The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-10

Lippincott's Magazine, for November
furnishes 'he following sketch Of an edi.
torial skirmsh between George d
Prentice anu Shadrack Penn: "Wvrdy
retorts between rivals Of no,e generally
make pretty good reading in ncwspa-
pers that contain but little startling news
and few solid editorials, and they be.
come particularly Interesting when all
, parties are personally known to nearly
every reader Mr.. George D. Prentice
editor of the Louisville Journal, was
an adept in the art, and usually found
for'nrn worthy Of his steel am ing tn.
editorial fraternity in Kentucky. Slad
rack Penn was one of these worthy for.
men, and Tie bat,lo generally rng.d
fierce between the two. He and Prem.
lice were intimate friends and almost
continually together, but they would
limo and again violate each 9th. RS mos,
sacred confidence for the purpose oi
some paltry joke or home thrust. On
one occasion the two were bathing in
"Sanitarium," and Mr.. Prentice fell
fas, asleep IN his bathing tub Pom
saw him, and laughing ,mmo'lcratrly Mt
the prospect of II good joke the next
morning, betook himself to his office,
whcrehe prepared an elaborate sketch
tor publication, detailing the fact that
Prentice was drunk in a bntll-,ub. He
hadino foolish scruples about mentioning
rames. Prentice, however, was awuk-
ened by Penn'a prolonged laughter, and
bee. GUIDED as his brain wns. he i,nme'li--
ately comprchendcd the situation. IIc
prepared an elaborate acco unit Of tho
affair. embcllishing and coloring il to
suit the desperate circumstances unlcr
which he laborcd. but substituting the
name Of Penn for Pr.ntico in the cast
OF characters. Both paragraphs appear.
ed next morning, each in It's respective
sheet, but as Prentice's wns the most
highly colared, the people gladly accept.
ed it as The true narrative"
WALK m THE LrGnT.-The Ameri-
can people have an absurd fashion OF
darkelnng the front side OF the house
and living in somo obscure kitchen or
basement. We heard n gentleman 50 y
That he HYed liz his kitchen until it was
converted into a dining room and must
hepreserved he built another, and it
bncnmn back parlor; tho il,irl was
transformed into library and now his
wife wanted the fourth for conservate.
ry, and as there was no more space for
b"ihli"g, they proposed to live in tho
grape nrbor. We have passed whole
row Of elegant honses, Of winter eve.
lrng, when home ought 10 be specially
bright and attractive. and seen no light
except in the rooms farihest in the roar,
or in cellar ketchins. Everything else
is taved for state occasions. The hand.
some, airy chambers are reserved for
guests, and the family sleep III little i'll.
ventilated bedrooms. This Is al wrong
| The. iighlest, and FUNNIEST and most
cheerful portion Of the honse should be
<cpt open for daily use, and made ~
attractive as possible. Let the chill, en-
play on tho brightaroscs Of the "brsl
carPct.* Tears heGcs il will be more
precious from the WORD spots where lit
Rlle feet have trod9en, which shall press
II 81 no more forever. Perchance tho
, family circle will bs more complete in
these long winter evenings, If the
brightest places Of home are devoted to
everyday use and comfort One old
ilady said she never used her best pnr.
llorr even for r.compnny---she always saw.
ed it for funerals. And whore THE an
comfortable plan of keeping all the
ofahome, clad in darkness
and linen busters is follow ed, perhaps a
q funeral is the only occasion whero tho
family group lsfunbroken. H agiw 4,
THE FIRE AT THE CITADEL SAruR.
PAY MORNING AT a quarter past 6
o'clock, on Saturday morning last.
smoke was seen issuing from The lower
,,pertion Of the Wtss wing Of the Citadel,
and The alarm was given. A bout q half
of an hour afterwards, the alarm !. was
sounded from tho bell. Tho firencn,
with the apparatus ef !has d:s.rie.,y were
promptly on the ground, and worked
iR,anfnlly 10 .eStihgnisln the sasmes..--
Several times the. roofs of, the row Of
shonses, on King street, opposite the .Cita-
dels were set alile bylsparka. 2bnt ,wero
immediately extingaished. BY 3 O'clock
tho flames were snhjued, but only after
The whole Of tho, West wing, excepting
j The walls, was, consumed, Had the fire
occurred ut night, tho damage to prop
erty swenli have been much igresieY, as
~ is more than. probable that several Of
the io,'sosy on King street twoull sba ye
been destroyed. The amonnt ,af dam
raasssee age is nc: yas ksewss;., Tha FIRE Is sup
posed, BY some, ,ohaye ;keen eansed BY
The sparks IRON a. aol'leir's pipe falling
into, The sbsy,geln che .store,roon, where
the FIRE, originated, were .siorsa several
hundred pounds ofhaysa aud straw,; and
ahcnt 2.000 tube, cartridges The rooms
over the stora room, were nsess ass auar..
stsss, foEsthe soldiers. i During the Ere
these tnbe castridges c,nomencsI 10 exrr
n1odas Rrka G;ta dat 1 al..ye<,.Ss- - a. g.. i.