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The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-11-15
"REMINISCENCES
OF THE
COUNTY CT GREeNVIL LIE.
b, EX GOVERNOR d. F. PERRY.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK. ]
JOHN BELToN o'NEALL.

John Bolton O'Neall, Chief Jus
tice, of South Carolina, was a citi-
zen of Grecnville for many years
in the latter part of his life. lie
purchased a valuable farm OH
South Tiger River, fifteen miles
above the City of Greenville.-
This farm, in tho early settlement
of Greenville, had belonged to Col.
John Thomas, a distinguished off.
Ger of tho American Revolution,
and his remains lie buried there.
1t was afterwards purchased by
Judge Edwards, of the County
Court, where he lived for great
many years, and died. Judge
O'Neall likewise owned a valuab
plantation in Ncwberry District,
which he inherited from a mater
nal uncle, after whom hc was
named. He resided on his New.
berry plantation in the winter, and
came to Greenvillc in the summer.
He was greatly respected and be.
loved by his neighbors in Green.
vile. No public man i'm South
Carolina has left behind him, a
pnrer or more unsullicd character
than Chief Justice O'NeGll. He
had none of the fanlts or fuibles,
which sometimes are found in the
character of our greatest men,
lie was, in'the language of Gener-
al Harry Lee, describing General
Marion, Pure all over" By
nature he was warm hearted. gen.
erous and contid;ng. Like Gener.
al Jackson. he never deserted n
ii fi!cnd, however much that friend
may have erred. There arc few
men in South Carolina who have
done more good and less evil than
John Bolton O'Ncal. His organ
o: destructivencss was very strong
whilst those OF conscientiousness
and venerarion were equally de
vclopcd. Hence, he made war
all his life, against every species
of immortality, dishonor, vice and
crime. His organ of cornbalive
ness without conscicntionsncss and
vcneration would have made him
u dangerous man. But he had a
well balanced head, and therefore
his strong developments made
him q noble, model man, moralist.
Christian, patriot aud philanthro.
pist. His intellect was of q high
ordcr,s and lis memory was won.
deriui. His industry and perse
yerance were unsurpassed ,hrongl,.
out his long and honorable life, in
every pursuit or undertaking in
%hicil he engaged. 1 once heard
a gentleman say to him, that he
had no doubt his ambition wac to
die seated on the bench, amidst
the trial of some great cause in
conrt. Whilst presiding on the cir.
cult bench, no one ever mistook
his charge to the jury, or doubted
wbicl, side he took in the trial OF
n case. His clear discriminating
mind and anerring judgment saw
at once, the trne points of the case
and its justice. He never failed
to boldly express his opinions 10
the jury. In the trial of a slander
case at Spartanbnrg, he ssid to the
plaintiffs attorney after the evi,
dence closed, {" It ia well for yonr
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-11-15
I Wonder Why.
pr uors Anns..


wonder why this worlds good things
Should fall in such unequal shares;
why some should taste Of all the joys,
And others only feel the cares!
wonder why tho sunshine bright
: Should fall in paths some people tread,
While others shiyer in the shade
or clouds that gather over head!
/ wonder why the trees that hang
So full of luscious fruit should grow
Only where some may reach and cat,
While others faint and thirsty go!
why should sweet flowers bloom for some,
For others only thorns be found2
Aud some grow rich from fruitful earth,
While others till lut barren grounds
wonder why the hearts OF some
oeracw with joy and happiness
While others go their lonely way
unblessed with naught Of tcndernessi
wonder why tho eyes OF some
Should nc'er hc moistend with n tear,
While others weep from morn till night
Their hearts all crushed with sorrow here
ALI well we may not know indeed
The ways the wherefores of each life:
But this we know--therc's Ono who sees
And watches through joy or strife
Each life it's mission here ful6ls,
And only He may know tho end;
And loving Him we can be strong
Through storms or sunsh inc He may sent
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-11-15

JOSH BILLINGS says: "Most
men will concede that it looks
foolish to see a boy draggin' n
heavy sled up hill for the fieetin'
pleasure of ridin' down again
But it appears to me that tho boy
is sage by the side of young
man VINO works hard all the W eek.
and drinks mn his wages on Satur.
day night"
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pOLUME XVIII-NO. %.



