The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-03-06


The House of Representatives, delivered
Feb. ~. lie holds the President rrsponsl.
bic.
AL signs have falel. prognostics are at
end Seven srcts and SHOWS, inclusive, this
winter, with mixed a:tcmpt, yesterday, at
something, shows Il high or lew condition of
weather atfarS. Some little chaps eXanIin-
ing the article upon The ground, broke out
with the exclamation, ola me, lis grits.'
Puff, Puff, putf-L Il. Mar>l,al sent this
"flire sample Of his best >cgar>, yesterday,
hc consequence of which WAS that the eS-
! tab!i<hmcnt was speedily filed with volumes
/ of fragrant smoke. He had better not do so
again, for we might have to feel around in
the darkness for our subscribers who may
happen in to pay their subscription at the
time.
! We don't know whether all the fire insu-
! rance companies require answers to the fol-
! lowing questions or NOT, but it is said that
the I;mbers:r Fire Insurance Co. have
adopted them in their printed applications:
! |. 10 you keep q COW? ? IS it a female
! COW? 3. Is il farrow COW? /. Is it q
! kicking COW? 5. + Kerosene used in milk
ing: Suits arising out Of such policies will
rival Solon Shingles famous "cow case"
.lS IMPORTANT DECISION The Supreme
Court Of Georgia has recently announced the
following decision: "Whcre factor makes
advances to q planter and takes lien upon
the growing crops under Revised Code, sec
ton 977, such advances ere in the nature OF
purchase money, and the lien is therefore
! superior 10 the wifc's title, where the crop
WAS set apart to her as personality under the
| homestead laws, aftc: it was made"
4 number Of copies Of the proceedings of
| the Annual Convention Of the South Caro-
lima Agricultural aud Mechanical Society,
held in Columbia, Nov. S and 9, 1871, have
been placed ut our disposal for distribution.
The reports aud essays read before the
Convention, and embraced in this pamphlet,
are very Interesting, and particularly to the
agricu;uri$t.
| GOOD THlSGs.-The place to get good
| things, and the greatest variety Of good
things, and where tho supply Of good things
! is seldom or never exhausted, is a the Ball
more Corner, rendered famous by its pro-
pri~,o A. NJ. Wicker. The old song says,
''whcn YOU have Il good thing save it, hut
this is not tic way Al the Corner. Mr. Wick
er always di>pcnscS his good things freely
and generously for the cash, and if this is
not good thing to icll then we arc ont.
YE LOCALS SHAwL.-The person who
borrowed the locals large iron grey shawl.
or somehow found him self in its possession.
half dozen weeks ago, will please return it,
as the season for packing up winter apparel
is coming. We would regret to make this
request, were it no. that warm clothing must
soon be dispensed with, for, judging by the
law of compa r<on and oar own experience,
the present roSse:sor Of the cloth must have
found i: scrvice2b!c.
SALE-DAY.-Quite 1 large number OF per-
sons were in town on Monday last. Sales BY
the Sheriff were one store house and lot-half
intcrcst-on main street, 1918, l3 bales mid
ding cotton, lsi cts, one old mare SO.
Mr.. ThoS Like as referee, SOLD one tract
of $50 acres for $500, one Of llo acres for
sl97 so, one of POS acres for 5000. one OF
i0l acres for Sl0j0, one town house and lot
sli25. one tract of 100 47-l00 acres for Sl55,
and an interest in house at Saluda Old
Town for $500.
OUR NEW PREssEs.-Wc are happ! 10 in
form our readers that VIC have now on the
way new and elegant Power Press Of large
size and improved pattern, and when It IS
fairly in operation the appearance Of our
paper will bc decidedly better. The facility
for work offered by the new press will ena-
ble us to issue daily and tri-wcck!y paper
sec notice under editorial hcad-an1 we con-
rratuIatc our citizens that quicker medium
will be thus given them to advance their in
,erests. We have been frequently urged 10
this and have at length yielded, and we now
trust that 4 liberal response vii! be given us
and ut once.
Besides the news press, we have ordered
new aud fast job press which will enable
US not only to do better character of work,
but to do it faster and cheaper.
The readers attention is called to D. APP
peton 4 Cos advertisement, in another COL
umn, Of new edition Of the leading novels
of Fenino,e Cooper, designed specially for
popular circulation. The first of the series
will be 1.-The Last OF the MohicanS, which
| will appear with numerous new illustrations
bv F. .. c. barley. The style Of publica'
ton will be the popular octave form. with
paper covers, the purpose being to render the
novels as low in price Us possible. Heretofore
there has been no clifton OF this acknowledged
head of American romanciStS suitable for
general popular circulation, and hence the
new issue of these famous novels will be
! weicomcd by the generation Of readers that
have sprung up since Cooper departed from
rs. As time progresses. tic character, gen
A
come more widely recognized; he Is now ac-
ccpicd as the great classic Of oar American
literature, and his books IS the prose epIc| OF
CUR carly history.
! Lnvelace / Wheeler are Agents for the
oldest :.t,G best EacturY. Call and get some
oI the Cotton Yarns :,ur Grown Musiins.
, March 10 { If
: How TO GET ALoSe-Wc fri the fellow
iug items Of advice in an exchange, and as
, fhcv arc % tu! O.; merit. place tlrm in the
hy>t p!arr-l.c !oc>I r":l::n" they ":c