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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-10-11
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= Avery picturesque story is told by
a White Sulphur Springs correspondent
of the Courier Journal, regarding the
widow of Gov. Pickens, of South Caro-
lima. "She was very much grieved," ," says
ths- -coriespondent calmly, Sat "a news;
apersartcle concerning herself, which
spoke of her accepting Coy. Pickeps on
conditi0na that 3heI obtained a. Foreign
Mission. She said that it, seemed. so
mercenary and calculating. in a girl of
eighteen. The truth was that she was
au only child, and the Mission to Russia
was the mothers objection to the mar
riage. Gov. Pickens was rejected, and
had taken his passage. for Europe. He
wrote farewell letter to his ady-love,
but before concluding, said it was not too
late for her to change her mind, for if
she would telegraph him, after receiving
the letter, and accept his proposals, he
would meet her in New Orleans and let
the steamer sail without him. She did
accept, and few weeks afterward they
sailed together as man and wife. The
marriage proved happy, nothing, but the
war interrupting the course Of true love.
Governor and Mrs. Pickens returned to
South Carolina about the time that State
seeded, During their. residence in Eu-
rope, they had made many purchases of
pictures, statuary, furniture, rare laces
and jewels. These arrived at the port of
New York in a sailing vessel, month
after their arrival: Everything was con-
fscated. Among the articles were busts
Of the Governor and his wife by Powers.
A New York gentleman purchased these
at the, sale, and after the war was over
sent them to the owners in South Caro-
lima"
An Oneida street merchant who
takes gnatpEidesin keeping his walk
we'll sprinkled and swept, was standing
in his door when the rain began to patter
last week. A passing citizen remarked !:
"God is sprinkling your walk for you to-
day, I seep eyes, yesl and he's doing
it ,GnsIyz6nely p iremarked the ~mers
chant And Ehsnradded: 5"b9 the way;
tifiss1nahkiHndsE a kiHn ne That Hesis' he- first one
On this street who has failed to come in
and borrow my sprinkler when he had
such ajob to do" '.@2
"A Portland Chinaman became the
father of an American n-born son, and as
he danced around, swinging his pigtail
and knocking over the opium jars, he
exclaimed: "Me Mclean man, all
sameel Me heap Washington Me
sewing machine agent! Go way !!
Whoopee!"
-"My SON, would you suppose the
Lords prayer could be engraved in a
space no larger than a nickel cent 2"
DWELL, yes, father, if cent is as big in
eyerybody's eye as it is in yours, 1 think
there would be no difficulty in putting it
on about four times"
"A Mississippi Granger is opposed to
railroads. He says when he goes to
town they "bring him home SO quick he
hasn't time to get sober before he ar
rires."
The girls say that there is too much
collar and too little young man to the
present style of gents neckwear.
-T wish,aSally," said Jonathan,
chat you werelocked in my arms, and
the key was lost"
- Professor Hall, the discoserer OF
the two new satellites of Mars was once
carpenter.
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Gives Health, Strength and
appetite.
= MY daughter has received great benefit from
the use OF the YEaETrNE. Her declining health
vas n source Of great anxiety to all Of her
friends. A few bottles OF the VEG ETISE res+,
turedyher health, strength and appetite. :. sW
y. II. MLDES,
Insurance and Real Estnte Agent,
No. 40 Sears Building, Boston, Mass.
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NEW STEAM BRAKE.---Some interest
ing experiments were made yesterday in
the yard of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road with a new steam brake constructed
BY the company at its Mount Clare
works. The brakes were attached to q
regular passenger engine, and distance
of one-tenth Of a mile run on a down
grade of twenty feet to the mile. AT the
first trial, at speed of twenty.six miles
per hour, a stop was made in the distance
of two hundred and ninety-four feet, the
brakes being applied to the "drivers" of
the engine. In the second experiment,
alta speed of sixteen miles perhour, it
stopped in two hundred and thirty feet.
At twenty.seven miles per hour a stop
was madein five hundred and eighty-two
feet. A final trial at ,thirty-three, miles
per hour, using steam on the "driver"
brakes, and, air, on.the tender, the stop
was made in FIVE hundred and eighty
three feet. This is regarded as the best
result ever obtained with q brake. This
invention will be applied to all passen-
ger engines running on the heavy grades,
and it is estimated that train will be
stopped by them in its own length
Cumberland CiriHan.