TnK Texan Treasury is empty.
The slave of the ocean-cths
surf. - t1ssa
Wool gatherings-Fights be.
tween negroes. aE uss slpv
PERsoNs given to abstraction.
pickpockets. 10.
The best throw upon the dice is
to throw them away.
WHEN does man hare to keep
his worda When no one will
take it.
The latest thing out-The gas
when it is turned of, and every
ono has gone to bed.
CooL--To take a mans hat with
his name in it, simply because you
want to get his autograph.
BEAUTY in woman is like the
flowers in spring, but virtue is
like the stars Of heaven.
AN ill.bred. man is said to be-
like lightning, because he does not
know how to conduct himself.
Why is the root of the tongue
like detected man2 Because it's
down in the mouth.
The ice factory just started at
Macon, Georgia, turns out one
thousand pounds per day.
HING LEWIS, of Bavaria, has
prohibited his officers from becom.
ing Free Masons.
A FEMALE lecturer Gays the only
decent thing about Adam was a
rib, and that went to make some
thing better.
ADvIcE-Avoid arguments with
ladies. In spinning a yarn amongst
silks and satins, man is sure
to be worsted.
ACCEPT not, amiable girl. the
hand Of a youth who telleth thee he
wishes to marry and settle make
him settle first, and let him marry
thee afterwarG.
Ir has rained SO hard at Milwau.
kee for four months that the Chi.
cago Republican asserts that all
tho children born there are web.
footed.
WoULD you call this the calf of
legW asked Bob, pointing to
one of his neither limbs. mo"
replied a Hibernian, 1 should
say it was the leg OF a calf"
A LADY, speaking of the ga' :.
ering OF lawyers to dedicate
new court house, said she suppos-
ed that they had gone "to view
the ground where they must short
ly lie."
MOTHER, it is no use; I can
never love Mr.. Sprowler."
L" Well," said the mother, looking
at her with surprise. that is no
reason why you should not marry
him"
THE statistics of La Commune
Of Paris show that it numbered
115 members. Of this number,
l01 are unaccounted for" being
dead or in flight, and Il are, pris-
oners at Versailles.
JERRoLp one day said he would
make pun upon anything his
friends would put to him. Think.
ing to give him a poser, a friend
asked him if he could pun upon
the signs OF the Zodiac to which
he promptly replied: "By &C.
mini, | Can.c GER"
WHILE two little nigs were fight
ing over an apple on the street, a
third little woolly head grabbed
mp the apple and ate it mp, ex-
claiming during the progress
=" Hit him Charley" "Bite him
jim: why don't you gonge his
eye"
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"A PARTY of men and boys were
ont coon hhh.ing, in Green coun-
'ty, Georgia, when in cutting down
a tree, either the tree, or some of
it's branches fell upon, 7or flew
back and crushed the Victims
John Leveret, agei fifteen or six
teen years and a negro named
Sweeny, were killed Immediately
and another negro mortally
wounded. Johnnie yLeyeret was a
clever, industrious boy and tho
Youngest son.of Mr.. + M, Lever
ct, a respectable farmer, living
abont ten miles from this place.
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CONTINUED NEXT WEEK I

ALL the Christian sccts togcth.
er in the world comprise a mem
bership, of about .32O,OOO,O 900,
whilst heathen worshipers cnnnt
over II l, 900, 900, 900 tho Budd hists
alone having 340.00O,0O0. Tho
Roman Catholic Church embraces
155,000,000 followers, all the
Protestant folds combined 15O,-
100000. -
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The British wheat crop is disas-
trously deficient.
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NUMBER 45.

would try it. 1t would be terrible if
lie should repulse her; but should not
live so.
The hours passed, and the young
wife sat like one disconsolate. She
thought not OF tlinntr-slse had no APP
petite. She only thought could the
warm Sunshine ever come again! Did
her husband love her less than she had
thought? @ ss f
Thus she sat with pale cheeiis and
swollen eyes, when she heard the out
ter door opened, and step ir the hall.
She started up to listen, thinking that
her senses might have deceived her,
when the door of the sitting room open
ed, and her husband entered. His eyes
Elled with tears Wien he saw how pale
and gref-strieken his wife looked, and
with open arms he went toward her.
"Ellic my darling, don't let us he un-
happy any more!" o
lie had been thinking, on his way
home, what he should say when he met
her; and lie had framed in his mind q
speech of confession which he would
make; but he tol got it all when he saw
her, and his heart spoke rs it would.
The words burst from his lips, loving
ly. prayerfnlly, besecehingly, "Ellic,
my darling, don't let us he unhappy
any mare!'
She came to his bosom, and twined
her arms about his neck, and for tho
kiss that was missed in the morning
they took many kisses now; and they
wept no more apart, but wept togeth-
er.
That was all. The clOnd had pass
ed; and :hey experienced the exquisite
thr II vi icl all true hearts feel when q
wrong has been made right, and when
the warm joy-beains drive away tho
dark shadows of sorrow and regret. liz
was life-lesson to them both; and
they promised that they would never
, forget its teaching.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

OYSTERS AND THE Coal TRADE
One cause Of the present decline in the
oyster market of Philadelphia, says
local paper, is the strike in the coal
regions. The connection between
strike in the coal regions and the oys-
ter trade in Philadelphia may not be
very apparent, but it is very real for
all that. The coal regions are one Of
the best markets for oysters when
business is brisk and money plenty.
But since the strike money is not
plenty, and the shipment of oysters
to that point has stopped. So it is,
that whatever interferes with one bust
ness enterprise has more OF less dis
astrous effect upon all others.
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT.-I remem-
Der an Eastern legend which / have al
ways thought furnished a remarkable
though unconscious commentary oil
these words of the Psalmist. Alexan-
der the Great, we are told, being upon
his death bed, commanded that when
lie was carried forth to the grave, his
hands should not be wrapped as usual
in the cereclOth, but should be left out
side the bier, so that all might SEQ
them, and might see that they were
empty, that there was nothing in them;
that he, born to the empire, and the
conaueror of another, the possesssor
while he lived of two worlds-of tile
East and of the West--and Of treas
ures of both, yet now when he was
dead, could retain no smallest portion
of these treasures that in this matter
the poores. beggar and lie were at
length on equal terms.
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THE PASSING CLOUD.
BIZ FANNIE.

