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Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14
Ant au1rs1NG COMEDY OF ERRoRs

Mime de Y. was very jealous. and deter
az;npd ia watch her husband. One day he
Nj her he was going to Versailles, and
Men he went out, she put on her bonnet
| d followed him. She kept him in sight
! I'll he turned into a passage which short
hel the way to the railroad station, Where
Il missed him. She stood for a few Min
Is in the passage looking aboat, and sud-
Buly saw man coming. out of IL glove-shop
sth a rather over-dressed lady. From q
ktance she made sure the man was her hus-
nd. AND without word of warning she
he him three or four sound boxes on the
!. When the gentleman turned round to
&front his assailant, she perceived that she
I made mistake, and at the same time
\ caught sight of her husband, who had
Dleuished cigar-case at a tobacconist's
4 was crossing the street. What could she
She tainted in the arms of the stranger
lose ears she had boxed-while tive other
Nv ran off as fast as she could to avoid
[ndal. The stranger, who was a comme-
M, was astonished to find an unknown la
Din his arms; and, while his ears were still
gling with the blows, he was again starl-
4 A gentleman collared him. and shaking
u roughly, asked him what he meant by
pracing lady in the street. "Why, she
He'd nay ears and fainted" screamed the
pr. "She is my wife," shouted the irate
kband "and never would have struck
\ without cause.'' The mfuriated gen
ben shook their fists until the lady, who
I been carried into a shop, recovered suf-
&ntly to explain how it happened.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14
eye, guides the hand or stores the mind,

eye guides the hand Or stores the mind
Juss my luck!' says one who stands
win his hands crowded into his pockets as
Tue plank opportunity drifts by. Il couldn't
grasp it." The true name for that mans
"llck' was Incidence.
An! he always was luck fellow -
was said, in my hearing, of another who
had well filled pocket-book. But knew
1hat man worked early and late, through
cold and heat, sun and storm, to strike, not
rock lucky" but rock ''succEss. ."-1he
american Mitliner and Dressmaker.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14

So inscrutable may the human face be-
come, that frequetly it is but a mask which
conceals the real character. The men and
women most famous for heartless cruelty
have often been celebrated for their hand
some faces writer's of fiction have not been
unmndful of the fact, and Faust is repre-
sented as being a handsome man; while the
German fishermen sing of the sirens who
drag mems souls down to perdiction with
their fatal dover OF beauty. Some faces
are unreadable, end tell nothing OF the
owners character. The merriest men now
and then have solemn faces, and the most
serious frequently have cheerful ones. FIRE.
quently the most heartless coquerte has all
the shy graces of girl of sixteen, while the
heart of some woman who looks you
through with cold, steady eyes, may be fill
ed with love and tenderness that you are
too blind to discover. So we all 60 on,
wearing disguiSes of different devices, never
quite concealing, never revealing the life
within. And thus it will ever be.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14
TIE STORY GeSSIPS TELL

hor the last day or two rumor has been
&pered in society circles OF marriage
4 Is said to have taken place some weeks
and has never found its way into the
6spapers. Those who speak of it are in
Rrance rs to the names of the contracting
#les, but say there is no doubt that such
@frlage has occurred. One gentleman
n found who claimed to know all the par.
lars, but refused to divulge the names of
Parlles. lie says both the lady and gen
PAN mold high social positions in Louis
lie also states that no particulars of
Hfailalr could be obtained, as none but the
8most interested and one or two of their
L intimate friends know any thing of the
~ Although the names of The parties
" noe De ascertained, the following is
H8'ecepted rumor as to the cause of the Sc
y lhe parties had been engaged for
year. but poverty stood in the way Of
s"llahe lovers coming forward and
4lillss ll ths loved one as his own. The ad-
n true love never did run SMOOTH was
EIalea IN their case. The gallant lover
4 :. A'a''i'lly to attain share in this
D goods, but failures crowded thick
4 60 upon MN. At last when his manly
I was was crushed, and melancholy had
os,' w. '.'''l 1or her own. he sought the pres
L Il. ms aaored, told her all, with break
."''' ouered to release her from the en-
'"'' lhey mingled their tears to-
ha.s. Wv ie'lst That is the supposition), when
w., s VI 'hc brave girl arose above the
IIna - around them and she proposed a Sc
Ii '"se' n'' me secret to be kept until the
"n'ls OF their cloud shall appear
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14

