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[Written for the 6r.ni?j?l)nrg Times. THE BAKESHOKO B.VC?KLOH CLUB. 8omk ok Ith Sayinus and D?ings. No. 1. Theaocial element of Banesbor<? waH thrown into dire eonfnsiou?ex citement was rife?expectation on tiptoe. A portion of that clement was at war with the whole; in short, the >oung men of that nourishing town, for reasons which will be made] manifest in due time, had revolted and organized a distinct society pre sumably for their exclusive benefit, improvement and pleasure. The announcement of their intentions was made, and the hour of meetiug ap pointed. A lew elderly lady friends of the rebellions youths were 1111 reasonably anxious;, but older and wiser men merely chuckled over il prirately, old Major Skiuuor predict ing u speedy end of the bold project; *'for want of friends;" he said, ??the boys won't atlbrd it long, they will soou lind out that el libs are rather expensive." Great merriment pre" vailed among some classes, but the inceassant interchange of the usual badina'zo, did not sullied to discour age the leaders in the new movement. Naturally a considerable amount of curiosity was evidenced by the other inhabitants, but all spectators ?> ere r gidly excluded, invited guests ve toed, and the editor likewise denied membership, the fraternity hot be ing considered much safer than the ladies to admit in til a secret. Ou t! c evening selected, Q ft ecu or t wenty bachelors ranging from eigh teen to twice that agf, trended their way to an bflleeoii the second story <>f the Court Home, occupied by Paul 'Pry or, a lawyer in good standing, very geniaL.uu<.l ph>at>apt in hin ways, who was looked upon as the wit of his circle, and consequently! lie vwts hot only quite pephlar, bill quite alive to the;fact himself. Paul was selected chairman pro dm., and the election of otllecrs proceeded.; H" de cliricd the Presidency, which fell upon Bob Pritehcr. hut accepted the olliee of Secretary. Tom Skinner was: j nominated for Treasurer on the J strength of his father's reputation. A committed was appointed to draw up a constitution and by-laws. The preliminaries over. Pryorarose With becoruinj; dignity in response to the inquiry if there was any further biisi liens before them: "Mr. President and flentlemen of the Club:?Having anticipated the requirements of this hotly, in order to facilitate our Organization and place the club at once in working order, I beg to submit the following resolutions to your distinguished consideration: Whereas, we, the bachelors of Baneshoro' having suffered in past limes from various impositions of society (groans of approval), ex periencing not only menial disquie tude, but bodily anguish, likewise aberration of the heart (loud sigh from Jack Thorn, who was as thin as his pipe stem ), and numerous other inflictions; and, whereas, we have been threatened with financial ruin by the steady depletion of otii|purses caused from the incessant drains upon Ihcni (cheers), and are in danger of perpetual slavery to its', tyrannical decrees. Therefore, lie it, Resolved, That we. shako off the yoke, assert oar independence of the inexorable law of custom, and defy the arbitrary rules of etiquette that restrict our frcodoih of thought and action, lie it further, Resolved, That we organize our selves into a club?" uIIold! hold!" cried the President, "my memory is none of the best, smd I move we have a dissection and dis cussion of what, you have read before anything further comes up." "I second the motion," said Andy short rising, "let us go into particu lars, for this is a particular under taking we have before us." "Just so," chimed in dim Bolus, "I would particularly like to know, what bodily anguish this healthy looking set has ever uiidcrg vtiq from the various impositions of society?" and he looked around ihcrodulusly at I he others, disdainfully towards the manly figure of theofl'ending Secretary. Jim was an athlete, measuring six feet two. and turning fairhank's scales at one seventy. "The subject is open for discus sion, gentlemen," Hob Prileher thoughtfully announced, seeing that they were fairly on the way to cri ticise the preamble. Paul meekly continued, '*{!eiit!e meh, expostulation is useless, as it is evident nothing short of a j cruon ul'npplieation \yill carry conviction: generalities dbjn?tSatisfy, but poss ibly I cau eh u m era te i n ?t a n eus winch will melt your ohsliuutc