The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-02-07
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SOME graceless scamp has stolen
three Of the frying chickens belonging
to the editor of the NcWJc1ry Herald.
Hear his wall Language fails to de-
scribe the emotions of the senior quill
driver of the Hcruldo on Sunday norm
ing last, when he made the sad dis
covery thht three of his finest Buff
and Partridge pullets were missing.
Two were yellow, one was white,
All disappeared on Saturday night,
Nc noise was made, not cen u cry.
ThcNwc taken so mysteriously;
Oh, MAY the rascal, whOe'cr he be,
Gel into the Pcnitcntiary.
THE Sp1TZ DoG.-.The NcW York
Herald is constantly warning the citi-
Zens against the Spitz dog. That pa
per says: Little Spitz is a very pretty
dog and q great favOrite with ladies
and children, but he is treacherous,
snappish, and will bite on slight prov
ocation, or without any provocation at
all. Recollcct that his bite is sure to
be followed by hydrophob!a and death.
The Register says "Abbeville is thus
far the banner county in paying her
taxes" The Press and Bnnncr quotes
the statement. What taxes, gentle
men, do you allude to? Newberry
has all along bean ahead of any coun-
ty in the State, except Charleston, in
paying the Hampton taGes.-Nct1Oer-
~ Ncratd.
THE editor Of the Ncw6errg Herald
has level head-by this we do not
mean it is fiat on top, either. He
says: "If q preacher wants to preach
q long sermon he ought to do so when
his congregation is small, so that ev-
erybody will have room to be comfort
able and so to sleep. A word to tho
wise. &C."
The tri-weekly Uinsbor0 Nc1Vs and
Herald has lust discovered who was
the first straightout and untcrrified
Democrat. 1t was Edward Il. Stokes,
Esq, of Greenvillc, who travelled our
the county with his flag, drum and
Bible, to the amusement Of some and
to the disgust of others several years
ago.
MIR. f. p. EARLE has withdrawn
from the editorial control of the an
delSon Journal and Mr.. A. S. Todd
succeeds him as editor. We wish to
both success in the future, and trust
that the Journal may olive long and
prosper" Mr.. Todd's Introductory is u
pleasant one.
The Sulcna, Indiana, Democrat is in
time. lie says: It's q little early to
predict a total failure of the peach
crop for 1877, but there's nothing like
getting n word in ahead of other pa
pers. We shall shortly advance thir-
Teen reasons why there won't be q
peach this year.
THE Leuigion Dispatch is ably edi-
ted and beautifully printed, but we
will bet the cigars which we have just
won from our friend Stokes of the
Union Times, that the local editor Of
the Di$patch is stone blind and as deaf
as & post.
SQUIRE McBEE, of Grccnville was
recently accosted or the streets by
thieves. lie had no money with him
but lie proposed TO compromise by Civ
ing his note for q small amount. The
Ncws is responsible for this statement.
TIE Grc5nviNc NeWs has two columns
Of tax payers. We would publish Il
full list of our tax payers, but wehav'nt
got type enough to set up more than
than the names of those pay in a
week.
The Eeowec Courier says: DR.. j.
NJ. Sloan took from the arm of MIR.
! Robert Stewart, of Pickens County,
ON Saturday last, q ball which had
been in his arm since the second bat
tie Manassas.
WE have received the first number
of the ~tri-weckly IVI,asJorO Ncws and
| Herald which is beautifully printed
and edited. A few more locals would
make it a tip-top little paper.
THE EdgcEcld Advcrtiscr states that
the Changers intend to plant q tree by
the grave Of the late Col. Thomas q.
Bacon, and that Gen. NJ. G. Butler will
deliver an address upon the occasion.
WE HAD the pleasure of greeting in
our Office during the past week our
friend Mr.. J. G. Bailey of the Green
riNc Enterprise and Mount0hrccr.
Mr.. Baily is Il good man, a hard work
er and deserves great success.
CAPT. WIN. CHOICE has withdrawn
from the editorial department of the
.S~pu,tunbmy Herald. Col: II. Stobc
Parrow now goes it 'above," if he is q
married man.
If the editor of the Sdlem, Indiana
Democrat, should notice some of his
~laconics copied into the Press dnt
Banner, he needn't be offended.