The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-03-28
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1'ie"s" EpiscoPal Cnuroh ID to
have a choir Of surpliced boys.
Hancock county farmers are going to
plant corn largoly this season.
A bank lock, which wsrks by clock
work and can't bo oponod except at cor.
tain hours, even by the owners, il one
Of the latest inventions.
"Think Of it, Mr. Bobbs, the United
STATES drinks s9o,ooO,OOo worth Of
spirits every yearl!'' 7(Bobbs, excitsd)
Chow Twhh Twas tho United States !"
Jimmy, my boy, said a farmer to
his son, take these eggs to tho st ore,
and ,iE,,ys # you eyaa cant get quarter, bring,
them back 'To'-' e = Fa' ,,'S3'j -
He went directed, and and came spn back Jack
saying, Father, it takes Sna me 60 make )
trade. They, ell wanted them at forty. ;,rt,t
cents, but I screwed them down to
twenty f;ya ,sni iEI ur. lE2ibo1Q "f3 u
1t was a North Carolina landlord who
posted ,ts, rtbe nseasicsr sai in his dinins;room
chat men,bsra Of the. Legislature would
be first seated, and aftorward tho gontlo
men.
The man who Yimagined himself wise
because he,I detected some typographical
errorsi in. q newspaper, has gone East
ward to get perpendicular view of the
rainbow. .s.--.--.-.--.---.-
Matt Lynch, a veteran California
editor, having gone to his rest, Mrs
Lynch announces herself as responsible
Tor ALL editorials 9 savage or othorWiao,
that appear in the paper hereafter. I'd
Its not generally known ty even ,rltt to our u,
own people, that North Caro- lima ~ can q
boast che 5largest Black lead mine. ,uiip in
the world. o9rheso mines arc . situated i.tu
four miles West of Raleigh. n l'"8
clergyman of Springfield iiryfa j. who ,seha, has
bad ,ha habit Of, aiding 'er' TO many Of his
words, told, last Sunday, of those who
had been @ brought up on a Lords
side 'ecr.' '.n
Gamma, Anna, ydenrliug, if / should attempt
to spell cupid why could .I,nos get,
beyoInpdhithhe first syllablel" Annie gave
it up and William said, rbecaase / came
to Gu, of COURSE, and therefore l. -cauuot
90 amy further" ,. ....,. Il 49,
Ben Franklin's watch ia owned by a j
staunch old Pennsylvania farmer. This
is opening the year with a first class
9 stock IS kkhparagraph. Eos m enonomi cal
mn, FahkIIn o1esSd he E; ) lea.
Wa know Of -ss.aA : ..iu 1ssss, s,q.=I
'swaP tickers.' su l5
Fellow. citizcns,' . said a colored
preacher, 'ef I had gbeen ea,in' dried
apples for a week, and then tuck to |
drinkin' for n. mont. I couldn Z feel moro
swelled;aup than I is dis mint wild pride
an vanity at scein' such full 'tcndence
dis eyenin.' g-s..
The New England Freedrnen's Aid |
Society has voted to wind up its affairs. |
Since April, 1864, the society has
received and expended over s35O,OoO,
and has supported seventy teachers
among the colored people of the South.
A new organization, to bear the society's |
name and continue its work, is probable.
A Kentucky farmer refused to look
at eample sewing maching recently as
he always "sewed wheat by hand" He
is srelated. to the man who did not wan.
thrashing machine on his farm, .sfor,"
said he, Hgive me harness tug or a
barrel'staYc, and I can make my family
toe the mark according to the law an d
scripter."
The billiard sharps are becoming toe
pkillful. First, the old pocket tablcs
discarded, ns making the game too
easy. Then, for the same reason, tho
three ball game was adopted, discariing
the odd red bell And now, such OK
4raordinary runs are made in the three
ball game, that it is proposed to abolish
NIL plain earoms, and count only cushion
shots, with their balls.
Henry Erskino happening to be re.
tanned for client by the name Of Tickle
commenced his speech in opening the
case thus:
-TiaAkale, my client, the defendant my
}ord-tand upon proceeding SO far wa
interrupted BY laughter ip court, which
was incraased when tho iIIdpa LIZ