The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-04-18
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= Charity is al eternal debt, and without
limit.
- The difficulty i'll life is the same as the
difficulty in grammar-to know when to make
the exception to the rules,
-.- 1t is a notifying reflection for any man
to consider what he has done, compared with
what he might have done.
"A hem cpecked husband, whu had married!
his wife because she was handsome, declared
that "a thing of beauty was jaw forever"
"A young girl in Burlington, VT, etc ara
senic to beautify her complexion. 1t made her
awfully nice and white-but the undertaker's
bill was $780,
How many men there are who think they
are making themselves exceedingly popular,
when they are only making themselves n
diculotis.
= The most ancient manuscripts are written
without accents, stops, or separation between
the words, nor was it until after the ninth GEN.
tury that copyists began to leave spaces between
words
- Did it ever occur to the reader where he
will be hundred years from now? Let him
try for q moment to grasp that thought, and
then tell us if he con, what he is butting at so
frantically here.
The latest fashion at weddings is for a
gentleman to present his daughter with check
for large amount, which is displayed with
the other presents but taken back by the in.
dulgent father at the close of the reception.
: To see a wasp-waisted young lady, in ring
lets and an abundance of founces, gracefully
sail to the head of the table, and, with voice
as angelic as tenor flute, call to the waiter for
mess of cold possum and kollards, is the most
trying thing romance can encounter.
- In the recent balmy spring weather in
Minnesota baby had its fingers frozen in its
cradle. We now begin to see why it is that SO
few people die of consumption in Minnesota
most of them are no doubt frozen to death be-
fore the slower disease has time to kill them.
"A school mistress, while taking down the
names and ages of her pupils, and the names
of their parents, at the beginning OF the term,
asked one little fellow, whats your fathers
namew sob, you needn't take down his
name he's too old to go to school to woman,"
was the reply.
- Japanese women whose lovers are faithless
rise at two o'clock in the morning and drive
nails into sacred trees, vowing that when her
lover dies she will pull them out She believes
that the god, to save his tree, will strike her
lover dead. This is little worse than lying
awake nights to hate people.
Am exchange says: Despite the announce.
ment we have frequently and prominently
made in this paper that we will not publish
anonymous communications, we continue TO
receive them, there being five this week. The
horrible suspicion forces itself upon us that a
great many of our people don't know what
anonymous means, ...,
The women of Damascus, illinois, take
part in the discussions of the Farmer Club
meeting. A recent conundrum was, "shal! we
dress for comfort or for show?" 1t was OF
course decided to dress for comforts and then
they all went away, and at the next meeting
each appeard with "three-decker" head dress
and "Dolly Warden" suit.
- japanese auctions are conducted on d
novel plan, but one which gives rise to none of
the noise and confusion which attend such
sales in America. Each bidder writes his name
and bid upon slip of paper, which he places
in box. When the bidding Is over, the box
is opened by the auctioneer, and the goods de-
clared the property of the highest bidder.
The editors of the different newspapers in
the city of Mexico have entered into compact
which can be confidently recommended to
members of the same profession in our more
enlightened country. They have formed them=
selves into society, with constitution which
binds them to abstain from personal attacks
upon each other when discussing politics and
other infammable and explosive subjects.
DIR. johnson, when in the fuliness of
years and knowledge, said: 81 never take UP
q newspaper without finding something Iweuld
have deemed it d loss not to have seen; never
without deriving from it instruction and amuses
ment" The newspapers in Johnson's time.
were meagre enough compared with those OF
to-day. Now yearly newspaper volume is
perfect encyclopedia.
= The mere lapse of years is not life. To
eat, and drink, and sleep-to be exposed to
darkness and light-to pace round in the mill
of habit and turn thought into an implement
of trade-this is not life. In all this but
poor fraction of the consciousness of humanity
is awakened, and the sanctities still slumber
which make it worth while to be. knowledge,
truth, love, beauty, goodness faith, alone give
vitality to the mechanism of existence:
A San Francisco paper is put out of be.
nevoence by little fun at its expense, and
says: ave regard the atrocious correspon-
dent as an Internal fiend, q false-tongued, mids
night monster red-handed assassin, thief,
q 6e-schoolmarm, fraud, ghost, and an un-
pleasant person. We esteem him pea-green1
demon of the steaming pit with cottonwood
tail, eyes in his sides, and cork neck studded
with hot door-knobs If there is anything
worse than this, we think him that"
LIFE INsURAScE.-The pertihatity of life
insurance solicitors is characteristic Of the pro-
fession. A striking illustration of what it
will accomplish, occasionally; at least, and how
it accomplishes its object transpired IN the case