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Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15

.'Srncther the VrTdfcr Jury De
for or against Bccchcr, the majority Of
the American people will pronounce
him guilty Of adultery. All the
prayers of the brooklyn saints will
never bring about his acquittal at the
bar of American judgment, nor re-
store to him the smallest part Of his
former greatness. The impulses and
feelings which were once alive with
admiration !or his eloqucncc and
seeming piety, are now up in arms
against him for his partially confessed
lewdness, and for his dishonoring of
the VII Commandment.
In the progress of tho great trial,
Beechcr, Tiiton, Moulton and his wife,
have all had an opportunity to give
the public their version Of the Brook
lyn scandal, but Elizabeth, The crca-
turc above MI to be pitticd, was re.
fused even the poor privilege Of testify
ing i'll bchnlf Of her scduccr. Her lips
nre sealed by the Law, and VIC suppose
wc shall never hear any moro "gush
ings" from her little "whitc soul" In
fact, she would show good sense by liv-
ing a secluded life The remainder of her
unhappy days-a life secluded from
the gaze Of the vulgar peppers of the
Plymouth pastor, anl free from his
temptations to do evil. Let her 90
and sin no more, and endcavor to
cleanse her soul Of its unholy lust.
On the other hand, let Bccchcr receive
the sncers and SCOTS of all decent
people; let him be dcbarrcd from
crossing every threshold where picty
and virtue arc priced, and be made
to seek communion in the silent re-
cesscs Of his own adultcrous heart.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15
How to Put Down Mating.

As-the time Of mating draws near,
it may bc'wel to callcthe attention Of
housckecpers to the fact that, as there
is q right way ofdoimg everything,
there ia decidedly right way to put
down Canton mstting. It is The al
most universal practice to put it down
wrong. Most persons cut the lengths,
and then laying the br. n ItI,s iii tlcit.
proper places OH the floor. proceed to
drive Iarg, nlnlbcr Of tucks upun 1
down Tie cdgrS. This method serves
the purpose Of keeping the covering
very tightly on the floor, but il
lnjur,s The l.uards, and ruins the mat
ting. E.v.3,y tack breaks One straw
rs ils'SpgsE5 e
The Canton in.ittins arc TI::i in
boats, where they are woven in ~!,n:t
piccss about Two yards long. These
short pieces nrc afterwards jnil,.l,u-
:"thcr lie ~hn,e in nl,ng,l:s .;,f falrut
forty yards. Ii Is easy 10 .cc iNi.err
these two yard ri"cc< arc joined, and
the first thing to ''c done, ;,ftr the
mating is cut into proper lengths, Is
10 sew these places across Aid .,irro.s
on the wrong side to keep tic jri:.,,s
from opening. Then sew the brtadtEs
together, and ta, K il TO The flour III lie
same way that YOU treat Il carpet.
Mattilgs made i'll this way will last
fully twice ns long rs Nheie they .rc
tackled in every breadth. a good
mating should last six or seven
years. t5 laG lsl.
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:. Py Sliminy! Ish dot SOP? a

6 ,,;I Er,Sa, .gf \
II There IS doubtless, such n thing al!
Excessive spromptncssin emergcneies.;
Frescnce 81 mind and .dctefminati6ni
IRE admirable qualities in themselves,
but it sometimes happens TINT dcci:
sion made upon the spur of the mom-
ept is regretted upon 4 more delibcr:
ate survey Of the field. This rcnfofsc
seems to have ovcr-takcn lately {,
worthy Dutchman, Of Anaka county;
Minnesota, .ThciDntchmaniwas seek
ing to reach town ut some distance
from Sank Centre, aud to accomplish
this must drive over the prairie from
She latter town. Ht was unaccustom.
cd to the road and night overlook
him with his vehicle fast in slough
and no town fn sight. Tie sought the
solitary cnrm house visible and asked
permission to stay; till morning, the
farmer telling the traveller, however,
that it would be necessary for him to
sleep with the children or with the
farmer himself, as their accomnloda-
tions were limited, Quick as lighting,
theS Dptchmans expressed sl.is opinion,
not to sleep With ''bodleration
shiltrcn,' 50 he slept with The farmer.
The rest of the story may be given in
his own lanr,,arc: s.Vell in dor
morn:n,. ven w, co.nos nit der stairs
down, | see two girls apout seventeen
und nineteen years old, und I ask der
old man '.Pecs dem girls die chilfren
yo!H. !.teols!,pc ttollsd! ne apout & u!nd he say 'yaw;,
dem is mine only shiltren fund I say.
to myself, Py shimlmipy! Ish, dot 50"
As this happened away off in Ana
ka County no local . signi" :ance
need be attached to it. -.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15
A Home Scandal.

