The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

the West delivering political "loc-
ture," composed, it is said, chiefly of
plagiarizcd literary gems, comos also
the rumor that Mrs. Sumner, so re-
Gently married, disguised and disap-
pointed in fjnling "Godlilte" wanting
even IN the attributes Of manhood,
and indignant at tho domestic tyran-
ny to which aho' was subjected, has
permanently scccdcdp and is about to
make her residence in Europc> under
her own name. Nuttonai Mteliycncer.
A young lady just from The seminary.
being asked at the table if she would
have some moro cabbage, replied "By
no means ); gastropomical safety admcn.
ishrs me that have arrived ut the
ultimate culinary dtg'talion consistent
with the code Of Esculnpius." AS she
drew back from the table, it was con-
cluded that she meant she had "caten Il
heap"
PERsoNAL.-Thc following gentlemen
composing the Congressional Railroad
Committee, have arrived in this city and
arc stopping at the Mills House. Hons
J. w. McClung, Ulyssus Mercer Phil
ctus Sayer and Henry d. Washburn.
They are accompanied by Col. n. G..
OrJay, Scrgcant-at-Arms Of tho House
OF Representatives and Captain F. p.
Mcigs, Clerk Mercury.
Anthony Trollopc has written a
story the. scene of which is laid in this
country during the late war. It is
called the Two Generals, and the point
is that the two were brothers and scrv-
cd on opposite sides.
The Savannah Nc,o Era says half a
dozen young gentlemen of that place
have entered into a compact to get
married before the winter is over.
They ought to get the same number
of young ladies to enter into the COM
pact.
John G. SAKE says it is a common
notion in Boston that, if person is
born in that city, it is unnecessary for
that favored individ ual to be ssborn
again.
At the election in Montgomery,
Alabama, a number ofncgrocs called
for "forty acres and MULE after
they had put the thing in the box.
n man fired at the ring master of a
circus in Eaton, Ohio, Monday night,
during some disturbance, but the ball
missed him and killed Il young lady.
The California miners arc on II
strike for six dollars a day, and have
formed a Miners League. Work has
ceased in most Of the mines.
An ear Of corn with nine hundred
and nmcty-ninc kernels is an achieve
mcnt of Minnesota. 1t is twelve
inches long.
The Boston Alrcrtiscy gives the fol-
lowing news: f? "W. Gilmore Sims
10 t" pdit u new rorer in South Coro
lina,'
1t is proposed to drain the Red Sea
to recover tho valuables lost by Phar-
oah and his host when they we're
drowned.
a COW in Cincinnati, in mistake the
other day. took a feed Of pine saw-dust
instead Of bran. In the evening she
gave ;urpcnline instead Of milk
a contract was mado in Chicago,
Monday, for 1000 hogs, to be deliver
cd in December at g. cents, live
weight.
General Mcclellan has engaged pas
sage for himself and family on board
the Persia on her next voyage, and
may be expected to arrive about the
latter part of November.
Nearly two-thirds of tho tobacco
crop in kentucky is already cut and
housed.
An English lifc-boat association has
saved over sixteen thousand lives
since it started a few years ago.
"Do you understand figures, boy 2"
"Oh, yes, I'm always cutting a fine
one /" ~
The Atlantic Era says reconstruc-
tion is going on prospcrously in the
Third Military District.
What shall man say who is sitting
on his wife's new bonnet? TIN sit
ting on the style, Mary.
Calf-slkin hats, with the hair on, arc
a novelty just como from Paris. Many
will find them an exccllcnt fit.
TO countcract the smell of boiling
cabbage, put a piece Of charcoalin tho
pot. rr i., @ ~
r. M. II. Hunter denies that lie
ever indorscd congressional reconstruct
tion. '.''lG..f
Georgia boasts OF corn fifty bushels
to tho acre. %Tno9 a.
Prentice thinks that sstullin inn
proves the fair as woll as tho fowl
Naturalization is actively going on
in Massachusetts,. y5 $50 5raGsagt
Commodore Vanderbilt's income is
reported ut tprescnt to be $4.000a day.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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