The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-05-26
HOW TO KEEP THE BABY QUIET.

oeo Iuo HIS a. COnlcIicu I11lnu-
that's the best recipe know of. Always
meet her with that smile whcl, the immor-
tai "Gudc to Wives" recommends them,
under mountain loads ofperplcxilv and pro-
vocation, to keep on hand for their hus.
bands. Don't imagine because home looks
cosy and comfortable when YOU return to
it at night, that it is well either for the ba-
by's sake. or its mothers, that you should
never take the latter out of il for relaxa
tion and fresh air Oh, you but knew
how a woman loves Il man for occasionally
thinking Of these little things-lil,lc to you,
but great to lis. know it is less trouble,
if your purse is well lined, to step into Il
milliner's and order home ncw bonnet,
which so many wives have wanted to throw
out the window, for very bitterness of spi-
rit, had they dared. a bonnet which your
ostrich husband tancics will cover all his
conjugal seltislncss, and sins of omission
and commission. lie had rather give her
this than draw the boots on his slippcred
feet after ten, and take tile weary wife and
mother out for the fresh air and then he
wonders why "thc baby Worries" and
keeps both awake all knight, and why It's
mothers eyes look 50 rnyIe>s, and why she
heaves that little sigh when he sits down TO
read his newspapers and then he settles
down to the comfortable conclusion that
after all, there is no understanding wo.
men," and reads on. Sometimes ne SAWS
"Ab," or "Oh," or"by Jove," Lui nobo'ly
but himself knows whether steamboat is
burned up, or fifty people l'avr been made
mincelneat Of by Il l;airoal accident or
Bonner has got another " llu>:riou5 contri
butor," or the tail Of the comet has swislc,l
through the milky way. lie is too lazy
even to talk aLoutit
Now, "bonnets don't cure the heart
ache aid all the rings and bracelets YOU
toss into womans lap, q speak of Il true
woman,) arc not worth one clasp of your
arms round her neck, when vuu come home
from your place Of business. We don't
,rant .forercr to t"hr Il t1r granted Mnt you
lovc as. We are administrative, We women.
There is no heed Of yowr breaking Your
backs to pick up our handkerchief us you
used, in the old cour;ing times (hcavens
how you stepped rou"I then } neither lo
we want you, after hanging u? Your coat
and hat in the hall, to sit down in the par
lor and cross your leg, wi,I."u. eyer com
ing up stairs to give us tl.c ,.;"yn kiss,
whcE is potent to make lis forget all the
little musquito singing household annoy.
ances, which arc but Il feathers weight
when our hearts are light AMI happy for
it is not work, which make leG.lcn heart S
and footsteps. FANNY FERN.
Inercusabie I.yno,uncc.-Th North Brit
ish Review, in an article Of considerable
length OH Slavery aid the Slave States,
commits the following gross blunder. 1t
says:
One peculiarly Of the american laws
is not to he overlooked, rs it forms the
characteristic feature Of the American sys
tenn. The slaves arc not entitled, by law,
to any holiday period Of rest. nor even to
Sabbath. This popularity is one Of the
greatest haraships that possibly could be
imposed on the afflicted race-one of the
greatest cbsticlcs to the slaves improve
ment, and an etfcctual barrier to sclfcman
cipation.'
The trull, ia, that the slaves are en-
titled by law to a weekly Sabbath in every
Slave State in the Union, and they enjoy
it too, most amazingly. Ii this British
scribIcr would visit Petersburg, we could
very soon convince linn that lie has com
mitted a most egregious blundcr. Let him
60 to any Of our churches, if he desires 10
see Virginia slaves observe the Sabbath
day to keep it holy We believe the larg
est church in the world, Numerically is
the First African Church, at Riclmond-
Ten years ago. it numbered some 300 com
rnunicants. 1t would not surprise us to
hear that it now embraces some five or six
thousand.-Pctersbury Express.
Singular Occurrcncc-On Friday last scve.
raj persons were engaged in raising bell by
means OF Il windless To the tower Of the Cath
olic Church, at Wheeling. Virginia. The bell
had been raised almost up to the open space in
| the cuPola. A man named Thomas Newton was
below, engaged in guiding the folds of the rope
as it wound round the cylinder. when one of the
cogs IN the wheels Of the windI,ss fixture gave
way. Another revolution Of the wheel ripped
off all the cogs; the bell fell TO the ground and
Newton, who had hold Of thn lower end Of the
rope, was carried up with fightful velocity dis.
tance of one hundred feet, and about four feet
| above the aperture where the bell was to have
been taken in and before those engaged in the
work could comprehend what Ind happened,
Newton, with his hands all laccrated and bleed.
ing, worked himself down opposite the aperture
| and called for help To those within. Bishop
| Whelen, who was on The platform in the cupolc,
reached ont, at the risk ofhis own life, and soiznc
Newton by the whist pul lied him in The f1csl,