Her lover assented, and the following day
they repaired to Jeffersonville in company
with two or three friends, and returned man
and wife. Since that happy day they have
been separated, except when the fair young
bride receives her husband in the parlor of
her fathers residence. When a third party
drops i'll on them and spends the evening,
the scene must be an oud ONE Couricr-Jou,'-
nQL
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14

This seems to be the way things We're
conducted in the County Clerks office dur
ing the administration of Lieb: Sweet Lit
tie Girl-Please give me nickel to buy
loaf of bread. Lieb-Has got no bread lit
tie waif? Sweet L. G.-Nary crum. Lieb--
Mine Got in himmel, | can't stand this. No
pie, either? Sweet l.. G.-Ah, go away,
wild ye-course not. BY the bones of Hum
boldt, won't stand this. Here, clerk, give
this suffering child a dime, and charge a
quarter up to the county. I can't resist
such appeals as this, il it takes every cent
my constituents have got.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14
GOLDEN S HEAVES
-l'd rather walk by faith with God
Than go alone by sight.

He may win the race, that runs by HIM
SELF
Pride and the gout are seldom cured
throughout.
He who gives a trihe meanly is far
meaner than the trifle.
There is no such thing rs an easy chair
for a disconted man.
"A pure and good woman is great
power. Whether arising from the courage
that is founded on a sense of responsibility
or whether unconsciously exercised and
dictated by her noble instinct, she has a
great power in modelling the characters
and regulating the conducts and lives Of
those who are under her influence
is it not unwise to believe where we can
not fully understand? Surely not. A SAIL
or's line may not be long enough to fathom
the sen, but it may be of use nevertheless to
keep his vessel of the rocks and shoals.
Neither by our intellect may we be able to
fathom all the depth of the ocean of re-
ligion; bat reason may assure us that there
is water enough for our ships to sail in with
out running aground.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14

AN orator who (though he was like His
tory, and repeated himself) was much in de-
mand in political campaigns, being asked
by an admirer the secret of his success, re-
piled, When have facts give em facts,
butswhen haven't yell and saw the air.
words.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14

SS1pK1Ns refused to get his wife new
hat, and soon after his little girl came i'll
and said: " Mamma, won't you buy me a
monkey to play with when you go down
town?' :" No darling; wait till you are old
der, and then marry one, as did," replied
the grief-stricken wife, her tears bursting
forth afresil.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14

A MAN down in Lynn, it is said, made so
many pairs of shoes in one day, that it took
two days to count them! He was smart
one, but not equal to one in New Hamp-
shire, who built SO many miles of wall in
one day that it took him all that and the
next day to get home again.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14

LAST Monday John G. Sarberry, of Han
nibal, put his old clothes on the river bank,
anchored note to his wife on top of them
with stone, and laid around to read his
obituaries. When he read in the first paper
he got hold of that that primordial dead
beat and free lunch gobler, Jack Sarberry,
has been good enough to the community
and humanity to so to the devil without
waiting to be called for" he got so mad he
couldn' read any further, but sailed into
town with club and did the hardest days
work of his life, hunting for the editor.
Truly, it is not all Of death to die.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-14


good reputation should be preserved
with especial care, for when once lost, it is
always difficult, and sometimes even impos-
sible, to recover it. Good renown is like ice, i,
which. when once broken. can never be
made whole again. The following fable af-
fords very useful lesson on this subject
1t happened one day that Fire. Water, and
Reputation were travelling together they
were deliberating how they should meet a
gain, in case of losing each other. Fire
said, you will find me, when you see
smoke" Water said, "Where you see
marshy places, you will find me.'' But
Reputation said, ''Take care you do not
separate from me. should you do SO, you
run great risk of never meeting me again;
for when am once lost it is very seldom |
am ever recovered"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02
Two Bootblacks.

