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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-01-07
A Nice Girl.

Though that class is by no means extinct,
still they are not so numerous as might DC
wished, There is nothing half SO sweetin life,
half so beautiful or delightful, or so lovable as
q nice girl. MOT a pretty or, dashlng girl,
but nice girl. One of those lovely, lively,
rood -natured, sweet-faced, amiable, neat, do
mestic creatures, met within the sphere of
.shome," diffusing around the influence of her
goodness. like the essencesof sweet flowers. .
A mice girl is not the languishing beauty,
dawding on sofa, and discussing the last
novel or OPERA or the girafe-lke creature,
sweeping majestically through the drawing
room. The nice girl may not even play or
dance we'll, and knows nothing about using
her eyes, or coquetting with fan. She never
languishes she is too active. She is not given
to sensation novels; she is too busy. In pub
lie she is not in front, showing her shoulders
she sits quiet ,and, unobtrusve, at the back OF OF
the crowd, most likely. In fact, it is not often
we discover her. Home,is her place.
NJ Who rises betimes and superintends tne
morning meal? Who makes the toast and tea,
and buttons the boys shirts, aud feeds the
chickens, and brfghtens up the parior ana ST. 81
ting-room? Is it the lannguisher, or tne glfa!e,
or the elegantef Not bit OF 1t; It's the NICE
girl.
Her maiden toilet Is made in the shortest
nossible time; yet how. chsrmingly it is done,
and how elegant and neat her dress and collar.
Not presenting her cheek or brow like "fne
GIRL but an audible smack, which says plain
". "I love you ever so much" If you covet
ANYTHING, it's one of the nice girls kisses.
Breakfast over, down il the kitchen to see
about dinner, andiall day long she is up and
down, always cheerful and light-hearted.. She
never ceases to be active and useful until day
is gone, when she will dance with the boys, or
read, sing old songs and play old tunes to her
father and mother, for hours together; she ls
perfect treasure-is the nice girl.
When sickness comes it is she who attends
with hnnwearying patience in the sick chamber.
There is no risk, no fatigue, that she will not
undergo ;cnio sacrifice that she will bot make.
She is all love, all devotions have often
thought it would be happiness to be i'll to be
watched by such loving eyes, and tended by
such a fair hand.
One of the most strongly-marked character
istics of "nice grip is tidiness and simplicity
of dress. She is invariably associated in my
mind with high frock, plain collar, and the
neatest Of nice ribbons, bound with the most
modest little brooch in the world. never
knew s'nice grip who displayed profusion
of rings and bracelets, or who wore low dresses
or a,splendid bonnet. :,
I saw again, there is nothing in the world
half so beautiful, half SO intrinsically good as
'snice girl" She is the sweetest flower in the
path of life. There are others far more state
". far more gorgeous, but these we merely ad-
mire as we 20 by. 1t is where the daisy grows
that we like to rest.
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ALI Sorts of Paragraphs.

No man with a strong arm has any bust
ness to let girl shiver coming home from
singing school.
- If bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush, it is no less true that thorn in the bush
is worth two in the hand.
- There is nothing so highly priced as q
soft, sweet voice in woman, except her abili-
ty to wash when hard times come.
"Can you tell me how old the devil is 2"
asked an rreverent fellow of clergyman.
"My friend, you must keep your own family
record" was the reply.
An eminent physician, who devotes his
the other day that about three-fourths of all
throat diseases would get we'll by wearing very
loose collars and no necktie at all.
Theodore Hook was once asked for con-
tribution to the treasury Of the Society for the
Conversion of the Jews. He said he was quite
unable to give any money, but if the society
would send him Jew he would do his best to
convert him.
Your handwriting is very bad indeed"
said gentleman to college friend, who was
more addicted to boating than to study; "you
really ought to learn to write better" Gay.
ay," replied the young man, "it is all very we'll
for YOU to tell me that; but if were to write
better, people would find out how spell.'
