The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-01-20
VOL. Ill
THE GREOIAN BEND.

THE GREOIAN BEND.
BY LYDIA T.. 4, VARY.
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Let's have the old bend, and not have 'ic
Let's have he bend that our grandmo hers
knew;
Over tho washtub anu over the churn,
That is the bend that our daughters should
learn.
Let's have lhc bend that our grandmothcrs
knew;
Over the cradle like good mothers trnc;
Over the table, Ohc family round
Reading the Good Book mid silence pro
found.
Let's have the bend that at Church they
u, did wear,
Blowing them lowly in meek, luuhlc pray
Ter;
Not sitting erect, with the mndcrn-niss air.
With the "foSe Of bonnet" jnst pcrchcd OH
opc hair. N'
Leave the camel his bump--hc wears il for
Leave the donkey his !,,pa"nior and cut
yourselves loose
grade Htp
TO hide some dcformity most ofihcm made
Let our heads of false hair and slhot yarn
skeins he shorn "a
lie. our garments be easy and tight to be
worn; q
Don't shake in Dcccmbcr and sw slter in
June,
And appear like onlornna'cs s'raoklby the
III on
Let's spend The time in things hyl,r than
dress
Time that was given us to MD and 0 bless ;
Time that is tlccting and passes away;
O! let us work while we call it to day
lets nave the ola 1rni nsici.l Of The urw
Lots have the old hearts, so faithful and
-" true!
Away with all fashions that lower and de-
grade
70 hide some dcformity most of them made !;
Columbia correspondence Of charleston
Courier.
COLUMBIA, January 8.
The Senate was in an Executive scs.
sion all day, considering the anpoint.
ments OF county officers made br the
Governor. The appointment of the
Charleston County officers was cnufrm-
cd: Several officers IN other Districts
were rejected. The Assessor from
Lexington falc! to have his appoint
mcnt confirmed. The reflections were
confined t. the Radical ranks alone.
In the House but little was done to-.
day, asahe most of The time was con-
sumcd in the discussion Of Bill to re-
new the charteroflhe Charleston An
cicnt Artillery Socie.y.. A heavy de-
bate arose ovar the passage Of The BILL
There was u great. display of words,
which conveyed to o,,e's ears many
stupid ideas about blood, fire and thun
der. The debate was general, and did
not create much attention until Do
Large arose, 'and @ith great spirit NOV
cd off in defence Of the bill by replying
10 the fat man, who bears The name OF
jerks, or sometilnes better. kndwnn as
the fat Captain"cf'the Horse Marines,
and n Captain who had mnrshalcd all
the forces Of his narrow mind 10, defeat
the bill, rs it smelt like powder. De.
large SAID unto him I am sorry that
the member from Charleston is opposed
to the bill, and exposed. Ills Ignorance Of
the statute relative to thc incorporation
Of this Society when he said it was
something more than charitable So.
clety. No doubt he ina gined he could
hear the tramping Of armed men; that
n apiece of artillery was already bpching
forth its deadly contents about, his, vital
parts; that ho was frightened and
afraid of military organizations, but he
need not Le in this case, as this Society
was nothing Of he kind. g,
The Captain lhonght that DeLargo
had touched upon u delicate point, viz {:
his courage, and he grew red in the
face, and weakly said hat he was not
frightened, bnt The bill confctcd with
Ike newrcgime Of things: that DeLarge
had used two kinds Of tickets at Tho
election :thaL he had been engaged in
running the blockade that hc, perhaps,
had been a porter to some Of The mem
bcrs Of the so.called society, and this
was the reason Why he made such IA
GLORIOUS Gefence OF the Bill that he was
untrue TO his parry
= Defarge now attacked MIN w..l, great
fury. Hc said he hnd some claims To
honesty and 'lccency, and was not The
too! ,oi anSparty, and that ho hurled
haclftthe acens tons of tue member from
Charleston with contempt and sforp,
that they were untrue, that lo had not
been engaged in blockade running, but
that he (Jcnks) had been engaged in
>r'cs plan'ing, and done something thrice
damnable, yiz:--swindling tho people
ont OF their money, whom he pretended
to reprcsent---that lie had not a porte,
to any member of the 20 ,iety, but had
been in positions more humble even
than this 70 mnf;eyan honest living: tia,
it came with bad ,ssle from one e,tomhake
scornfnl remarks about the menial but