The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-12-15
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~ Nf'rh' WIS 'SbShS'i ii' ~ pssIN va Wv
ton near Winnsboro in this State one
day last week.
Rub the buck wheat cake griddlc will
half a turnip, to make the cake come
off nicely. This is better than fat.
MooDY and Sanly are now holding
forth at Smyrna by proxy. Mr.. b. u
Kay and Capt. J. r. Barnes, proxies.
THIS is Just the beginning Of the
season when fifth-rate politicians vii
speak, and old fogies will write letter,
on the situation.
When you hear man say that tho
world owes him living, don't leave
any moveable articles, particularly
bank bills. lying round loose.
Boss TWEED AND CHARLEY Ross
The whereabouts Of these two American
citizens remains a profound mystery tc
the vast majority of our people.
Mr.. +, II. Griffin, whose hand hac
been torn in his gin on the 23d ult., ant
whose arm was subscIuntly amputatcd
died on the Sd instant.-Iickcns .Srnti
mel.
CHIEF JUSTICE MOSES has been elec
ted to the profcsSorShip Of law in the
University of South Carolina-madt
vacant by the death Of the late c. ID
Melton.
There are two times in 4 mans life
when he eagerly scans the newspaper
once, when he has been in an awful
scrape, and, again, when he is looking
for puff And yet there are men who
say they have no use for newspapers.
THE Ne,u York Hcrald regards the
late election of Mr.. Kerr, Of Indiana
as Speaker Of the House, as the rcstora-
tions of the "Bourbons" to power, and
as likely to weaken the Democratic par
ty before the country.
TIE President makes q strike at reli-
gion when he proposes to tax church
property. This taken with his. sugges-
ton not to allow the Bible read in the
public schools is ominous of the condi-
ton to which we are drifting.
When Chinese bank fails all the Of
ficcrs have their heads cut Off and flung
into a corner with the assets; and it has
been five hundred years since there was
a bank failure in that country.
Stokes, who killed Fisk, is said to he
confined to his bed in prison with asth-
ma and chills and fever, and that his
hair is white and his constitution ruin
ed. His term will expire next Septem-
Der, but an effort is being made to have
him pardoned.
A FRUIT, vegetable and grocery mer-
chant of Atlanta, when going home one
evening recently, accidentally locked
up an old cow i'm his store. Next morn
ing when she came out she carried off
his entire stock of apples and cabbases.
The Tax-Payers' Convention met on
yesterday in Columbia. The recent re-
tluction of the State tax to eleven mills
in the pending bills, has in n measure
done away with the conventions work.
~ it is premature ut present to adopt a
political policy for the next elections.
Hogs love sulphur, and q considerable
amount of it is necessary to keep them
in fair health. When hogs run at large
and find green food, they supply them
selves with what is needed, but pigs
kept in close pens and fed on house
slops or corn, need some more laxative
food.
GoSE.-Rev. J. G.. Galloway has been
supplying Lodimont church under the
direction of the Clerk of the Second
Presbytery since the meeting Of Synod.
Last week he left Due West and Lodi
mont for his field of labor for the re-
mainder of the year, Louisville, Geor-
gia.
"Yourg gentlemen Of Due West, it is
as easy to start Cornet Band as it is
for a cocklchriei to stick to horsetail ;
but to keep it up, that's the rub. (We
are speaking now of the Cornet Band. J
Whenever you encounter that difficulty
enquire of us, and va will tell you how
we manage those thing, at Nrwberry.-
Neavbcrry icrnld.
The large number Of drnmmcrs that
are daily passing through our town are
unanimous on one point - that they
have at no previous season sold so little
goods as this. They appear to be much
discouraged, and many Of them return
home much earlier than they anticipa-
ted.-Werch0m and Farmer.
"Mrs. Henry" said John to his wife,
the other morning, "if you give me u
Christmas present this year, please ar
range it SO that the bill won't come in
till the next month. 1t is just as well
to keep up the illusion for timc."-
Boston Advertiser.
His excellcncy the Governor has par
doned Oliver Williams, convicted of
larceny at the February term, 1875, of
the Court of Sessions for Abbevillc
County and sentenced to ten years con-
finement in the penitentiary. His pc
tton is endorsed by Judge Cooke and
Solicitor Blythe. and prominent citi-
Zens of the county.
STEAM POWER PRlNTING-Pam
phlets of all kinds are cheaply and eXpe
Cogswell, Charleston, s. G.. Their
presses are in full blast ON this class Of
work, but still their faculties are 50 great
that there is always room for more work.
Proceedings Of meetings, Conventions
College Commencemcnts, Briefs, &c, &C.,
are executed in the pest style and with
greatest dispatch. If
A'ET THIS oUT.-IT MAY SAVE YoUR
IIFE.-Thcrc is no person living but what
suffers more or less with Lung Disease,
Coughs. Cold or Consumption, yet some
would die rather than pay - cents for Il bot
tie of medicine that would cure them. DR..
A. Boschce'S German Syrup has lately
been introduced into this conntry from
Germany, and it's wondcrouS cures aston
iShes every one that try it. If YOU doubt
what we say in print, cut this out and take
il to your Druggist, W. II. Penney, and get
sample bottle for 10 cents and try it, or q
regular size for - cents. If
The auditor of Virginia suggests a tax
on the consumption of liquor in that
State. He estimates the annual con-
sumption Of alcoholic spirits in Virgin
in at about two million five hundred
thousand gallons. y tax Of thirty cents
gallon on this would bring into the
treasury about six hundred thousand
dollars year, and the auditor thinks