The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-11-01

| was tranquil and calm.
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ssEMP1RE'' VERSUS ''FANCHoN 1.-THE Edge
! field A6uertiSer says, this is a paragraph ex-
clusively for the ladies-and for those decent
| and thoughtful men who are agoing o-2buy
their wives new :bonnets. AGO respondent
from New York writes to the ConstitutionaI-
! ist thus: *. T.. -.
The neat and stylish Fancbon bonnet, which
has met with so much favor and had2so deci.
ded arun here, is going out with the season,
and giving place to new thing (and you
know, ladies sses0 things are fashiaDabte;;} but
a confounded ugly thing, called the Empire.
! The Fanchon is light, airy and handsome
bonnet, without crown or curtain, an inven-
| fion which necessity, the universal mother Of
such an affair, got up for the proper display
of tie waterfall. The Empire is small bon
/ net, Nth large crown and narrow. stiff cur
7 tain, dressed and trimmed with flowers and
feathers ugly and antique, but ncw J'aand as
novelty and not beauty. is the insanity of
fashion, why New York bon-ton will be ex-
pected to go mad over this hybrid ofthe mil
| liners. 5fhe fanchon was too simple, too easily
made at home, to suit the GTtiSttc--hence the
| Empire One good result however, from It's
adoption 1t disphces that abomination
| known as waterfall. 49,.
So the ''Fanchon" has gone up the spout
of fashion--a long and large one-6efore it
! fairly reached Edgefeld. Lamentable ! But
we assure you, ladies, that the "Empfre," is
not ugly. We have already seen a couple,
and they are beautiful. And to think of get.
ting rid Of those vile waterfalls Why upon
earth should huge compact, greasy, obleng
7 lump of moss and false hair. covered with a
silken net strung with glass beads, be. called
! a eoaterJaZI? To call SO hldeous thing by
such aipretty name is sactual blaspheny. We
are firm advocate for fashion, but we never
could stand the waterfall; it always carried
us back to the time when We studied natural
history, and made US think we saw a section
of the boaconstrictor protruding from the pos
terror hump of the female ee7ebrum. !.
| So here's a health to the Empire" and
final kick to the huge, compact, greasy, OBJ
long lump Of moss and false hair.
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ARrEMUs WARD ON T2,oRGANIzATIoN.-
temus Ward, in a recent letter, gives an idea
ofre-organization:
Iha7e never attempted to re.organize my
wife but once. | shall never attempt it again.
I'd been to public dinner, and had allowed
myself to be betrayed in drinking several peo-
ple's health, and to make 'em as robustas
possible, continued drinking their health
untilmy own BECAME affected. The. conse-
quence was, I presented myselfat Betsy's bed
side late at night, with considerable lSker
concealed about my person. had somehow
gotpossesshhn of hosswhip on my way
home. Remembering some cranky observa-
tons of Mrs. Wards in the morning, snapt
the whip pretty lively, and in loud voice
said, ts'Betsey, you need recognizing: !
have come, Bctsey,F I continued-crackln'
the whip DER the bed-"t have come to Fe-
l'organizeVou u
hosswhip over me sev'ril times, and when |
woke up I found she had. l haint drunk
much of anything since, and if ever have
any re-organizin' JOB on hand, l will let it
out. ,. -: ......r
GEORGIA. In the late issue of the Celum-
bus Sun we find the following resolutions,
adopted at the meeting of the negroes Of that
corsfnunity. It would. De we'll for the ne
groes in other communities to follow their
example:
Whereas, robbery has become so prevalent
lately that we, a portion Of the residents of
the city of Columbus, deem it our duty to
put ourselves right before the community
and be is
/. ,ResoJccd, That we will look upon any
colored person guilty Of theft as not being
worthy of notice ......., /:
2.yResolred, That we feel it our duty as
loyal residents of this community to inform
upon any colored person who commits theft
| or any other %nlisdemeanor: -
8. Resalce67; That we will,discard any eel
ored person, male. or. female, who, commits
+ any act dernetrical 10 the wel1-being of the
colsred people. -
4. Resozred, We will not assist them by
employment, patronize them in business, nor
aid them in sickness, and we will not associ-
ate with them either directly or indirectly: