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Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
Very Visible.
the road.

A London letter has the following: There lives in this city lady, we'll known authoress, who believes, in ghosts, spirits, vampires, and anything else of the sort you please. Among other Authorizations, this worthy soul cherished a belief that she possessed the power of making herself invisible, and one sultry summer day gentle man friend of hers met her taking the air of suburban road in light and airy costume composed of her nightgown only. It was very early in the morn ing; therefore, happily, that dreadful imp, the London boy, was snoring ill his bed instead of forming a multitudi- nous and noisily-rej ejoicing train at her heels. Which fact probably inspired the gentleman with courage to act a chivalrous part instead of meanly slip- ping out of sight round a corner. My dear Mrs. G." said he, stripping off his coat, "what in the name of all that's respectable are you about?" "My dear sir," said she amazingly, "you don't mean to say you can see me?' "Of course, my dear lady, can. You're as large as life, and twice as natural. Here, put on my coat, and I'll send you home in cab!" Which he did.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

virtue in life. The gauges of actual
 living must meet widely various and widely different demands. Unforeseen exigencies are ever arising. Crystal
 ized opinions are not available for the needs of to day. The best of all things lies in a capacity of progression. The persons who pride themselves upon their being always the same-yester- day, to-day and forever-are not only most tiresome, but detrimental to the
 true interests of society. "Don't be consistent. but,be simply true," says Dr. Holmes. you change your mind, you are doubtless wiser than before, and console yourself with the truth that the "consistent" people who never change their minds have no minds to change. A sweet and gracious adapta- bility, mental pliability, lends charm that cannot fail to be recognized, if not analysed. It is the slight and unassimi- lated culture that repels. The genuine article attracts and, unconsciously to itself, draws all around 1t upward. It is the perpetual life of beauty gracing everything it sees with the "beauty of it's thought" It is the little learning, the little culture, the little thought that isa "dangerous thing," not the broad and sure foundationss increasing every day. Positive people do not grow higher and wider i'll range of life, but crystalize, petrify, and stand dwarfed monuments of an age gone by. The rich, mellow years that should ripen and perfect them into golden maturity leave no impress upon their narrow, positive lives. At twenty years of age they may be bright and shining lights of the circle in which they move, full of divine possibilities; but see if at sixty they are not hard, unyielding and uncomfortable. -,, -. ...-
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
The ssOdd Come shortly"

"Odd come shortlies never do we'll" said an old lady to me one day.
 "Will you please tell me what odd come shortlies areP" I asked.
 "Wel," said the old lady, "I mean any odd acquaintance that you pick up in an irregular manner--hayen't been properly introduced-and know noth- ing about their antecedents. They never turn out we'll. Did you ever know them to do soP Think my dear"
 I thought. I had at first dashed at the conclusion that the old lady was wrong, but to the question I replied la couically, "No, ma'am, they do not" Yet to whom does the contiding heart of woman turn as to an "Odd come shortlyG" You travel in the car with her and she bOrrows your magazine and lends you her travelling cup, and you confide to each other that 1t does not make you ll.to ride backward, and likeing the color of her eyes, you cement a friendship, because of the surprising coincidence that her little boy is the same age as your little daughter, and
 
 is she more likely to turn out badly than if she were your second cousins daughter. I can't tell you. l don't know; but she will. After she has called on you, and borrowed your wat erproof and your silk umbrella, and begged a letter of introduction to the pastor, and hopes you will call to see her, and wondered that such cOngenial souls never met before, strange things will happen; your waterproof and silk umbrella will be that were te you, and you will miss the little verde antique from the etagere, and never see the purse that was lying on the table again.
 These people do not always vanish so mysteriously. It is the mission of many of them to become bores-to come, on the strength of the fancy" they have taken to you, to breakfast and to stay to lunch and afterward to tea-to look over your shoulder while you write or read and to ply you with questions until you could shriek-to be always Communicative without hay ing anything to communicate" and to become as unbearable in the endi as was Sinbad's Old Man of the Sea.
 "KnOw her!" cries some long suffer- ing friend. "How I pity you! How did she get introduced9" Then you re- member she was not introduced at all. She called one morning to hope that Cher canary did not trouble you by singing so much, because it it did, she would send it away, much as she loved it."
 So sweet of her, you know. Yet to day, when you look at her, you re- peat the old lady's Yankeeism and say, "Odd come shortlies never turn out well. l."-Erchange.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
Hoax of Charles Mathews.

