The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-03-09

SSfsG OxNxON- ". LIZ, -SoU LII
apt to appropriate little articles belonging
to the institution or to each other. Secor
Robson was caught day or two ago ran
sacking Hamilton Fish's trunk, aud al
though the ex-Secretary stoutly denied any
evil intention, cake of Spanish scented
,soap belonging to Fish was found in his
pocket. Robeson is now locked up down
stairs, and Parsou Newman, our chaplain,
exhorts him twice day"
| "What do you do with turbulent sub.
jects Y' ~.
"We are troubledwith vory6aY Down
there, at the enc of that corridor where
! you see ths grated door, is an iron barred
apartment where the unmanagcable and
violent are confined l don't think you
want TO visit it."
As the General spoke, a peal of demopiac
}lsa sssisevlnE-SJyftfor,5S Sndas
grinning visagc appeared at the gate while
the owner saluted us with vollcy of hor
| ribly profauc and ribad abuse. "Who was
| that II L asked, rs VIC fastened away.
"Thc only occupants of the apartment
| for tho Interchangeable and violent at pres.
ent," said Gen. Butler, ''are Bob Ingersoll,
formerly of Peoria, and Zach Chandler of
! Michigan"
"Bcfore go, General" said, Il should
like to SEQ"
81 know whom you mean," interrupted
the superintendent" and l am sorry that
our rules will not allow me to obligc you.
Mr. Hayes is a private patient, whose
friends pay his board and he has room to
himself: Nobody visits him but myself
and Carl Schurz, who is detailed to attend
him. You sec his mentrl capital gave out,
and he had to be put in the hands of re-
ceiver. But although a disappointed and
broken down man, his heart continues to
bleed for the poor African"
thought that Gen. Butter wiukcd just
then, but it is always hard to speak with
postivcncss in regard to his ocular demon
strations.
We had reached the door of the asylum.
L cordially thanked the Superintendent for
his courtesy to myself and my friend, and
also took occasion to commend the excel
lcuCc Ol HIS ADMINISTRATION.
'1f you write an account of your VISIT
he said, as VIC shook hands," send several
copies of the SIN. The poor fellows will be
delighted to see their names in print once
more"
For THE LAST TIME.--Thcrc is touch
or-par1ros ABOUT DONG even tho SIN pitst-
thing "for the last time." 1t is not alone
kissing the dead that gives you this strange
pain. You fcei it when you have looked
your>last upon some scene you have loved
when you stand in some quiet city street
where you know that you will never stand
again. The actor playing his part for the
last time; the singer whose voice is cracked
hopclcssly, and who, after this once, will
never stand before the sea ofupturned faces
disputiug the plaudits with fresher voiced
and fairer form; the minister who has
preached his last scrmon-thesc all know
the hidden bitterness of the two words
"nevcr again" How they come to us on
our birthdays as we grow older. Never again
young-always nearer and never to the very
last-the end which is universal ''thc last
thing" which shall follow ALL things.
and turn them, let us hope, from pain to
joy. We put away our boyish toys with an
old headache. We were too old to walk
any longer on our stlts-too tall to play mar
bies on the sidewalk. Yet there was a
pang when we thought we had played with
our merry thoughts for the last time, and
life's serious, grown-up work was waiting
for us. May it not be that these, too, shall
seem in the light of some far off day as the
rboyish games seem to our manhood, and
we shall learn that death is but the open.
ing Of the gate into the new land Of prom.
ise GOOD Words.
Buy SMALL TREEs.-Nurseryme usu.
ally describe trees on their catalogues as
"second Glass;" medium" ''first class" anu
extra The difference in these classes is
principally, if not wholly, in the size and
height of the trees ; and as most farmers
desire the best, they suppose that the large
extra" trees merit that description, and
hence order them. The fact is, however
that small tree will grow faster and (if o
fruit tree) come into bearing condition soon
er than a large one; and, as the New Eng