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DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE; SOUTH.
We are glad to notice that Southern
planters are turning their attention year
BY year, more and more to the culture of
breadstuffs, especially corn. They should
also pay attention to cattle and particular.
Iy corn. Theywill find diversified agrical-
ture in the end to pay better than ali
cotton, all rice or all sugar. If the. Ep7
ropean war lasts, it will, not, only aPPre,
ciate the, price Of hraadstufs and meat;
but it will III avery considerable; degree
tend to depressi the price of cotton. Ger!
tainly cotton will not appreciate in price,
Turkey and Russia are both large buyers
of cotton goods. These markets for cot
tons must, In a great measure, be closed
during the war, and to such an extent
undoubtedly, as to act on the raw mate
rial. In any event, the South ought to
be able, with improved machinery; TO
raise corn far cheaper than they can.im-
port it. There are also Large areas there
adapted TO the growing of wheat. We
hope to see her. farmers alive the in
portance of these crops. ItSis only
through diversified agriculture that. Q
country can grow permanently rich.
The South must, for. many years yet to
come, be the great cotton producing
country of the world. The South should
produce not only what sugar the whole
country needs, bnt much for export. So
she should also produce largely of rice.
With these, she should also produce
enough Of other farm crops, at least, to
feed the working population of her
farms.-Gahern Farmer.
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PoLrrENess OF GREAT MEN.-Truly
greatmenGaf polite BY instinct TO their
interiors. 1t is one element of their
greatness to be thoughtful for others.
The greatest men in the world have
been noted for their politeness. Indeed,
many have owed their greatness mainly
to their popular manners, which induced
the people whom they pleased to. give
them an opportunity to show their power.
Many years ago the errand boy en-
ployed bysa publishing house in great
city, was sent to procure from Edward
Everett the proof-sheets of a book he
had0been examining. The boy entered
the vast library, lined from floor to CELL
Ing with books, in fear and trembling
he stood in awe of this famous man, and
dreaded to meet him. sn,,.7, 4c
But Mr.. Everett, turning from the desk
where he was writing, received the lad
with creassuring courtesy, bade him. sit
down. ohatted kindly AS he looked for
the proof Sheets, and asked:
:s'tShallI putaa a paper around them for
your as politely as if his visitor were
the President.
The. boydeparted. inda very comforta-
BILE state of mind. he had been raised in
his own esteem by-Mr. Eyerett's kind
ness and he has : never forgotten the les
son'it taught him. ~
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VEGE'TINE
PurUses the Blood, Re,,ovates
and IfsUtgOrGtcs the
Whole System.

Whole System.
IT'S MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
;i'::aliEe, Tonic, Solvent and Diurstis'
yru:sr1xE. is made exclusively from the
,t.is. and 80 strongly concentrated, that 1t Will
elrer:nally cradieste from the system every Sains
nlor., Cancer, Canserous H1mor,
sSr} ipe las, Salt Rheum,a Syphiiitfc
ni.ta.ru, Canker. Frininess at tho
s,a,s7rch, and all d:seascs that arise from I'm.
!.r:. hlccd. ScinIicu, !ufninmntory anu
{ hrsmic Rhcnma .in,u, Neuralgia,
.:..t aud Spinal Compininis, can only
ir,: "lertually cured through the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptiye Diseases OF the
,...in, Pn.,nIs:, rimPIe:, kiolshss,
"rn,. VEoErINE has never failed to effect .
-. eat cure.
f,. ..uin. ia the Back, Kidney Cerss
r'si"i-' Drop.y, Femaie WoSkne.ss
;;.,n, and uterine diseases and General De-
hiiitr, VEGErINE is directly upon the
.ciasss nf these coml,l; 'nis. 1t invigorates and
strengthens the whole rrsen, acts upon the So
r;n:iyr organs. allays Inflammation, cures ulcer
aim AMI regulates the bowels.
Dr. tniarrh, Dy.pep.in, iIGbiiual
Cost rcncss, PnIpitRIion of the Heart,
nrudnrh-. Piles, Neryousneas and
Gen-rai Prosirasion Of the Nervous
Stsf"h. no Hleuitine nao slfoa 1ueu r..
feet satisfaction as the vEGETINE. 1t purifes
Ill, bln,l. reanses' all Of the organs, and pos
."4.es a controlling power over the nervous sys-
lr:n.
