The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-05-19
The Ku Kux of ireland DON'T send threat

- The Ku Klux of Ireland don't send threat
ening letters. They just dig grave in the
landlords front yard.
Picnics in town in Maryland are wound
up by the girls standing in a long row, while
the young men go along the line and kiss them
all agood night Wish we lived there.
- Initiate the example of the locomotive.
He runs along, whistles over his work, yet never
takes anything but water when he wants to
"wet his whistle"
The man who imagined he had forgotten
his watch, and who took it out of his pocket
to see whether he would have time to go back
for it, exhibited clear case of absent-minded-
ness.
- A wag, reading in one of Brigham Youngs
manifestees that the great resources of Utah
are her women" exclaimed: "It is very evident
that the prophet is disposed to husband his re-
sources"
The Charleston Courisr advises its friends
in the country to make ample preparations to
save the blackberry crop of this year. The
berries when dried have become an important
article of commerce. 1t will pay to save them.
out of the war is continuous line of peach
trees, of nearly fifty miles in length, around
Petersburg and extending towards Richmond.
lQey dIG SlOWlliS AlOAAA WV oANc~'s"NA@S -
up by the Confederate army.
- In Iowa merchant sent dunning letter
to man, who replied by return mail: "You
say you are4Aolding my note yet That is all
right-perfectIy right Just keep holdingon to
it. and if you find your hands slipping, spit on
them and try again Yours affectionately."
= Fire insurance in Japan is simple but eff
fective. No paid up capital required. The
company" consists of the Mikado, who issues
one general "policy" which he calls an edict.
The chief condition of the policy is that every
person whose house catches fire shall havc has
head cut off. The losses have been very light.
An Indiana husband, having remained
married for the unprecedented space of three
weeks, forestalled divorce by committing sui
eide; probably on the same principle that the
old gentleman mentioned by Sam Weller blew
his brains out after eating five shillings worth
of crumpets to show that crumpets were not
unhealthy.
The Danbury (Conn.) Ners has way of
mixing things that cannot be particularly
agreeable to all readers. 1t says: Sunday be-
ing balmy day, the styles were brought out.
The most richly dressed lady we saw is the wife
of man who has owed this Office S13 for three
years. He says he cannot raise the money and
we believe him."
- An Ohio editor Is getting particular ABOUT
what he eats. Hear him: teThe woman who
made the butter which we bought last week is
respectfully requested to use more Judgment in
proportioning the ingredients. The last batch
had too much hair in for butter and not quite
enough for waterfall. There is no sense In
making. yourself baldheaded if butter is sixty
five cents pound"
We agree with the Hon. Charles A. FL
bridge, of Wisconsin, that the word "loyaP is
a word to be despised.an hated In a recent
debate in Congress he declared that it always
reminded him of definition given of it by an
army contractor during the war, when asked to
explain what he meant by saying that he felt
"loyal." 'Imeant," said the contractor, chat
felt like stealing something" Mr.. Eldridge
continued, that for himself, he was patriotic,
not loyal. The word did not belong to this
country; it only belonged to Massachusetts,.