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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

uSIQvE - hose si1k hats at Dan,
.nc"berg'o. Something uobby. They
nre the New Idea.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

OFFICE or COUNTY TREASURER. ,
WiNNsDoRo, s. &. Nov, -, 1874
TJNIE following taxes have been levied
l. upon the property Of ibis Count Y
VIZ. :, IS ,.' -
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

Mr.. D. II. Flenniken showed Us a
turnip, Tues lay, grown III his garden,
which measures q ,inches'in oircum .
ference and weighs Ct pounds. 1t
Is Of the globe variety. Who can
beat this :
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Joel

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Joel
Ncopes has introduced in the House q
'o'll to authoFiz. tho County Com.
missioners Of Fairfield to have erect.
ed now, Jail building at Wiunsboro,
There is every probability that',he
bill will ultimately pass both branch
e" Of the general ..sembly.,n.;;
The bill to Incorporate the Build
ing aud loan Association of W.nns
boro has passed. its second read;ng
in the llou.e. The corporatnrs,. as
sot forth in tho bill, are q. r.. Nc.
Master, L. R'ss Rpbest,oa,: NJ. G.
Robertson and JAmcs Z. McCants.
This association will prove Of great
bcurlit to the town.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

Attention ! Fairfi. III Sabre Club.
.VOU wi a>sem'la in Vinn.herp n
l. Saturday ncx,, Jan SJ.h, At Il
clock. n Il uni orm for company d >,
". J. fiEKRbN,
Jan 72 Ia warlcn.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

Only about oue.half Of the tuDes
due in Fairfield county have thus
far Lcen paid in. From present in
.dications, we judge TINT there will
DE Il very larg, number oe delin.
luents.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

We learn that MIR. trrezvant d
Feasttr has leen draTn un grand
juror in the United States Court
and r. prcsen alive Joseph Thow pso IL
as petit juror in tho same court.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

w. II. FLENNIKEN g. co.
jan 26
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

The Charlotte OBSERVER has Of lat c
been coming very irregularly indeed
" hose fault is this :. =.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

- Henry Williams, colorod, has bee,
detected in the act Of stealing letters
trom the Columbia post Office. When
arrested he had largo number OF
letters, some containing checks for
alargc amount. Ilc is in prison
awaiting tllal.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

,TNE LArHSv.-The new style silk
hsss'of D"nnenberg 4 60. The som
'ation Of the day. Go sna see them,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

From u priva Telegram lived
yesterday morning we,lca, II thai MIR.
D maid Fleming, ~ spqrtpnLurg
was killed by il fullin wall. We
have lot yet heard the partic uiars.''
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

!. For pny'tr sa1afics ocE4eouiivo "'
and dJnhi"ial Oiiicrs Of tho State,
the Clerk and contingent cxprn-
acs Of tht Executive and Judicial
Departments ot he Governments. II
:. Fer support and maintnnDco
Of he renal Charitublc and Ed
ucntional Institutions OF the .
State, exclusive Of Common
Schools. II
.. For support and n.aiptniuco Of
Hublic Schools. .
1. For payment Of .dcfclcnces for
School GLAZING, and School Com :,
missioacrs Sn'Mtcs due sprior to y
lst Nov. lSI,. %. 49,, :, g. H., I
5. For expenses Of tho General As
scnbly. |
6. F.'r Public Printing. go. 4
I. For payment Of intcrestupon tho
public debt, Gas ndjustcd by act
Of December 22h 1873 due and
payable upon Jst. January and
July 1878.
. For dcicGcy trulpaid appropri-
hlions and claim. Of Central Ma
tional Bank. p. F. Frazce and
L. Cardnrclli l.
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sH"Es.-M Mr.. B. sugenhe inner of
TO house of s. Landercker g. Co.,
l'ft few days sinco for Macon and
atlanta, ut which places he will lay
il for his establishment a. full and
, ried supply of Southern made
l"ots and Shoes. Tho stook will
a..ive in very short time, and all
j .terested arc requested to call and
t>Amine It. Z, Prices will DO fixed
t".suit tho times. Landecker & Co.,
hh,iow how to do this.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

> Cotton reached l34 ccnts in
W.nnsboro on Tuesday.
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MOI
s s1s h EsKss.T:W e. ss:SSr!ps1UM,. S

10 hayo marked down our goods, and
will sell at
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

The NATIONAL GRASGE.-Th" rd~
gular annual III citing Of .this tvty
will take place at Charlee,oa in
the first week; III February - 'y@d .,v..
vention will no doubt be largely al.
tended, and the Oranges throughout
the Union will scnd their best men.
We trust that the Patrons. in South
Carolina will take duo interest In
the meeting, and send full
rcpros cntation. The preparations
for tho Occasion have been made
BY Ashley Grange, No. l., ofCharlcs..
ten, ard this fact is sufficient to en-.
sure thut everything will be we'll and
handsomely done. We trust that
Fairfield Will be fully represented
Bull accounts of the proceedings of
the o?*4Yention will be presented iu
the n RVS and HERALD.
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
Abandoned Farms.

