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Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
ElactiOneerIng HumOr.

Almost all elections in this country
are attended by many ludicrous scenes
and amusing incidents, and we see they
are beginning to initiate us somewhat
in the old world. OF the recent elec-
tions in England, SylvanusUrban gives,
in the Gentleman's Magazine, the fol-
lowing curious anecdotes
"Sir Edward Watkin distinguished
himself in the recent contest at Exeter
by his adroitness and tact as a canvas
ser, and a host of stories are in circula.
ton about his readiness in dealing with
hesitating voters. 'Lor' bless zee,
SIR said one old dame, when asked
about her husbands vote, my old man
can't vote at all this year. Goals is
mortal DEAR sYes,' answers Sir Wat
kin-as he is called at E1eter-'it's
along O. the tories Be it sure, sir?'
Yes; but if I'm returned you'll have
Goals cheap enough next year, for 1 in.
tend to do my best to repeal the law OF
entail IN argument which, il not per-
haps conclusive, was puzzling.
"a shopkeeper in bye street was
asked if he had voted. NO, I have not
yet; for the truth is I have no one to
attend to my shop is that all ?
asked Sir Watkin, taking off his hat,
and walking round the counter. Here,
put on your hat and go at once; I'll
take care of your shop till you come
back And Sir Watkin did.
"But in recent contest for the repre-
sentation of West Worcestershire, a
still more piquant instance OF this kind
occurred. Mr.. Markings partner call
ing upon a voter in th Q Forest Of Dean,
found him digging potatoes. The
voter pleaded this as an excuse for not
voting. 'To-morrow's market day, and
I shall lose the sale of my potatoes, and
Mr.. Marllng can better afford to lose
my vote than 1 can afford to miss the
sale of these potatoes. Then give me
your fork, said the canvasser; I'll dig
your potatoes while you 60 and vote.
The man slouched off to the poll,
voted, and, returning, peeped through
his parlor window to see the canvassel
at work in the potato ground. he
uses the fork very yell, and stroke OF
work will perhaps do him good. I'll
have a pipe And large pipe he had,
keeping his eye, however, all the time
upon the digger in the potato plot; till
the canvasser, growing tired, walked
round to the cottage to find how nicely
he had been tricked into an hours hard
labor, while the free and Independent
freeholder was taking his ease with {
'churchwarden' in his chimney corner.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
Horseshoe Jewclry.

1t is remarkable how old-time super.
stitions crop out now and then, and
take root in the public mind. At pres
ent the "lucky yhorse-shoe' is the favor
ito emblem, appearing in nearly every
device to which it can be adapted ire
spectivo of the horses hoof. Horse:
shoe pins in gold, bronze, or oIydlzed
metal, are worn as ornaments by men
and women alike. Small looking
glasses, framed in imitation horse-shoes
of gutta percha or some other materi-
al, are in great demand, and in some
instances real horse-shoes, gilt, are
used as frames. Most bar rooms have
a horseshoe nailed up somewhere, and
the old women who sell newspapers at
corner tables prefer horse-shoes to
bricks for paper weights. The original
notion of the talismanic properties OF
the horseshoe arose from the supposi.
tion than an evil spirit in traversing it
is sure to fly off at one Of the ends.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
A Mountain Home.

