The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
"H0W'S that for High :"

Brick Pomeroy, III his Democrat,
thus explains the paternity of the
above popular interrogation. In an
awer to correspondent. Pomeroy
suys: - y -
Henry Ward Beecher is the author
of the sentence, which has been so
popular. At the time Of the Glove.
land Convention, in 1864, when John
Cochran was by. certain disaffectod
Republicans nominated for the Presi-
dency, Henry Ward Beecher, the au.
thor of the phrase, "Its most id
hot" was at the Spaulding House,
Binghampton, N. Y. While there,
waiting for the train t. bear him west,
he became acquainted with a few gen.
tlemyn, among them II conductor OF
the Eric railroad, named G. o. Graves,
sho was strong Republican, great
ad dmirer of Beccber, and q member of
the same church.
To while away the time before the
train, which was to bear him westward
should arrive, it was decmed best to
seek q little quiet amusement in a
private parlor, by iudul ging in the
popular game of "seven up" or cold
slcdgc."
TO this game Mr.. Beecher made nc
objections, stoting that he play ing sll
such games as checkers, back -gammon
chess, cuchrc, whist, etc., ut hone
with his family, and that he consider,
edit no harm to seek suvh amusement
when travelling, or even to carry with
him deck Of cards or box Of chess.
men, as he generally did.
Graves and Becchcr were partners
the party played for tho lemousdc
On four-handed game Graves and
Beecher we're stuck, and ".awed" to
see who should "set up" the lemonade
They played a single game To decide
the matter. 1t last it s'ood Beechcl
six and Graves five, with his deal
BY accident or design Graves turned
the jack of hearts, which put him six
1t was then n question of who had
the highest card to 60 out. Beeche,
Looked at his hand, found nothing ir
there of note, aud he laid down the
duce OH the table with the remark:
81 give YOU Jack; that puts
US six apiece. Here is the deuce
how is that for high r.
The remark was 80 original, and
the joke SO good, that everybody
laughed, and Graves ordered IL the
beverages. The story was told first tc
one conductor aud then to another
along the line of tho road, and, at las
rau over the country, till now every
one uses that as slang phrase, which
hns become as popular as "You bet,
cred hot" or "Shoo fly"
| A WHOLESOME EXAMPLE. Tho ex
ecution Of Margaret Waters, profcs
si"n.l child murdcress, in London
70 k place on the ] lth Of October
The jury could not resist the oonclu.
sion that she had been for n @ .nsider
bic time engaged in carrying on
regular system of obtaining money BY
pretending to "adopt" or take charge
Of children, mostly illcgitimate, will,
q deliberate intention of destroying
them as soon Us possible, in order tf,at
a largo part of the money paid with
them should remain to her benefit
and, moreover, that, in several in
stances: she was actually guilty Of
murder. She was sentenced to death
The Lord Chief Baron, who tried the
prisoner, informed the Home Secre
tary that he could not see any circum
stance that would justify an interfer
ence with the carrying out of tho sen
tence. The London Pyst says that i,
was pretty we'll understood f.om the
first that the authorities considered
he offence Of such fearful character
, that, in tho event Of conviction
they were determined to make ter
F rible example, in the hope that i
would have the effect of putting al
end to tho frightful system of whole
sale and deliberate murder OF infant
which they had reason, from the evi
dencc that was disclosed, to bolicv,
existed in London. There is to,
much reason to believe that sin.i
atrocious system exists also in SOM
Ametican cities. The hanging o
Margaret Waters may prove a whole
some example to guilty parties not
thousand miles from New York.-N
Y. Herald.
"A correspondent says "It is some
: what d'snoprs2ing 'n on inteudin;
, emigrant to SEQ how much sioknes
prevails OIL both shores of the Mis,is
sippi. Half the inhabitants nre dow,
with chills, and The other half seen
ouly to wait their turn. The shake
constitute a leading topic of converse
ton, and never fail when introduced
to elliott personal experiences"
Jones said to Hawkins, crusty oil,
} bachelor "What a pity that poo
old Golden has gone blind. Luss o
sight is terrible thing, and the poo
fellows eyes are quite sealed up
'.Let him marry, them" czclaime'