The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-02-08
coarse, and olae of the names are
\ Written inS blGe ink which may at
4 once g deiiti tllsnis Our community
as so often stocked with North Carroll!
ma. m lone that e ehooScs every one
to, be wa 80 ysofkgiile 1psD,ctly.

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INfERssTiNdT TO / I3TGh kEEpERs-
5t3Ansimportantfde decision TO hotel keep
4 ers twasnlale tlie December term Of
stpretne judicial courtin Berkshire
county The agent of the Bcrk-
shire osllen Company came to Dos
ton to "a lawsuit for the company,
bringing with him some twenty
sE five Witnesses, whose board he was
s payyt,sandsall put up at tie MnrI
d 5hoip Hotel ON the 1st Oct. then
81 kept by N s. Proctor. On the ID or
Sd lsSdysthe trunk of tie ,grnt w2s
Il IS ken npeR and $500 of the mo-
ilcys stolen thercfrom which kc had
4 10 pay tho expenses of himself and
his Witnesses. The defendant proved
that hefhad ~ safe, and that his guest
ought to have deposited his money in
\ ~, or let him know he had SO much
i money With him; also that the agent
WAS not u traveller, but boardcr.
Judge Fletcher. ruled in substance, that
the loss Was produced by the caro-
slesslless ,ofthc agent, the hotel Keepers
Gro not table, and that knowledge
.'>by said agent Of the custom to dcpos-
"a slaIge sums iii the safe, and his not
complying withSt, would amount to
such 5carelcssness but that unless the
hotel keepers could clearly prove such
3 Il knowledge BY said agent they must be
held liable, also that hotel keepers are
liable forthe safety of the goods and
moneyFofs their guests. JudvmluJ was
accordingly rendered for The plaint-
aiifs. This decision settles the law IN
this commonwealth B1s;oa Post.
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LIFE IN TIE iTRorIcs.- Mr.. Butler.
Z q pleasant lecturer on entomology. in
.a,lecture delivered at Louisville thns
describes some of the luxurics of the
,torridzone.
I. ..l,ae hstss .@ossase llars the fGUn1aji6H
of "a tremendous ulcer. In Il moment
you are covered with ticks. Cbigocs
bury themselves in yonr flesh, and
hatch q colony Of young chigoes in a
few llours.4-lhey will not live togrt,-
.er, ,'but every chigoe sets up scpar.
.ate#nlccr, aud has his own private por-
tion f5pns. Flies get entry into your
NOUN, lnto youreyci, ln,o Your nose:
Il youScat flies, drink flies, and breathe
tlies.. Lizards, cockroachcs, and snakes
I gctinto Your bed; ants catup t!ic book,
scorpions Sting "a OH The foot. Eve
Sji.y thing bitS$ atngS..or bruises; cvcyy
&SAENcond of Sour existence YOU are
wounded by some t;Sce, uf' ;eiinal lil1
fiat nobody ltis tt&c,~snen before. cx-
,ccpt Swammrriar 5 Merriam. An
gsinsect3withelcvcn cgs is swimming in
E5 our our tea=cup, anondiacript with niue
wings is struggling il the small beer.
.{ior a caterpilserwith s1ycrnI dozen eye,
ssin5hisfbcliya is hastcni,,guv1rrhc bread
and hatter! All nature IS alive. ana
seems to be. gathering all h4r cntomols
Y; 3!;e'ts5l s To cat, ,NuuIu>, Aai yuil Il
i5standinS ouS90l' To,r coat, W1i&tGoat. |
and breeohes Sud-. arc the tlopicS.
All this roeoncilcs us to our dcws, ions
,vapor, and drizzlo---to orr apothcra,
slries rushing about with garsIcs and
s,tinctnres-to our old British, cunstit,p
,tional coughs, sore throats, and swc!lcd
faces"
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Settling a Hotel BUi-At the re
cent burtlincr of thc ! ouSisyiIfn | T,.,I