The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-02-21
Items of Interest.

Da1fymen are geItlnS rlcuer tLau any
body else in Wisconsin. ..
"What would you do, madam, if you
were gentleman ?" "Sir, what would
you do if you were one ?"
The man with an ulster, a pair Of
boots and a shirt collar can wear other
clothes, but they are not absolutely nec-
essary.
The present is the youngest legisla-
ture ever assembled in Georgia, there
being six members under twenty-si1
years of age.
Every young man needs to learn how
to drive horse with one hand. If he
can't do this, he might as we'll give up
sleighriding with the girls.
An eccentric Englishman, some time
ago, left his daughters by will their
! weight in one pound bank notes. The
eldest received $4,000, the youngest
$2S6, ,72O.
A paper thinks that when Republicans
woman refuses to use Democratic jou1-
nal for q curl paper, it is time for the
country to pause in its mad career 81
political discussion.
!. The Minnesota farmers have taken
hold of the business of planting trees in
earnest. Over ten millions CT cuttings
were set out during the past year, most
of which are doing well.
| A sign in neighboring city reads
"Hickre nuts for sails" An intelligent
old gentleman says he doesn't see any
Joke in it, except that the fellow has
spelt "nuts with one t.
A female preacher is said to be writing
Commentary on the Life of Joshua"
1t is reported that che will observe that
Joshua was successful with the sun, but
he never commanded the daughter to be
! still.
"Eternity, past and future flashed be-
fore my eyes" he said, "and saw
where the crack of doom began and end
ed" This was his experience the first
time base ball struck him in the
stomach.
An Alabama paper says the well-to-do
privates of the late war ta.se great COM
fort in seeing fiery generals, colonels
and majors of other days now selling
peanuts, drawing beer or in other ways
making humble living.
Horace Greeley said that of the thou
sands he lent the most he ever received
back was five dollar note inclosed in a
letter, and upon tracing out the writer OF
the letter he found it came from lunatic
in the Utica asylum who never owed him
cent
Scene from the schoolroom. Teacher:
"Now, who was the oldest man mention
ed in the Scriptures" Young scholar: II
dunno. Who was the cove? ?" Teacher:
"Why, Methuseluh he was over nine
hundred years old" Scholar: "Golly,
what lot of centennial shows he must
have seen!"
Thanks and a thousand of them to
that unknown genius who intrllsted
trunk, with hive of bees in it, to the
tender mercies of Syracuse baggage
master, the other day. The company
will pay for the bees, and the doctor
thinks his patient will be around again
in fortnight or so.
"That story is salty" said Browns
eldest son, as Brown read the latest
news Oh the Eastern question at the
breakfast table the other morning.
"How so, my son ?" inquired Brown,
"it came by cable" "Well, hasn't it
passed through the oceans brine ?" an
swered the hopeful. Brown left at once
for his Office down town.
It is said of the Rev. Phillips Brooks,
one of the most popular Episcopal clergy
men of Boston, that on one Christmas
day he received twenty-six pairs of slip
pers, and that he is the one of whom it
is said he has two barrels i'll his studio,
and when ladies bring him their offerings
of slippers, he says: "Lefts in that bar
rel, madam ; rights in this. y
A man named John G. Dawes left
Kern River, CAL, recently with 1000
sheep for the north While crossing the
alkali lands lands near Tulare lake he
camped for the night, and in the morning
when he awoke he saw his sheep all lying
down but one, and on examination found
that there was but that one alive. They
had all quietly died in the night.
A Connecticut beau sent telegram to
his girl, who was in New York, wishing
her "Merry Christmas" but omitted
to pay the charge. It cost her twenty
five cents to find that she was remember
ed, and in her gratitude she expressed
him package containing several coal
chunks, which cost him ffty-tive cents
to get. He is carrying his confectionery
to new place now.
The evidence is accumulating that the
Ashtabula horror was caused by train
wreckers for plunder The body of
one man was certainly robbed Of $1,000
in money, aud other bodies were de-
spoiled of watches and jewelry. One
wounded man, in climbing the bank,
was knocked senselcss by two rutfians,
who robbed him of watch and money.
Other similar cases are reported by SUR
yivors.
An advocate went to visit his client,
who was in prison, waiting to be tried on
charge of robbery. The prisoner, in
describing his case and protesting his en-
tire innocence, was overcome with emo
ton. and wept pitcously. At the end of
the Interview, as the advocate was leav-
ing the cell, he turned round and, hold
ing the handle OF the door, remarked,
naively, to the prisoner: "Above all,
don't forget to cry like that when you
appear before the jury"
The Rev. Mark Traiton says that the
reason Of the falling off in Methodism is
the abandonment OF circuit riding. He
exclaims "Israel was ruined because
she would he like the people of the land.
Mathodism is weakened by the same
cause. Other orders have stated min
istry; we must have one. Other churches
have pews to sell or rent; we must have
them. Other ministers read sermons;
o,us must do likewise. Come oh, ye
chef shepherds in your wisdom, put the
work into the circuit form again, and
bring back the glory, power and SUCCESS
81 former dsSs,"