The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-12-23
Prevalent Mistakes.

1t is n mistake to suppose that tn,
subscription price of "a newspaper
is clear gain to tho publisher.
1t is mistake to suppose tha
he gets his white paper for moth
ing.
1t is mistake to suppose it i
printed without cost.
7 1t is a mistake to suppose that h
can 1.-Two bodily by faith.
1t Is Il mistake to suppose that
it ie an easy thing to ploase every
body.
lta mistake to suppose that
paper Is not worth buying which
contains only what we know alrea
dy.
1t is mistake 10 suppose thai
money duo for paper would Le
as good to us year honcc as now.
The new currency party, just or
ganizcd at Indianapolis, proposes to
20 it on the general idoa Of an old
Georgian of whom Gen. Robert
Toombs told the President last
tp' ing. During the hard times of
'73, when money was scarce and the
State Bank was at its wits end, this
astute iirancier Of the rural districts
came TO Millcdgcvillr aud sought his
repre- tative in the Legislature.
" /. Toon.bs," says he, "we must
have money. We're oblccged 20
have more money" "Well," lays
Toon'bs in his brusque way, chow in
the HI nrc you going TO get |, q"
"Out Of the State Bank" says the
6nancier. "But,' says Toombs
struck by the carnestneSs of his con
stituent, chow is the State Bank
going to get it 2: "Stamp it," says
the' ,tinancier. "HunW it," roarcJ
Toon, bs, "aud howl .inplhe HI is il
going to-. redeem tho money it
stamps ~ a glow sufIuscd the face
Of the tinancicr." "Why, Mr..
Toomhs," says he, that'sju what Pm
a comiu' to. You SEQ, Mr.. Toombs,
1 M ag'n redemption !"
Wo have read MANY stirring ap-
peals on the eve Of an election, urg~
ing voters to come out and showing
the Importance Of q single vote but
we never rend anything quite as over.
powering in that direction as the
following paragraph from an Ohio
paper:
In 1880, Dan Stono, Of Cincinnati,
was candidate for the State lcgisla-
ture. Walking up Main street on
the morning of the election, he over.
took an acquaintance going to the
polls, who intended to vote the op-
pc.ition tick,t. "We are old fricnds,"
said, "and I know YOU will show a
friend that mark of kindn css" -
Party spirit was then comparatively
quiet. Tho voter replied : "Wcll,
Dan, you are pretty clever fellow
| don't care IF [ do" The vote
elected Ssono, and gave him a major
ty Of one in the legislature, which
made Thomas Ewing, U. S. Senator.
Mr.. Ewing's vote on the question Of
confirming Martin Van Buren, as
mini"tcr plcuipotcntiary to Great,
Britain, enabled the vice president
to give the casting vote against it,,
! and called Mr.. Van Buren, first,
vice president, and determined the
general political policy of the coun
try for four years. OIc vote ac-
complishcd all this.
1t hns been estimated that Of H.
100000 women in America, ll,000,-
600 wear calico dresses, more or loss
that the spirit Of economy, has during
the pnst year, induced them to forego
ono dress picco from their usual
outlay that the average calico dress
contains eleven yards, and that con-
sequently there has been LOGS to
the trade by this retrenchment OF
l2l ,oOn, 900 yards. This is nearly
tho entire product of all the mills Of
Massachusetts for year.
---4s - o.
By the disobodienoe of lad in
1903, garden gate in Rhode Island
was left open, and pig got in aud
destroyed few plants. A quarrel
between the owners Of the pig aud
the garden grew ont of it, which
spread among their lrlelds, oeIeateo
the Federal candidate for the Legis.
lature. and gave tho State Demr!
cratic Senator, by whose vote the war
of 1912 with Great Britain was de-
declared.
William Kupp, who died at Doug
iasvillc Pa., last week, was probably
the heaviest man in the United
States, weighing $50 pounds, and
measuring twchty-nine inches around
the calf OF the leg. Hc was five feet
eight iuchos in height, twonty"ono
years old and very handsome.
A woman's switch of hair got into
the bed somo way, and her husband
aid awake all night, shiverihg and
shaking under tho idoa that rattle'
snake was curlod down against hi:
loo Whom he found ont the trutl