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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-04-10

TIE FAMILY HAMMER.--There is one thing
no. family pretends to- do without. That is q
hammer. And yet there is nothing that goes
to make up the equipment of domestic es-
tablishment that causes one-half as much agony
and profanity as hammer. 1t is always an
old hammer, with handle that is inclined to
silver, and always bound to slip. The face is
as round as full moon and as smooth as glass.
When it strikes a nail full and square, which
it has been known to do, the act will be found
to result from combination of pure accidents.
The family hammer is one of those rare articles
we never profit by. When it gldes off nail
head, and mashes down couple of fingers, we
unhesitatingly deposit it in the yard, and OBJ
serve that we will never use it again. But the
blood has hardly dried on the rag before we
are out doors in search of that hammer, and
ready to make another trial. The result rarely
varies, but we never profit by it. The awful
weapon goes on knocking off our nails, and
MASKING whole joints, and slipping off the
handle to the confusion of mantel ornaments,
and breaking the commandments, and cutting
up an assortment of astounding and unfortu-
nate antics, without let or hindrance. And
yet we put up with it, and put the handle on
again, and lay it away where it won't get lost,
and do up our mutilated and smarting fingers,
and yet if the outrageous thing should happen
to get lost, we kick up regular hullabooloo
until it is found again. Talk about the tyran-
nizing influence of bad habit 1t is not TO be
compared to the family Misunderstanding
Neps
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Now my opinyun is that State or q Guyer-
rnent ought to keep up its human stock When
8. man looms up above the horizun as great
man. he ought to be penshuned and supported
so that he wouldn't hav to think about mummy
He ort to be required to marry into another
penshuped family, and in this way keep up a
family of brains to draw from for our Presi-
dents and Guyeners and law makers. They
ort to be paid enuf to keep EN- out of temta-
shun, and. then we wouldn't bav no carpet
bagers, nor Mobilliars, nor Cleweses, nor pig
iron Kelleys, nor lobbyin bills through the
house for pay. like to see family OF brains
keepin up the family reputashun for genera
sbuns to cum like the Adamses, and Brek-
enridges, and Lamars, and Bayrds, and Pres
tens, and all sich, and PIN glad they was born
as thew are good. Their influence spreads all
over the country, and we can pint our children
TO em and say, "theres your mark, now shoot
at it.n AS il is now, the struggle seems to be
who can git the richest, and don't matter how
they git mummy 30 they sit it, and amt cotch
stealth of it. Sumtimes you see the worst
sort of skrub stock blessed with ON uncommon
quantity of brains, and then you may look out
You mout as we'll surrender, for they are goin
to hay slice of your property. If they can't
git it no other way they will run down an offs,
or railroad or Michel estate, or q lease, or
git up war and sneak out of it, or git Guv-
esment eontrak, or git sulnthin that pays with
out work. A smart skrub is dangerous ami
null A COW that horns down the fence, or q
hog that roots open the gate, or q hoss that lets
down the draw bars, is a nuisance and cuss.-
They are skrub. A pure Durham, or Berk-
shire. or a Harney, won't do it. The old fash
nnd fust families wouldn't do mean thing.
They was above it. They wouldn't lose their
self.respek. / like them sort, espeshully if
they are rich. I like to live in their nabor-
hood. They hare big ideas and big ways, aud
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A BEAUTIFUL, TOUCHING INCIDENT.-The
Bible tells us that woman is to be helprneet
to man, and the man is to be the support of
the woman To make married life source of
happiness, affection must rule the hearts of
both. The married pair must be mutual help
ers one to the other. Then the conjugal state
becomes q smooth and pleasant road, fringed
with flowers, which bloom even in the depth
of the winter Of adversely and sorrow.
tT have read" says the author of a recent
work, ga beautiful illustration of this point.
A lady travelling in Europe visited, with her
brother, town in Germany, and took lodgings
with a remarkable couple, an aged man and
woman. They were husband and wife. They
lived by themselves without child or servant,
subsisting on the rent accruing from the lease
of their parlor and two sleeping-rooms The
lady, in giving an account of the persons, says ::
when we knocked at the door for admittance
the two aged persons answered the knock to-
gether. When we rang the bell in our rooms
the husband and wife invariably came, side by
side And our requests were received by both
and executed with the utmost nicely and ex-
actness. The first night, having arrived late
by the coach, and merely requiring good fire
and our tea, we were puzzled TO understand
the reason of this double attendance
surprised to ses both husband and wife attend
ing her to her chamber, and, on looking with
some seriousness toward the husband, the wife
noticing her embarrassment, said to her, No
ofense is intended, madam, my husband is
stone-blind.' The lady began to sympathize
with the aged matron on the great misfortune
of having a husband quite blind. The blind
man exclaimed: 1T is useless for you, madam,
to speak to my wife, fos she is entirely deaf,
and hears not a word yoa sayp Says the lady
boarder, Here is an exemplifcation of the
divine law of compensation. Could pair be
better matched? They were indeed one flesh.
