The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-12-06

80 "'o"c a''u pass sl2t butter,
if you ploaso."
"What do you think of cloma
sir p tried to speak about for.
ly-hTc degrees. Sabovo zorro thus
time. "
"No, did not say ham--bul,
ter"
Moving closer TO him, | put NV
mouth ncar his Gar and vcll,u
again.
"po YOU consiirr it Iit;cIv that
any portion OF tho human race il
descended from the clam? Now
when we come to weigh different
theories aud spccul~lions ia tho
scAsos-'
lie b0tot upon mo huiOusJv.
"po'you Monn 10 call me scaly ?
You impudeut scouudrel! you i1n-
mannorly. outrageous, imperLncnt
zeal. fou-you--wh r-r!"
That WAS NJ far ~ he could ,rn.
The cmotlons were too heavy for
him, and he broke down. IT. WAS
unfortunate that ho ol,l chan OK.
plodcd. II he had ouly boon calm
and kept his Lrmpcr | might have
got something out OF him, for hn
Sprnds great deal OF his tim,
rradnG hcSe scientific books,
which nouo but luuatics prrtcI Il
To understand. But it WAS not TO
hc. Fate had ordained that
should have difficulty in pursuing
my Investigations.
Dropping Turhot turned to an
anciout damScl by tho name @,
Sq"inks, who wears an intellectual
pair Of spcctaclcs and is considered
ahead OF all the other boardcrs in
the ethics business.
"Madum," said, "whut is yonr
honest opinion about tho origin Of
tn" species? Nl course, You know
what Darwin says, hut want
your own opinion. Now, do You
think Adam was mado OF earth,
"r is il likely that he grew from II
potato p
Miss Squinks Iookcd ut potato
ON her fork for somo seconds, and
lIcu answered:
"lhat man was II poor, weak
minded simploton, anyways, and
II l. Thought bu WIS drsccndcu
from n potato | would never eat
another. DraL him
"Do you mean, Miss Squinls,
that you would never cat another
man Z"
She flow into passion at once.
and had ~ much az | could do
[" get in III oxplaualion OF why |
lad asked tho first question.
"lou Sec" | said, Il asked be-
cause Lhcro AFRO SO many porsol,A
called potatoes, and it struck mo
that Adam himself might havu
grown up from one"
"Poraons called potatoes! Why,
how in tho world did lhn, got into
your head ? What kind Of pcr-
sons arc called polators.'
"Oh, thought you kncw--tho
Murphysw
Tho boardors smiled at this, and
rs they wore in good hunlor again,
th"uSht would try little fur
Lhor ilosdlnS up picco OF pork
that | iishcd out Of the coffee, and
l""hl IN; II, ~ party BY tho name OF
Bacon, | said
"llore ia - proof Of Il connecting
Ink between man and tho lower
aninlals. Now, sir, this is pork
you arc bacon; can any ono doubt
that both arc derived from lhr
| samo source? This is incontrSli-
bic proof that man is the product
"l System o" pl'm of gradual de-
vrlupmrnt. You, sir, arc an in
tr!!i,;onL being, this is only pork,
and yet tie hog is tho root Of each.
Science proves this, and science
may yet ostablish tho fact, impos
sible though it mny appear, that
you arc in great part " hog still,
| and"
"D--n your science ?" And with
that ~ hunk Of ham hit mo be-
tween the eyes, and " general mis-
understanding onsnod. But | huvo
not G;v"a up these olhnniogicaI
Investigations yot. Scionco has
always ha'l 10 encounter iEnornucn
and the hosLilitics Of prejudice.
Will not quail.
NEW i"nE, November 2.-Thc
drtails Of tho brazilian emancipation
| law are AZ follows: Children born after
| liz proclamation arc lrou at Suycntcen;
slaycs owned by tho Government are
free; various PROVISIONS arc mado for
the benefit Of ,hoae still hold IN slavery.
Religious corporations were oinuncipa
lug their slaves, unl many privato
slave owners are moving in the same
| 'lir"ctiun- converting thom into free
l"Irnnt,, are freeing them upon condi.
tirE OF four years srrvico
An rXrhnnHc tells Of ~ woman
in Detroit who lately celebrated
h"r hnndrrdlh birthday, aud who
"ran Knit socks in four Iangnagcs,
and repeat tho commandment
with one hand behind hcr back -
Trnth hs, utlcrod aS mildly as tho
music of cooinG doves, arc moro
pot ont than the HpycrcSt inyccliyr