Tho remarkable cures effected by VEoETIEE
lIye induced many physiciansa,fd apothecafha'
sl,um we know 10 prescribe sandr use IL intHeir
":uifamlics. II eft t.ts
In fact, vEeErINE Is the best remedy yet
discovered for the above diseases, and is the only
reliable rs LOOD PURIFIER yet placed
before tho public.
- PREPARED BY
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Hampton is our Governor I!
Taxation has been Reduced!
The Fence Law will be a Success

WE have been blessed this year with
Wv abundant crops, and what Is your
excuse now for not paying your honest
debts2 All persons who are indebted to us
for supplies and general merchandise fur
nished them this year, and for past years,
will please come and make settlement as
soon as they get their Cotton ready for mar.
ket We have exhausted our means and
strained our credit to accommodate our
friends snd customers, and we hope they
will show us that they appreciate the favor
we have extended to them by paying us up
promptly at once. In any case where par
ties can't pay US all they are due, they must
come and pay what they can, and give us
some good collateral for balance, to enable
us to 60 on with our business. And I'd
those who expect to sell their cotton, in
Greenville, all who are indebted to US we
will pay them rs much for their cotton here
as they will. realize at 'Greenyille or any 9th
er market. Nt
Thanking our friends for past patronage,
we ask q continuance of the same. Our
Fall and Winter Stock of General Merchan:
disc is large and complete, which we will
sell low for Cash, or on short time to prompt
paying customers.
A. ]. STRINGER! & CO.,
"iBelton, s. G..
Sept q, 1877 r'l IL 10" I'm
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NOTICE.

TNHE undersigned hereby gives notice
Il that she has opened stock of General
Merchandise at Rock Mills, and that she
has appointed M. Lesser her lawful Agent.
who is now ready to give the people of
Rock Mills and neighboring Townships
bargains. III
MRS. MARTHA LESSER.
Sept 81, 1877 II
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"My son, would you suppose the
Lords prayer could be engraved in a
space no larger than a nickel cent ?"
DWELL, yes, father, if cent is as big in
everybody's eye as it is in yours, l think
there would be no difficulty in putting it
on about four times"
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anaersa,r gatellisenesr.
Rye

The latterSpart of this month or during
the first half of next, SOW rye for winter
and spring pasturage. The Rural World
says Of it, the farmer that does not raise
crop of rye for his stock makes great
mistake. To this We would add that it
i, cheap, and all kinds of stock like it.
As pasturage for milch COWS there is
nothing better. Green food mixed with
the dry provender Of winter serves to
keep stock in, healthy .condition, and
their bowels open; and for weakly calves
and colts no pasturage is quite so good as
rye in the early spring, !
In many ways rye is q superior stock
crop, and one that no farmer ought to
omit in the process Of rotation. The
practice of resting land with briers and
weeds is'not aeproftable one. Land docs
enotreauire rest, as was once gupP9aed,
but only needs change of crops Joined
with recuperative tillage and manuring
to increase constantly ID fertility. :. AS a
rotative crop for this purpose, rye serves
an excellent use. It draws but lightly
on the soil, and leaves more of the ,ele-
ments of fertility in the. field than it. e1-
tracts from it. Land is always benefited
by plowing, and as rye requires first q
plowing of the soil and afterwards leaves
a porous sod full of roots to make manure
for succeeding crop, it is easy to see
how this crop is beneficial. This is if
we regard it as a pasturage crop alone.
4, But this is not all, or perhaps the best,
of its uses. As a bread crop it is con-
sidered almost if notquite equal to wheat.
The reader will recall q briaf paragraph
in allusion to this fact in, cur stweek's
issue. We are obliged at present to take
the statement of the savans on trust, and
assnmeit,is correct. Tial, however, is
a good test of merit. During the past
spring we partook of rye bread almost
exclusively forsese.al dayssa although
we prefer wheat fonr Tor general family
purposes, we found the rye to niakeaa
good and, swe believes svery nutritious
bread. As q substitute for buckwheat
-four in the manufacture of that ,inc0m-
parable breakfast dish, it can hardly. be
detected: So that, if not the equal of
-four, it supplies an excellent bread ma.
terial which every farmer would do well
toiraise some. of We Ike q change in
our food frequently, and in view Of, the
capabilities Of our soil and climate, what
excuse have We for not catering to this
want? IF It were but an acre planted in
rye fer. this purpose, it would serve a;good
purpose by yyiDcreasiDg. the 1u9urieS ofethe
farmers table.agBy all means plant q
little rye during the next twenty or thir-
ty yflavs;-RaTnl f,Tr y e1fessepoer. = ."