He saw through her eyes, and she heard
through his ears. Ever after it was interesting
to me to watch the aged man and his aged
partner in their inseparableness: The sympa-
thy for each other was as swift as electricity,
and this made their deprivation as nothing.
This beautiful domestic picture would only
suffer from any words Of comment. t."-Luthran
Obseruer.
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The FIRST TRAIN FROM CHARLOTTE TO
SPARTANBURG.-Some time before o'clock,
p. nn., on Monday last, vast assembly of ladies
ant gentlemen were gathered near the track of
the Air Line Railroad, to greet the arrival of
the first train from Charlotte. As the clock
struck the hour, the train was deserted in the
distance, and amidst the firing of guns, the
ringing of bells, the waving of handkerchiefs,
and shouting of the multitude, the beautiful
engine, like thing of life glided majestically
through the eager throng to the point selected
for the depot.
The train brought about sixty of the promi-
nent and substantial men of Charlotte to re-
joice with US over this event, so important in
our history, and which we trust will mark the
beginning of new era of prosperity for this
whole section of country. The visitors were
welcomed in appropriate terms by the Hon.
Simpson Bobo, of our town, who after speaking
of the vast Importance of this great continental
highway, in developing the resources Of the
country, and in restoring it to even more than
its former prosperity; paid Just and eloquent
tributes to Colonel Buford, the President !;
Colonel Sage, Chief Engineer; Major Wexford,
and all associated with them in this great
work not forgetting the humble laborers, with
their picks and shovels. Mr.. BObo close by
inviting the excursionists, one and all, to the
dinner provided for them by the citizens of the
town, at the Palmetto House.
General Young, the Mayor of Charlotte, re-
sponded in most chaste and eloquent i'm
promtu, which was heard with the most eager
interest by the vast throng of ladies and gen.
tlemen present, and most vociferously cheered
by every one. Although not professional
man, 1--WE believe,) General Young is a most
graceful and effective speaker, and Charlotte
has reason to feel proud of her official repre-
sentative on this occasion. We would not,
even if we had the time aud space to do so,
mar the beauty of his Honor's speech by any
repsrt which we are able to make of it.-Caro-
lima Spartan.
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KU KLUX III IRELAND.-In the course of
his grafton delivered on St. Patricks Day, in
Savannah, Ga, VIM. Grayson Mann, Esq, re-
lated the following interesting facts of Irish
history, which would seem to indicate the
Celtic origin of the Ku Klux:
No one who loves Ireland and sympathises
with human suffering, would like to lift the
veil which covers her history during the four
centuries that succeeded her invasion by the
Normans, ior this is the saddest and most
heartrenGing page of her annals. There is an
unfortunate bat striking family likeness be-
tween this first union of Ireland under Henry
Plantagenet, snd the second union consun,
mated in the year 1900, for both were effected
by fraud and maintained by corruption. iAp-
plause.
At a conference in ITO, her chiefs were told
in nearly the same words that disgraced her
Parliament in 1900. that there could be no
remission of her internal feuds, no protection
against future massacre, but by voluntary
sacrifice of that mischievous and agitating in
dependence which she had so long and useless
ly enjoyed and was 80 unavailingly contending
for; but that if united to the tlourishing and
powerful realm of Britain, the benevolent and
mighty monarch would find it to be the inter-
est of her feuds and promote her prosperity.
The English soon found that the most cheap,
certain and feasible mode of retaining the Irish
in due subjection, was by fomentipg jealoasies
and stirring up strife among the native chief
tains. History is constantly repeating itself,
and tyrannicaa governments, whatever their
form, invariably resort to the same modes of
enforcing their authority upon an unwilling
people and crashing them into submission. So
England, not being able to overcome the stub
Born resistance of the natives, sent over swarms
Of carpet-bag adventures, among whom she
parceled out the lands of the Irish. She then
bought up all the corrupt native scalawag
chiefs laughter by giving them fat offices and
dignity, and ses them to work to prey upon the
people. Finding that even this was not enough,
She passed suck cruel and outrageous laws that
the distracted people were forced to take the
law into their own hands and exercise certain,
wild, popular Justice of their own. Thus half
the county of Kerry was ruled over for many
years by Donald Maloney and his fairies.
