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Connecticut western news., 1874-11-20
NnanIna.

A spelling match was engaged in by mixed company, consisting of two lawyers, q doctor, Q highly educated bookkeSper, and number Of merry school children. The young folks proved victorious. rathcv 70 the cbagrin of the elder party. YeS they had no cause for modification. When man has been ont in .he world q long time, earning bis meat end drink in any other business than thai of school keeping, 1t is astonishing hos ignorant he soon be- comes, god with what awe he 1isfens to little girls bounding The principal e0un- trieg of EcFope, aud stating the latitude and longitude of principal cities perhaps spelling w5th eass and ae- euracy, rnany of aScse puzziing words wbich always send fg to opF Wsbstsr uHsbridRsa. It is sssonishing hov ~s sfea cts learning ss ss Gro~ older
Connecticut western news., 1874-11-20
Sudden Blindness and Recovery.

The Milwaukee Sentinel reports that Mir. Walter Greenwood, of Durand, Wis, became totally blind quite sud denly, and remaining in darkness for just one week his sight returned to him as good as usual. Mir. Greenwood was blind from amaurosis five months while in naval service during the war, which was suspected to have been oc- casioned by the heat and over-exercise while on shipboard in the line of duty, but the cause of the recent attack was unknown, as he had been in his usual health for a long time. The recovery Was as sudden 60 the attack. He ap' piled no trsetrnens except hct wAter.
Connecticut western news., 1874-11-20

BE WIsE.-A practical writer says he admires plump girls, because, in addi. tion to other attractions, as a general thing they eat little, and, like Byron, he dislikes to see woman eat. "Thin, pale, sentimental girls" he observes, twill consume more corned beef than a blacksmith-when no one is looking at them; at table, when gentlemen gre present, one preserved strawberry apparently answers their needs. Fasti- dious young man, don't trust to ap- pearances. Because you find your fragile Dulcinea laDguidly playing the piano in the parlor, it is no sign that her mother is not at tho corner grocery running in debt for peck of potatoes, that she may satisfy the hosrty appetite of her delicate child"
Connecticut western news., 1874-11-20

Mir. Martin, of Boston, got divorce from his wife, and on the same day rasr- ried another woman. Tho next day . judge set aside the divorce as illegal, and the second marriage was ooDsc. duentiy void. Thus Nr. Martin hes c wife thst he oan't get rid of. and vents one thpt he cen't have,
Connecticut western news., 1874-11-20
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Connecticut western news., 1874-11-20
Kearney's Ext. Buchu !
Kearney's Extract Buchu

Permanently cures all affections of the Bladder, Kidneys and Dropsical Swellings existing in Men, women and Children, no matter what the age. \sk for Kearney's. Take no other. Price One Dollar per Bottle, Or SIX
 Bottles for Five Dollars. DEPOT, 104 DUANE STREET, NEW YORK. Physician in attendance to answer correspond lets free.
Connecticut western news., 1874-11-20

"I should like to know who's been meddling and gossiping about my affairs, said James with dashing eyes.
 Oh, neiRhbors must talk akout
Connecticut western news., 1874-11-20
M, &J;C. CAMP &C0
 ARE SATISFIED. First, With having a brisk trade, x sEE5s :*,- -

End, Our Customers are the Glass that pay for their Goods and are pleased with our prices.
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ADVERTISING RATES:

Schedule of prices for Advertising furnished application at this office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-11
A Deacon S Dinner.

When you are carrying several
articles aud one of them slips, it is
best not to try to recover it. Rob.
erts was helping his wife to prepare
the dinner table on Sunday, as one
ot the Deacons was to take dinner
with them.' Roberts took q plate
of steak in one hand and the coffee
pot in the other, and had a dish ct
peas on the arm without the steak.
The wind blew the dining-room
door partly to as he approached it,
and putting out his foot to push it
back, the arm with the peas moved
out Of plumb, and that dish COM
mcnced to slide. A cold streak
few up Roberts spine, and his hair
began to rise, and he felt sudden
sickness at his stomach, but he
lodged ahead to save the peas,
partly caught them, made wrong
move, lost them again, jobbed at
them with the coffee pot, and upset
the steak dish, and in springing
back to avoid the gravy, stepped on
the cat that belonged to the family
down stairs, and came to the floor
in heap, with the steak and peas
and terribly mad cat under him,
and an overtlowing pot Of scalding
coffee ON top Of him. Then he
bounded up and jumped on the
steak dish and picked up the other
dish and threw it out Of the window,
and finished that performance in.
tine to hurl the coffee pot and the
contents after the cat
which was making the very best
time down the front stairway. The
Deacon didn't stay to dinner. Rob
erts retired to the bedroom with
bottle of sweet oil and a roll Of
cotton batting, and Mrs. Roberts
went over to her mothers to cry.
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SLEEP ON YOUR CARES.

