The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-03-22
Tho Treasury Girls.

MARY Clemmor, writing Of United
States senators and treasury girls,
says: A very few years ago T hap
pened to be in a house where a
senator Of the United States-a
widower-paid the most marked at
tention to lady in it, who earned
hsr living i'll department. office.
Neither her intelligence nor her
culture was large, but she was
comcly to be- hold, and had Al affec-
tionate disposition. Tho man who
sought her society to the exclusion
OF all other male aspirants, who
drove away her young man to
Threatened suicide, had many gifts
to charm weak women denied tho
power of penetration and the heaven
sent protection of insight. In the
woman's heart with loves young
dream played visions of dawning
splendor, Of the coming. pomp and,
glory of life soon to be all hers rs q
senator's wife. She told her friends
OF the approaching marriage, and
the senator's public, absolute and
undivided devotion certainly seemed
outward proof of her happy .asser-
tons; Her monthly stipend was
insufficient to procure sufficient
outfir for the grand dame of the
future. She borrowed money from
more than one FRIEND and putting
it with her own savings in New
York, bought q costly trousseau, fit
for Il senator's wife She came
back to Washington with it. She
made ready for her nuptials. Tho
marriage day was set. 1t , oaihe-
but not the senator. Where was
ne Gone to his daughter. He
shared her fond arms with her lap,
dog, Here the smiling and Witty
''victim" shut his handsome eyes
in pious peace, thanking God that
at last he was beyond the designs
of "that woman" To hear tho
daughter tell the story was some
thing wonderful. "Poor father r.
almost caught in such o Ipitfalll",
"Such designing piece!' "She
courted him-certainly she did!"
Yet everybody who knew the two
knew perfectly we'll that he was
sinner full of guile, whose practice
! on woman's affections was q fine
art, and that she was o woman, un-
suspecting and high minded to
singular degree. ...
Had sho been less sensitive and
more worldly. she would havo sued
him for breach of promise. AS it
was, she hid her marriage garments
out Of sight, and went back to her
desk; there she sits to-day. We all
know that woman Of sensibility
would never sue man for breach of (
promise of marriage, no matter what
her wrongs might be.d But, it is
fortunate for justice that some
women are not troubled With sensi--
bility, and do their best to make
such masculine sinners suffer at
least part Of what they deserve. +.
The agricultural returns of Great
Britain for 1876, just published,
show acultivated area of 47,398,0 900
acres, exclusive of heath and moun-
tain pasture land, and Of woods and
plantations. The acreage under
"AiStto Attoo JCttl "ho cAoNcu psi CoiIIs >
less than in 1875 and twentyytw two
per cent. less than in 1862; that
under oats showed an ! increase,
while the potato crop has much
decreased from fear, of disease. The
acreage under artificial grasses is
the largest. yet recordea1a 7.49,54O,O00
acres. '''''' ''''A" '"' ''.'f "'.'
& .5 la-.I-.t lID uui.,.
A party of Chinese fishermen
caught sight Of a sea serpent near
the Coronado Islands, in the Pacific,
on February II. Length Of body,
SO feet; length Of head, 40 feet
length of tail. 100 feet; diameter, 8
feet color, brown, Carry the news
to the British marines and Mr..
Richard A. Proctor. ''' .h" |.t "-
Uha -----r--1-s-sse--~~--------' 'alaEl. H
els married preferable to single
life ?" was argued at recent meet
ing of q Pennsylvania debating So
ciety. Only one married man ap-
peared fo" the negative and he came
down to business next day with his
arm in n sling, u green patch over
his eye, and d general appearance Of
having slept out all night iii tho
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