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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-03

WATCHING ONES SELF.-"When was
a boy" said an old man, "we had school
master who had an odd way Of catching the
idle boys. One day he called out to us,
Boys, l must have closer attention to your
books The first one that sees another idle
I want you to inform me, and will attend
to the case'
"Ah! thought to myself, there is Joe
Simmons, chat 1 don't like. I'll watch him,
and if I see him look off his books I'll tell.
1t was not long before saw Joe look off
his book, and Immediately informed the
master.
"Indeed !" said he, chow did you know
he was idle ?"
"I saw him." said I.
"You did And were your eyes on your
book when you saw him ?"
81 was caught, and never watched for
idle boys again"
If we are sufficiently watchful over our
own conduct we will have no time to find
fault with the conduct of others.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-03

The proverb, "Thoso who live in glass
houses should not throw stoncs," dates back
to the union of England and Scotland, at
which time London was inundated with
Scotchmen. This did not please the Duke
OF buckingham, who organized a move
mcnt against them, and parties formed who
went ABOUT nightly to break their windows
In retaliation, party of Scotchmen smash
ed the windows of the dukes mansion,
which stood in st. Martins Fields, and had
so many windows that it went by the name
of the Glass House. The duke appealed
to the king, who replied: "S:eenic,
Steenie, those wha live in glass houses
should be careful how they fling stanes."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-03

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\ Gambling Incident on the Ala
bama River.

London Times.
I once found myself on a steamer
going down the Alabama River. 1bese
steamers have on the saloon deck a very
long cabin, and at one end of the cabin
is bar There liquors and cards are sold.
One evening, for the voyage occupied
several days, passenger asked me
whether | would play at whist | as
sented, and whist party was made up.
| soon perceived that l aud decent
looking cid msn who was one o; the
players, wrre beirg vic;imized by the
other two; but | played quietly on until
every oae except he Captain, who was
seated st The other end of The cabin, bad
ccue TO bel Then my brother victim,
after hsying his LOSSES, which amounted
10 Sc velal hundred dollars, went To his
cabin. took the cards in my hand and
asked what owed. IT was 5000 or $500
Captain said l. ''be good enough t
como here; I've been cheated" Up
jumped the gamblers and asked me
whether | wished to insult them. The
captain, 4 sturdy-looking man, was now
by my side, SO 1 handel him the cards
aud requested him to examine them.
They were marked in the mandatory,
the stars en- the backs of each particular
color being made either higher or lower
at the corners. The gamblers swore that
they knew nothing of it, aud had bought
them of the barkeeper. Halt dozs
citizens were at ouce called up to act as
jury, and the barkeoper interrog tied.
After some shilly-snailying be owned
that one of the gamblers had given him
some packs to sell. This was enough.
The engines were stopped and the gam.
blers landed on swamp, where probs.
bly, they died, for it was very long
way from any bsbitation, and, rs the
Captain said, place where only snakes
could live. II is almost pity tha;
there is not this sort of prompt justice
nowadays in Europe.
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Start Right and Then stick.
Prairie farmer