Men Of business, believe me, there
is now and then profitable venture
in doing nothing at all. In the pow
cr to put business aside, and abiding
now and then in. q perfect quiet,
things sometimes solve msclves,
when We give them that advantage.
which refuses to come clear for all
our trying. We all know how, by
simply taking some perplexity into
the deepest silence this side Of death
u good nights sleep-we can do bet
ter sometimes than if we sat up and
wrought at .osr task all night. When
Matthew Murray, Of Leeds, wanted
to see his way through some perplex-
ity in his inventions, and all other
effort was of no use, he rested day
and night from all noise, and all eff.
fort save the effort an active man
has to keep himself quiet; and the
thing he wanted would steal in and
look at him, and light on him, and
stay, as birds used TO light on the
old hermits no more afraid Of them
than Of the trees under which they
sat. And mothers, you may care
and toll incessantly for your little
ones, never resting moment in your
devotion, and then, because you never
do quit, enter your little closet With
a frock to mend, you shall never be
quite able to take the whole sunlight
and sum Of your motherhood into
your heart. You will be 50 full of
care about the bread that pcrishes as
to miss the bread that cometh down
from heaven. No person in tho
world needs so much. now and then,
10 lie still, and open her soul only to
tho silence as an earnest, energetic,
whole hearted mother. This eternal
activity is almost sure to run at last
in shaliows-RoJert Collyer.
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Handling the Reins.

Most drivers overdrive, says Mr..
Murray, in his book called "The
Perfect Horse" They attempt too
much, and, in so doing, distract or
hamper the horse. Now and then
you find horse with such q vicious
gait that his speed is got from him
by the most artificial process; but
such horses ure fortunately rare, and
hence the style of management re-
ouired cannot become too general.
The true way is to let the horse drive
himself. the driver doing little but
directing him, and giving him that
confidence which horse alone gets
in himself when he feels that a guide
and friend is back of him. The most
vicious and inexcusable style of dri-
wing is that which so many drivers
adopt, viz. wrapping the lines around
either hand, and pulling the horse
back with all their might and main,
so that the horse, in point of fact,
pulls the weight bach of him with
his mouth, and not with his breast
and shoulders. This they do under
the impression that such dead pull
is needed in order to "steady" the
horse. This method Of driving |
regard as radically and superlatively
wrong. 1t would tax the ingenuity
of hundred fools to invent u worse
ono. The fact is, with rare eXcep-
tons, there should never be any pull
upon the horse at all. A steady pres
sure is allowable, probably advisable !;
but anything beyond this has no JUS
tiication in nature or reason; for
nature suggests the utmost possible
freedom Of action and head, body
and limbs, in order that the animal
may attain the rightest rate of speed;
and reason certainly iorbids the sup.
position that by bits, and not by the
breast collar, the horse is to draw the
weight attached to it. very seldom
grasp the lines with both hands when
the road is straight and free from
obstructions. The lines are rarely
steadily taut, but held in easy play,
and used chiefly to sh!f the bit in
the animals mouth, and by this mo-
ton communicate courage and conf
dcnce to him. I find that, by this
method, my horse breaks less, and
goes much faster, than when driven
by men who pull the old-tasbioned
steady pull upon them.
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The Wrong Spring.