Some time since celebrated minister was
about to preach at country church. poPu-
lar hymn of DR.. Watts was sung before the
sermon, and when it ended the preacher slow
ly repeated the last line, Demands my sou,
my life, my ALL" adding, "Well, | am surprised
to hear you sing that Do you know that al
together you only put two dollars into the box
this morning?'
"A man in Michigan procured divorce
from his wife, intending to marry another wo.
man. The latter, however, got tired waiting and
married another man on the day the divorce was
granted. Then the fellow hestated whether or
not to try to make it up with his wife again,
and while he was hestating his wife married
another fellow. This is what would naturally
be called getting left all round.
BY the laws of Massachusetts,, one hog,
among other articles, is exempted from seizure
for debt but sharp creditor in Holyoke re-
Gently played a sharp game to get possession Of
the fat hog of neighbor who was indebted to
him in q small sum. The creditor bought .
two-dollar pig, presented it to the debtor, and
then lawfully attached the hog, realizing thir-
teen dollars by his sharp practice.
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Just at the moment he ought not"


he had on this occasion again accompanied
his sweetheart from church, and in her society
the hours flew by so swiftly that before he. was
aware of it the shadows of evening were fall
ing. He mounted his horse and rode rapidly
toward home, but not so rapidly that night GIG
not overtake him before he reached the dread
ed valley. Precisely2t the turn of the road
where he first became aware of the horseman's 8
presence, he saw him again riding as before,
Just abreast of him.
The time the, young man had made up his
mind what to do. He had heard that disem-
bodied edsspirits, when they take fancy to re-
visit "the pale glimpses of the moon" never
speak until they are spoken to. He therefore
turned ito his unwelcome companion, and, in
as steady voice as he could command, said !:
'In the name Of God, what do you want of
me7" The effect was instantaneous. The
japparition found its tongue. It explained that
in wood near by there was battle-ground
in which its body lay, but that the tombstone
erected over it had been sacrilegiously removed
and placed over another grave. What it wants
ed with young Meet was to return the tomb
stone TO its, rightful owner. Under the cireuta-
stances he had no option but to consent In
obedience to a sign he dismounted and hitched
his horse to the fence. His companion led the
way on foot ygliding rather than walking bei
fore him, through dense woods, until at length
it stopped on little hjlloek, and pointing to a
greyoldtslab resting on another near at hand,
motioned him to bring it there. With consld-
cradle difficulty, for the stone was heavy, ne
accomplished his appointed task. ;.
:. As the ghost was now apparently satisfied,
T. Meet at once moved of. He looked ovef bis
shoulder and saw that the ghost was still stand
ing BY its grave His walk become run, and
lie rushed at break-neck speed for the place
where he had hitched his horse. When he
reached it he found his own horse, indeed, but
there was no trace of the phantom steed that
had, been left with him. Nothing more was
> ever seen Of the apparition.
Snch. is substantially the extraordinary story
q told us by Mr. George Meet, at the time, aud
many times subsequently, the truth Of which
ne always solemnly asseverated. He was'ip
NEST respects man of good, practical com.
: mon sense, and up to the time Of bis death
which occurred few years ago, at !ndepe4'
,dence, Mo-, enjoyed the reputation OF being an
honest and reliable man. q e1,,,'s..' L . = !
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os . SOn per day at home. Terms free. Address
PO s SSV GEO. STINsON 4 CO.. Portland Maine
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSON COUNTY.
IN COMMON PLEAS.
Summons for Relief.
A. B. Holland and Malinda Holland, plaintiffs,
against Bavlis Kelly Nancy Dalton and hus-
band, Booth Dalton, ct al, Defendants:
To Nancy Dalton and husband, Booth Dalton,
Mary Braswell, Dudley Grimes, Elizabeth
Crimes Thomas Grimes, Robert Grimes,
Rosalie Grimes, Mary Telford, James Bur
riss and wife, Jane Burriss,, Amanda Wilson,
Harvey Kelly and Tency Richardson, De-
PENDANTS in this action.
