The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-11

OUR TELESCOPE Dear Herald readers.
the Senior WAS 80 much delighted with the
spring that his cxube.sncc knew no bounds
and he made sudden spring into town md
landed right in our midst when we were
preparing f"r our last issue; like good hus.
band nnl father. be could not be cont.n,ed
u"less his family b,thcd with him in the
dettSh's Of tue mountain dew: nut wny
| should he, m.n half cured Is only bored,
| aud he was not himself while his better
hsIf was here
There are almost if not quite (0ur Senior
! would say morc) dogs in Newburry than
| people great AMI Snaii. bur while VIC have
80 many and each in the eyes of some one
possesses some great virtue, we tloub, If
! there il orc whose points are 20 amusing as
the >p"cimrn I'VE heard OF the other day.
who no, oDl, can catch chickens, but knows
h"~ to Discriminate between his masters
AMI his hcighb 'rs, always catching the
nrighhor>'; there's u poiD, in that.
SttanS" rutnors arc al ,;it about the Jun>
i"rs Undertaking to ride two vclocipc1cs Mt
once. thought WIS some on the machine
bui c mt Prctcn|l to any such expertness.
im Inclined however. 10 believe that this
is INTENDED on'y as an illustration What
h"eS II 'nean! Can il be possible that he,
like yonng LochinvAr Of old, intends to carry
of any Of the many fair dam>cls of NcwJer>
ry, aHd intends awaiting himself OF the ve-
h''fc OF the period? if so. fancy tic scene.
t'rtght ho"lil ght; The Junior hn,ancing his
rharmcr tcndcrly tfor your vclocipcdc re-
qnires some sctting assure ynu) and work.
ng his limbs as ut IL trcadmilI making his
rnpid move toward, the nearest parsonage.
Well, fashion rules Il. all t....
Saturday, tue 7,h oflAugust 1869, will long
be remembered by the ciiizHns Of Newberry
as the great day for cclipses, everything
was eclipscd. first came great cloud and
ccIpscd the Court House. SO that It was
with difficulty wo could find our way
through the darkness which covered the
sidewalks to the post ofIlco. Then came
the baud d Afriquo with Jim Hudson blow
Ing the big drum and a lively darkey beat>
ing the fife IN such Il maunor as to totally
eclipse everything, especially that soul
st'rrihg march "the girl left behind me- ~
A'tcr which came the great event of tho
dIy' which had bcch provided for us by the
Almanac writers and which came of IN due
''no ana under m >st nuspfcous circumstan
ces. The Heavens wore clear tho sun shonc
bright and the tme with tho moon drew nigh,
ana as it approached the orb OF day. thut
noble source OF light, heat and cotton s.gins
TO pale his Intellectual fire." while the sancy
daughter, miss moon, for & brief period WIS
permitted by tho father Of them both, to
tnko precedence Of tho sun. glidcf gently
ana gracefully up to her brother then in
front Of him, until her whole form was yisi>
o'c III front Of his, whom she had thus
reached The point proposed, sho embraced
her dear brother IN that long, lingering em>
brace, when all tho sweetness OF years arc
drawn forth. 1t WAS a beautiful sight
even the heavens difaSod a soft dim light
like unto night lamp hung in some lofty
domo. Then came tho parting, which was
SAD TO brh0l1; tho dear slstcr who shines on
" IN the brightncs, Of tho sun must part
again for years, and It may be forever, from
ti'at source Of all hcr beauty and ra,ltancc.
reluctantly she tears herself away, and as tho
, noble monarch of the day was dissolying in
the mists Of the horizon, still she conld be
seen clinging to him, lingering for the las,
SWEET kiss Of parting. roor Cyn,hla, how
ply you' but we all must phrt. Such Is
lifo. -
Great fall In sugar, tho streets Of Ncwber.
, ry run sweetness, and tho young negros are
, jnb'lant; since tho rapid progress townrds
completion Of tho Sorghum MoIasses Co.'S.
Factory, sugar has no value In this mar,
kct, and wo now throw sugar, rs wo used
. pennies for tho urchins to scramble for.
---------tr*s 90 <.---------- ,.,,..,.
An aero Of cotton OF Mr., j. T. Hollands
r plantation, near Celumbns, Ga, was re
Gently struck by lightning, and tho , cot
ton end ovorv )},tx ~ tbin, ! r.