The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-08-06
THR .HS-IN ADVINCy
'llow Mrs. Henry Deait with 4 BKreIar

house. Ih.S VS. Tie case with Mr.
iienrv, on South street, Friday night.
AS soon as ho detected tho noise,
which appeared to be down stairs, he
softly crcpt cut Of bed, and com.
mcnccd to plowl round for match.
His wife WAS soon awakened by the
samo moi @, and believing that some
thing was thc matter with tho chill
drcn, who slept in the next room, she
carciniiy Withdrew from tho bed so
not to disturb her husband, and star
ted for the door. An instant latcr
they c"}lidcd. What lie thuu.ht was
evident enough. AL tue hard
earnings Of sn arduous life we're at
staNc. Before him stood ere or more
robtcrs. With all exclamation Of
'co>IlcnscA clrqncncc lie c'inchcd hcr.
What she thought is not quite 50 cvi.
dent but it was douGti,ss Of hex hu...
hani and children, aAI, being pluck
wlthal She at rncc twircd her .iinn -
IN Iris hair, and gave him wrench
Chat made him think uf death.
Then hv,h # them went down to
The floor tuccthcr, s;r havin, the
advantage in the fall, aul, getting on
top, with h'r hands %;iil ia his head
against The Gnrr W.T.. an cncr~y and
c"uraMn that wonld undnub;cHly
have filed him 70 oyc'llnwiog with
ndmira'i"', had he known vile, it was
or had i'c tnown nnyhing at al.
livery time ShH rarrod him he shrek
cl fur help, anl in lricf space oc
time the chiId,cr and Mls. Ebcn
DAVIS, w"o lives dowu s;air$, were ON
thc scene. Mrs. Davis was not dr,.a-
cl for c"mr1ry, but ia tho cxri,c-
mcnt she didn't mind udorrmcut.
She had candle III one hand, and a
long carving fork in the Other, aud
was about to drive The latter iuto the
legs of tho villain, when recognition
cnsucd. S:HtH
Then Mrs. Davis laid down the
candle in ono dircc ion, aud the fork
in another. aud Immediately rctu ned
to her own apartments, her yellow
flannel nightcap, as il shot down the
stairs, being tho .st thing Mr.. Hem
ry saw on springing to his feet. The
children were returned to their room,
anarut to bed, but tho parcnt$ did
not resume their couch. It was SO
pleasant that Henry concluded to re
main rp the rest Of tho night and
c"l"y tho sccncry, and Mrs. Henry
Thought it best to stay ur, too, so O.
to change the cloths on lis head 81.
often AZ posSiblc.-Dtabwy Ncwr.
Ono Of tho few pleasures left to us
in these degenerate days. and one
which all the malice of our political
J.cncmics cannot rob Of us, is that Of
"' meeting with old friends with whom
we have shared the tcdium Of camp
lite and the dangers of the field, and
W! III them living over again the days
when hopes of liberty were high IN ali
our hoarts and visions Of hiscnthrai,-
: ed country chccrcd us on in tho Ter.
formanco of onr artuous duties.
This pleasure wns ours last week
IN having with us Captain II. J. Means.
the gallant commpnacr of Company
2 CEN Sixth Regiment South Caroliu.
, Volunteers du;in;: the first ycay Of it's
service. CAPTAIN Means prior - The
war was an officer in the u. S. Navy.
Realizing that there was moro need
for men on land thAn"n the water he.
immediately upon the passage Of the
ordinance. OF Secession, raised com.
rany of Infantry, a@d with it entorcd
tho service oA the lth of 1861. lie
r was scrioual ! wounded ut Dfaincs
villo, the only battle in which the reg
,nent was e"gagcd that year. When
tGe twelve months rur which tho rrci.
a. ment was enlisted had expired Cap
tam Means accepted position on the
stHM> Of Gencral-R. Fl. Anderson,
which position ho held until appoint.
cd Lieutenant in tho Confederate
States navy. llo served portion Of
y, tho time rs commander Of ono Of the
Eun boats on tho James River, and at
tie closo of the war WAS in command
of the Pccacc Navy Yard and cngag-
Ell IN building ironclads to attack the
.Llotkc1crs oM tho coast.
... The visit Q: Captain Means to our
town was to Introduce to the notice of
the people two books for tic sale Of
whlci, he is the agent. One of these
is "Sew ards Travels around the
World,' said to be ono of the ,.ost
entertaining and instructive book, Of
travels ever pcnnod. Tho other is
"Applcton's Library Of Famous Flo
,iou," embracing the niuo standard
masterpieces Of imaginativr li.cra.
tu.d ) beginning mith Dunyan's "Pil.
grim's Progress and codius With
.ome Of tho best stories from tho Aru-
cian Nights Entertainment. These
books can only be procured by cub