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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-18
AN Hour A DAY.-There was lad

AN Hour A DAY.-There was lad
who, at fourteen, was apprenticed to'a
soap boiler. One Of his resolutions was
to read an hour aday, Or that rate, and
he had an old silver watch left him by
his uncle, which he timed his reading by.
He stayed seven years with his master,
and said when hs was twenty-one he
knew as much as the young squire did.
Now, let us see how much time he had to
read in, in seven years, at the rate of an
hour each day it would be 2,555 hours,
which at the rate of eight reading hours
per day, would be equal to 80 days /;
equal to forty-fve weeks; equal to
twelve months; nearly one years read
ing. That time spent in treasuring
up useful knowledge would pile up very
large store T. am sure it iseworth trying
for. Try what you can. Begin now. In
after years you will lood back upon the
task as the most pleasant and profitable
you ever performed.
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REMARKABLE DIscovERY.-A few days
ago, while some workmen were eXcava-
ting cellar in Polk township, Monroe
County, Indiana, the workmen struck
what at first appeared to be solid ledge
of rock, and sitting down to rest, one Of
their number began idly to pick at an ap-
parent fssurc, when a block of stone,
nearly two feot square, disappeared with
a dull thump. The men went eagerly TO
work, and removing the bottom of the
pit, disclosed chamber with six-foot
ceiling, and eighteen by twenty-five feet
within the walls, which are of solid, neat
ly scanned stone work. Ranged in rows,
on rudely constructed platforms, were
twelve skeletons, each with q tomahawk
and arrow heads at their sides, earrings
and bracelets Of solid silver lying where
they dropped, and piles of what appeared
to have been furs, in the centre of the
platform, each pile crumbling to dust as
soon as exposed to the light. a number
of tools, madc of copper, and hardened
equal to the best cast steel, were also un-
earthcd, and fresh discoveries are being
constantly made.
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LETTER FROM CHARLES SUMNER.-It is
given out that Charles Sumner has adj
dressed letter to an important person
age in Washington, earnestly warning
the Radical against Grant The letter
charges duplicity and conservatism upon
the General, and hurls several Latin and
Greek denunciations at his head for his
abetting the displacement of Stanton by
accepting the Secretaryship. Grant is
said to be exceedingly annoyed at the in.
situations of Sumner and Greeley, and
in consequence of the Tribune's impudcnt
assaults upon him, cherishes an antipathy
towards all newspaper men, which has
proved fatal to the enterprise Of the cor
respondents who have within few days
had occasion to visit him.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-18

Sou1Bs FROM THE LOUISVILLE DEMOCRAT
Sheridan pretends to take his removal
very coolly, but every one knows he was
very much "put out.
A warning to the Secretary of the
treasury of the good ship America-Bro.
kers ahead
Killing cattlo on railroad shows the
conductor to be governed by low-cow
motive.
Hogs cannot be carried on shipboard,
for fear they would cat the mast.
The s'strains" of some singers are more
perceptible to 81 ght than hearing.
Using Sickles is a poor way to harvest
a crop of Southern loyalty.
Radicals claim to go to the root of the
matter. So does hog
The treasury is on its last legs, and
they are shin-plastered.
Kcntucky is good ship with an indif
ferent Helm.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-18

