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handwriting of Great Men.

|
The Duke of Wellington's writing was
urge ana forclble, with no attempt nj de-
coration. During the last ten Years of
his life, however, his writing was indifferA
emit, and often illegible. None but com
Posltor IN newspaper office, accustomed
deciphcr the characters. A lettN of his to
minister in Lord Derby's Cabinet has not
to this day been unravelled. Nine out of
eVery-ten of the Dukes letters treasured by
autograph hunters were written bv his
Secretary, Mr.. Greenville, who wrote a
hand very much like that of the Duke in
his best days.
Lord Brougham's hand. betrayed much
uncomfortable restlessness ofimpulse. His
manuscript was mass of hieroglyphic,
and according to Dr. Blenkinsop, in ali Mr..
cloWes extensive printing establishment
in London there was only one man comne.
tent to grapple with it, and he often gave
up in despair.
The bold and careless freedom of Byron's
hand writing, compared with the elegant
little prettiness of Tom Moore's, reveals
very clearly the peculiar qualities of the
two poets. The elegant precision of Mrs.
Hemans' penmanship, and the free but
clear and Ineligible abandon of L. d.
Landon's, were equally characteristic of
their mental peculiarities.
The Royal family of England have gen
orally written good, clear, and free hands.
William Nv. wrote remarkably plain and
leglble hand, and that his brother George
was snowy and fluent. Queen Victoria has
an elegant signature.
Locke says that the faster man writes
nr ~ hn,,,
Napoleon could write fourteen pages in a
minute; unfortunately, however, each page
consisted OF eight blots and a splatter-
Some of his lines to Maria Louisa appear
as If scattered over the paper by the explo-
sion of bombshell
Horace Greeley's manuscript is very lille
glble. A wag once observed that the SEN
tence, Virtue is its own reward" written
by MIR. Greeley, was rendered by the COM
p,ositor into, washing with soap is wholly
absurd"
Hon. Thad. Stevens, the "Old Commoner,"
wrote an illegible hand. His signature
was little more than the scrawled initials,
with short, zigzag line following each of
them. We once had occasion to write him
and received letter in reply which we
found it impossible to read, though pro-
tossing to be aptat deciphering manuscripts.
Two weeks afterwards we handed Mr.. Ste
vens the letter. He could not read it him
self until we gave him clew by remind
ing him of the matter we had made inaui-
ry about.
A president of one of our popular rail
roads once wrote to an old farmer, request
ing him to remove some shedding along the
line. The old farmer could not make it
out, and believing it to be a free pass, used
it as such for a year, none of the conduc-
tors daring to dispute the construction he
had put upon the scrawl.
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gn&tital.
LET THE PROCESSION PASS.

l met a funeral train to-day,
Winding, long and solemn
There seemed q chance to get out of its way
The mode, to divide the column.
Indecent were this and against the law
So paused and let it pass,
And on it went with its food for the nav
OF the grave and the worms in the grass.
So let the procession pass
And on this funeral train has sped,
And on this funeral train must 60
1t avU go on with its freight of the dead
=, With its signs of grief, its notes Of woe,
TO cross Its march were idle and vain:
Wait then, for the passing of the train.
Be sure, that whether you wait or not,
That the train will wait on you
Polite is the hearsc not one is forgot
When Death sends his JtHet-dOuT-
Yes, the train will wait you
With muf1ed step, and we'll lovcd hand,
1.-THE friends" will respect your clay;
With grave regard round your box will stand
Stand MS they stand Away
Aud jabber their meaningless say,
While the holy will solemnly pray.
If the lump in the box were once in power
3, Now the chair is empty to fill
Ii IT. lorded in wealth thro' bloated hour,
There are heirs to scatter it still;
For gold never rusts in the till
Nor rots, as its late owner WIFI
If Ia beauty, and bloom, and grace she died,
The shadow of others has fed;
No rival in her left to chafe N3friprde
When the long dreaded beileis dead
And her praises will then b6said
Pouting lips will extol her when dead
And if never before you felt your state
Twill be seen in its grandeur when
The lid is screwed down, and the coninplate =.
Is peercd on by women and men; -
And the deathclosed eyes and the pad face
Are stared at like in a show:
And the pal-beaIers stalk with theira wkward grace
And the tears of aflliction flow.
Yes, even for you this is So
Pause! think are you ready to goy
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CoLoR OF HQRsEs, The Arabs illustrate
their estimate ofthe different colors of 9
horse by the following story
"a chief of tribe was once pursued by
enemies, He said to his son:
"My son, drop to the rear and tell me
the color of the horses Of our foe, and may
Allah burn his grandfather"
"White," was the answer.
"Then We must go south" said the chief
"for in the vast plains of the desert the
wind of the white cannot stand in pro-
tracted Qhase,n
Again the chief said, "My son, what col
orcd horses pursue us ?"
"Black, o my father,"
Then we viii go among tho stones and
rooKy grounds, for the feet Of black horses
are not strong"
A third time the young Arab was sent
to the rear, and reported chestnut horses,
"Then," said the chief 1--WE are lost
Who but Allah can deliver us from tht
chestnut"
Dun or cream-colored horses the Arabs
consider worthless.
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~ The LATEST man that kan think
ov now, was Israel Dunbar, ofBillingsville.
Hc dried up a new mich COW in milkjn
her three times and planted an aker ov
beans, last spring, awl in one hill. He IL
forty five years old, and hain't had the
meaales yet; he haz alwuz been too lazy to
ketch them. He had one son, who waz
jist like him. This boy died when he waz
eighteen years old, in crossing korn-feld;
the pumpkin vines took after him and
smothered him to DEATH Billings.
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THE
KEYSTONE HAY FORK.