hearts to pity. Ilpdily anguish! -1 i?11 Lola (liitl you never when tin: gentlemen were in the minoi iiy, go through duly dancing live hours consecutively with a pair of number seven boots <>n ybtirnumber pine feet, and had to wear last year's siipphrs two weeks aller t >allt viale.yoitr HtrtforihgsV" "A home thrust, by-Jove!" matter | ad dim, glancing wpcf?Uy around as his eouirades indulged in derisive langhteK " 1 give it up." *l Loan der Short," resumed Prybr, with nnriiliied gravity, udid you nov- j erheai'bfa little man standing a| whole afternoon on tiptoe under' an August sun, reaching up to hold an umbrella over a tall lady while ! the match game was being playedV" j ? I'd doit ng.-iin." replied the gall- j ulit little chap; "only she married the other fellow."' G roans of "O Leander! O Lean der!" went around the room, "'you are not one of us." "1 meatj Io be th ?>?.?. h, an:.-," h? stoutly asserted. "Then v. hen a sail Ion thuuder shower came hp, who nra'.i it became thoroughly drenched trying to save that lady's Sunday liatj and was laid up wit.}) fever, ?ml sore throat?7 asked the reinorseicss interrogator, pointing to the little brave. '??Ii bill Syriajust$11 2F?,'\pr?mpl ly put iii !>r. Carl! on. the hand-..one ydiiiig medico of,the town, and bis] profe.v.ional remark was rewarded with a laugh. "And Doctor," said the Secretary, suddenly turning on him, "what physician was it that bad to prescribe Tor himself very une.xpededly hot lon g si nee V" "A hard hit in more then one cure," responded that undaunted individu al. ''You sec 1 became entangled in one of the long trains at, that re.ccp lion, und during n.v frantic efforts to extricate myself, the owner of the train moved suddenly, precipitating me against the corner of the niuutel, and the collision made an ugly place on my head (absently rubbing the j spot), which operation cost me five dollars?not tha't my head was brok en, but 1 smashed two vases us 1 cut the center of gravity on a bast; line, j and fell under obligations to replace them." '?Wasn't be swindled though!" ejaculated a drug store clerk. "I'll slake my hat thai the broken articles didn't cost over sixty cents, for we. have pretty ones at forty." "Tin; mischief you have," ex claimed the defrauded* man, "why didn't you tell me? Of course the vi Ilia nous wretch of whom 1 bought them knew that 1 was ignorant of the value of such flummery. Hut then I have the satisfaction of prov ing that it cost somebody else sonic thing too?train was wrecked." "That instance illustrates another cause of gricaiiee I endeavored to set forth briefly iii the preamble," com ineiited Paul,?"which is the deple tion of our purses by the in tin in Ar able calls for money. What say you, gentlemen ?" "Opera"? "Flowers"? "Iee-cronm"? "Stationery"? "Soda-water"? "Hall tickets"? "Fancy Fairs"? "Hot suppers"? "Buggy rides"? ^Ent?rtuinnuiiits'1 ? each victim sang out. in'..urn, "Away with it?we will doit no more." "Yon respond well! Then wo must further lake into consideration tin loss of lime we sutler while dancing attendance at the different places or] amusement you have enumerated, and winch might be spent more pro fitably and agreeably did we not feel it a duty expected of us by society to carry out her injunctions. There fore, gtMitleihehi if it is your purpose to be rid of this boudage, and the plah meets your approval, we will p o ? d lo"? "Three (dicers for Ithct^Banesboro' Bachelor Club. Hurrah for (he Disconsolate!" Such a din ensued that the start led listener without might will have thought a questionable revel dis* graced t he j>ro<'eedi ngs of the august body, but it. was only the'life and enthusiam of youth and hope wide! animated their lungs to such de mouslratiohs. Ex-Ot-'Kicto. A ?IFFEKEXCE i.i l)l.SisOSltifOX. 1 kw.v two girls, equally .xeclleht ;!:?