On a bright Sunday We descended
towards the course Of the Tuckaseege,
jackson County, North Carolina, } and
violent storm delayed us at lowly
cabin, near the path by which now and
then visitor penetrates to Tuckaseege
cataract. According to the custom OF
the country, we hastily carried our sad
dies into the porch and sat down on
them to talk with the residents. The
tall, lean, sickly farmer, clad in home
spun pair of trowsers and flax shirt,
with the omnipresent gray slouched
hat, minus rim, drawn down over his
forehead, courteously greeted US, and
volunteered to direct us to the falls,
though he "was powerfully afeard OF
snakes" Buttermilk and biscuit were
served, and we conversed with the
farmer on his condition. He cultivated
a small farm, like most OF the neighbors
in moderate circumstances ; only grew
corn enough for his own support
didn't reckon he should stay thar
long warn't no schools, and he reckon
ed his children needed larnin' (; schools
never was handy; too many miles
away" There was very little money in
all the region round about; farmers
rarely saw fifty dollars in cash from
wear to year the few things which they
needed from the outside world they got
hv barter, The children were, as q
rule, mainly occupied in minding the
innumerous pigs about the cabin, and
caring for stock. The farmer thought
sheep raising would be powerful
peart," if folks had little more capital
to begin on thought man might get
well-to-do in q year or two by such In.
yestment. He welcomed the mineral
movement gladly; reckoned maybe we
would send him some one to buy his
farm, and let him get to more thlckly
settled region but seemed more cheer
full when we suggested that emlgrants
might come in and settle up the
country, bringing q demand for schools
with them. "He reckoned there warn't
no Ku-Klux these days-never knew
nothin' on 'em. Heerd nothin' furder
from 'em since the breakup"
The housewife was smoking her corn
cob pipe, and sitting rather disconsolate-
ly before the fireplace, warming her
thin hands by the few Goals remaining
in the ashes. The rain dripped in
through the roof, and the children were
huddied mutely together where it could
not reach them. The furnishings were,
as everywhere among the poorer classes
in the mountains, of the plainest char
acter. But the log barns were amply
provisioned !; stock looked well, and q
few sheep and goats were amicably
grouped under tho shed.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
An Incident OF BeyrOut.

One of the most pathetic instances OF
pure Olientalism that ever came to my
knowledge is related as positive fact.
While the children of the Abeih school
were playing together one day at recess,
two small girls fell into pleasant dis
pute about the size OF certain object
-plaything, perhaps. One said, ooh,
it way so uery little |" and the other
asked, "How little ?" Then the mis-
sionary looked out of the window and
heard her answer, "Why, a little wee
thing" Then the other pressed her
still further, "Well. how little ?" to
which the girl replied, unconscious of
the poetry or the pathos of her com:
parison, "As little as was the Joy OF
my father on the day I was born l'
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
PORT ROYAL S. c. THURSDAY, APRlL 2, Io14.
A Western Man,

During my first trip to "the west" 1
plunged into the wilderness OF Illinois,
where I often wish I had remained, for
"the savages" of that region are the
most delightful people I know OF, and,
were it not heresay to say SO, 1 would
call them far more intelligent and re-
fined than any have known at home.
found three meals day and q
feather bed 0or which have a weak
ness) at the little town Of Ottawa, where
I worked and thrived for three months.
In less than two weeks I believe knew
everybody in the place, and never a
chat did we have without revelation
of orr origin. Nearly every converse
ton commenced or ended with" came
all the way from Bunktown, Maine, or,
"Me and Jane were born in old Chester,
and you" or, "Lord bless you, I've
only been here year left Boston last
March,"
This got to be 80 monotonous that l
called loudly for Western man, just
to see what he was like. Everything q
man calls for in the West he gets.
That's one Of it's peculiarities. [ made
diligent inquiries of the oldest inhabi-
tants, but none knew anybody but what
came from some part OF the East, gen.
orally New England. However, the
matter was considerably agitated In the
town in o lively way, and was fle-
quently saluted with tho question,
"Found your Western man yet p to
which I replied, "No I'll give a dollar
to see one."
Finally it became necessary for me to
return to the land of long faces and
civilization, and I concluded 1 should
have to go without gratifying the dar-
ling wish of my heart, that Of seeing q
Western man. The day for my depart
ure arrived, and was carefully packing
awey my paper collars, etc., in my room,
when a summons to "skip down stairs
into the parlor" was brought to me by
mine host OF the hospitable inn, and
down stairs I skipped. A delegation OF
townspeople received me very cordially,
and I felt happy. owe resolved" said
the spokesman, "that you should not
return home without seeing Western
man, 80 we have brought you one. He
seldom comes into town, but he had to
come this time, and here he is." So l
was formally introduced to him, and we
had O pleasant time all round. The
Doctor, as he was called, and as I be.
lieve he was, proved to be a man OF
fine ability and charming manners. He
was born and brought up in the West,
and many of his neighbors could vouch
for the fact. I could do nothing less
than order refreshments, which 1 did,
and we talked much Of the bright and
growing country of which he was O
representative. {" I'm glad. really glad,
Doctor" said I, to have had, at last,
the pleasure of seeing Western man
they are 80 rare. May I ask what part
Of the West you were born imp
Certainly" he replied, certainly,
and shall be proud to answer you. ]
was born in the western part Of Neu
York State"
I dimly remember leaving Ottawa
that night on the freight train, with
barely money enough to see me through
to Albany.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
BOYS, Heed This |!

