The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-04-12
Wise People.

''G'i nc'tei pOStcu than hp wi
makes 1t his business to SOW mn
reap and prunc. A gentleman Ii,
ing on Eort street west, yesterda
cmploy"d gardener to trim I'm
shade frcoa littlo. The gardener ha
just commenced work when d law
Yer passed by and remarked:
p. "'o You want to kill that trce
II you don't, you had better let !
alone Tor ut least two weeks lonm
cr.' ''"' i'iiSo
The gardcncr fixed his ladder an,
put the saw into limb, and IL doctor
cmc along and said
You'll kill thnt trco stoho deo,
II yo'l cut limb off You ought +,
nave pruncd it three weeks aro."
'hc gardener had severed two q,
three limbs when Il banlscr hha,iiiii.J a. ~
der the tree and exclnHi;,npd: '>' ''''
y,,, "oou '.t'l,1 ,heavena:sI Are you insane
.J,,no',,,. ',,'D W.. t. touch that tree till
: 3, when the sap is warm! Any
TOOL could tell you better than to
trim it now!'
! The gardener expected such OK
prcssions to he hurled ut him, and
! he kept at his work without heed
, ing then, Pretty soon II Clergyman
snntcrcd up, salutod the tree:trim,
mnr with Il pleasant "good murn'
ing, and added that it made hia
heart glad to see q man trim n!itd
trees IN th' right season. He su,l
that the last few days Of Nahrli
were really the only days in tht
whole year when limbs could sn,uly
be Topped III
! The Gartcncr was just finishing
/ ihe job when III insurance man,
who never lived a day outside of a
vity, except to take q vacation, tame
! around the corner, halted, scoWlcd
! tirrccly and said
"Scc here! What kind Of gar
drncr arc von. anyway? If you
don't tie rol'n around the body O!
! that tree .hc sap will all run into
! tn" roots AMI the top will dic!"
! The tree is still in position tc
hear further remarks.-UcnvU FIRE.
press.
/ HHNENTT-rNE PER Gent OF rIH REL
! MEN's MONEY STOLEN ny THE PotIrl
/ cl,NS.--Thc rcpurt of the military
/ committee on the transfer of the
liid!an Bureau ~ the War Depart
mcnt will show that the opinions OF
sixty army officers have been OBJ
! taihcd on this subject, and tlat every
general officer Of the army save one
! tavors the change The testimony
! OF Wm. WEIGH is i'nportant mas
n:Uch rs he declares :lat after nare
FIJI investigation, he believes thai
not mere than twenty five per cent
of the money goes to the Indians
: and tic rest is used to secure tho
election of s'nators and politicians
t., office. Gen. Sanl,prn, Of Missis
sippi, says that after II lifc-stlldy o!
the subject he believes it to be orc
sided. and that every consideration
of humanity demands the change.
SlHGULAh SURNAMEs.-In an ole
work on "]lnrlish Su,nnmcs ant
patronymics," + find the following
They are nalncs tnl;c, from Il iur,
list IN Sussex county, III 1863, the
year in which Richard Cromwell
succeeded his father as PROTECTOR
''Faintnot Hewitt : Accepted
Trevor Redeemed Compton Make
Peace Hcaton Good Reward Smart
Stand fast- high Stingcr tlartl
Adams; Called Tower Meek Brew
or; Bc-courtcons Cole; Rcpcntanc,
Avis; Search the Scriptures More
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Sam Cox moves that n COMMITTEE,
, Of Congress be appointed to nsccr
, tain il there is II science of money
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