<! pretty, between whom a marked did'e.rence exi:ds; one gains friends wherever she goes, and at mice; the, other makes few, and then only after a long accqiuiintnnco. \V HyV She looks at peoplejWith ah eye of suspi cion: she doesn't \vish to he lakehin: her gla .ee at the person to whom she is presenfc;1 says,."Now yoii are very I likely not what yon protend to he. J and you shall not find me a vie!im j at. any rate." She approaches strangers with clenched finis, -a? rt were, and the inevitable consequence is ''ist thoy receive her in the same spirit. Nobody likes lo have his/ faults suspected hi fore he has had a ? name to show bis virtues, tier gentler* friend, inst inctively under standing ihis, receives every new tie- j ouaiiitaiice as ifshe had been Wait ? I ih'gall her life for him especially, Sii > fc'ces the good in people^ahd gVce'S them the ere iil for ii. The resu : is, that in her presence all on govclj qualities come, out, an I we are heller lor the lime being, if not. for hiiva> ? Thus it is that she has jsO many friends, for while then and vrdthai laugh at her friend's witty sayings and applaud her keen criticisms, they do not e:tre one tenth as inueh for heraslhey "lo for their iitnial !< favorite, whri believes there i.-- sohh good in ev. r. body. ftiit our youu. cynic does mil see this. She goes o. liclieviug that it is tie.1 fan:! of tit. world that she is no! appreciated; I lear, if she. lives to see three scon years and ten, she will never tlii: sweetness and beauty out of life which her fruiid Ins ftlready found. A La dy.?The la ly does not lose caste because she makes he:- own clothes, am! is obliged to ccbhbniike. A "l?dy" is a woman who clearly understand^ and ? onsistoii ly prac I ices the rc?ucmcuts of a highly civilized existence, and the ino*l real distinction hit ween lady and a mo man who is not a lady, is that one is more civilized than the o( her, and more determine i t? pre.se v.- the ha bit s of a high civilization. The*e habits itre not simply habits of ?.\ ponsb; it i.- cheaper in remain sober than togel tipsy,and ye; il is more iadydike to he sober. I: does no', cost more to speak good English than bad. or lo be gentle than rude, yet a lady from preference, speak.- correct ly and his gentle manners. In the decdihe id' life, shame and grief are of short duration; wlictlur |t he that we hear easily what we have borne long, or that, finding our selves in age less regarded, we less regard jolliers; or, that:we look with slight, regard upon a Wie lions, to which we know that the hand of death [s about to put an end. Have your mind in yonr work, and you will have yonr. work in your mi lid. j TU Ii I' jcIM J; LA V. OL MS i KLN. I Editor Oranifcbury 'Ihnes: I beg space in your highly appre ciated; paper tiK n i'r.i/.f n of ?range burg County, to forewarn our lie presch I a lives io desist in taking any actibu lipon the fence law by peti tions, ub that uow appears to be the programme, aiiU would not be satis factory to the eilixeus at large of the County * nor could this question bo thoroughly and satisfactorily dis cussed through t he Press, us there an. many who never read a paper. It is all bosh, and a ridiculous idea to think that real estate owners alone should decide so grave a question. I wouidjust hi !?:? remind our liepre- | Suhtatives that they were not honored to the position they how hold, by real estate owners alone, and all we wtint 'is a square deal, and no ship pers used oil the poor, who should be pTtied rather t!':':t oppressed. If fortune hits smiled 0:1 somebf us, we should not forget that i ur Heavenly Father ma hi this earth lor Iiis foot | stool, uad donated it to His creatioui and the so-ealled land owners arc only tenants at will, and tiny land that is unenclosed, thy stock litis us much ri jhi to ton mover as that iy. any one who merely holds a paper 6?-er it.I would sngjj'ost that !i- kefs be struck off for and against the fence law*, and an eh.-.-lion bit fiel I til all the polling precincts in the CotttO j fy,!gi\Lii:g Riiliieient notice lliiit hohe may I-e offen.h d. That will Keith the question honorably to all parties eo no d. I sec no go< d grpunds o.'IV.red why we should abolish bur pro's cut fence law, except the scarcity of timber in some sections, and in suAh Idealities let them substitute JpuiVer for tails, or write on and get tli*vT., hogging plant, that is said to make a fence that a rabbit cannot penetrate, ami will last for ages if brbjierly att.-tided to. J know if oui present fence law was abolished it would suit ilie capitalists of the eoitntry, for I hey ha.vc been looking for a fii'e-jprbqf bank that will pity them a good interest on their mouey for years, and every foot of land that coui.i be obtained by theia would 1 ? purehUseil.'which woul i increase the value of l:inds, an! put it Out of the ivac.h o." the poor uieu, and if any should bei fortunate enough to aeeii miihileah ainbuhLstiiilcientto pay for a place arid make application to otic of those en'.jiittilists' lb purchase, lie woiild be told that it was an investM hi cut ah I hot for sale, but for rent or to lease, and itwdtikl not be many \ca;- before Ilie capitalists would control the <lestiny of this cuintry poiit i ai!,", which Would compel the posh' to siibiuii to their masters. 