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DIR. Tut has been en-.
gagged in. the practice, OF
mcdicineth thirty years, and
-foralong timewas demon.
strator Of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor.
, gia; hence persons using
'his. .pills havethe guaran.
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from. all
qulckcry. iiIi
lie has succeeded in
combining In them the
heretofore antagonistic
{ qualities of n strengthen
iag,targafive, andd fHy.
iiying Ionic.
Their first apparent ef.
feet is to increase the ap:
petite by causing the food
to properly assimiiate.
Thus the system 10 nour.
ishcd, aud. by their tonic
action on the digestiveors
. gans. regular and healthy
cvacuations are eproduced.
The rapidity with which
persons take on flesh,
while under the influence
of these pills, Of itself in
dicates their adaptability
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur
ing nervous debility, mel
ancholy, dyspepsia, vast
ing Of the muscles, slug
gishness Of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
myth to.the system. Sold
iu.ray Street; New York.
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/, are still the most thorough and search
ing, cathartic medicine that can be
employees. cleansing the stomach and
bowels, and even the blood. In small
doses OF one pill day, they stimulate
E the digestive organs and promote vig-
orous health. 81 .H
AYERS PILLS lave been known for
more than quarter of q century, and
have obtained worldwide reputation
'for their virtues. They correct dis
eased action in the several assim1la-
tive organs of the body, and are SO
composed that distractions within
their range can rarely withstand or
eyade them. Not only do they cure
the everyday complaints Of every
body, but also formidable and danger
GUS diseases that have bafied the best
of human skill. While they produce
powerful effects, they are, at the same
time, the safest and best physic for
children. BY their aperient action
they grippe much less than the common
purgatives, and never give pain when
the bowels are not inflamed. They
reach the vital fountains of the, blood,
and strengthen the system by freeing
1t from the clements Of weakness.
ir Adapted to all ages and conditions
In all climates, containing neither
calomel nor any deleterious drug,
these, Pills may be taken with safety
by anybody. Their sugar-coating pre-
serves them ever fresh and makes
them pleasant to take; while being
purely vegetable. no harm can arise
from their use in amy quantity
t PREPARED BY
DR.. ]. C. AVER Z CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
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II. r. STEVENS, Boston, Mass
Whnt fs Yeaeti,.e? !?


1t IS n compound extracted from barks, roots
anI herbs. II Is Natures Remedy, III, ,is per-
let. harmless from any bad effect upon tho sysr
la.n. Ii is nourisling and strengthening. ltacts
directly upon the blood. 1t quiots the nervous
Ii is great panacea for Our aged fathers and
mIihsrs, for it gives them strength, quiets their
r,srvss aud gives them Natures sweet sleep, as
,liis beeG proved by nIany ali aged lerson. II is
.si.,r our children. 1t has relieved and cured
thousands. 1t is very pleasant 10 take; every
child likes It. 1t relieves and cures all discusses
ori ,inating from impure blood. Try the VEGE-
TINE. Give II fair trial for your complaints (;
thsu-you will say to your friend, ncighbor and
acquaintance, "fry II ; 1t has cured me-"
yHGErIHE for the complaints for which 1t Is
recommended, Is having larger sale throughout
the, Uuited States than any other one medicine.
Wl,y2 lvcKctino will Csre these Cora.
pln;nts.s ~" =
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lTHE ORIGfN OF NEswspA APERs.G WHO
thoughtof the newsp8perfst2 It seems
to have had It's birth in that land ofyiyid
gesture and grave gossip, Italy, and the
first paper of which we have any record
was amonthiy, published in Venice by
the order aof the government, In manu-
script, as printing had not been invented,
Itwas called a GGzsstta, which word is a
derivati7e of Gdzzera, the name of
magpie or chatterer. In the MSgHabe-
chan Library, att Florence, are now to
be seen thirty volumes Of Venetian ga
is dated in the sixteenth century, The
Venetian conservatives cllIg to Their
script after printing was AN al! cconplished
fact. =. = - 49, .rs,rt.iq aiI4 ~ aD q.
