The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-04-21

tingly, g. for Gods sake, just rein UP for FIVE
minutes, and give us chance at them''-
"Would do any thing to oblige you Colonel,
but have the old mans orders and there is
no help for it, and he gave rein to his horse,
whilst the Colenel returned to the head of
his squadron, in the worst of all possible
humors against those things called flags of
of truce. The Dragons, we understand,
made several splendid charges during the
action, though the whole number present
was only four troops.-N. 0. Bul
SINGULAR IF TRUE-As a gentleman
was passing along fifth street, he passed
place where some boys were playing mar
bles. One of them, in shooting his marble,
cleverly put it under the gentIeman's foot.
The gentleman slipped, and stumbled ag-
ainst lady also passing, precipitatlng her
along with himself upon large hog, who
was examining the gutter geologically for
debris. The hog frightened out of its propri-
ETY., bolted off and ran between the legs an
other gentleman, who in falling drew the
string of kite from the hands of boy.
The kite Of course fell, and in falling fright
in an alley near by. A man who was bull
ding fire in carpenter-shop, by which
they passed, started up to see what was the
matter, and In so doing dropped his lighted
match among the shavings. A fire was the
consequence. The engines assembled, and
in the hurry consequent upon the alarm
man fell in the track of one of them and
had his arm broke-which ended this bud
get of accidents for the day.
QUERE. Is the boy who shot the marble
responsible for all the consequent dameges2
Bost Jour.
BAB1Es.-"A baby in a house." says Tup-
per, "is well-spring of pleasure-a mes
senger Of peace and love-a resting-place
for innocence on earth-a link between an
gels and men."-M. Y. Spirit efthe Times.
Mr. Tupper, we opine, (says the Trenton
News,) is "a batchelor gentleman" and
therefore is entitled to romance upon babies
as much as he chooses. But Mr. Martin
Tupper can't hope to come it over us about
the pleasure of ga baby in house." "We'-
We been all along THAR" as Captain Simon
suggs would say 'Taint no great enjoy
ment, according to our ideas, to have cup
VI Hot ted pulitu oVeT luto your lap, dt least
once a day. We could never appreciate the
fun of having baby's halfdigested break
fast Of milk cast into our bosom. Mr.. Tup-
pers idea of a "well-spring of pleasure" may
be very satisfactory to HIM or his own imagin-
alton. Wehave drunk at that "well spring.
aDe have! Being walked up half dozen
times through the night by the squalling of
the "angel," and, when you attempt 10 carry
into execution the oft repeated threat to "slap
the brat," to find Mrs. Caudle's finger-naiIs
resenting the attempt by counter attack up
on your face, amt the most agreeable thing
in the world. Getting up of cold night
for "lhe Drops" and upsetting the wash
stand, and running your fist into bowl of
pap in the exploration for the box of matches,
doesn't give one the clearest idea of "a con-
Meeting between angels and men''--it
doesn't
CoTToN IN IND1A.-The cultivation of cot
ton in Brtish-Lndia was under consideration
at the recent annual meeting of the Man
chester Chamber of Commerce. E. Armit-
age, Esq, Mayor of Manchester and Presi-
dent of the Chamber, stated that in 1886
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