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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

LOVES M1sHAPs.-The Boston Journalsays:
"There is young lady in California who has
had a very unfortunate courtship. She resides
in San. Francisco and one evening her lover
was accompanied by friend. AS the gentle
men were about to depart, the friend put on the
lovers coat by mistake, and finding pistol in
the pocket, accidentally shot the young lady
with it, the ball entering her arm. Subsequent
" he showed his regret for the accident and his
solicitude for the lady by frequent calls to see
how she was getting along during her illness.
The result was that the original lover was cut
out; it might be said that he was shot out. An
engagement soon followed the wedding was to
have taken place during the month of August.
But few weeks ago the couple went out for a
drive, and while making one of the numerous
turns in the road selected, the buggy was over
turned, the lady rolling down bank and al
most into stream, coming so near the water
that her clothes were saturated. A broken leg
and other severe injuries were the result for
her. The lover escaped without injury. He
is a precious fellow to think of getting ngmarried.
The wedding is necessarily postponed several
months 1t ought to be postponed till the lady
finds some one who is not likely, ultimately, to
kill her by accident"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

AN AGGRAVATED BURGLARY.-I have be-
fore mentioned the fact that it is common
practice in Philadelphia to build thirty or forty
houses, all precisely alike, in a row, so that
man who lives in the middle has to begin at
the corner and count in order to reach his resi-
dence My friend Partridge, who occupies one
of these houses, has been spending the summer
in the country, his residence being closed mean
time A few nights ago he happened to be in
town, and, passing by his dwelling, he saw
lights in the second story. He knew at once
that burglars were engaged in routing out his
valuables, and he instantly flew to the police
station and obtained squad of policemen to
capture them. Two officers were sent around
into the back yard, and the others pried open
the front shutter window, and together with
Partridge entered the parlor softly, with the
intention to surprise the burglars. The parlor
and hall were dark, and the squad proceeded
up stairs, feeling that they had everything. in
their own hands Just as they reached the first
landing. they met one Of the burglars coming
down in the darkness. They grabbed him, and
as he yelled a good deal they knocked him
on the head few times, and after manacling
him, laid him out in the entry. Proceeding to
the front door, they broke the door open,
and found nobody there but woman who was
scared halfto DEATH The officers were about
to seize her, when Partridge came in, and rec
ognized her as Mrs. Kellogg, the wife of the
man who lives two doors below him. In fact
it was Kclogg's house, and Kellogg was lying
below in the entry with chains on his legs, and
a lump as big as an egg plant on his head, and
mad besides Partridge's house was as safe as
ever. Then the policemen swore, and went
home and Partridge remained to soothe the
Kellogg's. 1t cost him 500 in cash, and even
then they were down on him. He is going to
move. lie wants to find pink house with a
green cupola, in the center ola thirty y-acre field
He wants a conspicuous house that he can rec
opnize at uistance-1uur. Adeler.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

Srop CoUGuING-In one of his Boston lee
lures, Dr. Brown-Sequard gives the following
simple means for checking coughing, sneezing,
ETC.: "Coughing can be stopped by pressing
on the nerves of the lip in the neighborhood OF
the nose. A pressure thcro may prevent a
cough when it is beginning. Sueezing may be
I stopped by the same mechanism. Pressing,
also, in the ncighborhood of the ear, rig int in
front of the ear, may stop coughing. 1t is So
also, Of hiccough, but much less SO than fol
sneezing or coughing. Pressing very hard on
the ton of the mouth, inside, is also means oi
stopping coughing. And | may say that the
will has immense power there. There was q
French soldier who used to say, whenever he
entered the wards of his hospital, The first
patient who coughs here will be deprived o.
food to-day 1t was exceedingly rare that
patient coughed thcn."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