A IMPROVED FORK FOR UNLOADING HAY and
N STRAW by HORSE POWER, it is constructed of
steel and Wrought Iron is light and durable. num-
her sold last year and gave entire satisfaction
Price $500. For sale by
PAINTER, WATSON 4 WATERS,
my20-2m* Falston, Md.
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~ A woman in Boston, who had fol-
ed in a jewelry store, the other day with
the three plates which had adorned the
collins of her deceased partners, and desired
them to be melted over into butter knife.
So say the Bostonpapers, and they never lie,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
Judge Rutland,

In these times Of blind, liconcious,
furious Radicalism, when selfshness,
ignorance and corruption, and wild
disorderly recklcssncss pervadc tho
legislation of Our State, it is gratify-
ing to read such testimonials as the
following extract from the present.
ment of tho Grand Jury Of Marlboro
County, published in the Bennetts.
Vile Journal:
The friends of Judge Rutland have
long known his consideration and rcy.
erenoo for tho laws of his country
Some Of us base his "union princi..
pies and sentiments upon his high
regard and respect for law. His feol-
ing of personal independence and
conscienciousness in the performance of
duty, with which he permits no will,
(not even the combined Wills of all
the Haynes and Collins that now dis
grace the halls of legislation, to in
termeddle, beyond that in his own
bosom, should receive due respect and
consideration from all men who re-
speot honesty and sincerity in the lis.
charge of official duties.
All good citizons should sustain
Judge Rutland, in the impartial and
efficient administration of law and
Justice, against the base, false and in
famous charges contained in Haynes
recent abortive attempt at impoach-
ment.
"The following from tho Grand Ju-
ry of this county is an evidence of the
appreciation held by the citizens of
this county of the impartial manner
in which His Honor Judge Rutland
metes out justice to criminals coming
within his power:
"The Grand Jury have heard with
surprise that complaint has been
made to the Legislature of official
misconduct, against tho Hen. j. NJ.
Rutland, our presiding Judge. We
have inquired into the matter, and are
pleased to be able to say, that it is
our unanimous opinion and wo believe
the testimony of all we'll informed
citizens is, that Judge Rutland has on
all occasions while holding court in
this country faithfully done his duty
as Judge, to the entire satisfaction
of all good citizens"
/ "Rospectfully submitted,
"J. B. WELLS, Foreman"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
CoSt FOX. Cash. .
T.. Mr WI.I1EIEz1&sS.

-. 'iTJL t.G Eii't -sWEt ~
M remaining Winter Goods, ccusistino Of
~ Blankets, Cloaks and Shawls, Flanneis
,Cassimeres, T'weeds and Jeans, Niorinoes
popiins, DoLahes and Skirts; will lbe Taold
at cost for cash. Ia q In. WlTHRRS.
= D1eached and Brown Domestics Red Red
Tickihgs, Calicoes, Plaid 'Domestios' Tows
els, linen Damasks, Gloves Host. ~ and
handkerohiefs,9 very cheap at tho oheap
s'oreiof ~ iuh /. NJ WITHERS. =
Ityou want q good pair of Shoes call on
-rs ait ~ ~ %ad 81 WITDERS: 7
os Gentleinen's black six dress HITS Ayen,a
Hoys'and Childrens' Fur and Wool HoisI
Ladies', Hats Of allddesoriptions, for salo
.one"p ~ afSd m,a ,yliWITHERs. n
{. Withers hoe on hand a. few sets OF Bpoov
harness, Mems Saddles, Riding and nina
Brides, whicl, will be sold ohenp for tha
"spondulios." ar w 'ho
a good assortment Of Hardware. Farm
ing Utensils, Crookery Ware, Tin Ware and
wood Ware, always on hand and For sale
cheap by io7"Yi49 1915 WTrHERs: "'' -
9 Great Bargains in Ready Made clotb;no
are now being offered by = WITHRRs.
{, IF You want Onion seus and re,iah,.
Garden Seed, call on I. n. Wthofs. and nro.
me." seEy if
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BOyd's Improved Prolific Cotton
Seed,