N7OU are hereby summoned and required TO
answer the compliant in this action, when
is filed in the Office of the Probate Court tor
answer on the subscriber at his office, Ander-
son Court House, S. c., within twenty days
after the service of this summons on you, ex, ,
elusive of the day of service; and II you 1all
to answer this complaint within the time aiore-
said the Plaintiffs in this action will apply 10
the Court for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Dated November 26th, 1874.
JOHN b. MOORE, Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Defendants above named will take no
tice that the complaint in this case is nled loT q
nartition and division of tho Real Estate OF
Elisha Kelly, deceased, for the sale of-said land
in case partition cannot be had. Said tract of
land is situated in Anderson County, S. C.
containing about one hundred and ninety-elght
acres. adjoining lands of the Estate Of Reuben
Poore, Willis Johnson, John Mattison and 9TH
ers JOHN B. MOORE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dec 3, 1874 2l .
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A Fatal Duel.

On the 23rd Of December, Mr.. A. H. Tardy,
the agent of the Knickerbocker Life Insurance
Company, and DR.. Benjamin D. Lay, two we'll
known citizens Of Mobile, met at Grand Bay,
Miss. and foug ght duel which resulted fatally.
The difficulty originated in an anonymous
communication alleged to have been written
T by Mr.. Tardy, and published in the Spectator,
Northern insurance journal: On Monday
DR.. Lay met Mr. Tardy, and asked him if he
was the author of the communication referred
to. Mr.. Tardy said he was, when DR.. Lay
slapped his face. A few words passed, and
then Mr. Tardy sent to DR.. Lay written mes
Sage, demanding satisfaction for the insult, and
referring to Col. James Williams as authorized
to make any necessary arrangements. Inc
message was answered granting any satlsfac-
ton demanded and referring to Capt. Z. U.
Murphy as authorized, on the part of DIR. Lay,
to arrange matters. The result was the choice
of duelling pistols, the meeting to be out of
Wednesday noon. MI. Tardy and his friends
left the city Tuesday night, and repaired to
Grand Bay, and DIR. Lay and friends left on
Wednesday morning for the same place. The
parties met as by agreement, and took car
riages until they we're over the line and IN
Mississippi. As it was agreed for noon as the
time, there was no choice as to position. The
distance was measured, the antagonists placed,
the dread question asked: Gentlemen, are
you ready? Fire! One Two Three At
the word one report was heard, Tardy's pistol
| fell from his hand, he clasped convulsively his
breast, and fell-a corpse. DR.. Lay returned
to the city Immediately, and was met on Gov
ernment street by a gentleman who, not know
| ing the duel had taken place, jokingly asked
the Doctor whom he was going. to shoot
Bursting into tears he exclaimed "My God,
don't ask me anything about it," The remains
of Mr.. Tardy were brought back to the city,
and aninquest held, the jury rendering YER
dict that the deceased came to his death "from
pistol shot wound fred by BENZ. d. Lay, "
and recommended that Lay and his seconds be
held for examination. Bond has already been
given TO appear before the proper courts. a
local paper, commenting upon the affair says
at is well known that DR.. Lay was notorious
duellist, and Mr.. T2rdy a nervous, excitable,
fshort sighted man. The distance was fifteen
PAGES, and the weapons duelling pistols. 1t is
possible that the mercurial temperament OF
| Mr.. Tardy was overstrained, as his bravery is
unquestioned. DR.. Lay is said to be the best
pistol shot in Mobile, and is celebrated in this
section as authority in the code, and acknowl.