A Coop SIGN.-One of the most cheering
indications of the fact that the West is begin
ming to understand the condition of affairs in
the South, and to call for a change in the poll
cy of the Government towards this section, is
found in resolution passed by the Liberal Re.
publican and Democratic Convention of Min
nesota. 1t is the first plank in the platform
was adopted unanimously, and has pleasant
sound to Southern ears. Here it is:
"Belicving the present disastrous condition
of the Southern States TO be largely due to the
corrupt rule of ofcarpet-bag politicians, who have
plundered and impoverished the people, inten-
sifed the prejudices of race and driven these
communities to the verge of civil war: know,
inr that this state of affairs has been devel-
oped one during the administration of President
Grant and been fostered BY the course of the
Republican party, and despairing of relief, ex-
cept through radical change OF policy, we
demanded the maintenance of just and
impartial policy towards the people of the
South, whereby both races will be protected
in their rights the expulsion of the thieves
and perfect equality before the law for all per:
sons, without regard to race, color or politica
This is all the South wishes. Let her get ric
of the thieves, who are bleeding her to death
let the Administration allow the people of thu
South to control their own domestic affairs
and to exercise the right of local self-govern
ment and there will be no more trouble.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08
Fertility of Fruit Trees and the Rationale
of Fruit.Bearing.

There are certain we'll known laws in vegs-
table growth which should be kept in mind,
and occasionally brought into notice, serving as
hints to those who may be Ignorant, or forget
full of their application.
Unproductiye fruit trees may often be brought
into bearing by process which has long been
known, but which has lately received more at
tention, viz, by beading down the erect, ,up-
ward growing branches into horizontal or
dropping position, and keeping thom so, through
one growing season, 20 as to give them perna-
nent shape.
It is related of grape vines-one trained yer.
tically, one obliquely upward, one horizontal
and one downward, that the last bore the
heaviest crop. Many years ago | had pear
tree which grew vigorously, pushing annually
strong upright shoots but never towering. By
attaching weights to three or four OF these up:
right limbs so rs to bend them downwards and
keep them in that position all summer, the
over luxuriaut growth was arrested, and flower
buds formed and the next year these branches
bore fruit, whilst other vertical limbs remained
unfruitfui.
The rationale of this is, that the flow of sap
is most abundant in the upright or vertical
growth, and the tendency then is to form wood
and leaves only This is the case with oil
vigorous trees. 1t is not until the limbs begin
q
gins
The reproductive organ of a plant (fo'oers
and seed Uessets) are only metamorphosed leaves
leaves arrested in their normal growth and
transformed into calyx, corolla and fruit. Any
thing therefore that distnrhs OF impalrs the ex-
cessively vigorous growth of plant has q ten-
dency to throw it into a fruit bearing condition.
That which would have gone into leaf and wood
is diverted into more profitable channels.
The practical farmer and fruit grower know
this very well, though they may be ignorant OF
the reason.
Cotton is topped to arrest the upward luxu.
RANT growth, and to force the sap into the hori.
zontal branches, which being retarded is de-
yeloped into flowers and fruit Many of our
garden vegetables may be over-stimulated by
high manuring, so rs to run into leaf and stem
at the expense of the fruit.
We must keep this principle in view, viz,
that excessive luxuriance tends to the torma-
ton of leaf and woody fibre (the increase IN
size of Ms il2iri9uat plant, and that 1t is not
until this luxuriance is disturbed and somewhat
impaired tha! flowers and fruit are developed,
1.-THE reproduction Of species.)
It is found too, that when practicable, as in
the case of grape vines the limbs should be
trained straight horizontally and not curved.
When straight, the flow of sap is uniform
throughout and all the buds are developed
alike; if curved, the uppermost buds get too
much, and the lower too little nourishment, SO
that the object is in measure defeated.
This principle in vegetable physiology Is of
wide application, and the observant culturlst
will be able to see in it the explanation OF
many things, which otherwise would have been
obscure. II. w. RAVENEL.
! (Rurai CdroHnian for October.
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"A prominent New York publisher told
us one day that when he casually remarked to
a bookseller, who had come on to the city
from distant part of the country to attend
the annual trade sale, that they had often
talked on business together, but never about
their souls welfare, the heart of the stranger
overAowcd with gratitude at the mere mention
of religion, and said that he had long been
waiting for some one to say word that would
lead him to Christ. lie had long been almost
q Christian, Just on the threshold, without
going in. The result was that the one word IN
Season 8 led him into rest and triumph. When
Livingstone told the chief of a heathen tribe
the story of Christianity, the latter replied
"Iow long have you known ths?" "Oh," said
the traveller, "ny fathers knew it," "Then why
did they not tell me about it?" was the
response. The barbarian's questions applies
equally we'll to Christian lands, where there are
multitudes of people who have been many
wears in connection with the Church, and yet
have never manifested personal interest in
the salvation of those nearest them in many
relations.
- Life is made up of little things, and in
New Jersey they're chiefly mosquito bites.
- 1t has been noticed that nothing makes
woman laugh so much as a new set OF teeth.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

