The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-07-27
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.rs,sss - BY sy,9 MRS I z. g Hall - Lttsaa@n
F. Many Many Sls Who read daaia CHS viii rsns,naBb.r sn,aBb
the heavy snow oows that gave the N New
Year off867zso cold d reception On the
day aafter" Its bieR. wlie6 ali slie people
woke up to see the whoiesof their world
were SIC 'towd OF country, shrouded il
spotless white. Farmer Boyd's sheep,
seemed to know what was on the wins,
for they crowded together sunderss the
tees on the close of that New Years
day, as sort of preparation for the
night. Theiuext morning, long before
day, the farmer and his sons were in the
meadow, needless Of the thick binding
snow, resolved to preserve the flock
and if they had not Osen up and active,
the greater number of f. .er Boyd's
valuable Southdowns wou. 1shaye been
buried in the snow.drilt, so sudden and
violent was the fall, so,deep and sdaa-
gerous were the drifts. Y5
I The farmer said hesshpud not have
saved half but for the perseverance, of
his little d"g-rot a sheep dog, tut a
small pet OF his daughters, q little
sassacious creature that was often snub.
bed btcaust It Was not thorough bred"
and so they forgot that it was Moro,.yh-
hearted :is.ias apeer thing, who, with
species of animal economy, always ran
on three legs, giving one Of the four
rest, aud another a res. in its turn.
Very early op3thas particular noraiug,
between scratching aand2 barking and
Mining, she had manageable waken her
master before daybreak on the "a of
s = January, Butthst did not, content her;
Hhenathel door vas opened sbBesA ran 70
she window, and the faruer, seeing it
WAS nearly bl"cked up by-snaw, reused
his SONS and set Otto sss after his sheep.
The dog at first wished t accompan y
fhe party, but Immediately On leaving
the porch Sic became buTritaliu the
snow and quickly ,fioundered back again,
and a.tersSb being called ';gaooi dog s,hnd
a1swisee Peg" BY her young mistress, she
sat quietly downzta the swarn, kitchen
I hearth, ,anot sleeping, however, but cock
ing first Sone ear, and sthe1 tie other,
and qnietiy moving. her stnnpy tail
wh p thessn,aster's voice was heard in
kthe distance. The farmerqknews there
would be still heavier fall, for the
clouds were weighted with y snow.
ssMary, izhe'asaidA to,his daushter,. when.
he returned s.see that there Is algood
lot Of pea soup pade !; the c9ttagers
beyond he croft viii be glad it, for
their masters are frozen out Of work
already. .''nAr7q = ~ q s. - ~ = s,G g
Mary, ike good girg said ~ es,1 s.
fathers" but While she shook the snow.
fakes off his cont she added. eFather,
what can poor dear Aunt Liddy and
ther one-arnied boy do thissweat hery's ~
sAsWhat is thas to thee 2" he answered
sharply Mary said no5more /; but she
raised slhsr beautiful large, eyes to per
fathers and he saw they were full OF
tears. ~ SS1A& zSS2Af5 u
+. The trees allyround the farm looked
lovely, coated with the glittering snow,
and one of the farmers sons cleared a
place for the wild birds to feed foiS on hey
cleared it again and again, forsthe snow
continued tofa! -, -. '.,'I-.s,e =. =
r SO dear% said Mary to her BROTHER
Tom, 81 wish father would forgive his
sister, and let her and little Joe come
here here 70 US ;he is 50 kind, ia his rough
way, TO every opease III sne did nIurry
iaiaiidiiiys on, only diiaher duty us wife
by refusing TO leave her husband; aud
now that be is, dead--" Mary paused.
Tom rubbed his curly red head With
his very red hand Tom was called
practical - ~
uol' see Witt listle D oe could do
here, with only one arm, Which OF
tIienilis gomez he said ii, last.H as
"Thcvleft -. = - 80. w
ON well, he could tend day. school
and Sunday school; they might make
scholar of fhim more than ever tIey
could naksssf n,o .z
sN" Dear Yom2st said efapy.sinws must
kget AZ, fshcrss heart somehow, and alil
viii beAwells I'caunotl bear to think of.
their starving, perhaps, 10 that horrid'
London asgss%s7
Is =" y ,ltorrid london g. repeated Tom. "a q
like stiEati9 Oranges down here penny
apiece, and there Frank Fowler got
three for a penny-sueh ,beauties!"