8 the best seed, believe, in the world
They are better than Uckson's, so say
some who have tried both. have about
25O bushels of these Seed. and any one wish
ing to try them can be supplied by appli-
cation at Bacot & Co.'s store, and also at J.
L. Matthews. Geo. II Shut, on the Sa-
vannah River, near Augusta, Ga, paid Five
Dollars per bushel for some of these seed
in 1858, and during the war planted on
small scale and improved them. bought
from his estate in 1865, paid Two Dollars
in gold, have planted and kept Them rs
pure rs possible sinoo. Any ono wishing
further information of these superior cot
ton seed can obtain it by applying to VIM.
NJ. Vandcver and jas. Pagan Cornwells T.
O., Chester, S. c.; Ross Dye, Roesville,
Chester, s. c.; DR.. VIM. Thorn, or Daniel
Hall, Gladden's Grove. Fairfield, 8. G.
Ct. W. NJ. CREIGHTON.
feb lin
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
4 Man One Hundred and Sixty Yeara
+'' N.f Ola

20
There, is man living in the town
Of Ossipeo, in New Hampshire, nam
cd Joshua Kannock, who is, according
to tho best information, one hundred
and sixty years of age. He is ex-
tremely imbeoile, and takes the sim
plest kind of food. He moved to o..
sipec from tho State of Maine some
thirty years ago. lie is native o.
Scotland, where no lived until he was
about, forty, years Of age. He marri-
ed and lost his wifo. ip his native eoun-
try. He had one daughter, who came
to this country, and with whom and
her descendants he has ,resided ever
since. The family who have the care
Of him now are middle.aged people,
and are his DESCENDANTS in t6e 9Th
generation. He served lin the old
French war was with Rogers, in his
campaign up about lake George and
Champlain, and, on his return, reool-
lects seeing Governor Shirley and his
secretary, William Alexander, near
Albany He was also out, in the
Revolutionary war, and his rcoolleo.
tions are quite dis.inotas far back as
that. He speaks Of COLONEL Aaron
Burr as being young, smart officer
about Newly ork; also Of seeing
/ Washington and Lafayette, and espe-
oially recollects Colonel Alexander
Hamilton as ono Of w ash;nafoGps
aids, and shst he deed. 6asiohafIYttd
bring orders 20 the officer in con mand.
He has used tobacco from his youth,
and has probably chewed and s,aioked
more than q ton ID his lifetime u!
Franklin ~. ~ ,Umon.' b>o7 "
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
Slsfngles.

Shingles. & ,7af Esgh,lq 10
An exchange pokss the following
sharp stick az an individual who, n a. az ay
be found in nearly every village,. and
there is no eexceptionshere, for there
are 'At quite a number who hang out
shingles: sdf t,Ht3l vi a,sE
"The man who don't advertise has
bis store hung all around with shin.
giles and pieces Of barrel heads IN ]
soribed . "Irish r, ,Peftaters,"a "Korn
Meel" "Plower,""Awlk wlkinds of kon. !.
try prodooS," ak Handles fur sail hear =,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16

MsNINoErIs.--Three weeka ago We
chron;cled the prevalence ard fatality,
IN Edgefeld and its vicinity, Of tho ter.
rible dissase above named. And we
are panied to- announce that, after
cessation Of about two weeks, it has
broken o,,. again. Within the laet few
days two children haze died Of TIA
little boy Of Mr.. B. G. Bayan, and a
little girl Of Mr.. w. w. Adams. This
makes eight victims Of Menipgeus since
Christmas among the whites alone.
All these were !yon3g persons, rssing
from fvs TO seventeen years OF agr.
Among the blacks tho number Of vic.
tims 70 twice 40 grest or more. And
.hese also have been very young per.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
A Searching Question.

Does any sober man believe that
the Democrats can possibly carry the
next Presidential election, if thoy
dare to nominate a Democrat, and not
Conservative Republican as their
candidate 7 Think a little, about this,
and sneer at new party, if you can.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
SHERIFF'S SALES.

