The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-10-21

aIIn. The dlthculty was subsequently
healed, the child was born, and IN due
time began to talk but when sitting
with his father, was invariably silent. 1t
continued so until the child was five
years old, when the father, having ex-
hausted his powers Of persuasion, threat
ened it with punishment for it's stub
bornness. When the punishment was
inflicted, it elected nothing but sishs
and groans, which told but too plainly
that the little sufferer could not speak,
though he vainly endeavored to do so.
All who were present united in the opin-
ion that it was impossible for the child
to speak to its father. Time proved this
opinion to be correct. At mature age
its efforts to converse with its parent
Z. could only produce the most bitter sighs
and groans.
- In Albany, two ladies, one married
and the other single. appeared on the
streets on Saturday, dressed fashionatly
in all respects, except their head gear,
which consisted of the old style Of large
bonnets, heavily yelled. They were fol-
lowed by q crowd from State to Ten
: Brock streets, where an officer foolishly
arrested them, instead of the gang that
followed them. Upon being taken to
the police court they were promptly dis
charged.
-. A man named James King, having
circulated reports calculated to injure the
characters of four young ladies in Curri-
tuck county recently, they determined
, to have revenge, and on certain night
they proceeded to his house, took him
out, borrowed cowhide from neigh
Dor, fastened him in the necessary posi-
tion, and inflicted upon his back upwards
: Of eighty lashes, well put on. 1t is said
that King has since been very quiet
and inoffensive citizen.
- The cries of those buried alive by the
earthquake in the ruins of Ibarra, smote
for FIVE or six days upon the ears Of sur
viyors too indolent. apathctic and eager
for plunder to take the trouble of un-
3, earthing them. Thousands pcrishcd by
this horrible death, shrieking for help
that would not come.
p a tunnel to unite Scotland and Ire
land has recently been suggested by an
English engineer. This under-sea pas
sage would run from the coast of An
trim, Ireland, to Leaks Point, in the
hull of Cantire, length of fourteen and
o half miles. 1t is estimated that it would
cost. $l5,75o,Ooo.
: : Secret weddings are all the rage in
Iowa: They get married on the sly, and
keep their marriage secret until it tells
its own story. AS it is now, the young
- men of Pella,s are afriad to beau around
any ofthe girls, fer fear they are courting
ssms other mans wife.
, The ladies in London are guilty of
queer vagaries, if We may believe cor.
respondent who says he saw a lady the
other day with mound of hair on her
head full two feet high, and not hair
of it natural. He says the ladies are
dressing their heads in that way.
Ata.eollection lately made at charit-
. able fair young lady offered the plate
: to rich man, who was noted for his
, stiBginess.s II have nothing" was his
curt answer, "Then take something,
SIR" she replied; "you know am beg
.gipg for the poor"
:. Speaking of the failure of the olive
crop in Italy, Western paper remarks
that the news is of little interest on this
side, of the Atlantic, as most of the olive
oil used in this country comes from
Western hogs.
An exchange relates having seen an
infant of three months loaded with ear
rings, bracelets and other jewels. The
mother had barbarously pierced her
child's ears because earrings would look
cunning on the baby.
There is an evident determination to
pating in a recent widow-burning case,
fourteen have been transported for life,
thirty for ten years, and eleven are SEN
fenced to Eve years imprisonment.
= "A fellow in Leipzig has got three
years in prison for encouraging one hun
dred and forty-one women to think he
intended to marry them. He throws
Brigham Young in the shade as conju-
gaiist. y :
Anna Dickinson is lecturing in the
West upon "Children and Marriage"
which induces an impertinent journalist
to inquire if the cart hadn't been put
before the horse.
The fallstyle of gents pants will be
made to fit inside the skin, instead of
outside, as at present. The tailor who
got up the style has since died and wan
ted the trade to die with him.
A new kind of cotton is being raised in
Mecklenburg. 1t is called wool cotton"
and is. nearly the color of wool. 1t is
said by cotton dealers to be a superior
article - :
The first Methodist newspaper has
just been started in India. 1t is in the
Hindostanee language, though with the
Roman letter, and is designed for the use
ofthe native Christians.
The editors Of those rampant English |
religious belligerents, the Sword and |
Trowei and the Rock, in London, are
calling each other "liars," &C., all "for
the cause of the Church of Christ"
A lady told US, that the only thing
she could tolerate about her was q fan
and little lemonade. A good costume
for comfort but not for society