The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-06-08
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Small things are not to be despised.
Many men have been conquered by a
widows might.
BY nature we possess no fault that
might not become virtue; no virtue
that might not become fault.
D., = If whiskey selling is prohibited on
the Centennial grounds, how can the ex-
hibition be celebrated with the "spirit OF
'76?"
-Mistrust the man who finds every
thing good, the man who finds everything
evil, and still more the man who is indif-
ferent to everything.
- One of the clowns in Barnum new
show puts this conundrum: "Why is the
Centennial like home? Because it's the
dearest spot on EARTH"
= An editor of denominational pa
per at Chicago says: ga man needs
grace to edit a religious paper at any
time, but especially when he has the
rheumatism"
-"Ah, doctor, Pm out again let me
thank you, my dear fellow" Doctor:
"But nonsense, never came to see you
while you were ILL.," swell, that's why
I am thanking you"
- Mrs. Stewart will not allcy the
publication of biography of her late
husband. She thinks he will be remem-
bered without it. She is mistaken, how
ever; he did not remember us and we
shall not remember him.
"A hotel in Kansas has the follow
ing notice displayed in the bedrooms:
Gentlemen wishing to commit suicide
will please take the centre of the room,
to avoid staining the bed linen, walls
and furniture with blood"
- There is a growing feeling among
American people that the man who
can hear q fellow mortal complain
of a cold in the head and abstain
from telling him what to do for it, is the
man who should be next President.
"A Wisconsin editor illustrates the
prevailing extravaganza of the people of
the present day by calling attention to
the costly baby carriages in use now,
while when he was baby, they hauled
him around by the hair of the head.
An old Scots woman, whose favor
ite son was in the habit of swearing occa-
sionally, was censured by her minister
for not correcting him. ''Its very wrong
minister" she admitted, "but ye maun
aloo that it sets off conversation might
ly."
"You come we'll recommended, 1
suppose" said a gentleman to boy who
wanted an easy place. ooh, yes, sir, the
man was with last recommended me;
he recommended me to leave and get
work more congenial with my disposi
ton"
Two young ladies were discussing a
preference expressed by one of them for
clean shaven men, when the other was
heard to remark: 'I don't object to a
man with reasonable quantity of hair
on his face, but 1 wouldn't like to marry
a buffalo robe"
"When I goes a-shopping," said an
old lady, "I alters asks for what l wants,
and if they have it, and it's suitable, and
I feel inclined to take it, and it's cheap,
and it can't be got at any place for less, L
almost alters take it without chafering
about it all day as most people do"
= Camphor is a most powerful agent
in driving away mosquitoes. A camphor
bag hung in an open easement will prove
a barrier to their entrance. Camphor
ated spirits applied as perfume to the
face and hands will act as an effectual
preventative; but when bitten by them,
aromatic vinegar is the best antidote.
An exchange says: "Why is it that
the largest shirt button to be found is
always put upon the collar band?" 1t is
not always. The largest button is only
used until the button-hole in the collar
becomes worn to double its original size,
then the smallest button is put on the
band instead.
Mary K. Dallas writes: "The mo-
ment girl has secret from her mother,
or has received a-letter she dare not let
her mother read, or has friend of whom
her mother does not know, she is in dan
ger. The fewer secrets that lie in the
hearts of women at any age the better.
It is almost test of purity. In girlhood
do nothing that, if discovered by your
father, would make you blush"
Blessed is the man who knows
enough to keep his mouth shut. Some
people live sixty years without learning
the art. Indeed, the older they grow the
wider their mouths open. A man or a
woman who is a gabbler at forty-fve is
dreadful affliction to house or COM
munity. There are two things this age
needs to iearn-when to say nothing,
and when it says anything to say it
we'll.
"A gentleman at Mayborough, in
Queensland, had pocket-book so worn
and dilapidated that a friend wagered
that he might throw it into the middle
of the street. with a 910 note inside, and
a hundred persons would pass without
picking it up. The pocket-book was put
in position without attracting the atten,,
ton of passers by, and one hundred and
forty persons walked past it, out of whom
three kicked but did not stoop to handle
it.
The winter house of Mrs. Ell. B.
Stowe is a beautiful place of five and a
half acres in extent, on the east bank of
the St. Johns. Originally the house
was not of much account, but she has ad-
ded to it till it is quite large and COM
Portable place. The ground contains
about one hundred and twenty-five old
orange trees that are in full bearing con-
dition. The house, FIVE and half acres
of land and trees cost her at first $4,000.
Now, with the additions to the house and
and the rise of property, with few new
trees she has put in on the old ground,
the place is worth $4,000, and not for
sale at that. She has also plantation
a little further up the river, on which she
has between three and four thousand
young trees.