1 ?y frei in- :.. doii't sleep an i slumber ? ?-.i vo.1: i'ightSj and be muzzled in this way. The land owners promise to give you and their band? pastu rage for 'your stock to induce you to vote vomr rights und privileges away. Their promises are like the old lady's pies, they are made lo bo broken. This nil might work smoot h its glass for a season, though you woiild belbjd your hidebound and lickey stock wouldn't do to this with their itiiport ed short-horn and Jersey stock, and ||as the fellow!said to the other, '?git up and git," and you would have Ip I "git." Stbpatid think for yourselves, and lbi>k hack upon the pas!, which ought to"net as a guide' for any one. Listen, look at the railroads, cars hud 1 icptnpiiv?s that glide through pur StiitC, fliti many laH?v'u: - (if various kinds that are now in full opposition throughout the State, look at the villages und the magnificent cities that arc built that would make a panorama for weeks for a country man to lmok at. and ilie steamers and ships that fl?al upon Ihe deep, then think of the vast amoiiut of inonev ihal hsis been expended lor price of eull'ee. A llol" (his was a complishcd and accumulated under our present fonee law, and 1 hope we will con tinue .0 be governed by that same law that our forefathers were so pro . perons under. The trouble with nine-tenths of the farmers is, that when they build a fence, they nov0 sppfc another rail as long as the bushes, briars ami vines will boh! the rotten rails together, while ten dollars annually wotiId keeph fence once built around fifty acres, a hun dred years to conic, in good ebiidi lion, if you would not lei the under- j growth and viues master it instead af yourself. Aud the old fence law ought to be enforced requiring a man to keep his fence in good condition, and a oniing to the. hitter of the law. The people then could turu their at tention to raising stock, without the dread of having them crippled and killed, ami make it profitable to t hem selves. It will not do for us tc de pend entirely upou the Westet.. market for oil r bacon, though if the fence law should be passed, that will lie our smoke house. WATon. a;iji:ai:rirt b^NTiMbNT. The following has been sent to us or publication. It may have been ?: j>rint before, hut it is nevertheless beautiful and worthy of reproduc tion : A than without some sort <?f re igion is, at best, a poor reprblmte, the lootihill of desiiiiy; with no tie baking him to intinity and to the wondrouseternity that is within him; tit a woman without it is even ivorsc?a llame without heat, a rain bow without color, a llower without perfume. A limit nistyTin some sort lie Iiis fr?il hopes and hour-!, with weak, shifting proud tackJe to his btisiiiess if the world; but a woman without that anchor which;they call faith is a drift and a wreck. A man may Iunisilj\cont i u u e a kind of responsi bility or motive, bureau find noAiasis ? n any other system of right fiction .hau that of spirituali faith. A man hi ay craze his thoughts' and bis brain, to lhought;V.!:icss in such poor h r oragcas fame hud reputation may stretch before; but a woman?where can she put h?r hop-; in rdbrths, if not in heaven? And Ihat swept trustfulness?that Chiding love, I'hitt endearing hope, mellowing every scone of life!, light Ihgitheiu with the pleasant radiance: when the world's tibld storms break ike an ai'lhy with smoking cannon ? ?Vhat can bestow it all biit :i holy ;owl tie to what is stronger than an '.riiiy with cannon? Who thai has >nj rived the love of a God loviug mother, but will echo the thought With energy ami ballon it with a tCil !*??A UyUxtil Xt irr. Iii: lav KD TtiKttii.-? "Are y?>u the tax collector lor this ward:''1 he ask ed its they rode together on the plat form of I he. car. "No." "Assessor;" "No." "Water works mau'?" "No." "Anything to do with the census?" "Nothing of the sort. Why do you ask ?" "Why. i saw you coming-out of a house on Sproat street the other day with two chairs, a broom and a wo.nan Hying aft or you, ami i said to myself that you were an oilieial or agent of some sort; and had uhinten tio.utlly offended the woman." "No. i'm no oil'eihl or agent," re plied the man in 1 nesohic voice. "1 live there, ami that woman wa3 ihv wife. Savey?" "Von bet!" was the sympathetic response, and they crept (doser to gether ami took a chow from the same box.? /*V?? /?