The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-05-06
, HEBRoN Township
Fork OF THE EDIsros,
MAY Isk. 1871.

And free will md that sort of thing
But 1 believe in God and the Angel,
Ever since one night last spring.
I come into town with some turnips,
And my little Gabc come along
No four year old in the County
Could beat him forprctty and strong.
Peart and clipper and sassy,
Always ready to swear and fight
And I'd larnt him to chaw terbacker,
Just to keep his milk-teeth white.
The snow came down like a blanket
As l passed BY Taggarts store;
went in for aJ5ng of molasscs
And left the team at the door.
They scared Mt something and started
1 heard one little sguall,
And hell-to.spiit over the pine woods
Went team, Little Brooches and ull.
Hell-to-split over the pine-woods!
/ was almost frozc with skeer;
But we rousted up some torches,
And searched for EN- far and near.
A. last we struck horses and wagon,
Showed under a soft white mound,
Upset., dead bcat-but of little Gabe
No hide nor hair was found.
And here all hope sourod on me,
OF my fellow-crittcrs' aid
| I just Topped down on my marrow bones,
Cro'ch-dcep in the snow, and prayed.
By this the torches was played out,
And me and Israel Parr
Went off for some wood to n sheep-fo!d
That he said was somcwhar thar.
We found il at last, and n little shed
Where they siut up the lambs at night,
We leaked in, and seen them huddled thar,
So warm AMI sleepy and white.
And thar sat Little Brooches and chirpcd
As pcart us ever you sec
Il want a chaw of tcrhacker
And that's what's the matter of me-"
How did lie ct thar? Angels.
lie could never have walked in that storm
They just scoopcd down AMI toted him
To whar it was safe and wa, M.
AMI l think that saving n little child,
And bringing imt to HE own,
Is n durnel sight better business
Than loafing around The Thrones!
Now, Mr.. Editor, l thought "Minori-
ty" had got some Of the spots washed OF
of him, cvcn in Calico Br: nch," and
hal ro,irol ,,l ,h,t
Cleansing n young mans character
Il don't wan to lay much s;rcss,)
Is II burned sight better business
Than writin' slang for the Press.
This is all ! have to say this week
to "Minority,' Mr.. Editor. Some oil
these days | may feel inclined to "mud.
dy Calico Branch for the fish that's in
it; until then o3iaS "Minority."
Now us TO the
CONVENTION,
must say, Mr.. Editor, that the
meeting held this day to appoint dele.
gates to a State Conventions, and the
result of that meeting, does moi
meet my views. Gentlemen OF undoubt-
ed integrity have been appointed dele.
gates-but | give it for what it is worth
that it requires something tempered with
integrity to meet the wants Of the PEG.
pie and the issues of the day. I heard
it was suggested to the Committee to ap.
point one Republican as a delegatc--it
was not done. If the same feeling OK.
listed in the other Counties, not II Repub,
lican will be represented in the Conven.
ton. | did not so understand the call.
ing of this Convention. | thought il
was to represent the people irrespective
of party. | am sorry to find that | was
mistaken. And though no prophet, nor
the son of a prophet. | predict for the
Convention a signal failure, if this one
sided feeling is allowed to prevail within
its body. ! am Republican, Mr.. Edi.
tor. and am willing to go as far as any
man in defence OF South Carolina and
her dearest rights. Have fought and
struggled through a five years war for
her independence and am ready fol
another five years fight, but it muss be 4
fight for freed I'M. entire freedom, from
dishonesty, misrule and anarchy, and
sanctioned by the whole people of my
beloved State, the poor as well as the
rich not for the purpose of simply rein.
stating old regimes, &c. Oh no! Thi.
matter must be handled by conservative
men To accnmnlish desired rcsults n,