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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-03
Death Of the Sltspihk Beauty.

We learn from the Hickman Cou.
rier that Miss Susan Caroline Godscy
known as the sleeping beauty, died
at the residence Of her mother, ia
Obioh vounty, Tennessee, on the 9th
ult. She had attained the ago of 81
years and had been in her sleeping
condition about "a years.
IL will be remembered that her
case hos ekoitbd great interest, and
given rise to much investie alton
and discussion among scientific men.
The true nature of hef affliction, how.
ever, was never understood, and will
doubtless always remain a hys-
terry.
She was brought to Nashville in
the fall of 1867, for tho ostensible
purpose of procuring medical aid, 4,
but was really in charge Of an agent,
who contemplated making an exhibi.
tion Of her. She was ACCOMPANIED
by q brother aud other relations, who
were very much attached to her.
While they were in Nashville thew
boarded at the house of Major Bruce,
on Market street, and the sleeper was
constantly watched by Mrs. Bruce,
who took great interest in her. She
remained under Mrs. Bruoe's care
eleven days.. While there she was
visited by a great many persons, and
had with her bhe or mort physicians
all the time. She awakened every
hour, night and day, at almost the
same SECOND each time, and remained
awake from seven to ten minutes.
just after going to sleep each time
she had convulsions that shook the
room, and at suoh times she appeared
to be suffering great pain. When
asleep she was dead to everything,
but whom awake talked pleasantly and
intelligently, sometimes complaining
of pain, and exclaiming, "Oh, my
head !" AID when she awakened she
Invariably asked for water, but ate
very little. She said she had no con.
seriousness of over having dreamed,
and that it was no pleasure for her to
live, afflicted ab sho wis. She was
very sensitive, and APPEARED morti-
Hed to think that she Mas being ex-
hibited. Her afliction WAS inuugu.
rated by spoil of uhills. Some
medical men haye. attEibnterl it. tn
Tue medicino she then Cook others
say that the ohills were precursory to
her long sleeping state.
Upon leaving Nashville she went to
ct. Louis and reth hained there a short
time. 1t is said that the physicians
there unanim ously agreed that she
was an imposition. She soon return
ed to the home of her mother, and
has n, remained there ever since.
The Sleeping beauty is said to have
been truly beautiful woman-not so
emaoiated as one would think, and of
shapely forln.-NashOiRe tn,oh and
American.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-03
Clearing the Tracks,

a snow shovel 20 be worked by
steam and attached to loco motive,
has been invented. the use of WIZ,
it is claimed, will altoge,t!''' prevent
obstruction Of rail-.aus by snow 1or
any consia aDle length of time.
Vertical steel blades arc suspended
troh the bow Of powerful lccomo-
tive, and are made to rcyolva ut the
rate of 800 revolutions per minute.
AS the snow is sliced of by tho cut.
tcrs, it falls upon base plate located
within two inches of tho rails, aud
from that plato is swept off Of the
track by series of wings controlled
by steam. Revolving steel Brushes
fitted close 20 the rails finish
the work Of clearing tho track.
The machinery for outing and pwoep-
ing away the snow may be used rs
effectively when the locomotive is
moving slowly as when it is goingat
full speed, and it can therefore be
used for clearing away heavy drifts.
In this country there are many thous.
ands Of miles of railroads within the
region Of snow and leo, and all of tho
roads suiler more or less from tho
drifting of snow on the their tracks.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-03
Cost Of Our Schools.