Who do you suppose these fairies were? Why,
they were SOME 1000 tenants in white sheets
and blackened faces, whose business it was TO
see that no unwelcome persons set foot in Kill
arney. Sometimes these fairies were called
Rapparees, sometimes Tories, later Whiteboys,
now-a-days they are called Fenians-I suppose
in this country they would be called Ku Klux.
[Great laughter.
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THE SIMPLICITY, EASE AND GER
l. TAINTY with which it operates, as well
as the UNIFORM EXCELLENCE of its
work, throughout the entire range of Sewing,
including all kinds of work done by any other
Machine, with the addition of the beautiful
BUTTON-HOLEa and OVERSEAMING, places
it unquestionably FAR in advance of any SIM
liar invention.
The splendid mechanism of this Machine,
and the superior workmanship and material
employed in its construction, guarantee the
Company and its Agents in warranting every
Machine they sell to give entire satisfaction.
The undersigned is agent for Anderson, Oco-
nee and Pickens Counties, and begs that those
wishing to buy a Sewing Machine, will call
and examine the American before purcha-
sing elsewhere. Terms easy.
@. A. REED.
Jan 2, 1873 26
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LABOR ON PUBLIC ROADs.-We are asked
by subscriber, who solicits the information
"by request of great many of his fellow-citi-
zens," the law as it exists noao, as to the powers
of the "overseers of highways" to "call OUT
those liable to road duty. We are not q lawyer,
but on applying to one, we have been furnished
with the following section of the road law,
which, as amended at the recent session of the
legislature, includes as liable to road duty all
able-bodied male persons between the ages of
eighteen and fifty-fve years:
Section II. That all able-bodied male per-
sons between the ages of eighteen and fifty-fve
years shall be liable, annually, to perform on
the public highways and roads, not less than
three, and not more than five days labor, un-
der the direction of the County Commissioners,
Provided, That if any person being warned to
work upon the highways, shall pay to the
County Commissioners the sum of one dollar
per day for each day required, the same shall
applied by the said County Commissioners to
the construction and repair of the roads in the
district. And should any person refuse either
to work on the highways and roads, or to pay
the fine imposed as penalty for refusing to
work upon the highways and roads, according
to the direction of said commissioners, the said
persons shall be deemed guilty of misde.
meanor, and, on a conviction thereof, punished
by Imprisonment in the county Jail for the
same, for term not exceeding thirty days.
Our correspondent will observe that there is
no exemption for any male person within the
prescribed ages, if he is able-bodied.- YORK.
uiNe Enquirer.
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look like foaks ort to look They hold their
heads up and look at you strait when they talk

look like foaks ort to look They hold their
heads up and look at you strait when they talk
to YOU
They don't ride nor walk like common foaks.
T can tell one Of EN- hundred yards 1t takes
all sorts of foaks to make up world, and I'm
glad that kind IS in it. Pm as poor as Lazy
rus, but amt fool enuf to hate rich foaks; I
like em. If they are good stock can pick up
rite good livin off of what they throw away.
But if you think you can make anything off of
rich skrub, jest try it. He don't waste enuf
to keep houR dog from starvashun. Poor
foaks are rite good thing in the country. In
fakt, a country is obleeged to have em to keep
rich foaks in mummy. That's what Tve been
doin ali my life, and if / don't grumble at it
nobody neeaent- Bein poor and keepin SO is
ertheless notwithstandin, for mummy brings q
heap of trubble, and the children get so orful
tired waitiD for the old man to die Three
score years and zen must be long time to
foaks that's waitin.
And there's that needles eye business, and
the long divishun, and the guarrels of the law
yers over the estate. But after all like mum
ny. I've got nuthin agin it SO far as I am
concerned. If ennybody should leave me
enny, should exsept it and shed tear to his
memory. The fakt is / would like to feel the
feeling of rich man for a little while. May
be it would stretch me up little. Mrs. Arp
says Pm gettin hump shouldered. I would
like to be an elder in church and give 600
dollars year to che preacher and shake hands
with the brethren and sisters at the vestybule.
That would be elegant. I'm obliged to think
I'd like that.
Well, after all, it don't matter much wheth-
er man is poor or rich. One man is about as
happy as another if his hart is in his bnzzum
and not in his pocket If he amt, we can't
help it, and its no use to grumble about what
we can't help. A gramSlfn naaa is 3 nuisance.
He's skrub. EaLL ARP.
