The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-03
Two DAYS out Of Harness.

We won't scol1 however, having como out
! all right, with the loss only of some per.
spiration, and wcarincss Of leg. I. was
conscIns TOO, that there were others in the
same boat, and its satisfaction, now that
We sit IN the cool, to reflect that VIC did
not sQnirm and say bad words. like some
Of those other fellows. Sitting in the shade
then, 10 endless stairs TO 60 up and down,
not feeling particularly interested whether
this man is in New York, that one in Char
| lesion, or the other one not to be found, and
still another at the railroad meeting, we
smile serencly that one trouble is over, and
the next, must care Of itself.
Speaking of the railroad mcering-the
! fewest number Of people went down 10 at
tend it ever known, and the reason of
course is we'll urderstool-as few have any
stock now. To III" business community
this WAS a misfortune. Heretofore many
people went down and invested largely in
goods. Not so this time. The only thing
! done at the meeting, while we were in
town, was one Of the most ludicrous char
acter, and at the same time unworthy Of q
respectable meeting The Rev. Sidi
ro"n, presiding Elder, good nan, and
pure, Christian gentleman. sent in a ne
mo;Al, asking railroad aii in the building
0! a Church, proposed to be erected for the
benefit particularly Of the employees Of the
road. /, was read, We think, but ignon.in.
ou$y referred TO ! committcc-tLe noto.
rous Joe Crews, and the no less offensive
Tim IIurley-by Mr.. Patterson. On which,
Hurley begged 10 amend, by adding the
name of Patterson, inasmuch as the gentle
man had formerly been class.lesder in
Pennsylvania. 1t was good in Hurley, bu,
the referring Of the paper in that way was
an insult 10 a good man and & good cause,
and one which should not have been per.
mitted. Such is ife-present life 1t need
no longer be asked who struck Billy Pat
tcrson, for Tim Hurley is the man, be
jabers.
There we're several green spots in that
l'ttlc visit, and that the two days were not
all toll and trouble, and veSstious limiting,
waiting and dancing attendance, on abscn-
| tees, is pleasant to think about Onc OF
Alonzo Reescs manipula,ions, in shape Of a
trim, shave and &C: er2l rub, is sufficient
TO make man forget any ordinary veSa
ton. Commend us 10 Alonzo ever may
he always live. And then after that, a
visit to the elegant club room, to which we
were introduced By Mr.. L. c. SILVER, was
decided treat Columbia may not be the
gem of the ocean, but it's gem Of d place
for small tea party, and its merchants and
business men are just such kind, pleasant
and generous fellows, as an up-country man,
with or without pocket full Of rocks, al
ways loves to meet. If they have a pref
crcuce, it is for the full pocket of course,
which is only 'natur,' and no fsul, Of bring
ing up. Full Or empty, however, they
show a wholc-souleG heartiress which is
refreshing.
While pcregrinating, one Of the lovely
"aun, Betsy" Of good Dutch Fork, roll
cake, and other delightful memories, and
b.,S Il, u, l.
stick, on our next Fork visit, if We put
her in the paper, perhaps We had not
thought of doing 80 now. Yes, there she
wa. in all her glory. "Whcre OIL earth are
you todllins:" "Why, to Squire Henry
kinard's. TO he sure" said she. Couldn't
90 to better place, was the thought. Let
aunt Betsy alone for hunting out the good
places She's bound to find them. Know
ing tha. she was on the right track, and
ought not TO he stopped, we onlv detained
her log enough to say that the set,in' OF
duck eggs she sent US some time ago, had
all got broken. She scc9led so sorry to
hear about the breakin: of those duck
eggs, that every time afterwards VIC met,
aud it Was pretty often, we repeated the
melancholy tale; and on the way home
in the cars, every ten or 6!tech min.
utes, We told her again about the eggs,
how they had all got broken. Aunt Betsy
laughed every time, and some of the peo-
| pie on board laughed also. We are glad
! that it was so 700, for hundreds Of people
will know that our setin' Of duck eggs
have been destroyed, and our hope for
brood Of young ducks blasted. May DC
some one will send in dozen or 80. And
when this paragraph reaches Dutch Fork,
aun; Betsy will laugh again when she
hears cnce more that the duck eggs are all
broke. We would not have mad them
! broken for mint Of money, because they
were from Dutch Fork, and came from
aun; Betsy, and were duck eggs.
Before closing these highly interesting
remarks, VIC beg to add that Capt. tv'Se,
the confectionery man, SHOT us with soma
Of his remarkable bomb shells. from the ef-
fects of Which our friends vii; be glad to
know We have entirely recovered The
damage done was very slight I: is no less
strange than true, tina: strong I'm can
walk without diEcu!!y Ntl. half dozan Of
these shells inside OF him. and delicate Ia
dies and children are shot daily. and say
that they experience only pleasure. If our
readers are at all skep,icai on this suffice,
lc: them visit Capt. Hei<e's, and trv shell,
and If they don't acknowledge its the easiest
mode of shooting, and TIE incest, we'!l give
! up.