The case Of Tic State VS.. D. r. Lcgg
-abduction-was bcf're Judge Cook
yesterday, on application for dis
charge Oh writ Of habcas corpus.
y. i. Lcsg, it will be rccollccted,
was arrested hy the city marshal day
lclorc-ycstcrday, III response to telc-
gram from one Ingram. charged with
abducting his niece.
The case is this: d. T. Lcgg, Of
Chester, married the widow Crawford,
who is said to be the mother of the
girl said to be abducted. From the
testimony elected on the trial, Lege
scduccd the daughter of his wife, and
when the fact was brought to the
notice OF the mother, she consented
that her husband should take her
daughter and leave. And, she even
prepared her daughter to leave. Her
brother, and the uncle of the girl,
heard of the circumstances, and went
to his sister, Che wife ofLcrr) and
told her The nan who was base en- ,,,,eh
to sc.luec his Sr-e1a1azszZ E'azEs7Vs eSES
se'' 'c'' ah'' nc was notlhe proper
person 10 submit INC care OF her
'"'sh'cr TO-. one revoked her con
>''''' ''' commissioned her brother to
l.
P"'s'c her husband and Ecr danSh-
!er All" 10 brll'g back The daughter.
" :. 5''''' 'rr'Vcn 'h ur"cnr'lle yes
lcr"'y' a.tt testified rs abovcat the
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15
FROM our BARNwEL1. POET. I
The BarnwcIl Rooster.

There was f,moi, rooster, once,
That lived upona hill:
That roostcr's refrain ever was
"liurrah for Barnwcll still"
CHORUS.
lie scratched for all the pretty lcns,--
Gavc stranger rOostcrs hell
AMI nonc dnrst challenge to main,
The Barnwcll Sentinel.
Chorus
Ne scratched the hillsitlcup and down,
Till every pile was bare;
lie pccked inside The public crib,
And gobblctl up his share.
CHORUS
Twas said by ev'ry E.rnwsll lad,
His craw was full Of grit
He'd whip all Carolina cocks
And clean each Georgia pit.
CIoRus-
There came II Blaclirillc cock along,
With p!umagc rare and & l:
And tlappcd his wings on Barnwcll Hill.
Upon tlie..l2,h Of May.
Chorus
And when the evening SIN went down,
The Hill sen, upa wall
The Rarnwell rooster clearly showed
White feathers i'll his tail. 5,
CnoRuS
The Blackvillc rooster struts about, !,
And still is full Of grit
The ba; n-,yard bird. alas is gone
~ dead cock in the pit"
LAST CHORUS
He'll scratcl, no more for pretty hcnS,
Nor givc.cach rooster hell;
Me'vHsecn The last Of that old cock
Tie BurnrcH Sentinel
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Gratifying Medical Progress.

- g II Sss
an English physician recently re-
moved section Of the patients liver,
placed it on 9 plate, scraped i. care
fully and returned it to its place fully
restored to its normal action. This
promises to work q revolution i'll tile
treatment of disease, and in few
years wc will have m addition to do
mcstic literature something like this':
Husband, iIltmish you would take !
Johnsr;ght lung down to the doctor
this morning and have the middle
valve fixed" or "Will you stop into
the doctors whcnyyou come homo this
noon and see ifMaro's liver is men
ded, as she wants to SO out to tea this
evening! The practice will become
common in time We arc sure that none
Of the neighbors will be in any way
startled TO sec wife with n veil tied
around her head leaning ont of a., bed
room window, and shouting to a rccco
ding husband; Jeremiah! Tell
DR.. Scropcn to send up Willic's right
kidney at once, whether it is done. or
not. He's Ind it there more'n a week
and tlic child might MS well be without
any kidney and done with it!'
In the District Court in Charleston,
on the Sth, Judge Bryan presiding,
Alonza Payne, colored, indicted for
selling unstamped medicines. was
tried and acquitted. William Moody
and John Larry, indicted for robbing
the post Office at Columbia, wcrc tried
and convicted. =. Deb. McCrady,
Esq, represented Moody and solici-
tor Buttz Larry. The court will meet
ngain this morning, aud continue to
dispose Of the crinl inal business.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15
BRANCnYILLE TOWNSHIP.