In 1872, according to the Report
of the Commissioner of Education,
the bonefactions to colleges and uni.
vcrsitics in the United States amount.
ed to SG,292,4Gl. .G3, distributed as
follows California, 500, 900; Con:
$44,60o Delaware, S,7oO Z, Illinois,
Sl22,0 900 Indiana, 1921, 900 ; Iowa,
SS6.84O; Kansas, S3l,736; Kentucky,
SB6, 1876 Maine, $lO,l25; Mossachu-
setts, ST. ,9l6,995.4S Michigan, $43,-
594; Minnesota, $22,796; Mlssis.
sippi, $4,000 ; Missouri, So, ,0nO {;
Now Hampshire, $4,000 New
Jersey, $532,00U New York, &l,.
450,942.i6, North Carolina, $751;
600; Ohio, $l59,000 Oregon, s20.~
90 Pennsylvania, S4G4 .15O; Rhode
Island, $6o,d50 South Carolina,
$4,000 Texas, $4,000 ; Tennessee,
$l5D,05o Vermont, 81 500; Virginia
1920, ,025 West Virginia, $ll, 800 ;
Wisconsin, $l5,3GO Colorado, Ter
ritory, $l0,l5o; District Of Colums
bia, $235, 900. Louisiana and Ala
bama are not here. Utah is not
mentioned, nor are several other Ter
ritories. Thetc arc Wyoming, Ne,
vada, Washington, Dakotah, etc.
Were the statistics all in, we pre-
sumo tho amount exceed $lo,00o,ooo
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-03

sunk in rows and masses they make
excellent building material for break
waters. Another extension Of the
idea has been tried with success in
England. 1t consists in making iron
framed buildings, covering them with
wire netting and spreading concrete
gu both sides. 1t is claimed that q
hou>e-wal!s, floors, roofs, doors,
PARTITIONS and all--has been built
TINT is strong, firm, and absolutely
incombustiblc. Various applications
Of the use Of wire netting aud plaster
or cement readily suggest thems elves
and the matter is worthy Of the at.
tcntion of mechanics aud builders,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-03
mo. II
A Thrilling Saloon Episode.

The New York Tribune tells tho
following story
n man named Weibold entered u
saloon in India street, Brooklyn, Il.
d., last Saturday, and called for a
glass of beer. After drinking bo
seated himself in d chair in the CEN
tre of tho room, and soon after began
to stare at tho proprietor, who im-
agined the customer to be deeply en-
gagged in thought. The saloon keeper
desiring to go out, asked tho visitor
to attend to his allai,s iii his absence,
und although thcro was re reply, he
took it for granted that his request
wonld DO complied With, and iminc.
diatcly loft the saloon. A littlo
while afterwards he returned, and tho
visitor still sat upright and motion.
less near tho table. The brewer who
supplied the restaurant keeper with
beer soon afterward camo in and in-
Vited all hands to drink. The man ct
the table failed to respond, aud tho
saloon keeper, becoming enraged at
his Indifference, came from behind
the counter, pulled him out o! hia
chair dragged him up to the bar, and
showed glass of beer toward him. AS
the proprietor withdrew his hand
from the collar of the visitor, the lat.
ter sank to the floor, and tho startling
discovery was made that Wcibold
was dead. He had probably expired
immediately after drinking the glass
of beer, and had been corpse moro
than an hour. Coroner Whitehall
held an inquest in the case yesterday,
and it was ascertaincd that Wcibolu
had died Of heart disease.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-03

Serrano's 4 accession to Power might
be tho end OF tho Spanish Republic.
such is the general belief. Ameri-
can sympathy with the democratic ef.
fort on the Peninsula has been strong
since the fall of Am adeus, and, as Il
result, our government has admitted
o sentimentalism in dealing with
Spain on tho Yirginius question. If
military dictator, like Scrrano,
should succeed Castcler in the Span.
ish government, we should have all
trouble about lnjuripg republic in
pressing our claims off our conscience
whore it nov weighs most heavily.
IN. VI Herald. ..t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

ScoLDING.-Scoldiug is mostly habit.
There is not much meaning to it. 1t is often
the result of nervousness and an irritable con-
diton Of both mind and body. A person is
tired or annoyed at some trivial cause, and
forthwith commences finding fault with every
thing and everybody in reach. Scolding is
habit very easily formed. 1t is astonishing
how soon one who indulges in it at all becomes
addicted to it and confirmed in it, 1t is an
unreasoning and unreasonable habit. Per
sons who once get into the way of scolding
always find something to scold about. If
there is nothing else they fall scolding at
the mere absence of anything to scold at. 1t
is an extremely disagreeable habit. 1t is con-
tagious. Once introduced into family, it is
pretty certain in short time to affect all the
members. People in the country more readily
fall into the habit of scolding than people in
town. Women contract the habit more fire.
quently than men. This may be because
they live more frequently in the house, in a
confined and heated atmosphere, very trying
to the nervous system and the health in gene
raj and it may be, partly, that their natures
are more susceptible and their sensitiveness
more easily wounded. The proper remedy
for the habit if formed, is to experience an
endowment of that Divine love shed abroad
in the renewed heart by the Holy Ghost, the
characteristics of which are that it lis not
easily provoked" "thinketh no evil" and
"beareth all things"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24
Readiug fur the Sabbath,
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
CULTURE.