If every voting man who Is on the eve
of commencing life on the farm, for him,
self could read the following, clipped
from the Golden Rule, and thoroughly
take the meaning and intent OF the
writer, it would help to increase tne
number OF really successful farmers -
the country. There Ia nothing IKE
starting right and then sticking to y
Want OF foresight in choosing any
stability of purpose and effort, are At sns
bottom OF half the frilures IN farming
for il Is even mere disastrous for iarnei
to make sudden and radical changes 10
his business piars than to put all ms
eggs in one basket by depending on
one crop. TIE farmer sho~rOtates' from
sheep to cows, and fr.'m cows TO gram
to fruit, With every auctuaion of the
markets, is pretty sure to get in one croF
hat he cant '.raise' "a mortgage.
Every farm is better adapted 20 soinf
industries than to o'he.s. lftbe lsnd IS
low and sprirgy and cold, foot rot o. other
diseases will take the profits oil sheep.
II there is not plenty of pure, cod water,
and pasturage specially adapted to cows
in its chemical characteristics, and that
does not shrivel up by the enc OF July,
dairying will not prosper. Ii he grain
producing elements in the sil are ex-
hausted, or insect-enemies or dimate in
fueuces interfere, grain crop will fail.
If fruit trees must stand "witi their feet
in water" owing TO a lack d drainage,
orchards will prove Disappointing.
Then, again, men are as different as
their farms. Some have jus the knack
to bring together dairy OF COWS, nearly
every one of which shall Ie good
mixer" and by gentle, clear, Provident
management ecure large returns for the
lest of products. Another has the
faculty of having his land, lis seed, his
fertilizers, his times and seasons just right
to coax fields of waving grim from the
soil. Another will have flcck of sheep,
every one of which looks as theugh bred
to enter for the premium at the county
fair. Still another will PLAN and prune
and shape an orchard of half thou
sand apple trees so that they shall all
stand uniform, smooth, symmetrical,
yielding Just such apples IN just such
quantities SIS he planned when he bought
the trees from the nursery. The point is
that every man, in farming as in other
occupations, sheuld ascertain what his
combined inward forces and outward
circumstances will enable him 10 do best
and do that. As rule, diversified farm
ing is the best, except in localities pre-
eminently adapted to one branch, like
the dairy regions of New FORK or the
natural grain fields OF the West.
A snug little orchard fields of grain
grass, corn and root crops; manageable
drove Of cows or sneep; pair of choic
breeding mares; pen of good hogs 4
yard of poultry; some extra crops TO ex-
r,.sri...s..s ssss-this old-fashioned method
IS aDout the SAFEST aEfsE --zs-se
after all, for specialties require special
knowledge and special conditions Of sue
cess. They are like one-legged milking
stool.-can't stand alone while varied
farming has various supports.
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Blunders of the Old Masters.

Many of the old masters made amusing
aud curious blundsrs in their works
Tintoret represented the Israelites
gathering msnna,n armed with guns.
Cigoli painted the sged Simeon at the
circumcision of [ hrist with psir of
spectacles on his nose, and Rubens COM
mitted the same error in his famous pic
ture of Mary Amounting the Feet of
Christ" In picture of a Christ Heal
ing the Sick" by Verrio, the spectators
are represented as wearing periwigs on
their heads. Albert Durer painted the
expulsion of Adam and Eve from the
Garden of Eden by an angel in
founced dress. The same artist. in a
picture of Peter Denying Christ" !" in
troduces Roman soldier smoking Ger
man pipe. A Flemish picture OF the
Wise Men Worshiping the Infant
Christ" has ene of them depicted in a
large white surplice and in boots and
spurs In this incongruous dress he ia
represented in the act of presenting the
C1liU WIN n IllOtcA Va mal-Of-
war. An artist of the same school has
painting OF Abraham offering up his son
Isaac; the patriarch, instead of using
knife, as described in the Scripture,
is holding a blunderbuss TO the head Of
Isaac. Belioi has pictured the Virgin
and Child in the act of listening to a
violin in another picture he has drawn
King David playing harp at the mar
riage of Christ with st. Catherine. In
French picture Of the " Last Supper !"
the table is ornamented with tumblers
filed with cigar-lighters. The crowning
bIunder is shown in painting of the
Garden of Eden. in which Adam and
Eve are represented in al their primi-
tive simplicity, while in the immediate
background appears hunter Ia mod>
ern sporting suit in the act OF shooting
ducks with gun
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A Vast Layer of Huge Bones.

A party of laborers under the super
iutendence of G. A. Currier, of Chicago,
were engaged in makidg large excava-
tion upon the Chicago and North west
ern Railroad, about one and a half miles
west ,f Denison, Iowa, in obtaining
gravel for the purpose of making extern
sive repairs of the road near that place.
They had reached depth of about fif
teen feet when they came upon vast
accumulation OF bones, which, a. the
work proceeded, they continued to find
along the entire line OF the excavs ton
for distance of nearly two thousand
feet, The bones lie in bed of gravel
and the strata in every direction seems
to be full of them. Some of themes
pecially the teeth-are in an excellent
state of preservation Others, on being
exposed to the atmosphere, quickly
crumble and fall to pieces. They are all
of remarkable size, and could have be-
longed to no animal now living. Some
Of the teeth which have been found
weigh over eight pounds, and measure
over foot in circumference. Ne effort
has been made to collect the bones with
view to their preservation, ard nc
scientific examination has been at
tempted to determine their character.
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Sewing Winter Wheat.