Editor Of the N'c,cs and 7',mcs:
AS your request for n correspondent
from each Township h.s met with no
response from our section of the coun-
ty, | have concluded to tell you few
things that arc going on i'll and
around our little village. Nov, Mr.
Editor, don'tsay express pond, for cacl,
ycaris rapidly oblitcrating every trace
ofthe cypress pond that once was, and
down our principal streets arc common
cling to grow some beautiful green oaks,
which our thoughtful Town Council
few years ago commenced planting
out along the side walks. The ditch
es, too, are disappearing OIL the front
streets, and under ground drains arc
place esas affu healthy. New stores
are springing UP. and some Of our sue
ccssful merchants have rebuilt larger
and finer houses. Our prcscn. Town
Council too are trying to keep up with
the times, and are having street lamps
put up along our Main str. cts. All
this looks like improvement and which
it really is, but oh ! Mr.. Editor, wc need
some strong appeals like you used to
give them Orangeburgers about that
dreadful nuisance Of raising 50 many
hogs OH our streets, and in our yards.
We have got rid of so much rs re-
laics to the goats. Many Of us well
remember what pest they we're.
! am truly glad We have no com
plant to make against our Trial JUS
ticc, like your correspondent from
Pine Grove Township. We once had
the misfortune Of having ono who
made 1t his business to hunt up cases;
and many tri!iling affairs, tia, occurred
between the uncducatc colorcd pee
that could have been c,sily settled By
q few kind words Of advice, in the
rightdirection, were made to appear as
some dreadful offence, and caused them
to sell the last COW and cal TO settle
the cost Of some dispute with their
wife or child. But everything is
changed in that direction now, and
weeks often pass that we never hear of
n case at the Trial JUSTICES Court; and
when we do have one, the party who
is guilty better look out or they will
he punished. f our Trial Justice
makes errors it is Of the head and not
Of the heart at least these are my i'm
pressions.
The crop prospects in this part Of
the county are improving every day,
with the sunshine and spring showers
that we have been having for the. past
ten days. Cotton is up and commen-
cling to look nice in some places where
it has been worked Corn too is now
beginning to move upward. We do
hope for good seasons big crops and
high prices. | heard that one good old
farmer said cotton would sell for Il
high price next full. When lie was
asked his reason for such an opinion he
said Tint he saw in the papers where
it WAS stated that one thousand bales
had been burnt up. | hope none Of
the farmers up your side are cxpcc-
ting to realize high price for their
cation from TINT same burn.
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Made tot'See IT,"

mcnts. It's prcpostcroustto thinlSit."
"But," said 4tlie editor. "you read
what interest. you?"
EYES"
"And if there's anything that yolt
particularly want, YOU look for it ?"
"Ccrtainly."
"Wcll, among The thousands upon
thousands who help to make up this
busy world of ours, everything that is
printed is read. Sncec as you please,
| do assure you that printers ink is
the true open sesame to all business
success.
And still Buffer couldn't sec it. lie
didn't bcli.vo ,b,t ono.ho,f ot ,b,sc
]ittlc crowded advertisements wcrc
ever read
"Supposc You ,rv The cxpcrimcnt ]"
said tho cl;tor .Just Gin !, ,n III
vcrtiscmont of tho w,n, ofono of tho
most common thi,,rs IL thc world
For ,hc sake of no tost T iii, o;vo i
two ;nscrt,ons frcc Two viii bc
cno,r,. aud von ;,,ov IN "a i ;,muc,,
ina .nv ~ r,,,ovo,. ,ool, &c ,,,r
p,ncr vnr sh,,l sovcct Tw, ;,sort;ons
Of only tw, lines VIII Won ,rv i %
Buffer sai,l ofco,,rsc 10 would t,v
f. And ho solo,tod tbo ,,looo ,,l,oro
ho con]d have # mb,isho,l-cr
in under the head Of "1yants.o And
ho wo;tnd and Gov ). nroof of II, 81
yertiscmcnt which onncorcd os ol-
lows:
~,
|, y :, ATrEn.mA nI'o.,. gooa a' house dog. Ap-
twccn rho honrsnfc anI q
Buffer went away smil;no and nod
DING On tho to,lo,vin,, ,n,r,;nr 10
oncncd bis n,n.r and oftor , ,lo.,, of
bunt;no bc fund his od vort ;so,,,.rt
Ar first Il d;1 moi coon, ., III oo,,
spicuous Ccrt,;nlv 80 ;ps;,,,;,;c,nt .
pararranb hurled n s,,cb . w;,,,or
ness Of paruprapbs could not attract
noti &c. Aftor a time, however. i bc.
can to look more no,iceal,lc r. linn
The more he looked at i ,hc ,,.,;n,r
it grew. .Finallv i o,orcd ~ HIM
from tbc ,lnnssc,v nri,,nd ,,,oo ~.
that WAS because he vas thr ,crso,,
particularly Interested OF course !,
.wo,i]l anpc;fr 'cIon;s,,icuons r. linn Ri
it would not | @ 50 viii bcrs
That ,yc,,irr Mr. run;.r w,,s ms.
sitting down to ten (Eun;.r wus q
pi;afT1ttS99 oi''tai:shio1td man, and TOOK
vt s'S') Wien lis door tell vas rnn4.
servant announced that a man was ut
the door with aiog to sell.
i0tiNlcil h'hf lidAn 7 want one
Six times l'n'icr WIS interrupted
wh'le lak'ns tea hE men with 'l"ss I"
sci: l'uiirr was man VIII" would
nor nc. nc nag put his loot IN AMI
hc 'i':'Sl takc Il ont hahi"!iy he
twenty-third applicant WAS Il small
ooS NTH! s'r' III company who had
ragged poou'e dor sale. G"ilrr
no"ghl me p""o'''e 'f the boy, and
''pH''coiatc'y M presenter II 10 the g1rl,
am '''c'' SEM mem OIL
20 me next aprllcant nc was able
'f''n'u,'y 10 answer l,oh twan' any
more nc 'c oo"ghI one.
nc stream OF c''lo's continued un-
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15

