The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-01-21

'h""'" W"Nr'ioD. .- \n "'N1ucmt
New II ;laul orator lately delivered 'hc
I"I,"Nm.:
II ~, todd to- day u story :" ,o,rhins in
'c!"'cura I" this that YOU mus, l,, mo tell il.
II Is ,"'np"'"nr" ra>r, hul it will illustrate
this u>i rs well. It is the story of II moth
cr on the green hills of Vermont, holding
10y the night hand II son, sixteen years old,
mad with l"vrni the sr; And. tS she stood
dy the garden gate OH II sunny morning,
she said Edward, they tell mc-fo-
never Stw the ucctn-tlat the great temp.
ta'"n OF the scaman's lic is drink. Prom
'>c me- that before you quit your mothers
hand, v"n will never drink 'Amd,' said
he, O"r he told me the s,ory) 4 gave her
the promise, and went the broad globe
ovcr-tuiru,,a. the Mediterranean, san
FranriS;:", the Cape Of Good Hope, the
North Pole. and the South Seat saw
them all i'll forty wears, and never SAW :,
glass llc'l with Sparkin" liquor that nv
mothers form lv the garden gate, ON the
greer hillside of Vermont, did not rise be-
fore ne; and to-day Il, sixty, my lips are
innocent Of the taste Of liquor! (Applau>c.)
Was not that sweet evidence Of the power
of Il single word Yet that WIS Eut halt.
For said he: yesterday there came into
my counting room Young man OF forty,
'"'! ::>k"'! me, DO you know me !: No
WE'LL Sai'l he, 4 was once brought drunk
into y"nr prcscnrr Oh shiphoard; you We're
l;'s>r"@cr The captain kicked me aside
you took me to your berth and kept me
there until had slept off the intoxication:
You then asked me il | hm! Il mother; |
said never knew Il word from her lirs
YOU told m" of yours at the garden gate
an'l to-day am the master of one Of the
finest packet, in New York. AMI | come to
ask You To call and see me- How far that
little clndIc throws its calrS That moth.
cr's wo,d on the green hillside Of Vermont,
Oh Gud be thanked for the almighty power
Of Il single word -
Fuf"c>s 4 Ecu"iy-Ihc women of E"vrt
in Order to acquire 4 degree of E.lnc>s
hathc themselves several days in lukcwarm
water. They stay so long in their BATH that
they cat and drink therein. Durin~ the
time they arc i'll bath, they take every half
hour some broth made of Il fit pu!lct, and
stuffed with sweet almonds, hazel nuts, dates
and pi,'arllio nuts. After taking this sort
OF broth four times, they cat pullct all
but the head. When they come out Of the
bath, they are rubbed over with perfumes
and sweet scented pomatum, and after that
some ": them take myrobaI;;s before going
t" bed; others take dr;,uyht prepared
with gum ;laSacanlh and sugar can,lv.--
For our own part, We lave no objection
t" Il rc;'S"na!l degree Of obesity; fair and
ordinary degree Of fulIncss and ronnIncss
of form i, quite essential to the proper out
line, Of personal beauty in the grmtIc sex
bnt rs +" having Il downright fat lady love
heaven save lis - what IL death it
'''' ~ - '''' "'e''s '' romance However.
" '.''' '''' "'''''> meat Is another mans
'''"' any ''', constitutes 'e;'"'y with
"''o "'''''" ""'''u ''e set down us dc'"rinIlv
y ''"''.'''' r"r example, observe the
~ 80 ''''' "'',''''i"' 'eel ol 'he Chinese
'.'''' ''", ''''s'' among ''e Celestial lis ~
'''' ">'''.e '''''-..c'rI.sl'c 0: ocau'y.
PAotngy"phs.-The transformation ,r
Photographs into iuLsliJIc pictures coIorod
and fy.l = ,,o,,,;r,J 1..l.,., !
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t"%r'!hlc art, due to NJ. Canarsac. Itre-
Scnb'eS the Usual operations Of painting on