The epoch of. the Spanish Armada, IN
England, was epochlof the first Eng
lish newspaper. In the British Museum
are preserved several newspapers which
were printed in 1888, while the Spanish
fleet lay in the British Channel. The
earliest,ofTthese is entitled EHx Epalish
Mercss'Iie, which BY authority twas i'm
printed at London by her Highness'
printer, 1882 -tIn:this early Journal are
the news Of the day, and q sYen5Kritten
article designed to, arouse and stiaen
timid loyalty, tells,of the discovery offa
SpauishIplotto murder the queen: There
is a:heroic poem, too; called "Elizabethe
Triumphans," by one james Asker; d
critical article on an unfortunate author,
entitled Father Parsons. Goat Well
Dusted," and various witty sayings, all
printed in Roman letter.
To q physician of Paris, Renaudet, be-
longst t6eu credit of AaYihg first collected
in fugitive sheets the news Of various
countries. This first HentpreIvas q week.
ly, issued in, healthy seasons, when pa:
tients were few, andthe doctor atleisdre,
He obtained a license to do this In 1852,
-American Journalist. = '..',,; -;
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nGan,.ott be EcceIIedsa

.iuG0fsseotJ Dc :ESsccet6eateoI
CHARLEsrowN, MASS, March ~, 1869.
Mr. II. X. STEVENS: Dear Sir-Ibis Is to Ger.
,ify that have used your Blood Preparation !"
f.,r Scruf,ila or Cankerous Humors, or Rheum-
all. Affections, It cannot be exeelled; and, as q
bmnl purifier and spring medicine, II is the best
tliil lave ever used and have used almost
everything. l can cheerfully recommend II 10
any ono in need of such q medicine.
Yours respectfully, ,
., 10 Russell Street.
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NOTICE

EARM WANTED.-Wantet. we'll
IL improved Farm OF from 100 to 500
acres, near Asheville, N. e., or Peadleton.
Greenville, Anderson or Walhalla, 8. C.
Address, stating terms and particulars,
F. E. T., Key Box 80, Charleston, 8. c. -
Sept %. 1877 10 II
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SAYING SEED CoRN.--The. suggestion
that. there was SEX In the ear. of,corn
is simply moonshine. The tassel or IA:
ceme is one sex andlthe silk is another.
The. best ear is uniform in size through
Quits entire length the rows are straight,
with uniformly shaped grains the entire
length, and !inclinebto extend oaer each
end, and indeed to cover the silk end.
To have seed that will certainly grow,
no matter what the weather or how long
it may be in the ground, it must be, gath
cred before there is any freezing weather,
and Immediately be thoroughly dried, SO
that the,cob is as dry as it can be.nade |;
if so dried, after-treatment is of seconda-
~ importance. Seed corn treated in this
manner, picked any time after it has
passed the milky state, will grow, and
the produce will not deteriorate.
No season in the northern belt of
States sufficiently dries or cures the cob
of the larger varieties of corn enough to
warrant reliance on its germiuation, if
not subject TO artificial drying in addition
to the. natural forces. The inevitable
tendency il all varieties of maize in cold
seasons or in latitudes higher than the
belt where peaches can be successfully
grown, away from large, bodies Off water
IS to rapidly shorten the ear; and to
keep up uetiyeness, long ears should
be first sought for that are; otherwise she
nearest perfect IS, previously stated
No doubt tits wise TO refuse,the, grains
at each end, If they are Ediminutive and
Irregular in shape, but if the ear is per-
feet little or no rejection is needed. s,
We are willing to stake our credibility
on the single statement that il. seed corn
is thoroughly dried, cob included, as set
forth above, it is as certain to sprout as
that it comes; in contact with sufficient
moisture and warmth.
For ten years / have had mo degree of
failure with seed corn, treated as,herein
directed. Sweet corn thus managed is
Just, ssure to!rowsas theS Shaldier rvarie;
ties.-EH.,B B., ta Germanto,en, Telegraph.