The frequent lament that our hill farms
are abandoned and allowed to run
down is not founded on the very best
philosophy. The abandonment of q farm
is not necessarily or always to leave it to
deteriorate Even grass lands i'll many
locations in New England will well nigh
hold their own lor many years though
nothing is done to them except to cut the
grass. We have in mind several farms in
Il New England hin town which have
been un0ccupied for several years. The
buildings have of course dccayed. Bat
the grass sold for about as much this year
as it was worth the season the farm was
abandoned. This would not hold true OF
farms subjected to high culture. but it is
true of'a great majority Of our hill farms.
Moving fields never top-drcssed, closely
cut and pasturcd after hayin@, are a good
deal worse off than fields moved early
and the aftermath allowed TO remain on
the ground as a top dressing.
The woodlands Of course improve an
nually. and with a rapidity hardly appre-
ciated by those who have not closely OBJ
served them. The land in one sense, fall
lowed by non-cuItiyation and gathers
strength from year to year Aud the time
is coming when our New England hill
farms will be worth double their present
value We do not however, advocate
abandonment as a means OF rccuperation.
But it is Il good deal better TO abandon Il
farm than to skin it. [l4owell Courier,
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
Farm Wages.

The department of agriculture has been
Investigating the fluctuations in farm
wages, and finds that The present average
tor the whole country is .Sl2 40 per month.
with board This Includes Of course the
black labor of the South, where from IS
to Sl0.1J is paid, South Carolina paying
the least In Massachusetts S2O.25 is OBJ
tanned. in Maine, Sl5 ~. in Vermont,
Sl9.37, in Pennsylvania, SlG.lO, IN the
prairie States, from ~l6 20 Sl7. in the old
''bor(er States" SD to Sl4, in California,
S29 so, and Wyoming $50 So These
wages are on contract by the year; by the
season the rate is somewhat higher There
are great contrasts in the cost and method
of harvesting and threSniug South Caro-
lima pays ~ cents q buShel, OF a tell OF
every twelfth bushe, Tor threShing by
ilail, tie New England States y or Is
cents for thrcshing with itincrant horse
powers the prairie States with large horse
powers, ab0ut : cents, and California, with
steam-power. less than G. The different
share systems Of the States are also de
scribed In New England, The landlord
and tenant divide the seed taxes, repairs
and crops, half and hall. and this Is the
only country where taxes are 50 imror-
Lant tNtl llc ltntlltiu ptilH Hdil thC bui 'itH
on the tenant In the middle States the
element OF stock and tools begins to be
reckoncd on one side or the other, the
tenant having only a third ii he furnishes
none. Down the coast this usage becomes
universal one-thild of the product going
to the land, one to the owner Of the stock and
tools, and one TO the laborcr. Cotton, how
every, yields only Il fourth to the landlord
In the Gulf States, the tenant freedman Is
favored with Il larger share OF the pro
ceeds and a more lenient treatment than
the tenant farmers of the North" y dis
tinctiOn is made between sh;rers and
renters, the former working for 4 certain
portion Of the crop, the latter renting the
acres and working tor themselves. The
latter plan of course is the best, wherever
the freedman has the tools and mules to
'-tind himself" In the prairie States and
on the Pacific coast 4 money rental IS more
common than shares.
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
Pumpkin Pie.