| edges il as the only means of concluding diff
ferences between gentlemen of equal social
rank The ball from DR.. Lays pistol reached
the heart of Mr.. Tardy before the explosion o
the pistol Of the latter, and he fell in his tracks
without groan or struggle"
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.oWoErHY OF NorE.-We know a lady in this
city who, although her husband commands a
good salary, does her own cooking and house
bold .work-in fact, all home work except
washing and securing. She does this of her
own volition for the purpose of economy and
With the desrelto aid her husband in the strpg-
gle of life. She was once the daughter of one
of the we'll to do citizens of Columbus, and
rnnlike many others of this class she does. not
Sit down to repine over the change in her con
dition, but works with cheerful courage for
present ruin and future happiness. She is set
ting q noble example for her sisters of this
rdOwn:trodden and impoverished land, and one
which all should strive to emulate.
=, With such spirit on the part of Southern
@Fonen, prosperity will agaiu return to our
waste places, and peace and happiness to our
homes. God bless our noble women, who ac-
eepting the situation, labor with head, heart
and hand, to build up and restore our ancient
prosperity and greatness.
- The men, seeing such self-sacri6cing spir-
it on the part of their wives and daughters,
will take fresh courage in the conflict with
poverty, and soon the South will be herself
again Columbus Enquirer.
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"WithOut Benefit of Clergy"

The above phrase is often quoted by writers
and speakers, and the idea intended to be con-
veyed by them is that criminals should be de-
prived of the spiritual consultations afforded by
the ministrations of the clergy. But there Is
no other authority for this use of the phrase.
Its origin is as follows: Centuries ago, in Eng
land, all offenses received severe punishment,
and in most of them death was the penalty.
But the persons of the clergy were IN many
instances exempt from criminal process in the
secular courts, and as the clergy Increased IN
wealth, from numbers and interest, they con-
tinually enlarged the number of crimes on ac-
count of which exemption of their persons
from punishment could be claimed, 80 that at
length they became exemptin almost all cases.
Originally no one could claim this exemption
unless he wore the clericsl habit and tonsure !;
but in process of time much wider and more
comprehensive criterion was established ana
every one that could read was accounted clerk
or clericus, and was allowed the benefit of
clerkship, so-called, though never initiated into
holy order or wearing the tonsure. According
ly, when, after conviction or indictment for
crime, the person was asked why sentence
should not be- pronounced upon him, he would
claim the "beneft of the clergy" and if on
Investigation it was found that he could read,
the plea was accepted. But when learning, by
reason of the invention Of printing and other
causes, began to be more generally dissemina-
ted, and reading was no longer competent
proof of clerkship or being in holy orders, it
was found that as many laymen as divines
could claim the privilege, and therefore a dis
tinction was drawn by statute between scholars
that we're laymen and clerks that were in holy
orders, and a layman that could read was SUBJ
iected to a certain degree of punishment, and
allowed to plead his privilege" but once.
The clergy could still plead it as often as an
offense was committed.
After time it was considered that education
and learning were no extenuation of guilt, but
quite the reverse, and that if the punishment
of death for a slight of offence was too severe
for those who had been literally educated, by
so much the more it was too severe for the ig--
norant and it was by statute allowed that all
might claim this privilege, so that the plea
became merely a mode of claiming that the
severe punishment should not be inflicted.
This operated injuriously from the fact that
lenity became nearly universal, and by success
sive statutes the privilege was so greatly modi.
fed, that the phrase without benefit of clergy
amounts to but little more than to say that for
certain ofenses there shall be no mitigation OF
the death penalty. It does not have the remot-
est connection with the idea that the offender
is to be deprived of such spiritual consolation
as can be afforded by the ministration of the
clergy.
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As my wife at the window one beautiful
day stood watching man with monkey, a
cart came along with a broth of boy, who
was driving stout little donkey. To my wife
then spoke, by way of joke, There's re-
lation of yours in that carriage" TO which
she replied when the donkey she spied, "Ah
yes! relation by marriage"
A business firm, to which bill had been
owing for some time, finally sent a sharp dun
ming note to the debtor, and received in reply
postal card containing the following, "Mat-
thew, xviii" To this they responded, "Ro-
mans, xiii. 8; Luke, xii. 5S." The result was,
the prompt return of a check in payment of
the amount.
