The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-12-07
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The Clock.


But all this tine whore was "Ihc Clock, .
which marked The hours OF yorc?
Twas nicely cleaned aud safely Il usUi in
j. NJ, Dalys store.
But now lis up. ~ creased and slick, tick
ing aud striking well,
Waking the ''hoardcrs" up, at nci5 hbor
Browns hotel.
'ris said the "h,n'l,' are very cold. and
they would 20 much faster,
II pair Of g'"1rs were OH them put, hy
Kcchin 4 McMas.rr.
The 'pnintcr," lac must have been drunk or
thought himself ucar IIcavc,,
For on the dial his letter ~" is lcanin:
on eleven"
So c,..n you, shrill chanticlccrs, sc Her
II, Is Of the Morn,
For "''nly's" clock now wakes us up, and
regulates The Town.
For in l!c "'"omct" the pendulum doth
swing all night and day,
And max 5 us wonder at The att"hu' cs Of
"MoNSlEun IiIIonL,GiEu."
Absence of Mind.
Macaulcy remarks that absent.
mindcdncss Is the mark Of either
Ecnivus or fool. We think that
lord Macaulcy was u little too severe
on ono Of its sides. a mans mind
may be 50 Intensely occupied with lof-
ty lntuitions and inspirations that his
senses, seemingly, arc scarcely awake
to the realities Of the tangible world.
a certain Scottish professor was
not moro remarkable for his writing
Oh poli,cn! economy than for his fra
Vuent unconsciouSncsi Of what passed
before him His absence Of mind was
so remarkable that his wife on,c wa
gcrcd that she woulA accost him in
tho street, inquire after the health of
herself and her family, aud that he
would not recognize her. She actu-
ally won the wager. The professor was
once taking Il solitary walk on the
banks Of u canal, into which, in his
abstraction, he walked. When with,
in yard o, tho centre, an honest
woman, washing clothes behind
him, brAwlcd QUO "Comc oot, come
cot, fulc body, or yen be droon't."
These warning sounds invading the
tymranum Of his professional car,
had the elect Of making him turn
right about, forthwith and recover tho
dry land. The good woman concluding
him TO be an an idiot, Sympathctcal-
ly exclaimed "puir body, atwccl
they hac mucklc to answer Tor that
let's yc gang yer lane"
\ young follow employed in store
on River street was one day sent into
the cellar to draw gallon Of sperm
oil. While waiting he snatchcd up
piece of chalk, and in y minute was
absorbed in sketching the proprietor's
proiilc. The profile Oh tho hogahoad
was capital, but while tho young
artist was absorbed in its pursuit, the
oil poured over the callnr floor. lie was
informed he would rot do for n NOR.
chant, but just now ho is n lirst-ratc
Now ork artist.
1t is said of Sir Isaac Newton that,
he often forgot to cat his dinner,
which his housckccpcr was accustom-
Cd to leave in n closet near his study
door. lis head was too much in
the heavens to mind the earth so n
friend, knowing his peculiarity, ono
day slipped his dinner out of tho
basket and ate it up. When at last
the philosopher came out and greeted
his friend, he asked to be excused
till he took his lunch. On looking
into the basket aud, finding it gone, he
simply exclaimed much to his Friends $
amusement, "Oh, forgot | had eaten
my dinner !"
IN abscnt-mindcd man, Mr.. A
OF Troy, receives II letter; he knows
the handwriting ;he wants 10 read it in
haste it is already dark ho strikes
light, tears II papcr. and lights IL
lamp but the letter is gonc--hc has
used it to light the lamp.
There is lato striking instance
given Of Pcrc Gratry, who has Just
been nominated Director of the Acade-
my in Paris. One day, when going
to the SSorbonnc, where ho lectured
on theology, he imagined he had for
gotten his watch, and took it out of
his pocket to see if he had timc to 30
homo and fetch it.
1t is said of Ncandcr, the learned
lecturer and ecclesiastical historian of
Germany, that his sister had to watch
him daily to sec that he did not start
to tho University with his njght-cap
on, or with his study>gown and slip.
pcrs and it was not uncommon for
him, when moving aside from the jost
ling crowd in the street, to step into
the gutter, where he walked on and on
seemingly unconscious whcro ho was
stepping.
TIE FIGnT AGMNsr DELARGE.-
The Baltimore Sun says: "Sonator
Sawyer, Republican, Of South Caroli-
ma, has seat to each Senator and Rep
rcsentativcs in Congress pam
phlet, in which he furously assails
tho Board of State Canvasscrs, for
awarding tho certificate Of election
to q seat in the United States Uouso