RY virtue Of sundry Executions to me di-
- rcctcd, will offer for sale at Fairfield
Court House on the first Monday and tho
day following, in March next, within
the legal hours of sale, to The highest bid.
der, for Cash, the following Real Pro-
perty. Purchasers to pay for Titles aud
Stamps: ,i t'His2y SO @7tHt
One tract of 488 aores, more orr lees, OF
land in Fairfield County, adj dining lands Of
Mrs. William Lyles' Mrs. Mcmahon, James
Ashford and others, levied upon as the pro-
pcrty of the estate Of Rob, TT NcGill. decd,
Mt the suit Of Wm. II. Robertson, Com. in
Equity. -,-,,-.---
l.. w. DUVALL, SEC.
Sherif's Office,
Winnsboro, Feb. IA, 1870.
feb l5-t2xl
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The American Stock journal.

The American Stock Journal,
For February is to hand. This j our
nal is of great value to farmers from
its facilities for diffusing information
as to improved and choice breeds Of
domestic animals; and is filed with
most important information. It's cdi-
tors are all practical as we'll as scien.
tiic, and have happy facility of i'm
parting that knowledge SO necessary to
farmer and stockbrceder. For the
amount of reading matter the Journal
contains, wo consider it the cheapest
paper published, as each number is
worth more than the cost Of the vol
ume, for the recipes it contains, for
the cure Of various diseases of domes-
tic animals. Our farmer friends
wishing to see copy before subscrib-
ing, can call at this office, or by ad-
dressing the publishers, N. P. Boyer
q Co., Parkesburg, Chester Co.,, Pa. d
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ardcllillg.


From an exchange we clip the fol.
lowing on the subject of early garden
ing: 4 p" r.
"Now is the time for using the
spade or the plow, and cartipg in the
manure. Indeed, early vegetables,
such as cabbage, lettuce, onions, &C.,
may be sowed in mid winter to ad-
vantage. For the tender kinds, such
as tomatoes, egg plants, peppers and
the like, it will not be necessary to
prepare hot bed to have them very
early. Tomato plants, especially,
should have age at the Time of trans
planting, SO as to yield early crops.
They should be treated sc as to pro.
mote stooky growth, and TO be Ia
blossom at the final transplanting-
say the first Of May. Thus managed,
we might always have tomatoes ON Iour
tables by last week in June. As soon
as the ground is made ready it will be-
soasonableito to plant potatoes for early.
use Covering them wellD and gardori
peas for the arlyorop." "aa2 assi ~>'v
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
Taooal Etexaae.
New Advertisements.

Now Advertisements.
Boyd's Improved Prolific Cotton
seed--G. W. N! Creighton.
Sheriff Sales-L. w. Duvall.
Seed-For aole by o. II. Brown, at
81 per bushel. SEQ advertisement.
II. w. Desportes advertises fresh
supply of fine Flour.
Grist and Meal-F. Copes.
Flour-Gooding, Stuart & Co.
Masonic Meeting tonight.
SEQ notice of Revenue Assessor, W.
B. Peake, and govern yourselves ac-
cordingly.
Mr.. I. N. Withers, and also Messrs.
Davidson g. Co., are selling out at
cost. Go and procure bargains.
Photographs-Wren & Wheeler.
The Best Seed Potatoes-Thomp.
son 4 Woodward.
Manure--I. N. Withors, Agent.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
0oSPoOVfUff oUUI1IGUeU,
"J. B. WELLS, Foreman.

w. We are requested to state that
the Rev. j. A. Bollcs, Agent of tho
American Bible Society, for South
Carolina, will preach at the M. E..
Church tomorrow morning at l. o.
clock.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
Crumbs.