Under the above heading wheat
grower remarks:
The wheat plant readily adspts itself
to.a varsity of soils snd climatic in
fuences, provided these soils are dry and
rich. We find prime fields of wheat
grown in the most uniavorsble seasons,
and inferior fields in seasons which are
called good for wheat. Among all its
S7laaiies, eiSS asiss-.s f's..ssv aiHs iviIS
than one-half the farmers who attempt
its cultivation. Some seem to regard it
as an aquatic plant, requiring little be-
sides water for its subsistence. We fre-
quently hear farmers inquiring sfler a
variety Of wheat adapted to poor soil,
determined st all hazards to starve the
wheat to death if they fail to drown it.
The first requisite for a good wheat
crop is soil well supplied with plant
food adapted to the wants of that
plant. IF the soil is not naturally dry,
it should be thoroughly drained, not
with few burrows on the surface, as ia
too often seen in wheat fields, but with
good underdrains of tile or stone To
properly prepare field to receive the
seed is by no means au unimportant
matter to be attended TO by some disin-
terested enploye, but should receive the
immediate attention of the proprietor,
and if he should get between the plow
handles once in while, if good pIow-
man, 20 much the better. Although 1
regard good summer iallow IS the very
best preparation for wheat, yet a good,
clean, rich barley stubble should not be
discarded Summer fallows have bes
come deservedly unpopular among
farmers for two good reasons. They sell
dom summer-fsllow field unless it is too
poor TO raise a paying crop of anything,
and in the next place they do not halt
Our best success has been with clover
ley turned down between June and the
10th, with strong growth of clover just
coming into blossom; ground plowed
from six to seven inches deep, and the
surface thoroughly cultivated three
inches in depth.
/ have grown wheat this seaaon upon
soil treated in the above manner, which
In 1868 produced fourteen bushels Of
wheat per acre. This ground has re-
ceived 30 manure since, and has been
regularly cropped with barley, wheat
and corn, with clover every third year
and my crop this year upon this piecs
will yield from thirty to thirty five
bushels per acre. So much for clover
have q thirteen-acre corn field this
year well manured last fall and winter
which propose to summer-fallow mex;
year by way of experiment, and if aE
successful as l anticipate, ] shall leave
barley out OF the rotation hereafter, be
lieviDg that heavy wheat crop is worth
more and costs less than a crop of bar
ley and moderate wheat crop. aud il
leaves the land IN better condition fol
future crops With such a preparation
wouid not only be sure OF a good croI
OF wheat, tut would be almost certain
Of good stand of young clover aftel
the wheat crop was taken off, 9Th,
clover makes frst.clsss hay for fattenins
steers in winter.)
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Had a Question.


In one of the union schools the other
day teacher departed for half an hour
from the usual programme and asked her
scholars such questions as might interest
them. After she had asked " What
makes the wind blow?" "What causes
rain?" eWho invented the locomotive2'
and 80 forth, and helped TO explain them
she said:
"Now. children, any of you who de-
sire can ask me questions"
No one seemed TO think Of anything,
except a freckle-faced boy about four
teen years old. He raised his hand and
the teacher said:
Well, Robert, have you a question:
ayes, mum. I'd like TO know whal
they mean when they say to ieller
sOh, pull down your vest y"
The teacher had TO admit that sheiwa'
behind the age.
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and l ventured to glance at her. A

