The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-08-12


"BELlNpA.'--I hay alwus scd, give
a woman the choice ov thrcc men fora
husband, and the chances il she will
manage to lose all thrco of EN-.
Everybody luvs to drive four-in-
hand bcttcr than they do q single hoss.
If you have really got three bcauxs,
thank the Lord for his kindness to ono
OY thom to oust.
Tho more you look for pcrfekshun,
tho moro blcmishcs you will come
aorost and the moro suckers you git
into your net the moro you will hank
CT for, and the moro danger tharc il
ov tho nets bursting and letting awl
the fish leak out.
l kant tell you which one ov tho
three follows you bad better snare
mi advice is to take the ono you nssSpz
yurcsclf the most anxious to plcazc,
and to keep on doin SO after yu arc
one flesh, aud if you aint a happy pair
yuro husband is simply mean kuss.
"BEANs."-Courting il about half
natur and about half science. Tho
natur i'll it IL love, modosty, and faith,
and the scicncc is simply energy.
You must begin slow, but by.and-
by it will be best to agitatc things.
Wimmm, az a lump, had rather | 9
took by storm than by siege.
! Wimmn never surrcndcr, nor arc
they ever exactly won, but rather cup.
turcd. They ''itc it out on this linc.''
am talking now ov sensible VIM
min.
Thare IL wimmin who are az cazy to
court az lint.
"I,uv at first sight, is like eating
honey. 1t duz seem rs tho va never
could git cnulr ov it,
This kind ov luv is apt to mako
blundcrs, and IL az we'll.
But tharc amt no such thing az
pure mathumaticks in counting. IF it
IL awl natur, it IL certainly too inno-
cent for earth and if it il awl science.
it is let.le too mutch like lob.
Perhaps the best way to court IL to
begin without much Of emmy plan
yu arc going tcw fetch up, and see
how you and she likes it, and then let
the thing kind ov worry along karo-
less, like throwing stones into a mill
pond.
Yu will find one thing tcw be-
striclltly true, Mr.. Beans the moro
advice you undertake to follow, the
less amount of good counting you will
do.
GIVE TIE FAcrs AND FfcUREs.-Tt
would materially assist the exposure
of Radical reconstruction were South.
crn journalists to be somewhat moro
precise and statistical in their ac
counts Of that yillainy as now cnacting
under their very eyes.
Facts toll, and tell peculiarly, on IL
people of the genius of the North,
and it is to the Importance, therefore,
of seeking out and publishing facts
that the best attention of the South
ern press is invited. d.--Ncw Yorh
INorM.
We shall cndcavor to afford the
people Of the North one or two facts.
T.. G. Bowen, the so-callcd Rcpre-
sentative of the Second (Charlcstonp
Congressional District.
lst. Is believed to be murderer.
lie was under arrest in the Charleston
Jail, under accusation Of instigatine,
aiding gand abctting in tic assassina-
ton of Colonel White, his former Colo.
mel. His life was saved by Shcrman's
General Jail delivery on the capture
of Charleston
I'd. He is convicted forecr.
lie was tried and convicted by a board
of officers, cashicrcd, and was elected
from the Confederate service for fore-
ing his pay roll.
81. lie is publicly convicted liar,
by the published sentence of u eoard
OF officers.
For these facts, sec General Boaure-
CARDS official papors, doubtless now
in the War Department.
attn. lie is a professional gambler.
a murderer, a forgcrcr, a liar, and
a gambler, he admirably represents.
the brutal negro government now in
possession Of South Carolina Char.
Mercwy.
For once in his life Thad Stevens is
satisfied, and has written an amaiblc
letter. The occasion of his rejoicing
isthc passage of the Funding bill, by
which, says Thaddcus cxultantly, "thc:
gold question is settled 70 Tie calls:
1T "a happy thought" healer of diff.
iiculties;' ca satisfactory settlement
of q troublesome question" and laughs
over the fact that it was voted for by
salmost every Republican in the
House" Old Thad and Greeley oan
now embrace in tho most cordial man
nor, in spite of tho terrible abuse
heretofore lavishcd upon each other.
Still we arc not informed how this,
Funding bill is to be carried out. or
who is going to give up voluntarily
his SIX per cent. bond fora four per
cont. one. However, tmay answer tho
purpose of reconciling thesSkSSsaE
leaders for timo. -