SAVE MoruER's TEAR-Notlong ago,
two friends were sitting together engaged
in lettcr-writing. One was young man
from India. The other,.a female friend,
part of whose family resides in the far off
land The former was writing to his
mother in India When his letter was
finished, his friend offered to inclose it in
hers, TO save postage. "Ifsentseparately
it willreach her sooner than if sent through
friend, aud perhaps it may saue her a
tcar.n His friend was touched with his
tender regard for his mothers feeling,
and felt with him that it was worth pay
ing the postage to save his mother q tear
Would that cvcry boy and girl, every
young man and every young woman,
were equally saving of a mothers tear.
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I have committed was once worthy
and spectable-drink and the gaming
table have produced the wreck which you
see. Having exhausted the last farthing
for liquor, and being without means to
satisfy the intolerable cravings within me,
my sufferings became uncomfortable, and |
resolved to put an end to my sufferln1gs
st once. For this purpose I procured q
pistol, and strayed to an obscure place
but when I arrived at the place where l
had resolved to add self-murder to my
sins, an unaceountable terror seized me,
and I paused. While in this state OF in
decision, a stranger appeared, walking
leisurely along the shaded lane; suddenly
the thought occurred to me that by ta-
king this mans life might replenish my
exhausted funds. Without q second
thought I concealed myself, and, as he
approached within pistol shot, fred and
he fell. approached the dying man, and
drew from his pocket well-filled pocket
book; but at that instant I glanced upon
his face, and oh! horror of horrors, be-
held there the features of a long absent
brother. I dropped the pockct-book and
fed; but tho memory of that murdered
brother-the anguish depicted in those
features when, in his dying moments: he
gazed upon me, revealing that in that
awful moment he had recognized in his
murderer his brother, have ever haunted
ME, and, added to q constitution weaken
ened by previous excesses, have now re-
duced me to tho brink of an eternity of
despair. / am the murderer. Edmund
Osgood is innocent p
This statement procured an acquittal
for Osgood; and we have only to add that
few months witnessed his nuptials
with the object of his affections, where
we leave them in the enjoyment of the
bliss of the honeymoon, for humanity is
SO subject to changes and vcissitudes,
that we presume not to trace their history
farther.
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Necessity is the mother of inven-
tion," but it has never been accurately as
certained who is the father.
We cannot remember night so dark
as to have hindered the approach of com
ing day, nor storm so furious or dreadful
rs to prevent the return of warm sunshine
less sky.
M Mother-"Here, Tommy, is some nice
castor oil, with orange juice, in it.
Doctor-"Now don't give all to Tom
my /; leave some for me-"
Tommy (who had tasted it before doc
tor is a nice man, ma give it all to the
Doctor"
"A wise man once said, soTbere are
three things that will surprise US when we
get to Heaven: First, to find many there
whom we did not expect. Second, not to
find many there whom we did expect.
Third, the greatest wonder will be to find
ourselves there.'
= Emmerson says: cit is pleasant to
see refinement penetrating into retired
homes. The more piano the less wolf, the
less dirt. The beautiful should never be
out of thought. 1t is right that the
bread should be put upon the table in a
comely shape as that it should be eaten" !"
A fellow at the race course was stag.
ccring about the track with more liquor
than lie could carry. "Hallo, what's the
the mattern rnow?7 said a chap who had been
run against. "Why, why-hic-why, the
fact is lot of my friends have been bet
ting liquor on the race to-day, and they,
have got me to hold the stakes for
them.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-18
TILE
TIE
CHRISTIAN NEIGHBOR

A WEEKLY PAPER at Two Dollars year in ad-
yancc,-the eleventh copy gratis 10 any one send
ing ten subscribers. 1t will be
AN ADVOCATE,
/. Of Christianity universal, and also particular,
ms opposed to war; offensive or defensive,
9. Of the internal unity of the Church, as op-
posed to the pretensions of externalism.
g. OF Methodism, ms holding the Head, and as
consisting with the essentials, liberty, and charity
of Christianity
4. OF Civil government and Patriotism, as they
consist with the Divine Government and general
Bcnignity.
5. Of Equality" as it consists with Christian
lied common sense.
6. Of education physical, mental. religious, and
moral, as Of the first Importance
A RECORDER,
Of general intelligence from the household, agri-
cultural, scientific artificial, commercial and po-
litical world. And
AN ADVERTISER,
Of the respectable and moral.
Care will be exercised to exclude improper mat
tes and to put in that which will instruct the chill
dren aud the School, and edify the adults and the
Church.
Donations of Endowments will be used exclu-
sively for the benefit of the Poor
The arrival of the '.NElGIIBOR" will inform
subscribers of the place and time of publication,
and also that the subscription is then due. In the
meanwhile, lay by Two Dollars and send on SUBJ
scribcrs. Address
SIDI II. BROWNE,
Marion, S. G..
Sept. 4. 1867 10 If
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NATIONAL HOTEL,
Sept. 4. 1867