Many people seem to forget that
character grows that it is not some
thing, to put on, ready-made, with
womanhood or manhood; but, duy by
day, here o little and there a little,
grows with the growth and strengthens
with the strength, until, good or bad, it
becomes almost coat of mail. Look
at man of business, prompt, reliable,
conscientious, yet clear-headed and en-
ergetic. When do you suppose be de-
veloped all thess qualities when he
was boy? Let US see the way in
which boy of ten years gets up in the
morning, works, plays, studies, and we
will tell you just what kind of man he
will make. The boy who is late at
breakfast and late at school, stands O
poor chance to be prompt man. The
boy who neglects his duties, be they
ever so small, and then excuses himself
by saying, az forgot didn't think y
will never be reliable man. And the
boy who finds pleasure in the suffering
of weaker things, will never be noble,
generous, kindly man-a gentleman.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
From Want of Bread.

"At the close Of bitter cold day
When the snow on the frozen ground lay,
A poor woman's child
With face wan and mild,
In a garret was passing away.
Gaunt hunger,
Dread hunger.
Had stolen the bloom from his cheek,
And his mother sat there,
With look Of despair,
To catch what her darling might speak.
Come closer dear mother, he said.
And lay your soft hand on my head,
And tell me once more,
or that other bright shore,
Where we never shall hunger for bread.
Hush, darling,
Peace, darling
She raised him to lull him to rest,
And she brushed the soft hair
From his forehead 90 fair,
But he died as he lay on her breast.
The morning broke joyous and clear,
Twas the first Of the opening year;
But the shouts Of gay boys,
And the cannon's rude noise,
Fell unheard on that poor mothers ear.
Oh hear it
Oh heed it .
Ye wealthy, well clothed, and we'll fed,
In that season Of JOY,
A mother and her boy,
Had persisted for the want OF bread"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
Horrible Execution OF q Woman.

The Japanese have, OF late years,
been so repeatedly paraded as models
of what n progressive oriental people
should be, and they have imported with
such avidity the customs, laws, litera-
ture and languages of moro civilized
lands, that possibly, taking them at
their own estimate, we may have learn
ed to expect too much from them. At
all events, the following account, from
the Hiogo Herald, of the execution of
woman, suggests doubt whether the
shiploads of professors, the cargoes of
books and the returning Europeanized
Japanese students, which have from
time to time been dispatched from the
old world, have ever reached the land
of the rising sun. 1t seems that wo-
nan living in the neighborhood of
Hiogo, desirous of getting rid of her
husband, poisoned him. For this
crime she was executed by being drawn
to pieces by four bullocks. This scene,
as described by the correspondent, was
frightful, and the beasts, more merciful
than their masters, "could only be
brought to do their fearful work when
maddened by pain and terror from re-
peatcd blows and the application OF
wisps OF burning straw"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02
The Young Children.

It is worse than folly, says mn e1-
change, to send children to school be-
fore they have developed reasoning
faculties. To the infant Of four years,
school is q prison, the teacher dread
being whose frown is death, and whose
smile and kindly notice is overpower-
ing. Therefore, children ought not to
90 to school until six years old. They
should not learn at home during that
time any moro than the alphabet, re-
ligious teachings excepted. They
should be fed with, plain, substantial
food, at regular intervals Of not less
than four hours. They should not be
allowed to eat anything within two
hours of bed time. They should sleep
in separate beds, on hair mattresses,
without caps, feet first we'll warmed by
the fire or rubbed until perfectly dry /;
extra covering on the lower limbs, but
little on the body. They should be
compelled to be out OF doors for the
greater part OF tho day, from after
breakfast until half an hour before sun
set, unless in damp, raw weather, when
they should never be allowed to go out
side the door. Never limit healthy
child; it is cruel, unjust, and danger
Gus. What you have to do. do it at
once, and have dore with it. Never
speak harshly or angrily, but mildly,
kindly, and, when needed, frmly-no
more. BY all means arrange it SO that
the last words between you and your
children at bed time, especially the
younger ones, shall be words of un-
mixed affection.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02