In his youthful days Mathews pre- pared hoax as daring as Hooks Berner street affair. He and some friends pleasure trips to different places about London. At the time of the excitement about Ferdinand of Spain, it occurred to then that Mathews should make an excursion as the Spanish Ambassador. His "suite'' was disposed in two car riages; Hill, the. proprietor of the Monthly Mirror, acted the part of in
 terpreter. They halted at WoolWiCh where his ''Excellency" sallied out on foot to view the place; he was dressed in bright green frock coat, covered with ribbons and orders, and wore an enormous cooked hat with "Viva Fer dinand" stamped in gold letters npon purple ribbon; of course he was fol- lowed and loudly cheered by all the little boys; he went into shops, bought various articles. speaking wonderful jargon, which his interpreter translated. By and by there came a message from the Arsenal that it was open to his Ex- cellency's inspection and that all the employees were at his command, an of- fer of which he had the impudence to avail himself. At the inn where they dined the scene was the most ludicrous {; the landlord and his satellites were tucked up in their best, the whole neighborhood was ransacked for plates to adorn the table. The interpreter in formed the landlord that his Excellency required everything in great profusion vast numbers of napkins, spoons, forks and plates. His bed-chamber was an illumination, of wax candles, and twelve dozen towels were placed for his use. Everything he did and required was the reverse of ordinary rules. Next morning they went for a water excur- sion on board a fishing boat. The mas ter was greatly astonished by the doipgs of his distinguished passenger. Amongst various other refreshments he was shown large can of lamp-oil for his excellency's exclusive drinking, and was equally astonished to see him devour what he believed to be candle- end, but which was really only a piece of apple cut into that form, and wash it down with what he was told was a glass of the lamp-oil. Temple Bur.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
Mistak em Advice.

Dickens tells us that his friends dis suaded him from undertaking a work to be issued in monthly parts, price one shilling, because it was low, cheap form of publication, by which he would ruin all his rising hopes. Ma caulay, in his essay on Addison, has recorded few of the instances in which the friends of an author have adjured him not to undertake the par ticular work by which he raised him. self to that eminence which now makes him widely known. Herder entreated Goethe not to take up so unpromising a subject as Faust. The History of Charles the Fifth gave Robertson inn mense reputation, and put forty five hundred pounds in his pocket; but Hume tried to persuade him not to choose such period for the exercise of his historical talent. Pope advised Addison to print the tragedy of Cato, but not to run the risk of it's being hissed from the stage. One of Scott's best friends predicted the failure of Waverley, and urged him not to peril his reputation by publishing it. The list might be indefinitely extended of intelligent persons who, with the most cordial good will to an author, have advised him not to think of doing the special thing which his taste or genius prompted him to do.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
HER ANSWER.

All day long she held my question r'' In her heart Summed my eyes that craved an answer
 Moved apart Touched my hand ln Goodnight greeting, ss..rrrzs .....4-..- s s Roster grew Should leave tomorrow ?--early2 sa1 ) Then Adieui Bent her head in Farewell courteous, iEts~~ -1E@ "" Onward passed, While 8 cold hand gripped my hesrtstrings, @t''y Held them fast Still, I waited, still listened; -...s -.rr vtlat~ # ....... All my soul Trembled in the eyes that watched her t sra zIe.n@~. = As she stole Upthe stairs with measured footsteps. Ss7f2 ".5@ &" But she turned Whereia lamp in brazen bracket ....,. Brightly burned. Showed me all the glinting nipples r .nryg .,Hf us ~ ~ Of her hair, Yelled her eyes in violet shadows 4aes1 a3ar, Glimmered where Curved her mouth in soft compliance -t'"1 E'fa As she bent l Toward me from the dusky railing
 . Where she leant. An, my love ** One white hand wanderi -.t,.7 e.s .a.se To her hair, Slowly lifts the rose that nestles a--8. 'S +t9'95 hH" Softly there; Breathes she in it's heart my answer
 Shyly sweet, - And Loves message mutely futters
 sa s To my feet.
 -..... .,-.. -BelgrGuid
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
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 Go to Sleep.