Ave Mich, y the charming lady humor-
ist, of the Detroit Free Press, gives the
following recipe, which her lady readers
will read with pleasure.
l'ia you ever eat piece Of pumpkin
pie? | don't mean any Of your modern
'yeller' things, but a real, oldtashoned
quadrant, such as grandmother used to
have about at Thanksgiving time Weren't
grandmothers comfortable people about
those times? My grandmother used to
make the best pumpkin pies OF any one in
the neighborhood When she died, she
Willed the recipe, and, like the vender of
patent medicines, have resolved, for the
SAKE OF humanity, to give it to the world
In the first place, YOU must be very par
tlenlar about picking out your pumpkins.
Don't take the biggest, but be sure and
get the yelowest, and a crinkly one, if
you can. If you happen to be a carpen-
ter's Wife, take it to the shop, put it in the
wise, and peel it with the draw-shaye. Its
the quickest and easiest way, and you
won't be halt SO apt to cut your fingers. II
you are not a carpenters wife, you'll have
to take it to the kitchen, cut it into round
rings, and peel it with the butcher knife
After peeling, cut the pumpkin into
small pieces and put them into the kettle
to stew. Now, the real goodness Of the
pie depends on the stewing You must
stir 1t often TO keep it from burning, and
then you must let it stew. and stew, and
stew, and stew. till its about the color of
your best mahogany bureau. You can't
stew Your pumpkin and make your pies
the same day; SO, the next morning strain
your pumpkin through u colander, sweet
en- it with molasscs or brown sugar, sea-
son with ginger. and thin with rich sweet
milk. Make q rich crust, and when your
pie is ready for the oven put in u teaspoon
full or thereabouts, OF melted butter Bake
Slowly and evenly, and when it is done, it
viii be a rich, dark brown. When it gets
cold. give your husband a piece. Not a
prime, little, acute angled triangle, on
China plate with u silver fork, but when
the hired girl goes out to hang up the
clothes, coax him into the Kitchen, and
give him i whole quarter. He won't speak
cross 10 you again for week. Give him
some cheese 70 cat with it. Not u smooth,
rectangular piece, cut with the carving
knife. but let him cut off a chunk" with
Ms itck-knto. You take another piece of
Die and sit on the edge of the sink while
he sits OH the woodbUN You'll enjoy life
almost rs well as you did counting.
When your minister comes to see you,
give him slice. If he has spark of re-
ligion, he'll appreciate t. Hell cherish a
lorgiving spirit toward the school COM
mittee all the way home. and when he
gets into his study he'll make several cor
rectons in his next Sundays sermon.
When YOU eat pumpkin pie. don't be
afraid Of it. Set Your worries clean down
through it crust and all. Oh-oo, amt it
luscious
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
Bows not Suited TO the Farm

If the only good 4 boy ever did about
the farm was to repair The pump, hang
gates, make mole traps, put in rake teeth
file the saw, and hang the grindstone. and
he did these things We'll obviously the
farm is not the place for him-but the ma
chine shop is If a boy will walk halt a
dozen miles. after days work is done. 10
hear political speech, it he takes time from
play to attend trials before a Justice OF the
Peace, and sits up half the night when he
is going to school to learn declamations
which bring down the house at spelling
schools. most likely he will do the world
more good if you put Il law book and not
u manure fork into his hand. If he can
earn more money trading jack-kniVe es and
fish lines on rainy days than he does hoe
ing potatoes and cutting grain in fair
weather, give him u chance at the yard
stick. Again. il Il boy is Skiliul in skin
ming small animals and stulling small
birds; if he practiccd making pills Of mud
when he was Il child, and extracted teeth
from the Jaws Of dead horses with pincers
when he got older; if he read physiology
while his brothers were deep in Robinson
Crusoe, he viii be far more likely to sue
ceed with a lancet than with u scythe.
chronological Journal
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28

CORRECT, Go AHEAD! The following
actually occurred in u school in certain
locality in this province not long since.
A lady teacher was instructng u young
class in the meaning CT different words.
principally by illustration. At length the
word ..husband" was reached. None OF
the pupils could clearly understand the
meaning of the word To make it clearer
for them she said, e" Supposing that |
should get married, what would it be
that would have?" For few moments
their little heads were busy trying To
comprehend what it would be, when one
bright little fellow, with his countcnance
beaming with satisfaction at having solved
the problem, shouted out "A baby. ma am. -
How refreshingly natural. Colonial
Farmer
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
How One Man Detied Mob.