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SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING INTERESTS
Whilst there is great prostration in the manu-,
featuring establishments of the North and
West, it is learned that large share of pros
perity is attending the manufacturing interests
of some of the Southern. States. The great
Tredegar works at Richmond, Va, which were
badly crippled by the panic, are again getting
well under way, having recently received e sew,
considerable number ofrailroad cars. As q
consequence, the force Of workmen at the Tre-
degar1is being considerable augmented. an Co;
lumbus, Ga, is now running $4,000 cotton and
$500 wooen spindles, all the capital employed
being Southern, The mills in that city are
being run OF, full time, and the orders are con-
stantly in excess of the product. In addition,
Columbus has large founderies and machine
shops in successful operation. The scofeld
rolling mills at Atlanta, Ga, have just received
IN order for one thousand tons of steel-capped
rails for the Montgomery and Mobile railroad,
with assurance of a similar order, provided
satisfaction is given. These are only few of
the many evidences of the success attending
manufacturing interests in the South.
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99,nSmrsolr q yldeQigtnuer~
A Marvellous Ghost Story.

A correspondent Of the Louisville Courier
Journal, writing from Jessamine County, gives
one of the best attested ghost stories on record,
rivalling the fanciful' creation Of Irvings head
less horseman in Sleepy Hollow. The thing
happened long ago, though the story IS widely
known to the present generation, and is whls-
pefed With bated breath on long winter even
ings by the inhabitants of that region,
= About ten miles from Lexington, and some
tmoeor'three- to- the left of the turnpike leadipg
to Nichoiasville, there IS lonely and seqhes-
tered valley, through which runs country tI
road, crossed at one or two points oy Mafsnail II
branch. En- this neighborhood, some nifty
years ago.. lived young man OF lrreproachaole
character and standing named George Meet:
on certain Sunday. afternoon, having that
dsy accompanied his sweetheart from the coun-
try church after the services we're over, he was
leisurely riding home The day waned as he
approached the valley, and by the time he was
fsirlyin it, twilight had faded into dusk As
i,s rode slowly on ,oblivious TO the loneliness
of'the place. the murmurof. the stream over its
pebbly bed, the signing wind, the grating song
SgskasMany- voicsd eicada to'which the distant
horned owl occasionally lent Che deep diapason
of its hoot, or anys other sounds that might
have been there, were all lost upon him, tor he
was thinking Of his sweetheart and OF her
.SEeIn9 aIfTStft'!fi- 4. J~.'iAi t'4' - '. = .A
Suddenly his horse became restive, and,
Choking up, he perceived shat a horseman was
Hdsne aSffeast 0f him Ss Whence he came khe
could not tell, but there he was, with his tall
figure distinctly ohtined jp the dusky light.
TIE young mau was no coward, but he ielt an
unaecouutable thrill pass through his nerves,
and he attempted to draw to one side OF the
road. It would not do. His companion kept
at his side, do what he would. Then ne put
his horse to his speed, but still his unwelcomed
companion maintained his position by his side.
Growing desperate, he struck at the figure with
4 Stout Stick he held in his hand, but it met no
more. resistance than if it had descended
through the impalpable air, until it struck his
own steed, which, being spirited animal and
already much, excited, ran away with him.
XB last the place where Marshall's' branch
crosses the road was reached, and then the
strsanegesidef Vanished from his sight. -
Young Meet told the story OF his adventure
that night when be- reached home, and was
advised by the old folks to avoid passing over
that road after nightfall. The counsel seems
to have met his appreciation, for he was careful
to gigethe suspicious spot a wide berth except
when the broad light of day illumined it, for
three months. But when was the victim of
the tender passion consistently prudent? At
the end of that time, ,slike Haidee,
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