The following story isfrom Bartlett
Springs, California, where, as is wei
known, there are q number Of small
springs possessing various qualities
The water Of some is recommended
for drinking purposes, others for bath.
ing, or for the cure of certain dis
eases but the one to which our mar
rative refers is a small soda spring
the water Of which is considered az
excellent drink, and spring recon,
mcnded for the cure of corns.
1t seems that an old gentleman
who was troubled with corns made it
q practice to go to the Cda spl ing
every evening and give his corns /;
soak before turning in for the night,
undcr.lhe impression that it was the
corn spring. The aristocratic visitors
likewise made it Il practice TO go to
the soda spring and take Il drink be-
fore retiring, which was usual y a
little after the old gentleman got
through soaking his corns. They
were rather faslidious in their tastes
and would very ca,eiully rinse out
the cup before taking a drink; but
one evening ono Of them happened to
come down little earlier than com.
mon and found the old gentleman
his corns as usual. The high
toned chap indignantly demanded what
he meant. "Ain't this the corn
spring2" meckly inquired the old man.
Corn spring! This is the soda
spring" "Well," said the old man,
II thought there must be something
wrong; | have been coming here
every night for week and couldn',
sec as it helped my corn Bit" The
water of that spring has been neg
ected since that evening.
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The True Woman.
BY ELIZA DUPUY,

The true woman may be dark,
brown or fair; plain in feature, or
lovely as q dream. 1t matters not,
she always corries with her the power
Of goodness, and the ight that shines
through her features is q radiant halo
that brightens even into the perfect
day to which she looks with unwaver-
ing faith and trust. She walks
through the world as the Una Of cx.
istencc, contracting no stain from its
impurities, though her hand is ever
stretched forth to the fallen to enable
them to rise once more, and walk be-
fore the world in integrity and use
fulness. Her daily life is an illustra-
ton of all that is gentle and Ioveable
in our imperfect nature. Noble de-
scent, high culture and elegant sur
roundings, may or may not be hers !;
but she is true to herself in any and
every position. She affects nothing,
for she is superior to pretense Of every
kind, and the uttcranccs Of her lips
arc the truthful eXponcnts of her
thoughts. Sincerity, bencvolence, and
forbcarancc, arc her watchwords, and
conscentously does She abide by their
teachings.
The true woman may, and often
does have her foiJcs, but she strives
to conquer them, and assimilate to
the idea of true womanhool that cX-
lists in her mind her life is struggle
to overcome evil with good, and in a
degree she accompllshes it. Those
who come within her sphere uncon-
sc;ously yield to the softening inf1u-
cnces she wieIds over them; the tur-
bulcnt grow quiet, the morosc bright
en- up, and the saddened heart clings
to her as to the stay Of existence.
All such women are scattered high
and low through all the walks Of life,
and a blessing and joy they are to
it! Without such strong yet gentle
spirits, the world would retrogade on
the path of civilization it is their in
fucncc which acts as the conservative
principle in the maddening whirl Of
life, and brings back man to the CEN
trail point Of his existence-his home,
and the harmonizing ties that arc
found there.
AS a wife, her price is above rubcs,
for she brings peace, kindness, and
tender loringness Of nature to crown
the marriage altar. The orange bios
SONS Of tho bride ripen into golden
fruilage, and many are the glad hearts
that partakc of it's abundance. Her
happiness she freely shares with her
friends; her SORROWS are sacred to
her own heart, and 10 her heavenly
father above does she take them for
comfort and renewed hope.
The children God gives her she
neither regards as puppets to be
dressed and exhibited, nor as little
vessels of wrath to be managed and
worried into morosc or dissipalod
Sho knows that if sun
shine is necessary to the development
Of the flowers Of tho field, cheerful
ness is also necessity 10 the human
blossom and her children arc trained
TO feel that a "soul at peace with
itself" is the only condition Of earthly
OF such q woman it may indeed be
said
'Her children arise and call her blcst
Her husband, and he also praiseth her"
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Notice..

OFFICE OF THE G. g. C.. RAILROAD, |
COLUMBIA, August 20, 1873. !
E1NDER a resolution of the Board OF
q Directors, the Interest Coupons OF
the State guaranteed bonds and of such
other bonds Of this company as are reg.
ularly recorded in the office Of the COM
pany, matured between the first day of
January, 1872, and the first day of July,
1873, both inclusive, will be funded in
bonds having ten years to run, as pro-
vided for in the company's proposals to
the bondholders of date of August IL,
1873. Holders of the above obligations
are requested to send in q statement of
them to this office, to facilitate the ex-
change, which it is desired to complete
without delay, and enable the necessary
arrangements to be made for the re-
of regular interest payments
on 1st January ensuing.
w. J. MAGRATH,
President.
Sept. 3, 1873, If
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Little Maude.