CohA AC"As
Bloom is not the peach itself, but its bloom
nevertheless tells of ripeness within and OF
beauty without So let us remember that
culture is not religion, but religion with cul'
ture is more attractive and influential than it
is without it. There is, indeed, a rugged
strength in principle, and rigid inaexibili-
ty in deep conviction, more valuable than ex.
ternal polish or refinement; but neither prin-
ciple nor conviction loses anything, when it
is resplendent with all Christian graces. A
Christian should be gentle. But the gentility
of right culture, to be of real worth, must
come from the heart. A happy address,
pleasing manners, polite speech, and ready
courtesy are nothing but couterfeits, unless
they be the expression of substantial charac-
ter. And always when they are of that,
born, so to speak, from its soil, they become
persuasive, eloquent, and more demonstratlve
than any form of logic taught in the schools.
True culture and well-tempered refinement
are best when placed upon the foundation of
an honest, selfrespecting dignity. Soft words
are of little worth in any relation, and defer
entail manners are but hollow afront, un-
less they are backed by qualities Of mind and
heart which challenge respect. This rule is
quite as applicable to literature as it is to
personal character.
So, too, style cannot give body or existence
to thought. But good thoughts, clothed in
good style, are like apples of gold in pictures
of silver. They are not only good as fruit,
but withal have visible charm to commend
them. These short hints are worth being con-
sidered by all who expect to acquire much in
fuence. The churl who delights his coarse
nature in saying ungracious things, and the
boor who riots in vulgar slang for the enter
tainment Of groundlings, may be thought odd
or droll or eccentric, which last is the polite
word for denotng an offensive fellow; but,
after all, there is that in right and good cul-
ture which wears best and works longest in
this rude world.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

NEGLEcr.-Most of the calamities Of life
are caused by simple neglect. BY neglect OF
education children grow up in Ignorance. BY
neglect farm grows up in weeds and briars.
BY neglect house goes to decay. BY neg
lect of sowing man will have no harvest.
By neglect Of reaping the harvest will rot in
the field. No worldly interest can prosper
where there is neglect; and may it not be 50
in religion? There is nothing in earthly at:
fairs that is valuable, that will not be ruined
if not attended to and why may it not be so
with the concerns of the soul? Let no one
infer, therefore, that because he is not a
drunkard, or all adulterer, or murderer,
that he will be saved. Such an inference
would be as irrational as it would be for a
man to infer that because he is not murder
er his farm will produce harvest, or that
because he is not an adulterer, therefore his
merchandise will take care of ITSELF Saliva
ton would be worth nothing if it cost no eff
fort-and there will be no salvation where nc
effort is put forth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24
FAITH AND FAILURE.

The children of Israel had got through the
DESERT and were close up to Canaan-so close
that they sent over an exploring company to
come back and tell how things looked. These
spies returned, bringing grapes and glad
tidings. The land was fruitful and delight
full but, alas! there were giants in it. Then
the people set up great, big, foolish cry Of
lisap ppointment and terror. They blamed
Moses, and blasphemously murmured against
God. They exclaimed, ave shall never get
in we had better died in Egypt, we had bet
ter been buried in the wilderness All but
two persons joined in this. And then Gods
patience gave out. He was angered against
the whole of them. He made Moses tell
them that they might have trusted him, and
he would have borne them on.
Now that they said they should not enter
in, no one but Joshua and Caleb should ever
set foot in the land of covenant and promise.
Those who had said they were going to die in the
desert might die in the desert, and he would wait
for them to do it. "Say unto them, As truly
as live saith the Lord, "As ye have spoken
in mine ears so will I do to you" And then
he commanded that the entire nation should
start back down toward the Red Sea again.
There can be no mistaking the purpose and
sense of this history; for the apostle, way over
in the New Testament, remarks, $50 we see
they could not enter in because Of their: un-
belief. Let u.s. therefore, fear lest, promise
being left US of entering into his rest, any of
you should seem to come short of it."-C s.
Robinson
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SPEAK NAE ILL.

