a
in case you should happen to lose or break yonr glasses
at a small nominal sum, as it is his cnstom to keep a ie
hies him to know just the glass yon have pnrchased fr
from such men as Judge Tottle, Govenor Colquit, Get;
t?ept.?. 0,1885
CLOTHING! CLOTHING
1 Bra
A'S /
ository. 1
ee
F CARRIAGES, BUGGIES.
[ to f> ho^o.) Single and Donble
Tnterinl. <fc<v. <to. For tho next
)T OF 0"KN AND TOP BUG
* fire nil Fino Northern nnd East11
and exiimino tliem aud con- |
EAR, Agant- I
IRGIA RAILROAD BANK. I
, m | I FACTORY, 703 I
bill A Ellis Street I
4AHILL, I
Lssortment of I
iUGGIES ' i
TRADE, I
^-IE TIMES ! I
istory of the Business H
itage by purchasing our good
and be convinced. H
GREAT VARIETY. I
IELS ever brought to the city. .
ONS. all sizes. .
SE WAGONS. l.nflj
ER BELTING and PACKING!
1
SOLE LEATHER. 1
DEMENT, Etc.
ULAR ATTENTION TO OUlf
EL IN QUALITY and PRICE.}
MNAHILL,
Augusta, Gra,.
PHERS
acialties: Their stockof
pest line of BLACK SILKS tbe^f^Hj
red Silus. They have u good
asses iiiid Trimmings. Tney hay^^^^H
for uue ?resa Trimmings.
surpassed. They have bestowc^^^^H
sured they are all right ill regar^^^^H
JKETS, cheaper than ever before^^^^fl
ANNELS and BLANKETS
ne the stock of
THBRsI
h of all. A good assortment
ITE BROTHERS.
gains can be had. I
ilit)red to the public h,y
r H E R S , <fl|
liey have ever carried. It is covfts^^^B
sep.o0,ls.-5-2m. H
Spectacles. H
ILVERjS
A.N.
i with the science and philosophy
?X ELIPSEs. admirably adapted
affording the best artificial help
jlSHED A H
GLASS EMPORIUM
)F AUGUSTA.
eorgia for the purpose of making
rodneing these Lenses. Wherever\^^H
le highest terms, as tho following
s can be seen and examined at^HH
ood that ho is not one of the trav-^^H
exorbitant prices and whom yon^^^H
t present, f>48 Brand Street, where^^^H
. he wiilfreplnce tho same for you^^^H
lister of all he soils, thereby ena-^^H|
om him. Those testimonials are^^^H
leral uordon and a host of othe?.^^^B
! CLOTHING J I
>OK at the old gent above in a
lix isn't he with his pants all
gy and no fit? ]\Iy friends do SB
wish to avoid getting into just Hfl
i a scrape? Then when you
:e up your mind to buy a suit of ^Hj
lies come right along to our
/. nnrl ltnva vnilf mPniiUTO fftlfpll
Vi aim J
have your clothes mado to or- ^Hj
by the very best
rAILORS IN THE COUNTRY. H
then if they are baggy and
't lit, just say to us "send those
hes right back, I don't, want
n and wont have them." 'More- II
wc would not let you keep
n ourselves if they did not fit
Wc arc not working for a fail
e, but a tvado we can by giving
fo -satisfaction hold in tho fuRemember
our motto is "no
Wc are youra truly,
?tHers. I