The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-02

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A STORY oFtrnEs NORTH OF GERMANY.
Lass % Ls7s.Nh re gass b~ifga~
Before the castle of Gruu;ngen, upon
! the, Bode, one clear summer evening,
the bishop Henry of Halbcrstadt was
seated with foreign prcl,to who had
been his guest for a month. The possct
driuk stood before them in two mighty
hagous. They had been, discoursius
from ten o'clock in the morning, wi en-
they set down. to dinner, about the huge
wine tun which bishop on the Rhine
had just got constructed, and were
agreed in the opinion that it became
very ecclesiastical prince, who would
confer a becoming splendor on his court
to possess similar tun. The affair was
quite settled by both OF them, exec pt-as
to its execution; and their cnnvcrsati,n
began now to be Interrupted by yawns
and to flas on in mono >yllabcs.
% 1t CHANGED, as good fortune would
have it that the shepard Cnnrad passed
by, driving his we'll washed flock across
the castle yard wherr hi: hop Henry u |
to review them every evening. Il
salute you, my lord bishop! Good
evening, Conrad; but where is Harm 2
Conrad whistled, and asbeautifdl large
ram bounded up first to the shepherd
and then to the bishop, who carressed
tile animal aud G fed him with some
crumbs which he. had kept for him
The bishop exchanged a few words with
the shepherd md inquired IF his wed
ding day was at haaa haatal, Gonrad shrug,,
ged his shoulders and passed on with
his flock. & s,;...,- Jse
! Bishop Henry now extolled the beau
tiful ram which he sdeclnred he would
not part with for anything in the world,
and then heturned his 'eulogiu IL on-the
good Conrad, who. he said, was honesty
itself. The foreign bishop laughed
aloud, Tor travel into distant countr cs {,
and frequent stay at foreign courts !,
had filled llim with universal dist rust
Of man. He arcrrrd tlmt it W rs in,p,s
>iblc to finG Il thoroughly hnnest Srrvln
and lcnt.ot ut the court ,ol bish op
They were all - he ,.said, RI cp:nbin I'll t y
cheat their masters, and ull more orllyss
rngues. Bishop Henry eagerly dispu' ed
his asse,ticn; aud extollcd the virtues
IF the good people over whom lie sway
ed the cr"sier, ana above all, his. shep,
/ dcrc Courad, who, as he said, had never
told lie or deceived auy, ,p.rson in his
whole alteAme. aesoE~ds .sssyk g .slffs7
'Nev,r told lie! sFNeveri deceived
| bis MASTERY repeated the 2srlanyer-bishop
| in tone Of iraay. No! Aanswefed d
| Bishop Henry; 'hc never has; and never
will!' Never" reechoed the. foreign
ecclesiastic, twhatawill, you bst2 After
several propositions. the two bishops
agreed upon these conditions: first that
the stake should be an immense tun,
capable of continuing one Hundred an
fIty barrels or wine -and, secondly, ttat
! Conrad, without being made aware war OF
the wager, should be put to,, the trial
within three days, . 1The,tw disnitaries
then parted forlthei msht,sright slad7to
have found Something to ssmuse sqthem
Tor two or three days toicomegd e17eA
The foreign bishop, before he went Co
bed, ,theld, as his custom N was, q cons lta
tion with his confidant, Peter,r who was
uon'inaily his seryent. and Occasionally
his fool but in TACT possessed a. .ruer
claim to ,hetitle ofihis' privyl ,uncior
than many Others euj"yins,Isiglrer' titles
aud places. Peter hada always SOME
shrewd advice to give in every emerge
cy, wh' ther 'ee!n,rorral q Spiritual. TT
was accustomed, to hear, to sc~, aud
sometimes even nIto 70 tllink ,@L his s,1aFH 6,
wi heut any one knowin,it Hssa,h
done so .opathis occasions buts,hea scepnd
litdes thsposedotos stalk tl,isaseyen In g,sfol
the word r9hr, &hfeR had4escap ID "a,
masters Iils d"ring ,ho'Tast,4atfoi1 r Just
narrated, had pat him i"f"1baaShii@hsr, III 1
and it was .ar..s bgl'hss promise sof 2 fcw
scarlet c"p,ajignlatt il the s,see.sspH even! of the wa
ger being won, tlat, his master go, hin
to opegps lhs, so+h1 tsr s@n,o @., satjifca 8
renarks epslhs ep1gn4allHs 4al!H so SeRest Ipf wine
iun which should contain one hnpdrey
|afnd' fifty barfelsa+ltit stosexhanst arnor'
thnn halfthe revenues of ,bislropric ,
iISc ,SnaIr fdanI fo oeGsi .sse .Ny,ay 4 r.,;.