 Many children instead of being as fresh as peach are as wrinkled as last years apples because they do not sleep enough. Some physicians think that the bones grow only during sleep, This we cannot say, certainly; but we do know that those little folks who sit up late at nights are usually nervous, weak, small and sickly. The reason you needmore sleep than your parents is because you have to grow and they do not. They can use up the food they eat in thinking, talking and walking, while you should save some of yours for growing. You ought to sleep a great deal; if you do not you will in activity consume all you eat, and have none, or not enough, to grow with. Very few clever children excel, or even equal other people when they grow up. Why is this 7 Because their heads, if not their bodies, are kept too busy; so that they cannot sleep, rest and grow strong in body and brain,
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
On the morrow there is a grand cav

On the morrow there is grand cav alcade of all the the mighty personages of Spanish history and fable. The marble Rubens gazes down unmoved upon the great horses he loved so well, and the graceful figures in satin and velvet and waving plumes and golden chains and ermine bordered robes, and the great painted pasteboard ships and castles, and the sturdy yeOmen and the dainty pages. All pass him by, and he looks down unchanged upon the dazzl- life beneath.
 Suddenly the white face seems instinct with life. Behold! there goes the car of the Guild of St. Luke, which ne hlm- self designated for the color feasts of his city. IGis f1orid triumphal chariot, all faded blue and gliding, supported by cherubs and wide mOuthed dolphins, and wreathed with fruits and flowers. High on the sum init is his own beauti- full head, with the broad, plumed hat. About it young painter lads stand grouped, their faces flushed with the pride of their high charge.
 Behind them, on foot, saunters a group of figures in quaint dresses. There is old Quintin Matsys, in his long, dark robe, with turban upon his head; and Snyders, in deep-blue velvet, with his trusty spaniel by his side and young Vandyck, with his pale poet face upturned to the sky, and the long, white plume of his hat sweeping the ground. They glance up at the white face on the house top, and their hands rise instinctively to the motley cover ings of their heads. 1t is a supreme moment. The great n aster looks down so silent and yet so sentient! Surely, he is not dead! He walks by their side to day as in the olden time.
 There is moments pause. The great soul has cast down his blessing upon them, and they are satisfied. The divine promise of arts eternity has en- tered their hearts. ,1re ..
 They know that his body lies under the marble pavement of St.-Jacques, by the side of those he loved, with the glory of his own handiwOrk shining down upon him from the walls, with the purple light of the stained windows streaming over his resting place, and the silence of the church all about him. But they know that his soul hovers about Antwerp, stands by their side in their dark studios, shines through the young hopefulness of their lives, and moulds the city's revels and shows of holidays into unconscious glory and magniticence of ofcolor.-Appletons Jour- nal.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
The Camel as a Scape-GoaG.

A very singular account of the use to which 8 camel is sometimes put, is given by the traveller Bruce. He tells us that he saw one employed to ap- pease quarrel between two parties, something in the same way as the scape goat was used in the religious services of the Jewish people. The camel being brought out, was accused by both parties of all the injuries, real or supposed, which belonged to each. All the mischief that had been done, they accused this camel of doing. They upbraided it for being the cause of all the trouble that had separated friends, called it by every opprobious epithet, and finally killed it, and declared themselves reconciled over it's body.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
Falling in Love,

There is nothing-no moral or intel lectual phenomena-more strange than falling in love. What is it; whence it originates; how it is brought about; those things are among the hidden mysteries of our nature.
 A girl has reached the age of eight teen a young man that of twenty one. They have lived at home; travelled 8 little pursued their studies; attended parties, and been a good deal in society of other young people yet they never took very deep interest in anything in particular neither of them ever cared very much for any other person.
 They meet, and To! of sudden all is changed! Each sees the other in different light from what any other was seen in; the world seems changed. Life itself seems changed; their whole being is changed, to be like what it was, again, nevermore!
 Love is often as sudden as this, but not always.
 Sometimes it is of very slow growth.
 Persons have known each other for years, and been much in each others society, and been intimate all this time, but never thinking of tie stronger than friendship; when some incident or event-a temporary parting, or the intervention between them of third person, friend or stranger-reveals to them, for the first time, the great truth that they are mutually in love.
 Yet this love, springing up gradually and imperceptibly, isno less mysterious and unfathomable than that which is sudden and at first sight.
 It is not mere friendship grown strong; it is a more absorbing more | violent, more uncomfortable sentiment. Whether person can fall in love more than once is mooted question:.
 Some people appear to fall in love many times.
 It is not unusual to see widowers, who have been very devoted husbands, marry again and seem to love the sec ond wife as we'll as the first.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-11-23
Sheriff's Sale.
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF UNION.
In the Court of Common Pleas.