Near the GreenviUe and Charleston DepotS
COLUMBIA, S. C.
TIE public is informed that the above Hotel has
just been finished, and contains new furniture
throughout, for the accommodation of Regular and
Transient lsoarders. The very best that the mar.
kcts afford will be found on his table, prepared in
excellent style. Charges moderate.
ROBERT JOINER.
August 10, 1865 II
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"A man in Maine was recently asked
to subscribe for . chandelier for the church.
sNow,' said he, whats the use Of a chad
delier p After you get it, you can't get
any one to play on it.
= Somebody who writes more truth
fully than POLITICALLY, says: can angel
without money is not thought so much of
nowadays as devil with bale OF green
backs.n
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-18

THIRTY WOMEN STARvING.-Thirty wo-
men in Montgomery, Ala, with children,
numbering ninety-six in the aggregate,
published a card in the papers ofthat city,
in which they declare that they are suffer
ing for the absolute necessaries of life, and
can get no work with which to support
themselves and their helpless children.
They state that they have been receiving
assiatance from the United States Govern
and from DR.. Rose, but these scurcese
have been closed.
They appeal for help, and say: "We
know not what to do to avoid starvation.
The wailings of our children for bread are
horrible to hear. Unless we obtain some
assistance, we must starve." This, Ger.
tainly, a piteous appeal; it has the pathos
of hunger. 1t is to he hoped the citizens
of Montgomery will not disregard cry
of distress so full of agony-literall the
wall of the widow and the orphan. These
women are the widows of Confederate
soldiers who perished in the battle or died
from diseases ofthe camp. They were the
victims of the mad ambition Of their lead;
ers, and their starving wives now cry out
for help in the very city where the "South,
ern Confcderacy' was organized and set
in motion. When the fallen husbands of
these thirty widows left their homes for
the war, it was far from their thoughts
that their families would be fed by the
bounty of the United States Government
in the place where the flag ofthe rebellion
was so proudly reared. But in.its mercy
and benevolence, has saved not only these.
but tens of thousands in similar circum-
stances from starvation and death.
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The W1FE.-Only let a woman be sure
that she is precious to her husband-not
useful, not valuable, not convenient sim
ply, but lovely and beloved; let her be
the recipient of his polite and hearty at
tention, lot her feel that her care and love
are noticed, appreciated and returned, let
her opinion be asked. her erapproval sought,
and her judgment respected in matters OF
which she is cognizant; in short, let her
only be loved, honored and cherished, in
ful6llment of the marriage vow, and she
will be to her husband, her children and
society wellspring OF pleasure. Shewill
bear pain, and toll and anxiety, for her
husbands love is to her tower and for
tress Shielded and sheltered therein,
adversely will have lost it's sting
She may suffer, but sympathy will dull
the edge of sorrow. A house with love
in it-and by love I mean love expressed
in words, and looks. and deeds, for have
not one spark of faith in love that never
crops outs to house without love, as
person to machine; one is life, the
other is u mechanism-the unloved wo-
man may have bread just as light, house
Just as tidy as the other, but the latter
has a spring of beauty about her, q joyous
ness, an aggressive, penetrating, and per-
vading brightness to which the former is
stranger. The deep happiness in her
heart shines out in her face. She CLEANS
over it.
1t is airy and graceful, and warm and
welcoming with her presence she is full
of devices and plots, and sweet surprise
for husband and family. She has never
done with the romance and poetry of life.
She herself is lyric poem setting herself
to all pure and gracious melodies. Hum
Bile household ways and duties save for
her a golden significance. The prize
makes her calling high, and the end sane.
tifes the means. "Loye is heaven, and
heaven is love-"
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- The shelbyviIle Union speaking of
confscation, says that "nobody but an ar
rant fool will ever buy real estate at q
con6scation sale; and nobody but arogue
will accept a gift of confiscated proper
ty''
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-18
The Harrow---Why is it Used :?