"A Chicago clergyman relates the follow
;no anecdote: I once married handsome
Young YOU couple, and as I took the bride by the
hand at the close of the ceremony, and gave
her her NV warmest congratulations, she tossed
her pretty face, and pointing to the bridegroom,
replied, II think he is the one to be eongratu-
lated"
Rev. Jesse H. Jones, of Abingdon, Mass,
holds that man has natural right to as much
land as he can work with own hands; that
land should not be bought or sold, and that no
man MAJ, has the right to make will, for the
reason ,,s that when he is dead it is none OF his
business what becomes of what he leaves be-
hind.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

= Any man can be cheerful when in the
midst of prosperity, brave when there is no
dancer. and trustful when there is no cause for
suspicion. True manhood is not fully tested
until confronted by adversely, brought face to
face with peril, and assailed by doubts as to
the existence Of human virtue and good faith.
When boys stand on their heads they ap-
pear to occupy false position in the world.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08
In Parson Brownlow's prospect

In Parson Brownlow's prospectus an
nouncing a resuscitation of the Knoxville
Whig, he declares that he "will wage war um- IT,
ceasingly upon the infamous civil rights oill,
now before congress, or any other like odious
class legislation" He proposes to commence
the publication of the IVhig as soon as ne re-
ceiyes "from three to FIVE thousand subscribers,
which he expects to do at an early day."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08
The Edgeneld Disturbance.

The annexed statement of facts connected
with the recent disturbance in Edgefeld County
is copied from the Charleston News and C6u-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

Mcp Kork, September 8, 1874.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-11

The Wing expresses its qualification at the
conservative tone Of the press OF the STATE
on the subject of the State debt and the OBJ
legations to pay it. We unite with it 10 ibis
credit to the Virginia press. 1t is always
sound. But why put limit upon the
smount we expect to pay! Why not lay
the taxation in manner that will show the
esrnestness of the State in her effort to pay
| We believe that in order to show such evi'
dence of our purpose we should not only
find as many new sources OF revenue az we
can. but that we should increase the TAX on
real and personal property. 1t shoula DC
increased ten cents Oh The hundred collars
value of properly. and Il we can't 90 tha'
increase it fee cents.
The assessed value of the land has been
steadily diminished, while the tax re"ainS
unchanpcd. Il that a way to show our Gre
ditors that we mean to pays Even now
bill is pending in the Legislature IN con-
formitv to 8 constitutional provision. which
will pass, authorizing the reassessment OF the
lands of the Commonwealth. And we may
fear hat assessments will be still further re-
duced.
If there is no increase in the tax, how
Will that show the intention of paying On the
part of Virginia9
If gentlemen mean to carry out their pro-
LESSONS, let them come forward WITH PROOFS
Of intention. ...
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Interesting Letter from California