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IMMIGRATION TO THE SoUTH.-The subject
of immigration is receiving a great deal OF
consideration throughout the South, and there
is but one conclusion reached, and that is, that
the South must have it. The following extract
from the st. Louis Democrat is worthy of at
tention:
One of the most hopeful signs in the South
ern States is the radical changes which have
taken place in public sentiment concerning
European immigration. The leading Southern
journals at Louisville, Nashville, Memphis
Grafton of the South can be greatly accelerated
by the introduction of large admixture Of
German, French and Irish population. The
Louisville Co,srier-Journal attributes the rapid
growth of st. Louis to the fact that Missouri
has spent money and used other agencies to
attract immigration, and complains that Ken
lucky has Jagged in the race, because public
opinion and the legislation of the State has
been calculated to discourage, rather than TO
invite, men of foreign birth to settle there
Slavery is now gone, and it would seem that
the genial climate and fertile lands of the
Southern Stages afford strong inducement to
immigration.
1t has been estimated by close thinking men
that the able-bodied immigrants who arrive
upon our shores add each upon the average at
least 81 500 to the wealth of the country. One
thing our friends at the South must learn, that
the best foreigners who come to America come
with the hope of being landowners. They
have had enough Of tenantry life in Europe,
end take an honest pride in being free-holders.
The convenient and small subdivision of land
in the more Northern States enables men of
small means to buy homesteads, and tens of
thousands of foreigners look upon fifty acre
tract of land IS q comfortable estate, and their
success in tilling these small farms is so great
that big farms are getting out of fashion; Our
own people are learning that forty acres of land,
we'll cared for can be made as productive as
double the quantity cultivated in the slip-shod
style which hes heretofore disgraced American
agriculture. If the Southern States desire
thrifty laborers from Europe, they must pre-
pare to make partition of their immense plan
tations. No agricultural community can be
permanently prosperous where the plow-hold-
er is not landowner.
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Maj. D. A. Townsend, native of Marion
but now of Unionville, has invented an i'm
provement in automatic managers, whereby a
person is freee from the extraordinary trouble
of going to the stable in the morning for the
purpose of feeding, but, by leaving his feed at
night in certain receptacle, which is operated
by an alarm-clock arrangement, in such q man.
ner as to be deposited in the trough at a certain
hour, his horse is breakfasted without personal
attention. Wonder who will invent the curry
ing machine.a
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POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS IN WEST VIR-
GINIA.-The legislation of the past winter in
West Virginia does not seem to have unraveled
the political difficulties that exist in that State
In the first place the dual congressional elec-
tions have not yet been decided. 1t will be
remembered that the Republicans held that
the 22d Of August was the proper time to elect
Congressman, and elected their candidates
with but slight opposition, while the other
party elected its men on the fourth Thursday
in October. The Governor issued his procla-
nation on the subject, which both parties con-
tend is to be construed in their favor The
Legislature, which has Democratic majority,
passed an act to remedy the evil, which was
vetoed by the Governor, and re-passed over his
veto. Still the question is unsettled, as those
excluded by the act from seats in Congress in
tend to appeal to that body. Another trouble.
some question has arisen, and that is the ap-
pointing power. The constitution is represent
ed as inconsistent, where it relates to the
creation and filling of Offices not directly pro-
managers of the different State institutions, in
all a little short of 10000 Offices for the whole
State. The Governor claims the power to
appoint these officers under the constitutional
provision for vacancies, while the Legislature
claims that they shall be appointed by a board
Of public works appointed by itself. This, it
it thought, will lead to the appointment of
two different sets of officers in that State,
producing much embarrassment in its admin
stration. There is also another clash as to
the act of the Legislature creating board of
public works, which is held to be unconstitu-
tional by the Governor and his friends. SO
many are the political complications of West
Virginia that it may be we'll apprehended that
they will culminate in the same state of affairs
as exist in Louisiana.
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= The maddest man in town is Smith, we
don't know which one, though, for he has been
winding up his clock regularly every night for
fifteen years and has just discovered it to be an
eight day piece. He now has the epizoot in
consequence of exposure in the night air in
cooling himself after the discovery.
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- Very short wedding trips and short en-
gageuents are the fashion now.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-08-14


DRUSK! Young man, did yon
ever stop to think how terrible
that word sounds! Did you ever
think what misery you brought
npon your friends when you de-
graded yonr manhood by getting
drunk 2 Drunk ! How the word
rings in tie ear of a loving wife.
How it makes the heart Of ~ rnoth..
or bleed. How it brushes tho
hopes"f u father,and brings shame
and rcproach upon sisters. Drunk!
See him as he leans against the
corner Of some friendly honse. lie
stands ready to fail into tho jaws
Of hell, unconscious as To his ap-
preaching fate. Tie wife, with
aching heart, sta ut the Window
to hear her husbands footsteps
but they come not. Ilo is drunk I!
lie is spending tho means Of
support for liqr'r, while his
family is starving for bread, his
children want for clothing. Drunk!
Ills reputation is going, gone!
Ills friends Que ny one are leav-
ing him to his fate. He goes
down to his grave =" unhonored
and unwcpt.