The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-13
and show the rapid progress made by the South
IN attaining manufacturing excellence OF which
Fiber people may Lc proud.

ana show the rapid progress made by the South
in attaining manufacturing excellence OF which
Fiber people may bc proud.
wARPs AND CLOTHS.
The cotton yarns and cloths of the Datesville
Company are offne texture, and won the admi
ration OF every housewife, as did the warps ex-
hibitcd by the saluda Factory.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Fogler Il Co.. Of Salem, \. c., exhibited case OF
boots aud shocsof oil kinds. from the tiny gaitcr
Of tho lady, TO tho dascy crusher OF the full grown
| man. The shoes and boots are well made, and
arc sold ut a low price. They took the prize Mt
the Raleigh State Fair.
T1B BIO DOG
| On exhibition is large dog, OF the st. Bernard
breed, which breed OF dogs according to popular
belief, hve altogether With monks in ut-of.the-
way places In mountatns, ana as soon as the
snow lays well, rush oSt pick UP frozen travellers
| laying around loose place them upon their backs,
carry them to the monasteries, and request little
wine and food for their burdens This animal is
| lne specimen Of u canine, and is owned by q
gentleman living IN Columbia. He has given
sc'cral indications of his humanity and affection
| for human beings, by chewing up the arm OF a
little Girl, and yesterday bit man who was
standing near the railing inside of which he is
chained very'pretty young lady very prettily
| called him "BruDo, F" -"Brsno," and he appeared
TO like II so we'll that he induced the young lady
to pat him, whUeupon lie snapped at her hand,
and succeeded In tearing Off q portion OF hef
glove, fortunately not injuring her. lie is not
fond OF dogs and 1t is said, that when his master
Turns him loose to "air'' himself about Columbia,
the resident dogs Immediately go TO see their
country relatives, and there remain until S.. Ber-
| nard ls reclaimed.
Tho Visitors and Hotels.
The hotels'uuring the Fair have been packed
and jammed, and from each house come start-
| ling tales OF omnibus loads OF visitors turned
roomless away. At the-Columbia Hotel, where
your representative has stayed, Jour hundred
and eighty persons we're accommodated at one
time. Thiswas accomplished by squeezing and
doubling M, anu the proprietors and their as
sistants showed a laudablc desire TO make every
one comfortable. They did stow half q dozen
| persons In enc room and make one wait.aAswfuI
time for dinner; but they did all that hotel Keep.
| ers could do, kept the crowd in good humor, and
maintained lie reputation ct the house. Mr..
| Davis, the booIkeeper, and Mr. Kinloch, the
| clerk OF the Columbia Hotel, were as untlring
and energetic as they were courteous end atten-
| tive.
An UGLY INCIDENT.
The crowd, which has made the town and its
hotels present a very lively appearance, conse-
quently makes every one uncomfortable; al how
| ever, bear their little troubles with most COM
mcndablc patience. The difficulty experienced in
obtaining sleeping quarters is very great. Last
! night nj the Columbia Hotel pallets were spread
In the barber shop and in the parlor for the male
boarders. Early this morning they were turned
out OF both places. One, however, who had his
pallet partly Behind sofa slept on after che 9TH
ers had made their toilets and had gone. About
seven O'Clock many voices and laughter aroused
him, and TO lhs intense horror he saw that the
parlor was nearly full or ladies' To think
with him was 10 act His clothes were under
his head. Placing these inside OF the blanket,
which he then rolled gently around him. and
with head and ears and feet covered, rolled hastily
out Of the parlorsen bounded to place OF safe.
ty, leaving his baots 10 the mercy of the ladies'
whose surprise at seeing o mass of whatthey-
knew-not moving rapidly across the noor, can be
better imagined than described.
II. s. INWARD OF MERIT.
During the day, colored woman, with hus.
band who Is About lfty-five or sixty years OF age,
bearing in her arms three female Infants, and
surrounded by eight children applied for tickets
OF admission. On 1t being stated that short
time since the three infants were born unto her at
one birth, she was granted free pass. She and
all OF her children appear to be healthy.
The Meeting.
The State Agricultural and Mechanical Society
met again last Thursday night. Various re-
ports were made For the year 1870, the Execu-
tive Committee we're authorized to expend 80 900.
The following oficers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: Johnson Hagosd, president; DR.. A. n.
Forster, William II. Lawton, william Wallace,
Thomas W. Woodward, vice.presdents; D. Wyatt
Aiken, secretary and treasurer; W. 8. Henerey,
Edwin Mcintosh, J. B. Palmer, ]. P. Thomas, r.
J. Gage, Executive Committee. Hon. John Town.
send having declined q reelection, his place has
been filed by the former efficient secretary OF
the society, Col. Gage. On motion, committee
was appointed to nominate delegates to the
Macon Agricultural Convention.