A day or two ago, during lull in bus
iness, two little bootblacks, one white
and one black, were standing at the cor
ner doing nothing, when the white boot
black agreed to black the black boot
blacks boots. The black bootblack was
of course willing to have his boots
blacked by his fellow boolblack, and the
bootblack who had agreed to black the
black bootblack's boots went to work.
When the bootblack had blacked one
of the black bootblack's boots till it
shone in manner that would make any
bootblack proud, this bootblack, who had
agreed to black the black bootblack's
boots, refused to black the other boot OF
the black bootblack until the black boot
black, who had consented to have the
white bootblack black his boots, should
add FIVE cents to the amount the white
blootblack had made blacking other
mems boots. This the bootblack, whose
boot had been blacked, refused to do,
saying it was good enough for black
bootblack to have one boot BACKED, aud
he didn't care whether the boot that the
bootblack hadn't blacked was blacked.
This made the bootblack who had
blacked the black bootblack's boots as
angry as bootblack often gets, and he
vented his black wrath by splitting upon
the blacked boot of the black bootblack
This reused the latent passions of the
black bootbIack, and he proceeded tc
boot the white bootblack with the boot
which the white bootblack had blacked
a fight ensued in which the white boot.
black who had refused to black the un'
BACKED boot of the black bootblack
blacked the black bootblack's visionary
organ, and in which the black bootblacl
wore all the blacking off his blackeo
boot in booting the white bootblack.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02
"Too Beautiful to Leave"

The Columbia Register learns from q
gentleman of undoubted yeracity, who
conversed with McEvoy few days be-
fore his execution, that the unfortunate
man, while talking with his counsel on
the day alluded to, said that he had
always been Indifferent about being ex-
ecuted, and more especially since his
last escape-even upon the day on which
he was respited by the Governor, at
which time he expected to be in eternity
within an hour after the arrival of the
respite. "But now sir, life is very
sweet to me. Never, never before did
the world look so beautiful 10 me. The
songs of the birds sound sweeter, the
leaves on the trees look greener and
fresher, the sun lin which Ihave never
seen anything particularly beautifully
breaks through my cell window, and for
the first time in all my life see beauty
in that, too"
1t is related of some distinguished
person who had fallen from the faith of
his fathers, and who persisted in his
course, that one night, while gazing into
the starry dome above him, he exclaim-
ed: Beautiful heaven! I shall never
behold theeW To that unfortunate
man the heaven he felt he had forfeited
was never so beautiful as when it was,
as he thought, lost eternally. Whether
the very idea of such an abandonment
compelled him to seek the means of re-
trieval or not, history does not state,
or if so, we do not now recall the fact.
But how true is it that the most beautiful
of tall things appear to be those we
have lost or else are about to lose. We
did not value them properly when they
were ours, and it may be that we abused
what we should have cherished. But
when they are gone or are about to go,
what ravishments they possess, what
novel splendor, what ecstatic loyliness !
It may be that the phenomenon Nc
Evoy discovered in his own nature was
brought about by some wonderful
change which religion sometimes works
miraculously upon the most callous
hearts and souls. Had this come to him
in early life instead of in his later man
hood, It would perhaps have made him
better individual and spared himself
and society some dreadful shock.
The lesson is near at hand. If we
listen to the melody of the heavens
and fix our eyes upon higher things
than this world affords, q brightness
will stream upon our lives and illum'-
nate even the darkness chat Low anu
then falls upon our material being.
And then, when We look at the earth in
its robe of Spring grandure, listening to
the pipe of bird and bee, and for the
last time behold the sunshine glorifying
all, we may not regret to leave them,
because they are simply the faded and
feeble symbols of the mansions and the
pasture promised to all who make the
world the better for their being, for
moment, pilgrims upon its mountain
tops or dwellers in its vales.-Augusta
Chronicle.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02