"Do you want me to get anything
for you i'll town = s
Andrew Thurston spoke very calm
ly, and n chance listener might have
thought he spoke kindly. He certain
ly spoke deferentially; but his lips
were compressed, and there were lines
upon his brow which were not usual.
Ordinarily he would have said, as he
drew on his glove: "Now, my love,
what can I get for you in town." and
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ms was her wont, and her husband ask
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) question seemed to imply that he
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81 tell you nothing"
r. "But, Ellie" he said, "you wouldn
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a "What have / d0ne?"
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Il this? What single act of hers-wl
:, word, even, could he point ont 2
! Something in her msnner had jurr'
upon the sensitive chords of his heal
and cloud had come between then
but how could he tell it ? How cou
r he give to another an idea OF tn
y, which had no form nor substance, al
t. which he had only perceived becau
t" it dropped discord into the exquisi
70 harmony of his jealous love2 He cou
make no plausible answer, and ii
fretted him still more.
ID ooh, nothing, nothing" he sd
.e- drawing back. "If you don't choose
~. confide in me, all right"
Ie- His wife's eyes flashed now, and s
= spoke quickly -spoke so quickly, a
of so feelingly, that her husband was,
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Sc word upon his lips, he went out il
il the hall, and made ready for the ci
nd which was but few miles distant fl
'rn his suburban residence.
npl When Andrew ThurstOn re-eute,
',S, the sitting room, with his hat in
hand, he asked tue question: we h;
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THE WORLD IS GOVERNED TOO MUCH.
Ong geet's Corner Selestsl
THE DYING WIFE.
BY CARRIE.


Lay the gem upon my bosom.
Let me feel her sweet warm breath,
For strange chill DER ME passes,
And know that it is death.
| would gaze upon the treasure
Scarcely given ere go;
Feel her ROSY diinpled fingers
Wander DER my cheek Of snow.
I am passing through the watels,
But a blessed shore appears;
Kneel beside me, husband, dearest,
Let me kiss away thy tears.
Wrcstle with thy grief. my husband,
Strive from midnight until! day;
| may leave an angels blessing
When it vanisheth away.
Lay the gem npon my bosom,
IT'S not long she can he there;
See! how to my heart she nestles,
''ris the pearl love to wear.
Ii in after Years beside thee, t.
Sits another in my chair,
Though her voice be sweetCr music,
Aud her face than mine more fair.
If cberub call thee Father"
Far more beautiful than this,
Love thy first born Oh, my husband!
Turn not from the motherlcss.
Tell her sometimes of her mother
Yen can call her by my name
Shield her from the winds OF sorrow,
And if she crrs, oh, gently blaine.
Lead her sometimes where I'm sleeping,
| will answer if she calls,
And my breath will stir her ringlets,
When my voice in blessing falls,
Her soft black eyes viii brighten,
And wonder whence it came!
In her heart, when years pass DER her,
| She will find her mothers name.
1t is said that every mortal
Walks between two angels here;
| One records the ill, bnt blots ii,
II before the midnight dfear,
Man repenteth-it uncancclled,
Then he seals it for the skies;
! And the right hand angel weepeth,
Bowling low with yelled eyes.
I will be her right hand angel,
Sealing up the good for heaven;
Striving that the midnight watches,
Find no misdeeds nnforgiven.
Yon will not forget me, husband,
! When I'm sleeping meath the sod,
Oh. love the jewel given us.
AS l love thee-ncNt to God.
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THE COMING MAN.-While our fine
girls are bemoaning the lack of young
men and the scarcity of beaux who are
marriageahle and who mean marriage,
there is class of young men whom
they do not recognize at all, yet who
will furnish to the next generation its
men of enterprise, of power, OF posi-
ton, and of wealth. 1t is not the sons
of the rich who will, as rule, remain
rich. The sons of the poor will get
rich; and there are to-day drudging in
office, cOunting-rOoms and manufac-
turing establishments of all kinds, the
men who will, in twenty-five years,
control the nation socially, politically
and financially. Every man Of them
means to be married; they will as a
rule, make excellent husbands; they
are all at work trying to win success.
They are men who could be easily i'm
proved by recognition, and by bring
ing them into good, intelligent society;
yet they are as little noticed as If they
were so many dogs. Excellent young
men from the country go into the city
and live for years without any society,
and are regarded by the fashionable
young women with Indifferent con-
tempt; bat these young men have q
hold upon the future, and when their
success is known, in whatever field of
enterprise it be, the fashionable world
win be glad to receive them as belong
ing to their own number. We regret
to say that, as a rule, the young men
for whom a position has been won by
virtuous and cnterprising fathers
amount to but little in the world, and
rejoice to say that companions chosen
from those who have their fortunes to
make and their positions to win, are
those to whom a well-brcd woman cal
entrust her happiness and herself
-[Holland.
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