Richard c. Thomson, as Administrator of
VIM. p. Thomson, against John p. Thomas, as
Administrator of L. u. Jeter deceased, Jas. T.
Jeter, John G.. p. Jeter, r.. G. ii. Jetsr, Harriet
e. Jeter, Mary L. c. Jeter, Nancy s. Jeter, Ed
ward w. Jeter, Robert G. A. Jeter Wm O. Je-
ter, Edward C. Jeter, and Traverse b. Jeter
DURSUANT to an order to me directed from
Il the Hon. T. ]. Mackey, Judge presiding at
the Court of Common Pleas for October Term of
the Court, 1877, for Union County ,>Sodth Caro-
lima, will sell before Union Court House door,
on the first Monday in December next, within
the legal hours of Sheriffs Sales the tract Of
land, containing about five hundred and forty
acres, conveyed by l.. B. Jeter, deceased, to
HarretC. Jeter, situate in the County of Union,
and bounded on the South by ]. I. Jeter's land
on the East by j. I. Jeter's and Meador's land,
and the North by James Thomas land, and on
the West by l.. B. Jeter's and j. T. Jeter's land,
on the following terms
Ons-third cash, the balance on credit of one
and two years. with interest from the day of sale;
purchaser to give Bond and Mortgage of the
premises, TO secure the balance of the purchase
money.
1t is further ordered, that the Decd of Con-
veyance, made by l.. b. Jeter, deceased, to Har-
riet G. Jeter, described in the complaint, con-
veying the land above mentioned to said Har-
riet Z. Jetar, be and the same is hereby declared
to be void ind Of effect, and said deed is
hereby directed to be delivered up to the Clerk
,Qf this Court to be Cancelled.
itm fufther ordef&d that sell all that tract
Of land known as the tract. on the
first Monday in December next, Containing about
- acres, being part of the lands conveyed
by said L. B. Jeter, to Mary L. C. Jeter as de-
scribed in the Complaint &; to be sold by the
Sheriff of Union County at the time and upon
the terms herenbefore mentioned in the Sale
above mentioned.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-11-23
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SP4RTANBURG
In the Court of Probate.

Martha Sumner. Francis C. Linder, Cornelia
Linder, Wm ii. Lancaster, John a. Lancaster,
Gordon Lancaster and Wofford, against Samuel
Lancaster and Jena Lancaster
DURSUANT to an order from the Hon.
l. George w. Nichols, Judge of Probate
Of Spartanburg County, South Carolina,
ill sell before Union Court House door on
the first Monday in December next, within the
legal hours of Sheriff's sales, ali that tract of
land lying in Union County, belonging to the Es-
au.e of Sumner Sumner, deceased, containing
fty two acres, more or less, lying on Haynes
Ii branch, waters of Sugar Creek, bounded
ands of b. A. Gregory, Jasper Gibbs and
ers; sold for partition among the heirs at
w of Sumner Sumner, deceased.
TERMS, CASH. Purchaser to pay for titles.
r. MACBETH, S. U. C.
November 1877 As 81
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-11-23