Some newspaper has lately uncarthed Il
story OF mob law in Henry county, hy.,
in 1889; q story which will bear condensa-
ton, and which should 90 down to pos
tcritv. describing an example to be initial
ed ana i scene to be immort;tlizcd. In
1889 there resided in the county named
several brothers by the name of Henry,
one of whom was charged with murder.
lie was acquitted upon trial, but the mob
was dissatisfied with the verdict and de-
manlrd that not only the man charged
with the murder, but his brothers should
leave the county. One OF the brothers
thus uniustly banished was slow to leave,
s,utl. in consequence. was assailed, being
shot at and narrowly escaping with his
life His wife and children were alter
wards taken to hlm by u young man nam
ed Ilunly The mob then demanded that
Ilunly should leave the region, llunly
went to his house and told his aged pa
rents Of the situation They decided not
to obey the mob, and barricaded the
house. On the next day the mob came,
twenty masked men and numbers OF re-
spectacle citizens who dared not resist.
The mob rode up to the house and de-
manded the body OF young llunly. The
cid mother appeared at the window and
replied that her son had committed no or
fence; he had simply aided an innocent
woman and her children, ne would not be
driven out of the country like a criminal
She and hel' husband were prepared TO die
with him Then She bowed and retired.
The mob crowded forward, but there was
Il man among the spectators to be heard.
AS the old mother ceased talking. be came
forward. with tears on his face, and said:
''Of all fortunes in lie there is nothing
like f~ fortunate ending A NAV should
be esteemed fortunate who finds an an
swcl to the old Methodist prayer, Lord,
Give Us Il good time to get out OF the
world may live Il hundred years With
out finding another opportunity to 50 hap
piy end my life | am blessed My pray
er is answered will die with these peo
plei" Then drawing his pistol, the man
Chs name was Pollard) placed his back to
the door and his face to the mob. The Ell
feet was grand IIesitatin@ citizens, lack
ING but the nerve to oppose ruillanlsm,
rushed to Pollard's support. The mob
fled for then lives before the desperate re-
solve of the men before them, and llunly
and his family We're saved.
Pollartl's name is still a synonym for
brave manhood in Henry county, and his
glorious example has done not little
good Could y grander speech be con-
ceived than this briet one OF six clean SEN
tences? And is not the story one to be
come immortal
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
Words of Wisdom.

Men tire themselves in pursuit OF rest.
[Sterne.
Education begins the gentleman. but
reading, good company, and reflection
must finish him. Locke
We sometimes meet an original gentle
man, who if manners had not existed,
would have invented them Emerson.
Faith evcrmorc ovcrlooks the difficult
ties of the way, and bends her eyes only
to the certainty OF the end Bishop Hall
Few habits are more injurious tnan
musng, which differs from thinking. rs
pacing ones chamber does from walking
abroad
1t is cold, liiclcss business when you
go to the shops to buy something which
does not represent your life and talent,
but the goldsmith's. Emerson.
There cannot be surer proof of low
origin or of an innate meanneSs of dispo-
siton than to be always talking and
thinking Of being genteel [lIazlief
The essence of true nobility is neglect
of self Let the thought OF self pass in
and the beauty of u great action is gone,
like bloom from a soiled flower. Froude
Over all life broods poesy, like the calm,
blue sky, with its motheriy, rebuking face
She is the great reiormer, and where the
love of her is strong and healthy, wick
edness and wrong cannot long prevail
Howell
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
just AS OF Old.

| saw my love in dreams last night
Pass up the sleeping moonlit lands,
The love beams in her dear eyes bright,
A rose bud in her rose leaf hands,
And round me as | nearer stepped,
felt her soft arms steal and fold
While close against my heart she crept,
Just as of Old.
The gay dawn broke. my love was gone.
The golden dream was past and dead;
got me to the church yard lone
Through which my love forever fled
| found a headstone gray with years.
| bowed me to the morn mists cold,
| Wept and knew she saw my tears,
Just rs OF old.
But ever W lille | live alone
This comfort comes and soothes my care
We too may meet, when all is done,
Far off in heaE ems garden fair;
And by the light above, beyond,
Chastened, each others face behold,
Stainless, more pure. but true and fond,
just as of Old.
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28