The harrow is an ancient implement,
and has been familiar to the husbandman
for a thousand years. Shall we speak
evil of this venerable and ancient servant
of the farmer? WIFI it do to criticise
closely and look sharply into its action
after the approval Of so many genera
tions? Well this is an irreverent age.
Old opinions and old things are cast aside
without q twingc of conscience, and
scarcely with show of politeness: Eve
,ything must stand the fest Of new "scru-
tiny and new ideas.
The object of narrowing is to level,
pulverizc, or loosen the soil, and some
times to cover grain. 1t answers the
purpose of leveling the earth, but it's
most important object is to loosen and
mellow the soil. Now the teeth Of the
harrow are cones, points down, and on
entering the soil, the pressure is princi-
pally downwards, with some lateral pres
sure-moving the earth in the line Of the
draft-pulverizing thin surface and COM
pacting that below. AS the harrow
moves forward the tendency is TO press
everything down, which is more clearly
shown as its passage is repeatedsBnd after
passing over mellow soil six times the
surface becomes a compact crust. A
stick in the shape of harrow tooth is
frequently used by the miller to pack
flour in barrels, and so effectual is it, that
with little repetition the surface may be
made almost impenetrable. A new road,
thrown up from loose earth, can be rem
dered solid for the passage wagons by
the use of the harrow sooner than any
other implement. In order to mellow the
earth it must be lifted and not packed.
The construction of the harrow is wrong
in principle. 1t does just the opposite of
what is intended. 1t is only on those
soils which arc loose ami light and need
compacting that the harrow should be
used, and here it performs its Office admi-
rably. To cut up and loosen hoed sur
face it is quite useless.
The improved cultivators, with teeth
constructed to lift and pulverize the earth,
should be used on heavy soils or those ca.
silly packed. There is cultivating har-
row, with lifting teeth in the shape of
small mold-boards, which cannot be too
highly commended. 1t leaves the soil in
fine tilth, about three inches deep, and
covers grain admirably. It is not adap-
ted to deep tillage, but for surface culture
works well. The harrow draws tho
grain into the ridge, covers unevenly, and
thus renders it less able to stand drouth.
The drill is the true implement to dis
tribute and cover grain, as it distributes
evenly at the bottom of a small furrow,
and covers to II uniform depth. The
dews arc deposited at the bottom of fur
rows, and thus in dry time moistcn and
fertilizc the root Farmers should study
closely into the action of all their impe-
mcnts, and when one is found wanting,
cast it aside and supply its place with Il
better one.-Moore's Rural Ne,c Yorker.
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A correspondent of the Vicksburg
Herald gives an account of a amixed"
meeting at Bolton. He says:
The conclusion was few impromptu
remarks from Dr. Burt Walton, colored,
who said: IL tell you, you are all a set
set of d-n fools, you havn't got much
cotton to pick, no how, and you had bet
ter be in the field picking ont what little
you have, than here trying to learn poll
tics"
A modern philosopher, taking the
motion of tile earth on its axes at seven
teen miles second, says that if you take
off your hat III the street to bow to a
friend, you 90 seventeen miles bareheadcd
without taking cold.
- An incautious individual of Tcrre
Hautc the other day, after smoking, put
hispipc in his pocket with Il package OF
powder. He was seen shortly after look
ing good deal surprised, and inquiring
for his coat tail and large piece of his
pantaloons.
= A note from the President to Mr.
Blacquc, the new Turkish minister, re
qucsting an interview with him, was tclc
graphed by mistake to Judge Black, whc
hurried all the way from Pennsylvania
obcdcnt to the supposed executive sum
mons. The affair created much amusc
ment in Washington.
"A lady was asked the other day why
she choose to live a single life. She naive
ly replied: Because ] am not able to sup
port q husband Sharp!
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14
0o -
Mhcht.

The Cincinnati Gazette says
in both England and France
there is a heavy deficiency, and
an advance in priceiis the con-
sequence. oh English 4 farmers
were deceived, ast were those
Of the United States, in regard c
to the yield of wheat, The
straw was heavy, but the grain
turned out badly. It is now.
certain that Europe will take
all the grain we can spare, and
thatthe next harvest will como
in uponrvery light stocks. 4, IL
is, therefore gratifying to know
that an unusuallyIlarge amount
of winter wheat has (, been
Sown, and that the crop, under
the influence of favorable
weather, is looking we'll Ney-,
er had the farmers of the, West
greater inducements to plow,
broadly and plant largely .a,,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

