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

4 Before the castle of Grunngen, upon
i the Bode, one clear summer evening,
1 the bishop Henry of Ilalbcrstadt was
seated with a foreign prcl,te who had
been his guest for month ! he possct
drink stood before them in two mighty
fagons. They had been discoursin.
from ten o'clock in the morning, VIII en-
they set down to dinner, about the huge
, wine tun which bishop on the Rhine
had jnst got constructed, and were
agreed in the opinion that it becalne
'very ecclesiastical prince, who would
confer becoming splendor on his court
to poss SIS a similar tun. The affnir was
quite settled by both of them, cxccpt-as
to its execution; and their conversation
began now to be Interrupted by yawns,
and to flaS on in mono >yllablcs
1t CHANGED, as good tnrtune would
have it that the shepard Conrad passed
by, driving his well washed flock acros,
the castle yard wherr bi.hop Henry u
to review them every evening. Il
salute you, my lord bishopv Good
evening, Conrad; but where is Harm 2
Conrad whistled, and beautiful large
ram bounded up frstt to the shepherd
and then to the bishop, who carressed
the animal aud :. fed him with some
crumbs which he. had kept for him
The bishop exchanged few words with
the shepherd md inquired IF his wed
ding day was at 1h;ttta h;tttal,. Gonrad shrYg,,
ged his shoulders aud passed on with
his flock.
Bishop Henry now extoled the beau
tful ram VIII ch lie declared he would
not part with for anything in the vurll,
and then he turned his eulogiu IL on tile
good Conrad, who he said, was honesty
itself. The foreign bishop laughed
aloud, Tor travel into distant countr cs
aud frequent stay at foreign courts
had filled him with universal distrust
Of man. lie aycrrrd that it US im,p,s
>iblc to iinI thoroughly honest Srrv.n
and least OF. all ut the court OF bishop
They were all, he said, co.nbin III t ),
cheat their masters, and all more or |, S.
rngues. Bishop Henry eagerly di>pu, ed
his assertion; aud extolled the virtues
tf the good people over whom he sway
ed the crnsicr, and above all, his >hep,
here Courad, who, as he said, had never
told a lie or deceived any p:rsun in his
Tno'e d''e'stne' 1pse Fada ,r-eg& & 7gfiisn 5
'Nev,r told lie! Never deceived
his mastery repeated tho stranyer-bishop
in tone Of irany. No! answered
| Bishop Henry; 'hc never has; and never
will Never" reechoed the foreign
ecclesiastic, what will you bet2 After
/ several propositions, the two bishops
agreed upon these conditions: first, that
the stake should be an q immense "tun,
capable Of containing one hundred an 4
fifty barrels Of wine -and, secondly, that
! Conrad, without being made aware Of
the wager, should be put to the trial
within three days. lThetwo dgnitaries
then parted forLthe night, right glad to
have found something to amusc them
Tor two or three days to come. soa
The foreign bishop, before he went to
bed, ,Iheld, as his custom was, a tconsulGa
tion with his confidant, Peter who was
nominaily his servent and occasionally
his fool but in lact possessed a trucr
claim to the title ofAhis' privy- .un ,ilnr,
than many Others enj"yinylhigI,cr' titles
and places Peter hadT always some
shrewd advice TO give in every cmtr zen
cy, wh' ther TEMPORAL Or spiritual ITc
was accustomed to hear, to sc~, and
sometimes even to think Tor Ills s,nasi c.
wi h"ut any one knowin.;it Hea.h d
done so .onathis occasion; but; he scemn,l
little thsposedSto talk tl,iag&evening, sfor
the worl royhc, which had escap ID shl
masters lis during the 7dvcrsatfoi7 jus,
narrated, had pat him iff' baa 1h't,nsr,
and it was. .4Aly bbi'hes promise Of q few
scarlet cap 4in the e. event event of the VA.
ger being son, lt!.at his master go, him
to "pygsh hjifl bps %A\1Iier some satrica
Eenarks enO the ,eelnynpllps4 co cost of,as wine
L.. :
'un which should contain one hundred
anda fifty barrtls-s-ilit stooexhaust amort
than halfthe revenues Of ,bislropric =
| lie undertook too'fdd out Aiowy d pin
might be set for the new PHOENIX ofRon
cstv Conr.l v@a ss 1sliat Il & Iz3
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