SPEAK NAE ILL.
Other people have their faults,
And so have We as. well,
But all yechance to see or hear
Ye have nae right to tell.
Ifye Gamma speak O. good,
Take care, and see, and feel,
Earth has all too much O. woe,
And not enough O. veal.
Be careful that We make nae strife
VII meddling tongue and brain,
For We will find enough to do
five will look at home.
1fye Gamma speak O. good,
o, dinna speak at all,
For there is grief and woe enough
On this terrestrial ball.
fye should feel like picking flaws,
Ye better 60, ween,
And read the book that tells we all
About the mote and beam.
Dinna lend ready ear
To gossip or to strife,
Or, perhaps, twill make for we
Nae funny thing Of life.
o, dinna add to others woe
Nor mock it with your mirth,
But give We kindly sympathy
To suffering ones of earth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

GARMENTS MADE WATERPRooF.-A wri-
ter in an English paper says: l think can
give travellers valuable hint or two. For
many years have worn india.rubber water
proofs, but will buy no more, for have learned
that good Scottish tweed can be made entirely
impervious to rain, and moreover, l have
learned how to make it so and, for the bene-
fit of your readers, I will give the recipe: In
a bucket of soft water put half pound of
sugar of lead, and half pound of powdered
alum stir this at intervals, until it becomes
clear pour it off into another bucket, and put
the garment therein, and let it be in for twen-
ty-four hours, and then hang it up to dry,
without ringing it. Two of my party-a lady
and gentelman-have worn garments thus
treated in the widest storms of wind and
rain, without getting wet. The rain hangs
upon the cloth in globules. In short, they
were really waterproof. The gentleman, a
fortnight ago, walked nine miles in storm of
rain and wind, such as you rarely see in the
South and when he slipped off his overcoat,
his underwear was as dry as when he put
them on. This, think, a secret worth know
ing for cloth, if it can be made to keep out
wet, is, in every way, better than what we
know rs most waterproofs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

ng- Many years ago colored Baptist cler-
gyman from southern State came to Boston
to raise money to build church. Our peo-
pie did not come down very heavy, and some
one, knowing Barnes disrelish of the African
generally, sent the applicant to him: Barnes
received him graciously, and asked, "What
kind of church are you going to put up?'
"Baptist." "How much money do you want
to raise ?" Give thousand dollars" "Is
that enough?" eyes" The colonel sat down
at his desk, took out his check book, filled it
out for the entire sum, and the colored brother
thought he had struck oil sure. "One thing"
said Barnes, II wantunderstood before sign
my name." "Certainly, anything" "The
Baptists put the fellers all under water, don't
they ?" ENTIRELY that is our style" "Well,
want you to agree to have the water boiling
hot and scald every darkey to death that goes
in."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLlN A,
COUNTY OF CHESTER COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
J, C. H. Claussen and VIM. Utterhardt as Execu-
tors of the last Will and Testament of John
Campsen, deceased, Plaintiffs, against Wm
r. Robertson, Theodore D. Kline and James
Doig, Defendants.-SummonsJo for Relief.
To the Defendants, VIM. r. Robertson, Theodore
D. Kline and James Dog:
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint in thi" action, which Is
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas for the said county, and to serve copy
of your answer to the said complaint on the sub
scrbers at their office, in the town of Chester, S.
Carolina, within twenty days after the service
hereof exclusive of the day of service and if
you fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Dated June l3th 1873.
McLURE & McLURE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
TO THE DEFENDANTS-W William r. Robert
son, Theodore d. Kline and James Doig:
You will take notice that a summons in this
action, of which the foregoing is a true copy, was
filed in the office Of the Clerk of said county, at
Chester Court House, in tho county and State
aforesaid, on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1873, and
that ifyou fail to answer, required in the said
summons, the Plaintiffs will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
McLURE & McLURE,
, Plaintiffs Attorneys syy
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