Interesting Letter from, California.
Az: s JUSTIN, CAL, March %, 1874. ;
Editors Richmond Dispatsh: venture to
write a few words about my portion OF Cali.
fornia- viz: the great valley of the Santa
Ana thinking some of your readers might
be interested. The Santa ANA valley lies
between the Foot bills Of the coast range of
mountains and the sea, 1t is forty miles
long from east to west and fifteen miles in
breadth from north to south, and contains
600 square miles. --- -~.-------------
Between this valley and the bills on the
north side is broad belt of Nusd or table
land, of equal extent to the valley, and gene
rally of equal fertility. Both combined form
an area of 1920 square miles-the whole
containing in one body every desirable va
fiety of land, adapted to an equal variety of
productions, and possessing climate which
for mi!dness, equabillty of temperature,
healthfulness, and delicious softness, is I'm.
equalled in any part OF the world. p
The Santa Ana, Coyote, and Old Sam
Gabriel rivers cross the valley from north to
south, and have during the thousands OF
years brought down and deposited in this
wiley the rich surface soil washed by the
rains from the lands Of the interior, and
this, by gradual accretion, has formed the
rich alluvial soil Of which the valley is COM
posed. ',,t,. : s9
The Stearns, San joaquin, Santa Edgo de
Santa Ana, and Lepuloida Ranches are 10.
Gated here, and with but one exception have
been townshiped and sectionized In cou.
formty with the Government surveys, are
for saleto purchasers in small or lurge lots
on easy terms, and are being rapidly filled
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IN 4 Substitute offered by Dir. NStLlAAs ~.
ssc}san 1ox. WIKI had@previeWly oeen
agreed tosSnd rccpsIdeted, the substitute
was fe34t4sd. a. nS
n KeIsrn Moved t6rsfer tts @4th gee
ftion. with#amendm ents propoae4 10 tns
Committee aon Finance; which WIS agreeu
itp-aYes, II nues, 10. ------. -
Mr., STUART moved to reconsider tne m ~
because the ucomnitment; oil pofI,or -
| the bill carried the whole bill from 0e'o.e
the House, an6 -appeaieu 10 tne SPsAkhA ~
decide that point.u y ts<n1 tl.1 3sihh LIT
l. The SPEAKER having sustained the p naS
| made by Mr.. STUART the House reconsloeio"
and voted down the motion to fecomln.s' Co.
| Mr., ARMSTRONG offered q 81 osLituee ioh
| section 1O4 Itax on merchants licenses] 2.
| Mr., Konss supported the substitute anu
! made a violent attack upon Richmone, ena
especially Richmond, merchants. he aavisea
country merchants to 60 to Baitinloie ~
| New York to buy goods. aoesnded
Mr.. GILMAN and Mr.. COaHILL deienue"
Three o'clock having arrived t~hlle MT A.;
CoeHILL was speakipg) the chair was 'a'''e0
until P. N. 's...;ou ~ IN, y.
| Sneaker HANGER resumed Inc rcnan ~ .
P. NJ. - IL. ,,,,, ,ve,e s.1-, 49, ~
tn amend the act incorporating the k,c q,
,,ond and Fair Oaks Turnpike company III
he To incornorate the Blacksburg Railroad
company. in Montgomery county. IL,
For the relief of John ID. Iempieton' ia'e
sheriff of Scott county. urnono
Association, of Orange county, with amend anne d
To prescribe bow hypothecation OF pro-
dnc,s and commodities shall be made, and TO
nrobibit the bypothecation of consignments
except on conditions, with amendments.
| -z. DISMISSED. .-..
Senate bill making an annual approprla.
ton to the sinking fund for the purchase oil
certain bonds of the State. g..
House bill to regulate the sale of boots and
shoes containing wood or paper bottoms.
Several bills were advanced to their en-
grossment. "
| Adjourned at 9:5u- --------.-
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We must Pay.

