The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-17
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lne colofeu popuiatiou VI Ieuhsyifa
MIA amounts to 65,294.
The Emperor William is the highes
Free Mason in Germany, Next comes
is son, the Crown Prince.
What is the difference between tn,
entrance toa barn and loafer in prin
ting Office? One is barn door, and
the otheris darn bore.
A wealthy man in Pike county, Ind.
4 recently died, leaving his property to al
the widows within radius of eish,
5 miles from his residence.
'aa Since Greeley fans have made their
appearance in Norkfolk, Va, the girls
now say instead of "Charles, fan thine
osssn" aAugustus, nay dear please Gree.
ley me"
The following notice is posted con-
sPicuously in u newspaper Office out
West: "Shut the door, and as soon as
you have done talking business serve
your mouth the Same way.
49,. Horace advised Gratz Brown 20 take
the cotton gin in his'n hereafter instead
of crab. 1t is much cheaper, he says,
? and produces the cholraic symptoms
that follows the use Of the other.
9o Tho lato bishop of Norwich said,
HCheerfulness is the daughter of employ
aent, and | have known man come
home in high spirits from funeral
merely because he had the management
lof it,"
Va Kansas City girl dreamed that her
brother had hung himself, and receiving
no answer to her raps on his door, burst
it open and found him half way in a
pair of new tight pants that he was
trying on, but otherwise happy,
The foreign commerce ofNew Orleans
is rapidly extending. Twenty ocean
steamships now ply between that port
and Europe. Two lines run to G ermany
and two others to Liverpool, and within
the present year other lines to British
ports are to be established
Johnny was telling his ma how he
was going to dress and show off when
he was man. His ma asked, "Johnny,
what do you expect to do for living
when you get to be man ?'' "Well,
I'll get married and live with my wife S
pa" Johnny had brotherin- law.
The following pathetic note was pick
ed up on the square: "Dear Jane-I
hope you amt mad because 1 didn't
laff at you when you lafft at me last
evening atthe porstotfice. 1 amt prowd,
dear jane, but have got bile under
my arm, and cau't laff as L used to as
Heaven is my judge. Yours, truly,
Henry.
Il A,Wcstern farmer reckIessly publish
ed the following challenge, "I will
bet 1925 that my hired man capstake
longer to go to the harvest fold, get
back to dinner quicker, eat more, do less,
and bear down harder on the pannel of
fence than any other hired man within
fifteen miles Of the flag staff at Jeaer-
son.
q The Georgetown Times says: Mr..
John w. Doar. the manager of part
of Willowbank plantation, near this
town, has placed us in possession of
half dozen ears Of rise, five feet high
and almost fully matured. The heads
are very fine, and if they be fine speci-
men of the whole crops, the yield must
be abun dant and remunerative.
A colored firm in Newark, N. j
having suffered some pecuniary embar-
rassments, recently closed business, and
the senior, member. gave the following
notice. Ode dissolution Of coparsnips
heretofore resistip, twixt me and Moses
Jones in de barber profession am here
toforc resolved. Persons wEo ose must
pay to de scribe Dem who de firm owes
must call on Jones, as de firm is in- .
wolwed.