\ SMART GoAr Dan Rec calls one OF
his great moral performing goats Sinbad.
One Of Sinbad's ieats is a daring pad act
on Il horse. which he ordinarily doc, with
great elan and success. One of the tricks
of this act is to Jump upon platform UNI
der which the horse runs, and to Jump
from it upon the pad when the horse pass
es under the next time. Snbad is Il ven
erable, knowing fellow, with remarkably
big horns. and long, flowing white
beard. Should Sinbad fail to jump upon
the platform from the horse. he'd be
knocked off, tor there is not room under
it for Sinbad on top Of the horse. Conse-
quently, Sinbad invariably jumps. Hay
ing alighted safely on one side Of the
platform, he steps over to the other side,
eyes the herse closely as he goes round
the ring, gathers himself for the Jump,
and as the wel-trained horse canters un-
der and shows the pad on the other side,
lets himself down lightly, and retains his
place, to 90 round and repeat the trick.
They say the goat will chew tobacco
with great relish We are reminded OF
tory of showmen in an effort to account
for what occurred to Sinbad last night, to
the great surprise and delight of the Won
dering audience, at this great show. Per
haps Sinbad drinks. However, we pre-
fer the tobacco theory to account for the
phenomenal psychological regeneration
in which Sinbad inglorously disporteC
himself. Sinbad had gracely followed the
horses course half way round the arena
with his shrewd glance, when he quickly
turned around, bringing himself tace t(
face with the horse rs the latter came up
Then, in this reversed position, to the hor
row of Colonel Rice and the attendants
| and the great delight of the audience, Sin
bad Jumped and alighted upon the pad
| with his face to the horses tail. In tn,
next instant the horse was passing undc
the platform.
But Sinbad-where was he? Like th'
illustrious original Sinbad when he ha,
his little ballooning trip with the roc, Sin
bad was suspended in mid-air. AS W.
stated in the start, Sinbad has long horns
By the tips of these horns, caught owe
the platform, Sinbad hung suspended
gracefully oscillating, pendulum-like so t
speak, while the audience roarcd wit
laughter. At last the ancient William, b
giving himself an extra swing, whicl
threw him off his centre, brought himsel
to the ground. He struck on his feet
looked around more like sheep than
dlgnlfied goat, and then ran over to tn
horse, jumped upon the pad like tru
circus rider, and finished his act. TCin
cinnati Commercial.
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28

SUCH IS LIFE. Some time during the
last years of his life the late John Quincy
Adams wrote beneath portrait of him
self some lines, of which the following is
one: San age of sorrow and a lite of
storm" These words were not written
by wretched outcast dying in the poor
house, but by one of the marked iavorites
of external fortune. The late Harrison
Gray Otis, in public speech of his later
DAYS remarked: LAS | look back over
my existence, see a pathway of mingled
roses and thorns; but the roses have long
since disappeared, and the thorns only re-
main" This was the confession of man
who had everything that almost every hui
man being of our generation thinks worth
having, and is striving distractedly to get
health, strength beauty, grace, e!o-
quence, culture, popularity, eight hun
dred thousand dollars. palace on the
most exquisite spot in Boston, and a Unit
| ed States senatorship.
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
A Japanese Bath.

in japan, even in the lowest inns, says
4 writer in Temple Bar, the travellers re-
quest for bath is never met with that
stare of blank astonlshment which often
attends the demand in England and every
other European country. | know in Ire
land once i asked for a bath. and they
brought me Il horse bucket; and on anoth-
er OCCASION in France, | could 60 no near
er the article than a horse trough; while
in Germany the request has more than
once led to q serious breach OF the peace
between myself and the landlord. In ia
pan, on the contrary, there would be much
more surprise felt ii the traveller did not
ask for one There were no preparations
required, no rushing about of chamber
maids, no turning on this and of that
Everything was quite ready, and was at
once conducted to a huge wooden bath
with a small earthen furnace set III at the
foot, and lid enclosing the whole OF the
top, with the exception OF space Just blg
enough for the head OF the bather tC
emerge through. In one OF these contrlv-
ances, with small furnace burning gaily
a Japanese, after his days work is over,
will sit calmly boiling himself with the
lid on, and the water bubbling about at
boiling heat lie seems, however, to like
it uncommonly, to Judge from the pleasec
expression on his face fast deepening un-
der the process into beetroot-like tints
and when he has at last had enough :
about an hour of TIL takes off the lie
and energies as much like boiled lobster
as Il human being can be one. My bath
was quite ready; the small furnace glow
ed with live pieces OF charcoal; the'watel
bubbled merriy, and my companion OF
the bath. taking off the lid, invited me t(
enter. Not being, however, either ia
panese, blue lobster, or a potato, | die
not see any particular object in being boil
ed, and so had the fuel raked out OF the
furnace and few buckets of cold waite
added before got in.
The Republican journal., 1875-10-28

In the old days there were angels who
came and took men by the hand and led
them away from the city of destruction
We see no white winged angels now
But yet men are led away from threaten
inc destruction: a hand is put into theirs
which leads them forth toward calm and
bright land, SO that they look no more
backward; and the hand may be a little
child's. TGeorge Eliot