CHEAP LIv1SG.-A gentleman who
signs himself "Winnepisiogee' writes
to Boston newspaper that he knows
by personal experiment that an able
bodied man 50 years old and in active
business can live on less than II cents
a day. In two weeks he consumed
milk, II cents; dry crackers, 30 cents;
eggs, II cents; coffee, 10 cents; butter,
5 cents; salt, 1 cent; grand total, 81. 40.
Weight of Winnepisiogee at the begin:
ming, 175t pounds; weight at the end OF
the IA days, 176i-net gain one pound
and half. Occupation, 10 hours o
day in the Office and hours in the gar
den. Here is a man, now, truly ihde.
pendent. What to him are crops ?
What to him is the price Of beef and
butter? What to him are the trichin@
What to him the densest Ignorance,
the widest vagaries. the abundant
blunders Of cooks9 Wise Winnspisio'
gee,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02

A western minister told the young
ladies of his congregation that the first
step to ruin was an ostrich feather and
q yard of gay-colored ribbon. One OF
his hearers having occasion the next
day to use some ribbon, asked the clerk
for "three more steps to ruin"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-02

Tn Irishman on applying for relief,
and being told to work for living, re-
piled: eff I had all the work in the
world couldn't do it."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-01-06
Manners.

Manners are more important than
money. 4 boy who is polite and pleas.
ant in his manners, will always have
friends. and will not often make enemies.
Good behavior is essential to prosperity.
! boy feels well when he does well If
you wish 10 make everybody pleasant
about you, and gain friends wherever
You 90, cultivate good mauneIs. Many
boys have pleasant manners Tor COM
pany, and ugly manners for home.
We visited small railroad town not
long since. and were met at the depot
by little boy OF about eleven or twelve
years. who entertained and cared for us,
in the absence OF his father. with as
much polite attention and thoughtful
care as the most cultivated gentleman
could have done. We said to his moth
or before we lett her home. You are
greatly blessed in your son, he is so at
tentiye and obliging'
Yes" she said: IL can always de-
pend on Charley when his father -
absent. lie is great help aud comfort
10 me-" She said this US if it did her
heart good to acknowledge the clever
ness Of her son.
The best manners cost so little. aud
are worth so much. that every boy can
have them ChildreR'S Adyocate.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-01-06
agricultural.
A Ee,c Erred Facts im Farmin0.

4 Fec Et-ced Edcts th E"T""D'
Ii New England eonnot compete with
the great West in growing grain or cat
tie raising. it is equally true that The
great West will never be able to furnish
butter, cheese and apples Tor her own
consumption and these we can supply
Tor her, il we only set about 1t.
New England farmers eaN, by deep
piowiug, liberal manuring and early
sowing, raise bread sufficient fol their
own families-meIchantS AMI manu'ae'
lures must look to the West Tor theirs.
A severe drouth is the largest aud most
useful OF all suction pumps by means oil
which essential, mineral fertilizers are
brought up from a great depth IN the
soil. having been carried down bY inat'
tration, from the surface. by rains anG
thus become the means of enriehing the
soil.
One ton Of hay. cut aud cured in June,
is worth more than two or three cut in
August.
The extensive cultivation OF potatoes
will never make farm or its owner itch,
except at the expense OF his children or
grandchildren.
Our rough, rocky hills should never be
cultivated for crops. but should be AZ
lowed to grow up TO forest timber; and
it 50 allowed. will. in no dis,an; future,
become the most valuable part OF our
farms
The best time TO seed down grounds
to grass il in the months OF August OF
September.
Pasture lands aud oIchagds should
never be Plowed-
Barn cellars, il not = nuisance, are, al
least. OF questionable utility; and farm
ers are becoming dissatisfied with them.
Fruits of all kinds, when bearing
abuudanuy. should be severely thinued
out at an early stage in their growth ;
thereby aGordins crop quite as great,
and far better in quality.
Mulching for fruit uces takes the
place OF manure and timely rains; Jut it
i lille understood and less practiced.
Subsoil blowing affords the best sc.
curity against drou,h. and Is worth much
more than il costs. To cart out manure
OF the fields and leave it in heaps is too
expensive; causing loss in the subse-
quent crop, AMI - loss OF labor in the
hrst place.
Improved breeds Of cattle should be
selected With a view to making butter
and cheese. rather than beet.
Sunlight IS rex; in Importance to good
food Tor all kinds OF neat stock, aud for
fowls; he who knows how to secure the
NEST of it in winter, without going oui
Of the barn Tor it. j., lucky, 70 say IN
least
Reading and thinking farmers canno,
afford to do without The winier-VaiHe
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-01-06

