The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-12-14

no such sore and sour things to doaI
with us We meet ovory day among
mean men. Dcfaultcrs, liars, and
thieves, have no place on the farm
These miserable characters are in
towns. The farmer ought to be a
good man. He has less temptation to
be bad man than any character We
know Of. All his work is onnoblipu
His contact is with Nature. Ills
dealing 10 with the Old Ea, tb, which is
the mo her Of us all, and which will
take all Tito her kindly arms again
when lifu's litful fever is over.
o! it is delightful to turn the back
upon anxious, quarrel>omc, struggling
mon, and look upon tho green fields,
and commune with the honest cattle,
and live with Nature aud her chill
'lcn. The farmers noble work ia
worthy Of noble conservation.
Tic Patriot, new Democratic or.
gan just set in operation at Washing
ton, says: "But let tho policy of tho
future be that of Decentralization.
In the words, earnestly and fi,ly spo-
ken lately, of one who, bred an Old
Line National Wing is now Demo.
crat, "Let US shun, ms wo would the
presidential vapors of vault the
leadcn atmosphere of strong govern
mont. 1t bears hurd upon industry
a I'd entcrp i>e, and when you reach
the bottom, with ihc weight of tax. o
ton from above and the ccasclcss
t cad of Il standing army at the base,
th"rc is no outlook, no escape for the
laboring mass. Tho American pco-
pie were not made to breathe SUCH"
We hopo SO with all our hoart.
Lct the future of Democratic legisla-
tion prove it and dovelope it.
The majority of tho members of
the House who have arrived here,
says tho Washington correspondent
of the N. Y. Times, thus far, arc dc.
cidedly opposed to the repeal of the
law providing for session of the
Forty-second Congress in March,
Speaker Blaine and Clerk Mcpherson
also think il ,w.ouM h;;; ps ,;mpo,itio to r..
peal it. There is q manifest advan.
tagc in having tho legislative body or
ganizcd at all times, and the session
will, doubtless, be held. The protec-
tioniots ara generally also against re-
peal. as that would only give addi-
tional time for combinations to con-
trol the organization next Dece mber.
a new keg, churn, bucket, or other
wooden vessel will generally commu-
nicatc a d;sagrecable taste to any.
thing that is put into it. 70 prevent
this Inconvenience, scald the vess el
we'll with boiling water, letting the
water remain in it until cold then
dissolve some poarl-ash or soda in
luke warm water, adding q little lime
to it wash the inside of the vessel
we'll with this solution. Afterwards
scali it we'll with hot water, and
rinse with cold water before you use
it. The reason for this is, the ready
combination of resinous matter with
a!kalies to form compounds soluble in
alcohol.
THE SEwING-GfRLs or New YoRK
-"Macauley writes from New York
to the Rochester Democrat
BY no class is tho approach of win.
ter dreaded more than by the poor
girls Of this city. This class numbers
at least thirty thousand, and includes
some very worthy characters. In.
deed, there are frequent instances OF
families reduced from wealth te
poverty, and dependent on the earn,
ings of an industrious daughter who
teaches or serves in a store, and thu:
keeps her aged parents from the
streets.
The autumn now just closing ha.
been very dull season, and most
branches Of employment have beer
diminished. Claflin & Co., who usu
ally employ large numbers of girls
in their cloak department., discharged
most Of them early in the season
The stamping establishment, whose
imitation Of embroidery has been sc
very popular, have also discharged
large nun bers. The book trade ha.
been very slack, and hundreds, if mo-
thousands, of book~folders and paper
stitchers have been idlo. The per
fnmery business is greatly reduced
and even dress-makiag, which i'm
proves az winter fashions prevail, il
unusually dull. The highest price