Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-07-17
Showing tho White Feather.

q man took umbrage at an article
which appeared i'll paper, published
in a town in which lie resided, as per-
sonal, the othor day, and i'll al irate
manner cntcnSd the Office, aud inquir-
ed Of the first one lie met who wrote
tlat article, showing the paper, and
pc Jng to thclone to which he took
executions. 1ii'"
Said he (raising his voice i'll a loud
kcy, and with clenchcd fist high in
aiD. 81 want to see the editor that
wrote that article"
"Ybu do" answered the young man
inteyrogatcd.
"Ees, I do" answered the stranger,
angrily: "Itis satisfaction l come for
and will have it, and before leave
here, too; do = x and understand
that ?"a 'iii ;t'.f2 -1i'
"All right" said the young ran. ran,
"But Before l call him, would like
to ask you if You ever saw the gentle
man before" ," IT '.H sIi'1..l '
"No Of course not" was the savage
answer. "Why 10 you wish to know?'
"Oh$ nothing very particular. l
thought if You did you would not
care to soc him.
"That's Just what I come for youn,r
mall; and there will be fun, you bet"
"Well, stranger, I tell you before
hand ;aaic is 'fIai powerful man, stands
six,, two Il. Il lis Stockings, weighs
'ftsIG red, aSit e 5Wns t@iioI "
fists tnat strike tremendous Flows;
when angry, his eyes flash fire; his
t-cad is like elephant, and lie can lift
a three hundred pound weight with
perfect easc, and top it over his should
CT as easy rs | could u base ball. No
one dare to approach him in nn angry
mood; for they would be i'll danger Of
losing their lives. lie has held an
elephants trunk for ten minutes, and
put his arm around the neck Of II horse.
and turned him over with omparn-
tive case. lie has done powerful things,
| tell you, stranger. Besides, he al
ways carries six shooter, and is an
excellent sl:vt, scarcely missing the
bulls eye one time out Of twelve.
Stranger he is the counterpart Of
Samson, of old"
During the young mans brief reci-.
tal OF the personnel of the slitor that
wlote the article. the stranger turned
very pale, trcmbled all over, hacking
all the time toward the door, out Of
which he suddenly durto,|, and has
not been heard OF since, doubtless
ieemlns it wiser !. 10 depart quietly
than TO encounter such formidable
opponent.
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TIE DuEssED WEIGHT OF AMI
MAIs.--Farmcrs who have but little
experience in feeding animals for the
market, arc often disappointed because
their beef and pork docs not weigh rs
muck MS they thought it would. They
are likely to overlook certain points
which ought always to be taken into
account when estimating The dressed
weight of animals. t.'' iii''..'"' l..'.
An old animal will not dress ms
guch in proportion to its looks rs a
young and growing one. '.''.
a creature winch is very Eat will
weigh Il great deal more than one
equally as large, but wlicl, has not
been well f;ttcncd.
An animal which has had twenty or
thirty bushels Of meal willlrcss much
heavier than one which has been fed
only about halfas much meal.
a creature Which has been mealcd
for five or six months will weigh more
than ono which has had about tic
same amount Of meal, but has been
fed only about h,lfas long.
In MI cases, liberal and long con
tinucd feeding is essential to the at
tainmcnt of any great success in fat
tcning animals Of any kind Nee
England Farmer.