The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-03-31
Kizia Hobbs Second Epistle
to the Herald.
GILBERT HoLLER,
March Goth, 1869.

Mr.. Elytw: I LEARN tell of a
man once, who wanted to get his
name in the papers, and he stole
a hog so he got his name in sure
enough, and himselfin a fine brick
house, where he had to peep
through iron bars for the next
six months. Well, I never stole
any thing, but once, in my life.
A young man accused me of steal
ing his heart, and so [ Civ him
mine in exchange, and he kept it,
as long as he lived, and it was
buried with him when he died. [
have got too old to do that kind
Of pilferin now, and as you was SO
kind as to put my name in your
paper, I thought I would write
again. You see, l am away down
here in the Sand Hills, where ther
is no news papers, and nobody TO
talk to, and it is lonesomeliIle; so
so I Jist thought 1 would tell you
about my stay up thar. I left this
poor burnt up Country, where one
person ar'nt able to help tother
one, and went up there to try and
get me a home where every body
had every thing but nigger's, as
the yankees never burnt them
parts, and the people up there, all
belong to the Church, and are so
charitable with all, that may be,
some one would take me in; and,
as Charity covers a multitude OF
sins, I thought some rich old sin
ner might make a scape goat of
me, to git rid Of his manifold
transgresions. But no body never
covered up a single sin on my ac-
count. The 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
eatin~up thar Fit tor royal
bankct every day, and the folks
visit too, and every one tries who
can git up the finest dinner; Tur-
kew and ham and Cabbage, tur-
nips, taters and sour Crout-
enough to make a dutchman for
yet his Fader land-Them is the
substantials. Then comes the
nicities-peach pies, as fresh as in
July, Chicken tarts, so rich and
| short, lemon and Cocoa nut Gus
| tard, and the wine to wash 1t all
down. Is it not Charitable, TO
give a poor old crcetur sich a dim
ner as that, who had her house
and every thing else burnt up;
taint every old woman gets sich a
dinner often. You see thar is too
kinds Of Charity-that is, public
and private. Let some fellow
carry round a paper to get money
to build a great fine house, worth
thousands, to be the maxim of our
town, and Liet. Roostaire gives
fifty dollars, Capt. Goblaire gives
a hundred, Col. Gandaire gives too
hundred, Gen. Pea-fowl, five hun
dred, the Right Hon Judge of the
Fiddle de dee Court, slaps down a
thousand, and all the smaller fry,
put in their mites, when up goes
the imposing edi6ce in Jiffy.
Now we will turn out the Law
yers, and doctors and preachers.
Well after few years where is
your big institution? Echo an
swers where, not here. How has
the mighty fallen, peace to:not it's
ashes, but It's fallen beams, and
gable ends, not from age, but fall
len in it's prime; provin that all is
vanity and vexation ofspirit; that
is public Charity. Now for the
tother sort.
A quiet benevolent woman, takes
a little scrap of paper. and a pen
ell in her pocket, she draws it
timidly forth, hands it to one, he
looks at it, and says: 1 am very
sorry for her, but l cant give moth
ing; 1 have so many calls of that
kind. She folds the paper up, re.
turns it to it's resting place, and
turns away with a saddened look,
and her eyes filled with tears. Tis
not for herself, but for the old and
afflicted, who had lost all in the
horrible Raid, with no home, no
health, not even the necessaries of
life. He that giveth to the poor,
lendeth TO the Lord but no body
dident lend the Lord, any thing on
that old woman's account and
that is private Charity. You see
for the other, the Edytur would
draw in a long breath, puff out his
cheeks and give toot, that would
throw Gabriel's trumpet in the
shade, while for the old woman
wouldent never say a word about
what we give her. She may be off
with her Chillblains and Rheuma-
tiz, before she gifts a yard of Flan-
min or pair Of yarn stockins out
of me. Do you think the preach