The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-01-07

wv '''' VI "S'pT''"''hcn', PASSION, mnNIn
or bodily toll. The passions kill men some.
times, evon suddenly. Tho common cx
preston. "chokcd with passion" has little
exaggoraton in it !; for even though not sud.
denly fatal, strong passions shorten life.
Strong bodied men often die young; weak
mon live longer than the strong, for the
strong use their strength, and the weak have
mono to use. The latter take care of
themselves, tho former do not. As it is
with the body, so it is with the mind and
the temper. The strong are apt to break,
or, like the candle, to run; tho weak burn
out.
ST Lcaks.'-A friend returning from a
depot a few mornings since, with bottle
of freshly imported "Alaine Law" saw
young lady whom he must inevitably Join.
So putting the bottle under his arm, he
walked along side.
"Wcl," said the young lady, after dis
posing Of "heaIth" and the "weather,"
what is that bundle you are carrying so
mysterivusly under your arm?" from which
she discovered dark ilaid dripping.
ooh, nothing but coat which the tailor
has been mcnding for me.
ooh it's coat, is it! Well, you'd bet
ter carry it back, and get him to sew up
one more holc-it leaks"
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Glorious Uncertainty Of the Zay.-At
the recent term Of the Circuit Court of
Iazcwcll, Tenn, Il fellow was arraigned for
stealing j raw hide. lie alleged that he
had purchased it from negro. The. At.
torncy for the Commonwealth admitted bis
statement, and he was acquitted. lie was
Immediately indicted for trading with
negro. Thcreupon the accused introduced
two witnesses to prove that he had stolen
the hide, when he was of course, discharged,
and having already been tried for stealing,
he could not be tried second time for the
same offence, and WAS thus turned loose
unpunished.- -ibinge'on Viryinian.
"' "'c"'ot C"ftoStty G tHe Liyc-
The Mobile Mercury says, without question,
the greatest natural living curiosity of this
or any other country is now on exhibition
on Royal street, opposite Odd Fellows,
Hall. 1t is living negro child with two
heads, four arms and four legs 1t is six
years old, very Intelligent, speaks with both
mouths, sings well, wa'zcs AID keeps time.
This much the bills say, butIhe beholder
cannot dismiss from his mind that he sees
two children, though, strictly speaking,
thero is Tut one. The connection is with
the spine and the best Psychologists Of
Europe and this country have pronounced
it one individual child.
Canvas Buck Ducks.-The following from
the Baltimore Sun, gives an account OF fine
sport in duck shooting -
From all accounts it appears that the can.
vas backs have been more plenty than
usual in our waters this season and this is
most fortunate, as all eyes are tuned
towards the Chesapeake and its tributaries
for supply of this most delicious game
We have heard of many great feats by our
amateur gunners this fall, but The tallest we
know of was that of S. II. and J. II. Hyde,
at Cedar Point, Black River, who shot on
Monday and Tuesday morning, 115 canvas
back ducks, as fine as we have ever seen.
-~s~s
Hearing man say that political papers
of all kinds chad become such liars that for
his part, he did not believe any of them,''
reminds me Of an old story of the miller
and his three sons. Coming to the mill,
and grist in the hopper, the old man cried
out: "Bill, have you tolcd this grist ~;
eyes, sir" "Jim, have you tolled this
grist B., "Ycs, Sir" "IIenry, have you tolled
this grist?" "Yes, sir" "You arc all pack of
lying scoundrcls," says the old man. 81
don't believe word of what you say, I'll
toll it myself" 80.
Il Simple Remedy.-A writer in the Bal
tmore Sun, who has been afflicted severely
in Lis family by that appalling disease, bron-
chites, has found relief from the following
remedy
Take honey in the comb, squeeze it out,
and dilute with little water, and wet the
lip and mouth occasionally with it. It has
never been known to fail, in cases where
children had tbroats so swollen AS to be un-
able to swallow. 1t is certainly a simple
remedy, and may be very eflicacious
one.
AT aparty one evening bachelor made
the astounding assertion that every lady in
tho room made practice Of taking off her
left stocking last One half denied tie fact,
the other declared if it were SO he had no
right to know it, and with one voice thev
pronounced him ".no gentleman" Hewas
so buffeted that he was glad of an opportun-
ity to give eSthe following explanation :.