D, where is our dainty, our darling, =
The daiu,icst darling of all
y, where IS the voice onsthe stairway,
0, where is the voice in theshall?
The little short steps in the entry,
: The silvery laugh in the hanG
o, where is our dainty, our darling,
The daintiest darling of all
- Little Maude?
The peaches are,ripe in the orchard,
The apricots ready to fall,
And the grapes are dripping their honey
All over the garden wall,
But where are the lips full OF melting,
, That looked up SO pouting and red,,
When We &nngled the sun-purpleo
lunches
OF Isabefs over her head?
%, rosebud drof woman! where are you
(She never replies to our callD
0, where is our dainty, our darling,
The daintiests darling. of all
Little Maude?
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IN ACT to Regulate The Pubhca
ton Of uU Legat and Public No.
tees.
SECTION !. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, It shall be the
duty of the Attorney General, the Comp
troller General, and by the Secretary 20
State, conformity, to designate, by pub
lie notice [in] one or more newspape rs
in this State, in which all legal notices,
advertisements, or publications for the
State, of any and every character requir-
ed by law to be made public, shall be
published; and said Attorney General,
Comptroller General, and Secretary or
State, shall have power TO make such
changes and new designations, from
time to time, as they may judge that
the public interest requires.
Sac. 2. All State and County Officers,
and other persons are hereby required
to furnish to the newspapers designated
under this Act, for the State and for the
representative counties, for publication,
all legal notices, advertisements and
publications, of any and every character
required by law to be made public; and
no legal notice, advertisement or publi-
cation required by law to be made pub.
lie shall have any valid force or effect
unless published in the newspapers des-
ignated under this Act; and no publ
cation, of any character III any newspa-
per not designated under this Act, shall
be paid for from the funds of this State,
or of any County: Provided, That the
said officers mentioned in Section one
shall have power, in cases requiring un-
usual publicity, to order publication in
such newspapers, in addition to those
designated under this Act, as by and
with the advice of the Governor they
may select; and bills SO incurred shall
be audited and paid in the usual maui
ner. r. '-
Sec. 3. All Acts and parts Of Acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect from
and after passage. [Jan. %, 1872.
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C. f. BRUCE,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
Cochran & Wilson's Rance,

WOULD respectfully inform the public
that he has opened shop in Abbeville
at the above location, where he has pro-
vided himself with the best material,
and is now prepared to execute all work
in his line with neatness and dispatch.
He guarantees satisfaction in quality
and price, and will be pleased to receive
the patronage of the public.
Sept. "a, 1873, 24-tf
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The QUESTION SETTLED. - Those
eminent men, DR.. JAS: Clark, Physi-
clan to Queen Victoria, and Dr..
Hughes Bennet, say that consumption
can be cured. DR.. Wistar knew this
when he discovered his now widely
known Balsam Of Wild Cherry, and
has proved the correctness
of his opinion. e..
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School Notice.

A T the request of sundry citizens.
IN and by the authority Of the
School District Trustees, the under
signed will open a School in the
house lately occupied by J. W. Boyd,
as Male Academy, on TUESDAY
next, the Sd of March.
Tuition and contingencies $500
per month, payable monthly.
W. p. McKELLAR, A. NJ.
Feb. 25, 1873, 4G.tf
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ABDEyILLE BRANCH.

: Train leaves Abbeville at 9.I5 a. NJ,
connecting with Down Train from
Greenville. Leaves Cokesbury at 2.l5
p. NJ, connecting with Up Train from
Columbia. Accommodation Train,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Leaves Cokesbury at Ills A. NJ, or OH
the arrival Of the Down Train from
Greenville. Leaves Abbeville at
o'clock p. NJ, connecting with Up
Train from Columbia.
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A Texan town was recently visited
by q clergyman for the first time in
its history, and the hospitable inhabi-
tants proposed getting up horse race
for his entertainment.
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We often hear of people being
very brilliant in their own circle,
who shed very little light beyond
it.
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ANDERSON BRANCH & BLUE RIDGE DIv'N