Crumbs.
Snow fell in Greenville on Monday,
last week.
The matrimonial engagement of
Gen. Beauregard to Mrs. Haas, of
New Orleans, is announced.
A negro baby with ten fingers on
each hand has been born in Louisville.
This is worry bad for the hen-roosss.
Mrs. Amelia Hobbs has been elect
cd Justice of the Peace in Jersey
County, Illinois.
Some music teacher once wrote that
"she art of playing violin requires the
incest perceptions and the most sensibili.
ty OF any art in the known world"
Upon which an editor comments in the
following manner "The art of pub.
fishing newspaper, and making 1t
pay, and at the same time making it
please everybody, beats fdlin' higher
than kite"
"The days have begun to lengthen"
at the rate of two minutes in every ID
hours, and if the "cold should begin
to strengthen, we shall have cooler
weather" Don't it7
An astronomer predicts for this
year comet of such brilliancy, and
so near the earth, that our night will
be almost as bright rs our days.
"Should old acquaintance be for
got :" Not if they have plenty of
money.
"And Joseph wept aloud, and he
said unto his brethren Il am 10.
seph ; doth my father yet live p And
his brethren answered him sYou
bet the old man is doing bully for
he boards at Browns Hotel.
The New York Evening Mail heads
a column foreign gossip, "Transatlan-
ticalities."
Panch's "He smole ghastly smile"
ana MANY wink he wunk' have
been initiated by minstrel wit, who
said, "You snoezed snooze and said
l snoze it,"
In Italy they blow horn before the
train starts-iu this country they
take one.
The next State Fair in this State
will be held in Columbia on the 9th,
10th and llth of November next.
A wonderful spectacle, it is said,
was observed in Germany on the night
Of the lat of January. At Messeritz,
from midnight to one O'Clock, the en-
tire northern sky presented the ap-
pearance of sea of FIRE, from which
fell constant and dense shower of
many oolorod sparks. The immense
sheet of surging flame finally took the
form of fiery arch from which the
brilliant rain continued to descend
till the whole waxed gradually fainter
and disappeared.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
Attention Advertasersl

We are In want Of money-and
must have tive therefore call upon
our advertising patrons to come for
ward i'm mmediately, and pay part
if not all. All Of you should have
money at this season, and as wo have
expended our time and labor for your
benefit, We hope you will not delay to
hand In the small sums due--which
would make large amount to us. -,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
Soaking Corn for Horses,

A correspondent Of the P,auirie
Farmer writes as follows. aosnif,
= One ofshe hest farme re- that I know
saves one.third Of bis corn by soaking
it before he feeds It to his horses. His
plan is this: He places two hogs
heads in his barn cellar, secure from
the frost, fills them with cara Of corn, /,
and pouvs in water until they are GOV.
ered. When .woll soaked he feeds
out one to his ,h6rses, and by the time
this IL exhausted the corn in tho 9TH
or is wsll soaked The cobs become
so soft that The horses eat them with
as good q relish as they do; the corn.
and they require only about two.
thirds ss much corn as when fed with
out soaking. There Is 40 doubt that
the cob eaten with tie corn renders
tho diet moro wholesome. A certain
amount Of COARSE feed , 10 necessary 70
che health of tha aninals. i'N
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Have Your Likeness Taken.

a rare opportunity is now offered
our citizens of taking a likeness by
Messrs. Wren & Wheeler, one of
whom is a "Vice- President" of the
"National Photographic Association"
Of the United States. ....
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w. T. will be seen by an article iu
to.day's issue, from the Charleston
Nssos, headed "The Coming Party"
that the Shanghai chicken has come
home to roost. ....,....i.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16

soorn, since thsyesee in it tho dooraof
Redioalisu'. Ifthis union is not a
new pssty,1wbas ssisit : And new
patty onga Republican, and not On
Demo ooratio platform. s;&
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
Tlae: CONCENTRATIONS,

y Auniono Of Democrats and Censor.
vative Republicans is now tho subject
Of discussion in every paper ia Tho
Unitsd Stasss, ihe Radical sheete, of
'oousss, ttessipg gshe idea with supreme
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
. Grist and Meal...

NOV have Steam Mill in operation at
= = the Tan Yard of Messrs. THOMPSON A.
Woodward, and win be glad TO receive o
share Of county shd town custom. Orders
reosived at Msssss. McIntyfo1& CO. viii
nave prompt attention. Meal delivered AZ
any residence In town free. y. UOPES. ID
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16

The New York 2ribeae declares that
Tor the first nine months OF. ,he present
administration the NATIONAL debt %as
reduced at the rate OF little over three
dollars, per second, If Gen. Grant ia
,apxlous 20 pay ths' tho rational debt at
once, let him stop The stealage Sff hiS
party forlt@o hours and d hall. y ,l'ia
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16

Butler is trying to worm his way
into the White House. AT ono Of
Con. Grants state dinners the tables
glittered with geld plate. Tho next
day Butlcr, in speech in the House,
spoke Of the President rs "that great
and good man." But of course Gen.
Grant has a safe place for his plate.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
sons,

1nmost csseHl the disease baffles all
treatment. The patient }suffers finde.
scribably, and feally dies In total uncon.
sciouness, at the time We write we
hear of no new cases, EfgeGeld I'D.
uertiser.