/c<s. Ltojuoit to Mi.xoits.?The fust case in this county, under the Act of I the Legislature prohitiug the sale of ! liquors to minors, came up before I Trial Justice Neil on Saturday, Mr. I W. Ik Sloan of Hlackstock, heih?1tin j parly charged. The pi o a-ctitor, Mr. J. G. Mackerel, alleged that the do fen da nt had sold liquor to his now. The defendant ple.-.d guilty^ and was .sentenced to pay a line of Lwcnty | live dollars and the costs of the pro I cccdihgs.? II%it$bort> 'Hi'trH ami Her Tili W?te of rkspixt. Whkkk?s, tlic Grout Architect ofthu Cnivetse in tliedes) ?eus.-.tion ofProvi doheo has seen nttbeallour worthy und beloved brother, P.*. M.\, B. Livingston, from the manifold labors of this to the refreshing scenes of that house not mude with hnods eternal iu the heavens, and, while wo bow with all deference to thedictatea of the Great ruler of the destinies of men, we would also give expression tu our sorrow and bereuvoment. There fore, lie it, AYWtW, That iu the death ^of brother B. Livingston, our Lodge has sustained the loss of a true, tried and trusty member, the community of ati honorable and upright man, and the Stale cd'one of her best citizens. B'Wri//, That the condolence ami heart-felt sympathy of our Lodge is extended to the sorrow jug find afllict cd family in their orphanage. Kc.Wrc'c. That our Lodge be drap ed in mour.iing for three months, and that members wear the usual badge of mourning for three months. iliWcVi/, That a page in our minute book bo inscribed to his memory. Rf-Wm?, That a copy of the fore going preamble ami resolutions be sent the deceased's family, and bo published in the Orahgeburg papers. d. p. LlVINOSTON, . Secretary. TEN ClATS.A^hiY. No matter how large your salary, you will save nothing, if you spend money too freely. Men are continu ally indulging in small expenses, saying to themselves, that it's only a trifle, you forgetting that the aggre gate is serious, that even the sea shore is made up of pretty grains of sand. Ten cctitb a day iscveu thirty six dollars and a ball a year, and that is the interest of a capital of'six hundred dollars. The mau that saves teil cents a day only is so much rich er than lie who does not, as if he own ed a life estate iti a house worth bix hundred dollars; and if invested quarterly, does not take half that time. Hut ten cents a day is child's play, some will exclaim. Well, John Jacob Astor used to say, that when a man, who \\ is lies to be rich, has saved ten thousand dollars, he has won half the hnttle; Not that Astbr'thought teil thousand much, but he knew that in making such a sum, a man acquired habits of prudent economy, which would keep him advancing in wealth. How many, however, spend ten thousand in a few years in extra expenses, and then, on looking buck, cannot tell, as they say, "where tho money went to." So to save is to get rich. To squander, even in small sums, is the first step toward tbo poorhonse.V.The habit of extravag ance is easily formed, but almost im possible to bresk4up, Ski.f-Sl'rtaimxo.?The simplest post-oflleo it the world is in Magel lan straits, and has been established there for some years' past. It con sists of a small cask, which is chain ed to the rock of the extreme cape in the straits, apposite Terra del Fit ego. Each passing ship sends a boat to open the cask and to take letters out and place others in it. Tbo postoflico is soli-acting therefore; it is under the protection of the navies of all nations, and up to the present there is not one ease to report in winch any abuse of the privileges it affords has taken place. A Baptist preacher, styling kim self Rev. C. S. Wellons, who has been preaching for some years to the colored people of Charleston, has turned out, as shown by a commit tee, of which Dr. Chnmbliss is Chair man, to be an impostor, who has run away from his wife and eight chil dren in Texas, and married another woman. - ? *m ? ? i i ? Mrs. Sims, the wife of a respecta ble farmer near Yorkville, hung her self last Friday until she was dead, with a strong cord, which she had attached to a beam of her residence. She was in ,i delicate state of health, and it is supposed that she was suf fering from temporary aberration of ? mind.