Accommodation Train between Bel
ton and Anderson on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. Leave Belton at
$50 A. NJ, or ON arrival of Down Train
from Greenville. Leave Anderson at
200 P. NJ, connecting with Up Train
from Columbia.
THOS. DODAMEAD,
Gen'l Superintendent
JABEz NORTON, Gen'I Ticket Agen
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Mrs. Sue Newton is the pioneer
lady editor in Texas.
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OFFICIAL.
State of South Carolina.

state or S0uCn CaTO1lud'
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, !
Columbia, Jan'y l3, 1873. J
The Abbeville ''PRESS AND
BANNER is hereby designated
rs the Newspaper for the publication
of all Legal Notices and Official Adver-
tisements for the County of Abbevllle,,
under the Act, approved February ia,
1870, entitled can Act to Regulate the
Publication of Legal and Public No,
tiCes," and the Order heretofore issued
designating the A65eriHe Mc''iln' is
hereby rescindcd.
SAM'L w. MELTON,
Attorney General.
S. L. HOGE.
Comptroller General.
II. Il. HAYNE,
Secretary of State.
I certify that the foregoing is copy o
the original OH file in this Office.
II. +. HAYNE,
Secretary of State.
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LIBERAL TERMS!

~ E are offering our Guanos for this
w season on the following liberal
terms:
PHOENIX GUANO, Per Ton of 1000
lbs, $3.50.
WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'S MANIPU-
LATED GUANO, Per Ton of
1000 lbs, $1,000.
($1.0O per ton drayage to be added.) On
credit until lst November, 1874, with
Option Of paying IN Mtddting Cotton,
delivered at buyers nearest depot,
at 15c. per ID.
A discount of $1,000 per ton will be
allowed for Cash.
Our Agents throughout the State will
sell at same prices and on same terms as
ourselves.
Hand in your orders to nearest Agent,
at once.
Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.
Charleston S. G..
Feb. 4, 1874 43-ew
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RJ" Connect at Alston with trains on
the Spartanqurg and U MON Railroad
connecting ut Columbia, s. G., with
Night Trains on the South Carolina
Railroad, up and down also with Trains
going North and South OH Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and
Wilmington, Columbia. aud Augusta
Railroad.
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81 aa KR esSR
CHANGE OF sCEDULE.

On and after Thursday, September the
5th, 1872, the Passenger trains on this
Road will be run as follows, daily, Sun
]ays pxcented.
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MANUFACTURERS of Steam En-
NE gines Of all sizes Horse powers,
Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Grist
and Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Or
namental, House and Store Fronts, Iron
Railings, Agricultural Implements, etc.
Brass and Iron Castings Of all kinds
made to order on short notice, and on
the most reasonable terms. Also, man
nfacturers of Cotton Presses.
May %, 1873, 7-l2m
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ARTISTIC TAILORING.

AAG / Id AkV j 1al0V1I4N u
a WOULD respectfully inform my
H customers that have just returned
from the North, and am now opening a
select Stock of
Cloths, CaSSinerg and Trimmings,
which I will CUT and MAKE up to
order, or sell OH reasonable terms, FOR
CASH. . TAILORING done for Men
and Boys in the LATEST and BEST
STYLES.
Shirt Patterns.
I would especially call the attention Of
every one to my splendid fitting Shirt
Patterns. Give me call without fail.
S. A. BREAZEALE.
Sept. "a, 1873 24-tf
FRESH ARRIVALS.
Maccaroni,
Buckwheat.
Crushed Coffee,
Cream Cheese,
Soda Crackers,
Lemon Crackers,
Choice Sugar Cured Hams,
Bacon Sides,
Bacon Shoulders,
Bulk Sides,
Bulk Shoulders,
Leaf Lard,
Pearl Starch,
Sperm Candles,
Adamantine Candles,
Fancy Family Flour,
Bolted Meal,
Fresh Ground Hominy, at
DARNWELL & CO.'S.
Feb. II, 44-tf
Noise Fever and Ague Pills
Elk Iodine Promidc of Calcium.
Elk Bromide Posarsium,
Sol. Persulphate of Iron,
Chronic Acid,
HO1or1occ Tint oP ToJ;,o