The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-01-12
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sESiasisae the rod.

wrltesS: yIsqrs ag1rI -,h-,,
~ confess to a fooling of malicious
joy over tho dem onstration Of opposi.gr
tion to the admission Of Virginia Sen
ators yesterday. 1t did q vast amount
of good to see the credentials of,the,
two Senators elect referred TO the
Committee on the, Judiciary, which
may appear, strange, when it is re-
membcred that they are conservative
persons-cleoted in opposition Ito the
radicals. But | havo not forgotten
that when the Vi.giuia election was
over, and the Democratic patty of the
North had begun to r,joioe over it,
Mr.. Walker aud his associates rushed
forward to assure them it was all n
mistake, that tho triumph was not one
to challenge the sympathy Of North.
ern Democrats at all, that it was an
Administration t!iumph as opposed 10
the extremists A nice distinction
without particle Of difference. Nor
have forgotten tlat the first act of
these conservatives was TO send
delegation to Washington to knock
gently at the White House door, an
proach the holy of holes on ,iptoe,
and, hat in hand, osk the great high
priest of Radicalism If he would deign
to name the persons he would like to
SEQ elected to the Senate.
"WeN, they have stooped--and
haven't conquered; they have fawned
and haven't fattened; they have kiss
cd the rod of chastisement, and been
kicked in return for their mean d, cili
ty. They have supplemented man
ly struggle for what they believed to
be right with a lived compliance
with what they know to be wrong.
And as in the former they challenged
tho admiration of their enemies, so in
the latter they have invoked the con-
tempt of their friends"
nipN'l WA>rA SuBsTIrt,TE.-Mr.
Pilklnson, farmer in Pennsylvania,
was drafted for the service of his coun-
try. His wife, though she possessed
but small stock Of general informa.
tion, is one of he best coninral mart
ners, and she was much troubled
at the thought of parting with her
husband. AS she was engaged in
scrubbing off her doorstep, stranger
came up and thus addressed her:
81 hear, madam, that your husband
has boen drafted"
eyes, sir, he has 5" answered Mrs.
Pilkinson, "thongh dear knows, there's
few couldn't botter be spared fr, m
their families"
"Wcll, madam, I have como to Of
fer myself as substitute for him.n
"a what p asked Mrs. Pilkinson,
with some excitement.
"I am willing to take his pls -
said hestrangcr. ii + E5f 7 &
"You take the place Of my husband.
you wretch. I'll teach you to insult
distressed woman that way. Won
vagabond !" cried Mrs. Pi.kinson. as
sho discharged tho dirty soapsuds in
the face of the discounted and aston
ished substitute, who took to his heels
Just IN time to escape having his head
broken by tho bucket.
ARTEMUs WARD AND THE CARDIFF
GIANT: 1T is now suggested that the
Card'if Giant is one Of Artemus Wards
lost wax figures. One Of The papers
quotes tho following account Of the great
showman's visit to Utica as corrob,ro
tive evidence
"ln the fall 1856 showed nv show
in Utiky, a truly great siiy in the state
of New York.
e. "The people gave me cordav recep.
shnn. The press was loud in herpras.
es. f.ma~st.#
81 day as was giving a descripshun
OF my Beests and Snaiks. in nv uspa]
flowry stile, what was my scorn and dis.
gust to SEQ big burly feller walk up
TO 'he cage contain my wax fggers of
tho Lords Last Supper, and cease
Judas Iscariot by the feet and DRAG him
out on the ground. He then commenc
ed fnr to pound him ms hard as be Good.
= "What under the son are Won
about 2 cried ] SAP ant
'Sez he, What did you bring this
pnssylanermons cnss here fur 2 and he
mt the wax Ggger a ,tromenjus blow on
the he'd. TCpj# ?
"Sez |. 'Yon cgrcjus asa, TINT airs
wax tgger representative Of the false
'PoI.ie.' ,E,r~~
E""Sez he, That's very well fur YOU to
say: but tell you, old man, that indus
lscnrot can't show himself in Utiky
with impunerty by darn site. With
which observasl,on no caved in,Juda sss
he'd. The young man belonged to | Of
the tust families Of Utiky. I sood him,
and the joory brawt in vordick Of arson
in the Sd degree"
REASONS FOR DREsslHa PLAINLY ON
THE LoRD's DAY !, It would lessen
thelbardens of many who now find It
hard to maintain their places in SO.
oiety.a 80 7a, mst ''a / 71lv
7 g. It would lessen the force rthe
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