HoEINa WHEAT.-A few weeks ago
one of your correspondents asked whether
the wheat crop could be improved by
hoe:ng. Let me offer my experience.
I say offer, because have found it diff
cult to get people to accept unpaid-for
experience. In this case experience is
asked for, and I hope may be the
means of making two blades grow where
only one grew before. Some years ago
my sous las now) had the working of
my farm (now farm for improved
sheep.) They put in a twenty-acre field
of wheat. I wanted them to put it all
in with the drill, using only every other
tube, stopping up the Others, but they
would only put in half an acre this way.
This made the drills fifteen inches apart,
and one peck of seed per acre was suffi:
cient. In March following, the ground
being dry enough, / passed through. it
with an old. fashioned shovel plough
that was wide enough to disturb the
whole width between the rows of wheat
half an hours work. The result was
this half acre produced fifteen bushels
of wheat, while the, rest of the field pro-
duced only twelve bushels per acre
Practical Farmer.
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VOL. XIII---NO. AZ.


by the United States government from
tobacco is, of course, very large, but up
to 1870 it was much less than the sum
derived by the United Kingdom from the
same source. Thus in 1866 the tax on
tobacco yielded US less than eleven and
half million dollars, while 1t produced
tbirty-one millions in Great Britain.
During the past seven years, however,
our returns have been much augmented,
exceeding $97, 100000 in the last year
covered by Mr.. .Killebrew's table. In
view of the remarkable stimulus lately
given To the culture of tobacco in come
of our Western States, and especially in
Tennessee. there is reason to think the
income from thisstaple will be materially
increased during the next decade.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02
A College Freak.

The following story of old times in
South Carolina is told Of the learned DIR.
Maxcy:
On one occasion, several Of the stu
dents of South Carolina College resolved
to drag the doctors carriage into the
woods, and fixed upon a night for the
performance of the exploit. One of
their number, however, was troubled
with some compunctious visitings, and
managed to convey to the worthy Presi-
dent hint that it would be we'll for him
to secure the door of the carriage-house.
Instead of paying any heed to this sug.
gestion, the doctor proceeded on the
appointed night to the carriage-house,
and ensconsed his portly person inside
the vehicle. In less than an hour some
half-dozen young gentlemen came to his
retreat and cautiously withdrew the car
riage into the road. When they were
fairly out of the college precincts they
began to joke freely with each other by
name.
One of them complained of the weight
of the carriage, and another replied by
swearing it was heavy enough to have
the old fellow himself inside. For near
ly mile they proceeded along the road,
and then struck into the woods to cover
which they concluded would effectually
conceal the vehicle. Making themselves
| infinitely merry at the DOCTORS expense,
and conjecturing how and when he
would find his carriage, they at length
reached the spot where they had re-
solved to leave it. Just as they were
about to depart-having once more con-
cluded that "the carriage was heavy
enough to have the old doctor and all his
tribe in it"-they were startled by the
Esudden dropping of one of the glass
panels, and the well-known voice Of the
doctor himself, thus addressing them:
$50, so, young gentlemen, you are go.
ing to leave me in the woods, are you?
Surely, as you have brought me hither
for your own qualification, you will not
refuse to take me back for mine. Come,
Mr., and - and -, buckle to
and let US return it is getting late !"
There was no appeal for the window
was raised, and the doctor resumed his
seat. Almost without word, the dis
comfted young gentlemen took their
places at the pole and the back of the
vehicle, and quite as expeditiously, if
with less voice, did they retrace their
course. In silence they dragged the
carriage into its wonted place, and then
retreated precipitately to their rooms, to
dream of the account they must render
on the morrow. When they had retired,
the doctor quietly vacated the carriage
and went to his house, where he related
the story to his family with much glee.
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to be reminded that there is another side
of the shield. The careful reader will
remember that this was not only admitted
but frankly stated at the outset. If what
we have said induces anybody to think
that the shield has too sides, all that we
have aimed at will have been accom-
plished. The great and universal law OF
compensation holds in reference to wealth
and property as in reference to everything
else. There are blessings in the poor
mans life in and by reason of his poverty,
which in their very nature cannot be to
the rich man.-Cincinnat Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02
An ACT to Prevent Fishing with Nets
in the Fresh Water Streams of this