ARE You READY?-Rev. DR.. Kidd was a
Scotch minister of some prominence, and
very eccentric, and one who had his own way
of doing things. One of his parishioners says
1 was busy in my shop when, in the midst
of my work, in stepped the Doctor.
"Did you expect me?" was his abrupt In
quiry, without even waiting for a salutation.
"No," was my reply.
"What if had been Death?" asked he,
when at once he stepped out as abruptly as
his came, and was gone almost before knew
it."
What a question! What thought for
every one Of us |! Does not death come to
most, if not to all, as unexpectedly as this
And does not the inquiry impress the lesson
from our Saviour's lips: "Be ye also ready ;
for in such an hour as ye think not the Son
of man cometh ?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24


WHIcH-"Yes, mother, I know ; but then,
you see, my good feelings only last half a
jiffy." So said my boy to me last evening in
answer to my appeal.
II know it, Henry" said l "but how long
does it take to switch off locomotive on to
the wrong track? Once started on the wrong
track, no matter how smoothly and swiftly it
may run, it is running to destruction. On
the other hand, moment only and the switch
tender.will have put the locomotive on the
right track and the cars will 60 on safely"
$50 with the heart. 1t takes only mo-
ment to pray sincerely, Lord save me- 1t
takes only moment to say, Keep me from
this sin O, Lord
"It takes only moment to say from the
heart, Lord, give me thy Holy Spirit; make
me thy child do not leave me; let me not
leave thee
"On the other hand, it takes but moment
to say, 'Pshaw! what's the use? l don't care
1t takes but moment to say, I'm not going
to be laughed at for being Christian, |
know 1t takes but moment to drive the
Spirit of God away by simply diverting the
mind, which may be done in many ways.
"And so the soul may be switched on to the
right track or on the wrong track in q mo,
ment of time, and either run safely to the
end of life, by Gods grace, or run swiftly and
surely to destruction"
Is my soul on the right or wrong track 2
Morning Light.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

bes" Cheap postage, it appears, is of humble
origin. An English lecturer recently told
his audience that Mr.. Rowland Hill saw a
poor woman whose husband was away look
earnestly at the outside Of letter from him,
and then decline to take it, as the postage
was too great. He expressed his sympathy,
but when the postman was gone she explained
that the letter was all outside her husband
and she had agreed OF signs and tokens to be
conveyed by lines and dots and variations Of
the address, so that she could thus learn with
out fee that he was well or i'll, was coming
home soon, or wished her to come to him, or
would send her money next week, and so on
The furure reformer thought it pity the
poor should be driven to such shifts, and
accordingly preached penny postage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

SUFFICIENT TO SAvE-When | think of
many poor working man toiling from morn:
ing to night all the year round, for wretched
subsistence, ground down by dire poverty,
with neither the opportunity nor the inclina-
ton for mental improvement, whose whole
sum of knowledge is comprehended in being
able to spell out with difficulty the plainest
parts of the Bible; when I think of such a
person, thank God that it is only necessary
to touch the hem of Christ's garment in order
to be saved that one or two simple gospel
truths-such as "Christ came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance" }" "Come
unto me- all ye that labor and are heavily
laden, and 1 will give you rest," are sufficient
by the blessing of the Spirit, to save and
comfort the sOul,-lclIilan.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

py- The latest Maternal Vagary of the an
imal kind is reported from Lyndon, N. H.,
where consderate SOW is credited with suck
ling an orphan kitten. Two years ago, when
the SOW was bringing up litter Of pigs, a little
kitten strayed into the pen, took its place in
the litter, and was assigned to one of the feed:
ers. The pigs grew up and were separated
from the maternal embrace, but the kitten
remained and kept its place beside the SOW:
In due time, another litter of pigs appeared
and the kitten formed one of the new family,
and acted as older sister. As this litter of
pigs separated from their mamma, the kitten
attempted to supply their places with half a a
dozen small cats, which the SOW devoured
heartily, seeming grateful for the present.
Sow and kitty we're then sole companions till
another litter of pigs appeared, when kitty
kept up her family relations. She sleeps on
the sow's back and seldom leaves the pen.
These afectionate companions may be seen at
any time under the livery-stable barn, and
are one and inseperable.