The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-10-08
ABOUT THE Town AND COUNTY

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ABOUT THE Town AND COUNTY -
The weather is delightful, and minds us OF
the Indian Summer.
We mind too that frost cannot be far of.
And with frost, malarial maludies will re-
eelye their quletus.
No one will object.
Cotton is growing in power again, abdica-
ting its throne for few days, its klngly
power will soon be felt.
The hardest picking Is when We try to pick
up items for this department. The easiest
picking can be done in cotton field, with
the stalk knee to waist high, and full Of open
lint.
The next hardest thing to do is to put
money In your purse. Ring-masters alone
can do this trick.
Ed was trying on pair Of shoes the o:hes
day at Shiver's. which were tight. Said he,
they are too small in the waist he must
have been thinking OF his sweetheart.
At the Concert Wednesday night, little
fellow asked, when Prof. Schmitt came on the
stage, if hc was the man who jobbed knife
through his arm, alluding to Mons. Gerard.
He thought the knife feat the best,
Another one wanted to know why Prof. 5.
played the fiddle so fast, didu't he want to
get done?
There is q crazy man loose in this town,
his mania leading him to dot the richest men,
and among the number OF second john Jacob
Astcxs, he ranks the unfortunate editor Of
this paper-the poorest devil Of them all.
That man must be taken up or he viii bring
T the community into trouble by raising ex.
pectations.
The possum hunting season Is upon us,
and the sport Is being INDUCED in consider
ably. John started the other night, and
thinking be would BE- out late took lunch
with him in black bottle. The last seen OF
him he had treed u big fellow on the Stewart
Corner. Heknew it ives large by his eyes
being so big and bright. Our reporter pass
ing at the time said John mistook the fame
OF the lamp for the animals eyes, and the
lamp post for tree. Good Templars vii!
please look after John.
Oaths are vulgar, senseless, offensive, i'm
pious: like obscene words. they, leave
uoisome trail upon the lip, and stamp OF
odium upon the soul. They are ine1cusa-
bic. They crafty no sense, while they out
rage taste and dignity.
Young man, If while walking with your
sweetheart you come to ditch, and she De
afraid to take it, yell out "snakes. and she II
clear it in o jiffy.
We ore gratifed to state that that abomi-
nable, villainous hole this side Of jalapa on
the public road, mentioned lately In thia pa
per, has been flled up and m-de ready for
winter travel. The Doctor assures US Of this.
. Several of the young ladies' of the town
left. last week for College life abroad, and
the consequence is that any number of young
men arc disconsolutc. Their sighs are piteous
to hear and would touch the heart Of q 5000
year old mummy Poor fellows, the girls
will return again, and each will haVe-a new
beaux. Cheer up. --.
The man who. forgot to bring iu the magni'
ficeut brides cake, prepared and set away
especially for tie delectatiou Of the editor OF
this paper, may look ont for the consequences
at sight.
Did you ever do anything wrong without,
sooner or later, being in fear, shame o. sor'
row on account Of 1t?
"The smiles of pretty woman are the
tears Of the purse "He who takes an eel
BY the tail, or womsn by the tongue, is
sure to come of smpy-handcd.
fyou let the cat out Of tho bag never try
to cram it back again; it only makes matters
worse. = ss.a-..
We see that there IS 8 man in Troy who
has done business about a year without c1-
pending dollar in advertising. He has ut
las. consented to advertise. His first advcr-
tisement was headed, stSherifrs Sale"
# he had been in Newberry such "a mis-
fortune would never had happened. Every.
body advertises here, and he would have fol-
lowed suit. 7-.'-'
Said merchant the other day, that was
capital notice You gave me last week.
Glad to hear it, said we, and how much was
it worth, think you. Five collars, answered
he. Spoken like sensible, honest man, said
we. Twas good, said he. When will we see
it, said we. Christmas, and ip toys, said he.
To FARAERs.-Cows should be taken In
about sunset, or before they are preparing to
rest for the night, and on no account allow
them to be hurried to OF from the pasture,
especially when full Of milk.
The farmer who is in the habit Of letting
down the corner Of his fence here and there
for passing from one field to another, will
never have definite road laid ont, and never
have his fences in good order.
The best season for pruning to promote
growth, theoretically. is in autumn, soor
after the fall of the leaf. Next to this, winter
pruning performed In mild weather is best
and in orchards this is the season usually
most convenient.-Exchange.