and 1 ventured to glance at her. All
was explained.
ooh, woman, what strange being
you arel Soft and yet triumphant was the
beautiful face of our queen. She was
bending little forward; her eyes glis-
tened; you would have said that she was
listening 20 some exquisite melody.
About him, toe, there was change. /
was excited, and OF course what 4 saw
and heard was colored by my mood, but
l could have declared that the young
mans form had expanded, and that an
Undesirable dignity had crept into his
gestures. He stood upright, his voice
was clear and uniaultering, he did not
shrink from, he rather courted. the null
titude of glances that were bent on him
As for bis speech-sir, have knocked
about pretty much, as you know, and
now and then at dinners and elsewhere
have knocked up'against distinguished
men, but have never heard a speech to
match bis one. IN zsistance IL was a
review OF the time he had spent in the
settlement. To hear him one might have
believed that he had seen through our
practical jests from the first, and while
seeming to be their victim, had been
quietly amusing himself at our expense.
It's manner, the delicate irony, the wit,
the forcible piquancy, l should be glad
indeed 10 reproduce, but of such an eff
fort am incapable. Here was turning
ofthe tables! My friends were bewildered;
those not il our secrect appladed vocifer-
ously. alone knew who it was
had planned this triumph; and
l was not surprised when, few
days later, it was rumored abroad
that Eleanor Hartley and our newcomer
were engaged to be married. Rumer, for
once, told true tale. Before that cold
season WIS over was invited by Eleanor
Hartley's father to his daughters we'd
ding.
"And 1 would wager, said the gentle
man who had asked FOR the story, " that
my lady kept him in order"
"on the contrary" replied our guest,
''she was model among wives-devoted,
adoring. believe she thought that man
hal divine. Well, poor fellow he was
always delicate, and, after two or three
years of happiness, he died"
"And his wiie?'
81 think you have met her"
"Whatl She can not be-"
~ zee that you have guessed. Thank
me for giving you a peep into the char
acter of Eleanor Walthingham"
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Low-Necked Sermons.


Mr.. Talmage has been telling us for
some weeks past how he went one night
as far rs the gates of hell and flirted
with Beelksbub. If he had gone just
little further we might have lost some
pungent sermons, but we do not know
that we sheuld have put on mourning
for he could continue his work to great
advantage on the deacons and elders OF
the Everlasting Sulphur Springs, and
might even have frightened the pastor
himself out OF his hoofs and made him
tremble with remorse TO the end of his
tail That would be great gain to the
world We have no doubt that Mr..
Talmage believes in his honest heart
that if auy style OF oratory could get
the better Of Old Nick it is that un que
kind which bellows and cavorts in Il e
edifyiDg to find him coming before a
gaping congregation, his holy hook bsitt d
with choice bits of male devil fl IN and
the wings of the poor. soiled butterflies
low necked dresses, but he breaches low
necked sermons 1t is not given to every
man to see infamous depths of prurient
suggestion in the ball dress of lady,
but Tartuffe, looking through his fingers,
can tell you things about it you do not
dream OF with your unframed eyes. To
see minister buzzing like q humble bee
around woman's clothing and slighting
on her graceful neck with particularly
loud buzz, saying, "Bewsre! this is not
God given beauty; this is accursed flesh, J"
Is revolving. In this style OF sermon, a
galter IS not gaiter, but temptation.
Not only what we have, but what we
have not, is dragged in. am told" I"
says Mr.. Talmage, d" that there is coming
from Paris fashion that is shocking
beyond compare" Here is the low
necked sermon at its worst, tickling vile
appetites by anticipation. The simplest
things of life and being are given strange
meanings, until the fiery exhortation at
the end sounds like clap-trap, designed TO
tone down the heshy realism of what
has gone before-s little bit of doctrinal
ribbon around the low necked sermon.
As the Staten Island mystery dragged
other criminal inysteries to light, 30 Mr.
Talmsge has brought :orth other low,
necsed sermonizers. One reverend gen
tleman, indeed, has undertaken to de
scribe the vice of London as Talmage
has that of New York, for which pur-
pose and to heighten the contrast, he
puts the late Argyll rooms next door to
st. PauPs Cathedral We shall soon
have ministers giving, Night Horrors
OF Paris," and Nights in Vienna" but
all this time will true religion be ad.
vanced q peg, or will vice, thus ex-
plotted by the clergy. and psrsded in
the pulpit, gain or lose it's victims
We think it would be better for the
youth of Brooklyn if Mr. Talmage had
-=-.-----a i.i- E-s,nderous and sElHrtls j- -
month Ego and swallowed himself rather
than shown them, as he has, how easy it
is, even for clergyman, to 60 grimaciDg
to the gates of hell. Does re think they
will take his word for what he has seen
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Slip. yes. alp your skein, my Kitty,
Ger my hands and wind and vinds