Lc; me say word or two nov in re
ic,euce 20 feeding The horse, - bearing
upon The condition OF the foot. Every
owner OF horse mus, have observed
that the growth and strength and ap
peavauce of the horses loot l. materially
affected by the condition OF the horse
himself. A hall starved horse may have
loot injured by deficient nutrition; an
over.led horse NAV have loot heated
into az Inflammation, and 50 dependent il
the foot upon a healthy state OF the
economy. that for the foot alone If moth
ing else. the diet of the horse should be
regulated with The utmost regard to hi>
health.
am confident that we give Guar horses
too much gain aud too lite hay-es
pecially horses under seven Years ct aye.
who will work with more cudui ance and
courage on a good supply Of hay and a
moderate supply OF grain-Oi the latei
say SIX quarts Of oats and u pint Of corn
daily. Older horses require and will
bear more grain-but even they want
more hay than is usually given. Every
horse should pass few weeks OF each
year without grain-eiiher the first hall
or The last half OF the winter, which
ever is most convenient And this mode
Of feeding can be adopted without sus
pending the animals work.
have one horse fourteen years Old.
which has had this regimen for -four
months every year OF his life (and / bred
him), and he Is IS smooth. vigorous ard
healthy as colt-has sound, smooth
ioot-wss never lame-and has always
been in good driving order lie is :
good specimen of what box stalls. brick
floors, tar ointment. ,uruips aud nay sill
do for a horse towards preserving his
health and strength and soundness. and
prompting his longe'ity.-Dr. LORNA Il.
Massachusetts, PlgrmQH.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-01-06
Sentence of Ticeed.

When Judge Davis sentenced Boss
Tweed. lac addressed him rs follows:
William II. Tweed. you stand convicted
10, a Jury OF twelve honest men OF large
number OF crimes charged against GU.
united in one indictment. and that verdict.
10 The opinion oi the court, could mol
have been Otherwise without violation
of the oalhs which this jury had taken.
and in utter disregard OF the obligations
under which they rested to speak the
truth and the whole truth only 6y their
verdict. The proof in this case, from
The moment that it Was first presented to
the Jury 10 The close oil the peoples case,
Was simply mathematical dcmonstra'
ton OF Your guilt Holding a highly
responsible and honorable public Office.
Yourself houored and respected 10y 81
larpe class of the community iu which
You lived, aud have M doubt beloved
5y Your associates. You, with all these
important public trusts deyolNins upon
you. with all the opportunities yoa had,
had you faithfully performed your duties
10 The public. 10 win the honor and gc
spcci oil the whole community, saw ut to
pelvert the opportunity YOU possessed
and in the power with which you were
clothed. and ia = manaer mUIe wicked
aud more infamous and mogv outrageous
imam ANY instance OF Ike character
which the whole OF the civilized world
contains, instead Of protecting the pub
he YOU p.undered il. instead OF standing
guard when the Law placed YOU over the
Treasury ot your County you threw that
Treasury open. not merely 10 your own
opacity, but also to the aVar:cc OF your
associates. under circumstances which
make il transparent that YOU were en-
gaged in concerted conspiracy TO plun
der the Treasury ol the County in which
yourself and associates IN crime were
principally 10 be benefited. The evidence
100 the subject can iraye no doubt ia The
minds otay. The commencement oi II
.l vas The sniering by YOU on these
duties IS President OF the Board Oi Aadu
oa the 9TH Of May, the date OF The OF
eauizalion of the Board OF Audit The
very next day your career ct plumber
began. and from ,hat day forward con.
s,cu,iyely all Tire 100 accounts before the
board had been audited and certified, i. Il
warrant, issued and the money paid. The
.,idruvc Is conclusive that the whole pro
c,edins, we're instituted to carry out a
coucc,ted plan to enrich yourself.