Never use any spoon but a wooden
one to stir enything on the fire or in Il
warm state.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15
MIR. CuiIln's Spelling Match.

,sh Z
THE OLD LADY PUTS HIM down WITH
ONE OF HER s"ELLs-srRIK1So EF+
FECrS. "
The other evening old Mf.and Mrs.
Coffin, who live on Brushy, Creek,
sat in their coscy back parlor, he read
ing tl.c paper and she knitting, and
The family cat stretched out under
the stove, and sighed and felt sorry
for cats not soHcll fixed. 1t was a
happy contcntcd household, and there
was love in his heart rs Mr.. Coffin
put down the newspaper and remark
cd:
/ Il see thu! the whole country is be-
coming excited about the spelling
schools"
We'll, its good to know how to
spell, replied the wife. I didn't have
the chance some girls had, but pride
myself that can spell almost any
word that comes along
I'll sec about that he laughed;
come, now spell buggy
Humph that's nothing-.b.u-g-g-y,
buggy she replied:
Missed the first timc-ha. la.' lie
roarcd, slapping his leg.
Not much that was right
~ was, eli? Well, I'd like to sec
any body get two g's i'll buggy, l
would.
But it is spelled with two gs, and
any schoolboy will tell you so,' she
persisted.
We'll, I know n earn sight better
than that = he exclaimed, striking the
table with his fist.
L don't care what you knowp she
squcakcd: Il know that there are two
g's i'll huggy!'
do you mean to tell me that I've
forgotten how to spcll:' he asked.
1T looks that way
1T does, ch? Well, l want YOU and
all your relations to understand that
l know more about spelling than the
whole caboodlc Of you strung OH a
wirc!'
and | want you to understand,
Jonathan Coffin, that you arc an ig-
norant old bloclihcad, when you don't
put two g's in the word buggy-ycs
you arc!'
Don't talk that way to me- he
warned.
And don't shake your fist ut nc"
she replied. -
'lou wcrc!'
That's Iic-an Internal Iic1"
Don't call nc a liar. you old ba-
zaar! I've put up with YOU menn-
ness for forty years, but don't call nc
. liar, and don't lay your hand on
me
do YOU want IL divorce 2 hc shout
ed, sprinsing up; you can 60 now,
this minutc!' ri ~ d.
Don't spit in my f.cc-don't you
dare do it,'or I'll make Il dead man
Of you ! she warned.
4 haven't spit i'll your trccklcd old
visagc yet, but I'mayif you provoke
nc i'urthcr!
Who's got Il frecklc face, you old
turkey buzzard 2
That was little too much. He
made motion as if lie would strike,
and she seized him by tho hectic.
Then he reached out and grabbed her
right car and tried to lift her off her
feet; but she twisted up OH the neck
tic until his tongue ran out.
Let 80 Of nc, you old ficndv she
screamed.
Get down OH your knee and leg
my pardon, you old wild cat 7 hc re-
piled.
They surgcd and swaycd and strug-
glcd, and the peaceful cat was struck
by the ovcrturning table and had her
back brckcn while the clock fell down
and the pictures danced around. The
woman finally shut her husband sup
ply Of air off and noppcd him. and as
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15