Slip, yes. slip your skeins my Kitty,
Ger my hands and vind and wind.
al ths while. with little Iitty,
1angiing, tangling heart and mind;
Kitty, eyes upon the wool
Not on me, my beautiful
Nov you droop your eyes completely,
Winding. winding dreamily;
Wherefore, wherefore smile % sveetly
On thing that can not ef
II you must nmile, smile this way.
win bear It rs I may.
Ali the rosebud fingers differing
Swiftly about the colored BALI
How my heart beets time while sitting;
SIN Try TO bear 1t all.
Kitty. do you know or care
lis my heart you're winding there?
kitty, am in vision
All the world to mist doth die,
Only in an air Elysfan
Little fairy fingers ny;
Surely, II they at too near.
shall catch and kiss them, dearl
Tsngledr pout not, frown not, Kitty.
Though gladly bear the pain;
For your amer il 80 pretty
1t may make me sin again.
Therei tits we'll. Now " ind and wind.
Tansling further heart and mind.
Now IDS doneI The last thread fingers
Sadly from me, slow 10 part;
Can't thou see that in my fingers
lam -hoId:n- Up my heart7
WinI and gindl do not c1rs,
Smile or from. and will besT
All 20 fast and quick you wind it
no more can kesp IL mine;
Do you wonder that Eoa fnd 1t
Thrsbbins nov. close. close to thine
Tangled ere the twain
Kiss kiss, hiss thsm free ag isi
Fr1N<.F
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-nA1A. you LOVE- Many BEST. .

Mamma. you love Baby best.''
And two eyes of lfmid gray
Chalianss mine Win 5saious qscst--
What shall 70 my sirlie say7
Ny brown girl With nut brown ours
And face IS free h as dawn Of day
Chestnut curis just touched with yellow
Where the fsrthess tendriIs stray.
Sweet round cheek the red rose shsning,
Sweet mouth trembling in unrest
Soft brow taking on soft oreases-
MAMA, you love Baby best"
Nay. you are Mammals Sweet Brown Birdie
While Baby is my Flower OF Gold.
And Brother my brave Lion Boy,
With grand face cast n royal moull.
Mothers heart holds all three warmly
Thee wee Dirdlinss in one nest.
Come nestle there, you jealous Brownie,
Mamma loves-you all three best
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Norristown Herald


1t is given out that the ladies will
wear vests precisely like the gentlemen'H
this winter. When married man goes
to bed he viii have to put chalk mark
on his vest, or next morning he may slip
on his wife's, and not discover the mis-
take until he inserts his thumb a'1d fore
finger in the right-hand pcck'st for a
pinch Of fine cut. and finds nothing but
a piece of chewing gum and the stun o. 2.
4 short. black lead pencil Then be VIII
suddenly remember that there was 2
roll Of ten-dollar greenbacka In the iei.'
hand pocket of bis vest-that ~ 4 ne !.
an EDITOR he wiII---snd he win run back
horne in Rarus time.
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Mysterious Jim.

One day he called at livery stable on
the north side, and motioning the pro-
prietor to follow him, led the way into a
remote stall, and in mysterious manner,
whispered inIhis ear:
81 hear you want to sell that roam
mare 2"
The horse>dealer graspe,i s. Mysterious
Jim" by the arm, leered at him with his
eyes in tragic manner, and said:
Sh-i follow me /"
Up the ladder, over the piles of hay
into corner of the attic he went, and
there gripping Mysterious Jim's" shoul-
der, he uttered in q hoarse whisper:
I've sold her"
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nr JOAQUIN M1Efrn.

Some leveled hills, a wall dome
That lords its gilded arch ma lies,
While at its base q begsnr cries
For bread and dies--and raat IL RomsI
Yet Rome Is Rome; and Rome ahe must
And shall remain beside her gatess
And tribute take OF kings and states
Until the stars havs fallen TO dust.
Yea, Time on yon campaflnian plain
has pitched in siege bis battle tents;
And round about her batIllmfnis
Has marched and trumpeted In yaln.
Those skies are Romei TIE very ioan
Lifts up and speaks In Roman pride;
And Time outfaced and still dehed.
Sits down and wags his beard at ksme.
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IHE convict labor of Bullock county,
A!a-' Tor the year 1879 was put up Mon
day at public sale in Union Springs
The Messrs. Conner, of Barbour, were the
purchasers, at SO S5 esch per month.
The parties hiring are to clothe and feed
the convicts.