FAIRS The FARMERS SCHooLs
dreds Of letters come to us yearly, askir g
about matters and things which are very
fully exhibited at the Agricultural Fairs
every fall. A farmer who observes the
live stock, Implements, machines. and other
interesting objects at these exhibitions, and
makes study Of them, will gain much val
uablo information. Those who attend tie
fairs, with their goods and livestock. are
pleased to have them seen and examined
1t is their business to show what they have
on exhibition, and we never yet knew one
OF them to give an impatient or churlsh
reply to any civil inquiry made of them :;
but on the contrary, have always found
them eager to impart information. Now
this information is precisely what every far
mcr wants. He needs to be instructed
about the differences in character and value
of livestock, the uses and working of i'm
plements and machinery, the value Of i'm
proved grams and other products, the kinds
OF artificial fertilizers offered by tire man :
ufacturers, and scores Of other matters, not
only of great interest, but of value in his
daily business. Then, farmers need to meet
together and talk with one another about
these things, and compare views. 1t is
hardly possible for any two farmers so to
discuss matters relating t" their business
without mutual benefit. The County or
State Fair, is the place Of all others for
farmers to meet with@onc ANOTHER, and also
to meet those who provide them with i'm.
p!emcnts and various other supplies. BY
al! means let every farmer not only attend
the fairs, but use all his faculties when
there, in the effort to learn everything that
is possible. A fair is great school for the
farmer and his family -Amcricon ApTcuL
turist
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-11-23

a.. foreclosure
----Xilliam NJ. Stewart., - Hset apr!gage.
.DURSUANT to an order from the Hon.
i i. G. Northrop, Judge of the Seventh
judicial Circuit of the State of South Caroliua
| will sell before Union Court House door, on the
first Monday in December next within the le-
gal hours of Sheriff sales, all that tract of land
located in Union County in Cross Keys Town
ship included in Judgment for foreclosure of the
Mortgage in the above stated case, containing
two hundred and thirty two acres, more or less,
bounded by lands of Jchn Ray, James NJ. John
son, b. 7. Bishop, Ross Alexander, and j.
Frank Smith, being the place whereon William
Nj. Stewart, the defendant, now resides, and sold
as the property Of William M. Stewart, to fore
close Mortgage in the above stated. ..
TERM OF SALE. One-third of the purchase
money to be paid in Cash, the balance on a
credit of one and two years, with interest from
day of sale, the purch aser to give bond and q
Mortgage of the Premises, to secure the purchase
money, and pay for titles.
r. MACBETH, S. U. G..
I. November 10 1877 45 81
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-11-23
Sheriff's Sale.
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY ar UNION,
In the Court Of Common Pleas.

III UifN NV'tr Ol NUIIIIIIUH L IedS.
Benjamin IL. Rice. ct al against Daniel Griffin
et at.
DURSUANT to an order from the Hon. Il. J.
l. Mackey, Presiding Judge, at Union Court
House, for Union County, at the Court of Com
mon Pleas, at October Term, 1877, | will sell
before Union Court House door, on the first
Monday in December next, within the legal
hours of Sheriff's sales, all the land heret ofore
set apart to Mrs. Mary Griffin widow of An
thony llansy, deceased, as her dover, under
order of this Court filed - day of -, on
the following terms, to wit:
One half Cash. the balance on a credit of
one year, with interest from the day of sale
the purchaser TO give bond and mortgage of the
Premises to secure the balance of the purchase
money, and pay for titles.
Il. MACBETH, s. U. C.
November 8, 1877 As 81
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-11-23

GRASS, CLOVER, TURF-The Great and
Good once told the young man, feed my
sheep, and repeated it the third time.
The English statesman, the third time,
said to the young student who wished to
develop eloquencc, "acrion, action, action j"
Three times, Daniel Webster said, read
the Dictionary" to the young asprant for
legal fame.
So, the Ma'ylond Farmer urges, and has
urged, that the farmer who would make his
land fertile and keep it so, that he should
make tmJ, grow c(orer and grass and
when he has got 4 turf he can make grain,
or any other crop; good sod of clover or
grass, or both, plowed under, makes soil
that will grow all others
Undoubtedly, it is better to SOW timothy
or other grasses with fnc narrow leaves, in
the faU-Septcmbcr or October-as they
need time to get sufficient growth to stand
the winter and hot sun; and an application
of five to eight bushels of plaster to the
acre, and 100 to 800 pounds of bone to the
acre, to be narrowed in at the .time Of seed
ing, will give benefits much more than the
cost and later in the fall five to ten bush
els of. common salt will also pay.
But we; believe that it is better to SOW
c!ooer early in the spring, followed up with
plaster and bone, or other phosphate ferti-
iEers.
I And in both cases, fall or spring sowing,
there is great benefit in sowing plaster i'm.
mediately after the grain is harvested, and
after the first moving INa'yiand Farmer.