The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-03-31
K.iZia Hobbs Second Epistlc
to the Herald.
G1hpERr IIoLr.ER, !
March Goth, 1869. {

Hli%i olICc, "hO ""HeSo ~ Sct lllS
namo in tho papers, and he stole
Il hog 30 no got his nnn'c in sure
enough, and liimsolfin tino brick
house, where he had to peep
through iron bars for tho next
six months. We'll, J. never stole
any thing, but once, in my life.
n young man accused me Of steal
ing his heart, and so | giv him
minc in exchange, and hc kept it,
as long rs he lived, and it was
buried with him when he died. l
havo got too old to do that kind
OF pilferin now, and as you was SO
kind as to put my name in your
paper, ] thought l would write
again. You sec, l am away down
here in the Sand Hills, where thcr
is no news papers, and nobody to
talk TO, and it is loncsomelillc SO
SO | Jst thought ] would tell you
about my stay up thar. ] left This
poor burnt up Country, where one
person ar'nt able to help tothcr
one, and went up there to try and
get nc Il homo where every body
had every thing but niggcr's, rs
the yankees never burnt them
parts, and tho people up there, all
belong TO Tho Church, and arc so
charitable with all, that may be,
some one would take nc in; and,
rs Charity covers 4 multitude OF
sins, l thought some rich old sim
ncr might mako Il scapc goat Of
me, to git rid OF his manifold
transgrcsions. But no body never
covered up II single sin on my &C
count Tho old saw, "Charity
begins at home," is true, and it
ends thar too any how, never
seed it git further than the dinner
table. Well don't they have good
catin up thar? Fit for y royal
hanl<ct every day, and tho folks
visit too, and every one tries who
can git up he finest dinner; Fur
key and ham and Cabbage, tur-
nips, tatcr> and sour Crou1- -
enough TO make 4 dutchman for
get his Fadcr land--Them is the
substantiuls. Then comes the
nicitics-pcach pies, as fresh as in
July, Chicken tartS,S"so rich and
short, lemon and Cocoa nut Gus
tard, and the VINE to wash il all
down. Is IL not Charitable, TO
give Il poor old crcctur sich din
ncr as that, who had her house
and every thing cIso burnt M !;
taint every old woman gets sich Il
dinner often. You sec thar is too
kinds Of Charity-that is, public
and private. let some fellow
carry round q paper to get money
TO build n great fine house, worth
thousands, TO be the maxim Of our
town, and Lict Roostairc gives
fifty dollars, Capt. GobIairo gives
Il hundred, Col. Ganlairc gives too
hundred, Gen. Pca-lowl, tivo hun
drcd, the Right Hon Judge of the
Fiddle dc dec Court, slaps down a
thousand, and all tho smaller fry,
putin their mites, when up goes
tho imposing cdificc in a Jiiry.
Now.wo will turn out the Law
ycrs, and doctors and preachers.
Well after few years where is
your big institution? Echo an
swors where, not here. How has
tho mighty fallen, peace to.not it's
ashes, but It's fallen beams, and
gable ends, not from ago, but fall
len in its prime; provin that all is
vanity and vcXation ofspirit; that
is public Charity. Now for the
tother sort.
A quiet benevolent woman, takes
q little scrap Of paper, and pen
Gil in her pocket, she; draws it
timialy forth, bands it to one, he
looks at it, and says: l am very
sorry for her, but cant givo noti
ing; ] have so many calls Of that
kind. She folds the paper up, re.
turns it to its resting place, and
turns away with a saddcncd look,
and her eyes filled with tears. lis
not for herself, but for tho old and
afflicted, who had lost all in tho
horrible Raid, with no homo, no
health, not even the ncccssarics Of
life. lie that givcth to the poor,
lcndcth to tho Lord bnt no body
didcnt lend the Lord, any thing on
that old woman's account and
that is private Charity. You see
for tho other, The Edytur would
draw. in long breath, puff out his
checks and give toot, that would
throw Gabricls trumpet in tho
shade, while for the old woman
wouldcnt never say word about
what wo give her. She may be Off
with hor Chillblains and Rhouma-
tiz, before she gifts yard Of Elan
min or q pair Of yarn stoclsins out
Of mo. DO you think the proach-
er, tho doctor, and last, but not