The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-25
ScissOred Locals.

OneTS III the AUheFlllc Jall.
Scissored Locals.
The pleasant state of the atmosphere
has caused the fruit trees to put forth
their blossoms and the forest trees wear
their ~variegated ~tassalS, and at last we
can proclaim the glad tidings that spring
in all its beauty is upon us.
The man is a dolt whose bosom swclls
with rapturous delight as he contemplates
the baliny breczeS of spring, the swelling
buds. singing birds, green pastures and
babbling brooks, with housekeeping
him square in the faco.
After the fashionable young men has
crawlcd up on n step ladder and dropped
down into his spring collar, his head
looks like a little, solitary squash enrlOS-
ed in Il white-washed fence sixteen feet
high.
The poisoning business has been car
ried on TO such an alarming extent about
town this spring that boys can't find
half enough dogs to use up the old oyster
and tin cans VIII ich people throw out OF
their back yards.
Young man, take. time by the t0relock
and study photography. The pcrfe tied
telephone will undoubtedly superccde
the present telegraph system and pho
nographers will take the place of tclc'
graph operators.
The little birds now MARBLE amongst
the budding branches, going into rap
turous melodies over the delightful pros
poets of a full mulberry, wild cherry and
other crops, on which they purpose to
feed to safety.
Prints are cheaper now than they have
been for sixteen years. One dollar now
BUYS a new dress. Other dress goods are
correSpondinglv low, to the great salts
faction Of the female portion of our popu-
lation.
The man who has any sympathy for the
lower orders of creation, will, during the
present week, tear a board or two from
the fence, so that his hens can enjoy
their spring vacation in his n%eighbor's
garden.
IT you would save your cab bagc plants
from cut worms, place a chip beside each
plant and in the early morning raise them
IN and there You will find the worms
This is said to be infallible.
After a woman visits every millinery
establishment in town and views a hun
dred different bonnets, her faculty OF Sc
is somewhatd azed, and no won
der.
The coming girl is she who loudly pro
that when she gets tp be boss OF q
house she wants no man hanging around
while the process Of house-cleanlns goes
on.
The small boy signs as he reflects over
the lamentablc fact that not q single
''strictly moral circus visited our town
last season, but hopes that a better fate
awaits him in the near future.
The charity that some people have for a
distressed or fallen brother or sister will
never lessen their chances of gaining a
situation in the kingdom Of his satanic
majesty.
The moonlight nights and balmy
breeZcs are ~prolnenadcs here are be i'll or
der again and the rickcty front gate
will have its joints tested severely.
Parties are getting ready to visit the
river which to-u.s the northern bOunda-
ry Of our county on a fishing excursion
as soon as the angling season opens.
Fishing is slow business in this immc-
diate vicinity, and those who indulge III
the profession do it more to kill time than
for profit or pleasure.
There arc some things the world can
spare to advantage, and among these is
the man who cannot sleep Sunday morn
ing and don't want anybody else to.
Mechanics would work very cheap now
if they could secure q steady job. Per,
sons contemplating improvements will
please bear this fact in mind.
There are few things better calculated
to weaken a boys moral character than to
get his tishing-hook fastened III the drift
or roots in the creek.
Single blesscdness is going to play out
in this village, to q large extent, ii we are
to credit half the umOr that are floating
around.
It's about time for another first-class
fire in u town. Examine your tlue-
well before you move into your sunlne
Kitchen.
"This world is all a fleeing show
which no man can enter without pain,
nor pass out except as 4 dead-head.
The roads are once more dry and solid
but terribly rough where there isn't much
travel.
The straw hat and parasol have been
rcSurrected. Look out for treckles, flies
snakes and strawberry festivals.
Don't cost much to try. An eminent
authority says that a cut lemon bound or
a felon will cure it.
What kind of q time will chronic laul
finder have in Heaven where all is per
lection?
Boys ambitious to be early spring All
gels, are picking out the best holes along
the creek for bathing purposes.
How the boy of the period rubs hi
eyes and scratches his head Us he eyes hi!
dads garden patch.
Horseback meditations and front-gatt
colnmunings are fast assuming an cpl
dcmic form.
Generally speaking, it is great mistake
to feed tramps OF to help them live thei,
idle lives.
People will find out BY trading with you
whether you have religion. There is nt
need OF talking much about it.
Every man who owns q garden spo
should till it faithfully. Make every edg'
cut these times.
ing and are sharpening their bills TO
spring corn.
Dressmakers and milliners are as bus,
as bees fixing up new spring outfits.
The grain outlook is encouraging. TIL
fields are arrayed in living green.
Time, tide and housekeeping season
wait for no man.
The girl with only a winter hat neet
not be ashamed Of it.
If you haven't a good orchard it ism
too late to start one yet.
An increasing love for plants and flow
ers exists among the ladies.
have received from j. S. Tomlinson, O
Hickory, n. c., a fine Autograph portal
of Governor Vance, Of North Carolina.
Mr.. J. r. Gossett, has been elected In
tendant of Easley.
l.. Cass Carpenter has resigned his of