The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-11-09


| If the juries of that State do their duty
they will have him in the penitcntary be-.
fore long. Southern States will not elect
any more colored Congressman as even the
negroes are opposed to thcm.-Ha,tord
| Times.
HONESTY is THE BEST PoLIcY.'-Onc
| day about week ago, strange customer
came to grocer. He wanted goods, and
paid the cash down. The next day he
made another purchase and paid cash, and
as the days went by his face and cash be-
came familiar. One day he returned with
the change given him, and said:
q believe am an honest man. You
paid me twenty cents too much
The grocer received it and was pleased
Two days after the stranger returned from
the curbstonc to say:
another mistake on your part You
overpaid me by forty cents
The grocer was glad to have found an
honest man, and puzzled to know how he
should have counted so far out of the way.
Three days more, and the stranger picked
| up dollar bill in the store aud said
This is not my dollar found it on the
| floor, and you must take charge of it
The groccr's heart melted, and he won
| dered il the world was not progressing
backward to old time honesty. \ skip of
one day and then the honest man brought
down a whcclbarrow, ordered eighteen dol
| lars worth OF groceries, and would have
paid cash had he not forgotten his wallet
lie would hand it in at noon us he went
past, he said, and it was all right with the
grocer.
This was tho last of the honest man.
| Morning fades to noon, and noon mclts
away lii darkness, but he cometh not
There are no mistakes in change, no more
dollar bills on the floor, and the grocer s
eyes wear way off expression. as if
ycarning to sec some one for about two
minutes.
a WoNDERFUL TREE.-Thcrc is, in Wa
tauga County, n. c., near the dwelling
house OF Frederick Shock, on Dutch Greek,
Il tiourshng oak tree of vigorous growth.
the leaves Of which, when they first burst
forth from the bud in the spring, arc of a
bright golden yellow color, and retain this
color during their whole growth and ma
turity. In autumn, when the coming frost
dyes the other forest leaves in the wavy
brilliant hucs, which give such wonderful
beauty to the mountain sides, the leaves on
this remarkable tree begin at length to turn
green, as its own the fresh tint which is Just
departing from the othcrs.-Hicho,w Free
| Press.
TREACHERY.-Injury may wound, and be
forgiven; insult may stir g, and be forgotten;
but treachcry bcwlldcrs and chills us and
we know, even while we struggle to pardon,
that for it there is no oblivion 4 bright
ness and melody have gone from our lives,
when once we feel we have been betrayed
an asp has sprung from amid the flowers IF
our paradise, and we cah never more tread
there as tcarcssly and gladly as before
Trust, that blessed portion of youth and in
experience, hath been driven from it's strong.
hold in our hearts, and few moments have
sufficcd to change us forever
Quite feature Of these times was wit
messed Monday night at Coles circus in
Danvile. A large cowd had gathered and
were quietly awaiting the performance to
begin, when squad Of D;nvic young men
to "kill timc," struck up one of Moody 5
songs. They sang well, and sitting just in
front of the long rows of negroes, the dar-
kies all joined in the chorus, and the circus
tent for awhile sounded like camp meet
ing. They sang hymn after hymn, and the
audience sat charmed Soon the band
struck up and the horses entered These
are curious times.
1t seems as if gold had sympathy with
gold. Riches flee past the poor mans gate,
aud enter in at the door OF the wealthy
How constantly does an opulent man re-
ccive an enormous addition to his substance,
while the poor remain always poor
a judge, joking young lawyer, said,
| IF you and | were turned into horse and
an ass, which would you prefer to be p
The ass, to be sure replied the lawyer
I've heard Of an ass being made a Judge,
but horse never The judge subsidized.
What is the annual corn crop Of Ken
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