A MAN in Milwaukee sold o
city lot and a suburban farm
for over fifty thousand dollars,
which came into has handbby
the foreclosure of Ia seven hun
dred dollar'mortgage. rei9iitrs
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

Nh. PITT, at Kidderminster,,
gave the. following toast IN
compliment to the carpet man
ufacturers: May the trade OF
Kidderminster be troddem dn2
der foot by all the world.'jqf'
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

"a YANKEE, named Brown,
near New London, Connect
cut, makes seventy five berry.
boxes in a minute, from old
boards byia machine he Il has
lately inventedg98j Jon e7sd
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

WHEN JubaL .Eearly heard
that Lee had surrendered, he
collapsed into a. corner of bis
ambulance and @ meekly re-
marked, aWell, Gabriel blow
yeur horn. .n972csib sredfoaol
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

sWho made the world P asked
a teacher, Of a small boy who
had not been long in the school
The teacher threatened to whip
him ifhe did not answer. The
boy, feeling impelled to make
a confession Of some sort, an
swered, 'Well master, l did it,
but Pn never do it again p'oh2
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

"A STUDENT, or doctors assis9
tant; in St Thomas Hospital,
London, actually idined, off O.
corpse recently The case was
investigated, ndilthe leannibal
dismissed in disgrace g9.isy
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14
- .rtlf' - -f.a Dtl4
=DestitutiOn and Ignorance.

=DestitutiOn and Ignorance. ,.r
m Not q great while ago, man
named nj 2ohrrann, aged ninety EesD,o
years, living on I street, was
picked up on the sreet in a., q. =
naked and famishhing condition
and was conveyed to the sta, =
tion;house ga permit 1girirSOi.,r was psoi : +
cured for his admission to the
asylum, but there being no ap.
preparation for conve!y,ainccingg,, 81. !, .
he was taken to his hoyel again. j.
Curran and his. family, consist
ing of his wife and daughter, -"
reside in a miserable shanty,, ,'''
which is in j most filthy condi7
ton, and at times they so for q
days without food j but notwithT7, =
standing their age and poverty
theylhave frequently been aE5g
rested for fighting and disor5 Al,
derly conduct. Not long SINCE, -,
the wife, who is over ninety
years of age, was assaulted by
the daughter, but the officer ~
making the arrest found great
difficulty in getting the right
party as the resemblance is so
great. AT the trial, an inter z
prefer was sworn, both mother
and daughter speaking only the
Irish dialect. The daughter
was committed to jail Wash1,
ingtOaa Chronicle. ;r a. dao. >; ,u
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

THE Old Guard, the organ o.
New York 'copperheadism,
sheds a ray of"light upon the
ideas of the party in the fol-
lowing utterance '"ioI"5i a.
Abraham Lincoln was,g with
out doubt, the most fatal man
that ever lived upon earth, and
in four brief years did more
evil to mankind Chan the worst
man that ever lived accom-.
plishedin a lifetime. The cause
he led is the most unnatural,
impious, and sinful that has
ever afflicted the world, and
the means of its accomplish.
ment the. ovilest,' most dishon.
est, and 'cevellsh that ever de-
graded our race or stained the
earth since time began. 0a5m
"On the contrary, the real
Though not assumed cause
led by Jefferson Davis, is the
nobiest, most beneficent, true
and glorious cause that man
ever bsttled on this earth, and
themeans employed were the
grandest, most Christian and
chivalrOus every, witnessed in
the worlds history.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

al - ''.. "
, The twenty thousand dollars
appropriated last Fall to sus.
tain the old Baltimore Police
Board and test the constitu.
tionality of the law, it is found,
were distributed among mem.
bers Of the Maryland Legisla.
tune, ten thousand dollars 60.
ing to that body tospreveht the
city charter bill from passing,
and the remainder finding its
way into the pockets of GER
tain Democratic lawyers.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-14

A MAN has applied for a di-'
vorce in Chicago, on the ground
of extreme cruelty. She has,
'wallolped' him him regularly
for nineteen years, until, hav-
ing the spirit Of a man, hee
won't stand it any longer. o'N'