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

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a STORY orSrnE' NoRTmor GERMANY.
Before the castle of Grun:ngen, upon
the Bodc, one clear summer evening,
the bishop Henry of Ilalbcrstadt was
seated with foreign prcl,tc who had
been his guest for month. The possct
drink stood before them in two mighty
hagons. They had been. discussing
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 just got constructed, and were
agreed in the opinion that it became
very ecclesiastical prince, who would
confer becoming splendor on his court
to posst IS similar tua. The affair was
quite settled by both of them, cxccpt.as
to its executions; and their conversation
began now to be interrupted by yawns,
! and to fas hin mono >yllabIes.
1t CHANGED, as good fortune w,ull
have it that the shepard Conrad passed
by, driving his well washed flock across
the castle yard wherr bi.hop Henry
to review them every evening Il
salute you, my lord bishop! Good
evening, Conrad; but where is Harm 2
Conrad whistled, and a,beautfll a, large
ram bounded up first 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 h:ftta. h:ftta.,. Gonrad shrug,
ged his shoulders aud passed on with
his flock.
Bishop Henry now extolled the beau
tiful ran which he declared he would
not part with for anything in the xorll,
and then heturhed his 'eulogiu 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 tureign courts
had filled him with universal distrus,
of man. He aYcrrrd that it W rs inIp,s
>iblc to finu Il thoroughly honest Scrv.n
and lc:eto all ut the court OF bi,hu D
They were all, . he issad, acp.nbin .,l { ).
cheat their mast ers, and all more or Is S.
'agues. Bishop Henry eagerly di-pu' ed
his asselticn; aud extolled the virtues
Of the good people over whom he sway
cd the cr.'sier, aud above all, his shep,
| terc Courad, who, as he said, had never
told lie or deceived any person in his
| whole leaitetne. 4asreada ,qyeyn 4a.ns9
'Nev,r told lie! Never deceived
his master! repeated the stranyer-bishop
in tone Of irany. No! answefcd
! Bishop Henry; she never has; and never
will Never! reechoed the foreign
ecclesiastic, what awillyou bet2 After
several propositions, the two bishops
hgreed upon these conditions: first, that
the stake should be an 81 immense tun,
capable Of containing one hundred an ii
fifty barrels Of wine and, secondly, that
| Conrad, without being made aware ware Of
the wager, should be put TO the triaI
within three days. lThetwo .dignitaries
then parted forlthe msht,aright sla to
have found something to ssmuse them
lor. two or three days to come s asro4
The foreign bishop, before he went Co
bed, ,iheld, as his custom was, a. ssconsulta.
tion with his confdant, Peter,g who was
uominaily his servent and occasionally
his fool but in iact possessed sruer
claim to the title ofIhis' privyA ,uncilor,
than many others enj"yinsyhigIrcrq titles
and places Peter, had always SOME
shlewd advice to give in every emia?r' .c,
cy, wh' thcr ten,poral or spiritual. TT
was accustomed, to hear, to sc~, ant
sometimes even to think foL his s,nasE III c.
wi hout any one knowin;it Hesa.h {
/ 0s<S{'sr:L1
done so .oaothis occasions but,4he, seemed
little hsposedato atalks tlsissscyening, ,gfol
the woil ,"9hr, whfek hadalescap ID shl
masters lis during ,ho'hscr&ation Just
narrated, had pat him i" badahitnsr,
and it was 4spls bSI'hes Pfspni'iiSss Of 2 fcw
scarlet c"p,Ain &. The saaesst even. of the VA
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ger being won, Flat, his master got hiu
to "psgpa !hifsl pfps ;Al1ltsr s"6,e satirica
REMARKS enS nSlhs en4ognpq'!ps .pq'!sss9s c9st ofas sYwp'c
lun which should contain one hundred
fa'ad' fifty barfhls7+itit stossexhaust amor,
th"n halfthe revenues Of a .bistropric >
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