The greatest wealth is contcntmcn,
with q little.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-15

liz Dlp.--'rhc following story
is told about u Drunken man: On
ST. Valentines day lie bought ten Of
the uslicst valentines he could find,
each one caricaturing some we'll known
fault or foiblc Of his wife, and sent
them 10 her. While tho poor woman
was crying over them and wondering
ifthcrc really were ten people in the
community who thought so mcanly of
her, the boy Of the flmily said PA
are those the pictures YOU bought at
the store where YOU got my whistler
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THE OLD LADY PUTS HIM DOWN WITH,
ONE OF HER SPELLS STRIKING I:T'-
FEtTS. tiE "
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24


Mr.. WILLIAM BAKER is one Of your
upper-crust society men of Richmond,
Va, with blue-blood pedigree, and
galore to spend, which was earned by
his industrious forefathers. Miss HAIR
RIET F. ANTHoNYis is poor, industrious
and pretty millinerIs apprentice of the
the same city. Mr.. B. sports an i'm
maculate mustache and hyperion locks,
and twirls a gold-headed rattan. Ill
luck threw this sprig of a F.F.V. in the
way of the pretty milhner girl. She
looked upon him with the eyes of admi-
ration;he looked upon her with the eyes
of lust. They met again and again. He
vainly piled all the arts of the libertine,
but the poor girls virtue was not of the
yielding kind. Then he began to pay
her assiduous court. 1t did not take
him long to win the foolish maiden's
heart and confidence, and, under sol
emn promise of marriage, he effected his
object. Soon tiring of her, he wander
ed in search of fresh conquests, and left
his too-confding victim to go to the
devil, if she felt like it. Bit she didn't
happen to feel like it. The 9th sr after
noon, while he was sauntering along a
fashionable street of the ex-capital of
the late Southern Confederacy, ogling
the pretty pedestrians, Mr.. BAKER was
brought up with a round turn by an
officer, who tapped him on the should
er, and blandly invited him to step round
to the police court with him. The In
vitatiOn was accepted, and Mr., BAKER
discovered that Miss ANTHo w had
preferred charge of seduction under
promise of marriage" against him.
What followed is thus told by the Rich
mond Dispatch: "They agreed to COM
promise the matter by marriage, as al
flowed by law. An Episcopal minis
"ter was called in, and performed the
marriage ceremony in the presence of
''the Justice. Mr.. BAKER shed bitter
''tears throughout the service. After
"being pronounced man and wife,. the
''twain separated, and the husband went
zone way and the wife another"
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24


nominated as "a stranger to the tenets OF
Democracy. Representative Martin, of
Monroe county, one OF the leaders of the
Republican party in the House, 10 a
speech upon the floor, welcomed the au-
thor OF this nondescript measure, with
open arms, promising him the "same
distinguished consideration which had
been extended to his illustrious predeces-
sor, Gen. Longs treet."
With what crude ideas must q mans
mind be imbued from whom such meas
ures can emanate9 Such mans concep-
tions of the checks and balances estab-
lished upon the coordinate departments
of republican government are about as
closely defined as are the ideas of Kic.
apoo Indian upon the scheme Of univer-
sal redemption. Now, we will insist that
these things shall be explained by Gen.
Williams in his hustings canvass of the
State. II he predicates his candidacy up
on bis political orthodoxy. and if he still
persists in rehashing his war record with
a parade Of vanity, well calculated to
nauseate well ordered stomach, then
we ask that in that connection, be will
answer these questions
Was he deprived of command during
the spring of 1868, and placed under ar
rect; and if so, what were the changes
and specifications preferred against him,
and how were they ever disposed off
Was he acquitted by the verdict Of a
Court-martial? Where was he at the
close Of the war? Was he then in COM
nand, or under arrest? OF these things
many would be glad to be informed
Now, we submit in all candor, wherein
does this doughty warrior and erotehety
statesman excel either of his more mod
est, but not less deserving opponenss2
During the next four years, the politi'
cal crisis of this country will be reached
and passed. II behooves US to select al
our Chief Executive. clear-headed, pru
dent, well-ballanced man, in whose eau.
tion we can safely trust, and one whost
rnerve will suffice for any emergency
These qualities are surely not prominent
in the makeup of Gen. Williams. He i;
not well-drilled party man. He ha'
proclaimed himself an insureetionisi AM
marplet. by his work in Owen. He viii
not abide the conventional action of tn,
party, and the inglorious end of this un
preeedented stump canvass fos a would
be Governor will be this: Williams will
be beaten in tie Frankfort Convention
will bolt its action, making an independ
ent race, and then we will hear of him nc
more. He does not possess the elements
that go to make up Governor Arguing
from the eternal fitness OF things he car
never be the Executive of this great Com
monwealth. T.