An ACT to Prevent Fishing with Nets
in the Fresh Water Streams of this
State at Certain Seasons of the Year.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the SEN
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now metand sit
ting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That it shall not
be lawful for any person in the Counties
of Marion, Horny, Darlington, Claren-
don. Georgetown and Williamsburg to
fish with nets and gigs or set traps in
any of the fresh water rivers, creeks or
lakes in said Counties between the ff-
teenth day of April and the first day of
September in any year hereafter.
SEC. 2. That any person violating the
provisions of the foregoing Section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof by Court of
competent jurisdiction shall be fined in
sum of twenty dollars or imprisoned
in the County Jail for a period of 80 days.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
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the farmer should breathe the genial at
mosphere of thought, which, coming to
us from distant ages and across the sea,
is famed by press. pamphlet and printed
book.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02

- Lying about politician never hurts
the man lied about. 1t Is having the
truth told that kills him.
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LEGAL LADYERTZSLNG.-We are compelled 10
require cash payments for adv ertising ordered by
Executors, Administrations and other, dduciarieg
and herewith append the rates for the ordinary
notices, which will only be inserted when the
money comes with the order:
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Estate Notices, three insertions, 200
Final Settlements, FIVE insertions 500
TO CORRESPONDEF7S-ln order TO receive
attention. COMMUNICATIONS must be accompanied
by the true name and address Of the writer. Re-
jected manuscripts will not be returned unless the
necessary stamps furnished to repay the postage
thereon.
Rs- We are not responsible for the views and
opinions Of our correspondents.
All communications should be addressed 10 ed
itors Intellsencer." and all checks drafts, money
orders, &C., should be made payable to the order
of Z. B. MURRAY & CO.,
Anderson, sc.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-07-02
Scene at the Depot.

When all the picnick-rs were cro~ded
together this morning each ready Ia be the
first one in, md Mrs J 1nes said To her little
boy Johnny did Mrs. Jones say: "No~
keep right close To me, and don't climb on
the top air brake and get run over by the
conductor, for"
"Oh, my what did do with my satchel,
It's got NY"
"Whisky. Johnny pure old rye; well
clip out into the bushes occasionally. and
take a swig Of"
sect of nv toes. you dufler. you better
90 out into a 10 acre lot aud plane down
that hoof for its"
Right in the basket, nv dear -l'm SURF
Of it, put it there myself to-
"Tie 1t up TO some high limb. you know
and we'll have first-rste swing
Umbrella wen, square in my eye. Mer
that have to take an umbrella to keep The
sun of, should"
..See that horrid Mrs. Jones. II -h'
hasn't rugged herself up in"
'Pl~nty Of time. vet, and told you 81
Sis but you always hurry ~ that some day
you will"
"Turn bottom upwards. Well, -houl.
saw il did, and then rolled fifteen feet dowl
the bank to"
"IIeil and highwater! Can't You see thu
you have set right down and mashed -
All aboard ?"
Rip. jam, slash, bang whiz, shove
push
AMI, Lordy, Amt il Jolly We're all 81
| for ReamAn.
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Advice to Students.

Sit up to the table when you read easy
chairs abolish memory. Do not read the
same book too long at one sitting. II you
are really weary Of one subject change it
for another. Read steadily for three hours
a day for Eve days in the week the use OF
vet towels and strong coffee betrays igno-
rsrce Of how to read. Test the accuracy Of
your work rs soon a you have finished it.
Put your facts in order as soon a. you have
learned them Never read after midnight.
Do not go to bed straight from your books.
Never let your reading interfere with exer.
else or digestion. Keep \ clear head, a
good appetite and cheerful hean.-Maii.
cal Examiner.