sta,e has the power, and to that attaches
the duty, to protect itself in preserving ''s
arder and security, and to facilitate inter-
aourse and promote the welfare OF the peo-
Mo, tn do all this the State has the power
~ n,oy,de ,he means by taxation, and by
horrowi,y money. The failure Of the State
~ perform the duties that pertain TO 1t
avid secm 10 divcst it OF the character OF
=. State. To attempt the performance OF the
dn.;es il owes to the people by borrowing
ronev which it fails to pay is equally an
.,d;cation of its claims to regard IN 'hc
world as civilized State.
Re.weeu State that borrows and does not
nav the ,ender and one that, by pirat'cai eS'
notien,s, procures the means 1t needs ior the
.rosacn,ion of the business Of government,
the distinction is much TOO faint for the com
fort Of those who live under government
,ha, forfei.s its good faith to pay back money
i, has borrowed and expended in the public
good. $50.
While we think that the people OF Viz
,Inia are no. wanting in appreciation OF ths
ner;l that threatens Virginia, we fear tina
thew do not see fully the critical character 0
the situation in which their yenerated Com
monvealth is placed. Her debt has bee'
s,eadily increasing since the war, and tina
PROCESS must be checked if we hope to re
deem the public faith Of Virginia. Ii 1t o
allowed to continue, it will not be long be
fore the weight OF debt will be so large tina
We shall despair of ever paying it.
Therefore, we must now make some ein
Gent effort to check the growth Of the debt AM
prove to the world that We fully understand
she awful consequences Of public dishonor-
their consequences upon the general weifar
and upon the individual interests Of ever!
citizen. To protest that we will not repu
date, and yet pursue the policy that leads L
reputation, would be to bring down upor
Us the censure and discredit of the "orld.
The truth is we cannot prove that we DC
not favor reputation save by increasing Tie
State revenue by increasing taxes: ana lha'
increase must reach every body. we cannon
.av that we cannot increase this or that tax.
That cannot A" is merely another phrase for
will not" and puts the seal of insincerlty
mon our professions. We can bear more
tax. We should be ready to do anything
,ha, Is of vital importance to the State,
and this can be done without great sacrifice
10 the citizen, while the good that will fol-
low bold and patriotic shoulderlng OF the
small additional burthen that is necessary
will bring untold benefits upon every Virgil
MAN.
Let us prove to the world that Virginia
~ State.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-11

CREvAssE IN THE MISSISSIPPI LEyEEs.-
Memphis, April 10.-The officers of the
steamer A. }. White, which has arrived here,
brings additional intelligence concerning the
'crevasse at Husbpuckany. 1t is the opinion
:of planters there that the leyee was cut
Wednesday night, either by raftsmen or
persons living on The west side of the river
10 relieve them from threatened overflow.
The crevasse is one hundred yards wide. and
the water is pouring through if. An unsuc-
cessful attempt was made yesterday to re-
pair the leyee. This leyee is one Of the
largest on the river, having q base of three
hundred feet and an average height of
twenty. five feet. 1t is feared that immense
damage will be done in the Sunfower, Tai
labatchie, and Yazoo bottoms. -4@
New ORLEANS, April 10--Eleven addi-
tional creVasses are reported below the city,
four of which are said to be serious breaks.
The water has risen one il ch in twenty four
hours, and it is reported to be running over
the levees at many points below. Is..
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HoLLYwooD.-The Hollywood Cemetery
Association are asking for the right to en-
large their grounds to the extent Oh one
hundred acres. We do not think tnat IL is
to the interest of Richmond that Holly
wood should be enlarged. 1t never should
have been placed where it is, and =
should not be allowed to grow. 1t is
in the line of the march of the city's
growth, and the larger it is the. more
it will be in the way of the uses of society.
The most desirable parts of the land here
about for the comfort Of the living, and for
the purposes Of commerce, borders the river.
And graveyards in such desirable places are
fated to early encroachments. We should
consider it in every sense unwise to enlarge
Hollywood.
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CRAZY MAN IN DAYToS.-Quite a commo-
ton was created in Dayton, small village
abont four miles southwest of this place, on
Monday morning last at daylight, by the
freaks of lunatic. John May, an elderly
gentleman, probably tifty-tive or sixty years
of age. who for some time past has been en-
gagged in making cutting-bCxes, jumped
from his bed and ran through the streets,
crying, tearing his hair. and performing
many other frantic manGuyres, to the
terror of every one who happened to be
out in Dayton at that early hour.
air. Henry Peterson, who was in his gar
den near MIR. Mays house, saw him run of,
aud hearing the screams of his daughter,
through whose room the maniac passed in
his exit from the house, started in pursuit.
After going some distance be was overtaken
and secured, For the last three or four
weeks be has been noticed to have been
somewhat wandering in his mind, but on
Monday last the first violent symptoms of
alteration were Indicated. Mr.. Peterson
and two other gentlemen from Dayton
brought him to Harrisonburg, and lodged
him in Jail to await an examination before
the proper uthorities.-Rockingha Regis
fer '...."