The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-04

dent Llnc0ln. must confess tnat
think the statement of Manager Ford
very ill-timed and injudicious, aud that
these sad events of the past should be
left in the grave in which they have been
buried"
A Boys Experience with Tar Marbles.
Almost all boys; at some period of
their lives, devote their spare time to
playing with marbles, and certainly
was not unlike other boys in this re-
spect. My fondness for marbles began
very early, and when I was about seven
years old led me into curious expert
ence, which / am about to relate. A
great. rivalry for acquiring marbles had
Isuddeniy arisen at that time among The
bows of the town, and to possess as
many of thelittle. round beauties as my
oldest brother Sowned, soon :becametbe
desire Of my heart and the height Of
fHsI had already yfobtaiisd a large NUMBER
when one day 1 overheard +: my oldest
brother telling one of his schoolmates
that he had made the. important discoy-
cry that marbles could be formed from
coal-tar, of which there was large guam
,tity on certain streetin q distant part
of the town. He did not condescend to
explain the process Of manufacture, but
he showed the marbles he had made
black, round, and glossy. The sightin-
spired me with. ardent desire 70 possess
an unlimited quantity.
MY brother told me just where. the
coveted treasure was to be found, and, in
the afternoon, started of without con.
fiding to any one my intention, to find
the spot and lay in;as supply Of the raw
material, which T could convert into
marbles wheu-f had leisure: 1t was'a'
very hot July afternoon, and ] was in
violent heat; but the sight of the heaps
of coal: far puE a1let6ought of anyfhipg.
unpleasant quite, OUT of my head ;sitt
caused me to forget also that had on a
suit of new clothes, of. which had been
cautioned by my mother to be extreme
ly careful.
need hardly remark that l was not
every veil ;acquaintedS.with the substance,
! T was handling, and my only idea Of its
qualities. was, that it could be nodded
into any shape I pleased. was not
aware that it has all the qualities of or:
dinary tar,-melts with heat, and be-
comes the. toughest stickiest,; most un--
mauageablefof substances with which a
small boy can come into contact.
fell to work to collect what I want
ed to carry home. I filled the pockets
of my pantaloops, and Of my jacket, and
lastly, when these were stuffed. to their
utmost capacity l flledfthe crown4o of
nv hat so full. that sitswould hardly go
on my head. The place was at some
distance from my home, and didnot
wish to have to return immediately for
more.
With heart filled with triumph
started of toward home. BY this time
/ began to realize that the weather was,
not cool. It had been along walk, and 1
was pretty tired, but / was also in agreat
hurry to- begin making; marbles, $50; /
walked ssfast as could. After little
time 1 began to be sensible. of disa-
greeable feeling of;stiekiness about my
waist, and slight tricEling sensation in
the region of the knees. va ;.
A cloud not bigger than naH.s hand
fitted across my horizon,- perhaps coal.
tar might melt7 s''27s'' '''''
::A very slight inspection of my two
pockets satisfied me that coal-tar was
capable of becoming liquid, and, if 1,
needed further evidence, the sable rivulet
that began to meander down the sides of
my face gave ample corroboration of the
fact. tried to take off my hat, but it
would not come. -rs r.
Hooked down at ny new trousers with
feelings of dismsy. Ominous spots ofa
dismal hue were certainly growing lar
ger: tried to get the -tsr out of my
pockets, but only succeeded in covering
my hands with the black, gnmanageable;
stuff. ets ez53 ~
That Ishould geta whipping forspoil-
ing my new suit, if 1 could not manage
to get the tar of, was quite certain,
and I had had no permission to go from
home, and on the whole the. outlook was
not cheerful in that direction. Quite
driven to desperation, seated myself on
the ground, and tried to scrape off the
black spots, which had now extended to
formidable dimensions while I could. feel
small streams coming down insideiof the
collar of my shirt, and causing rather
singular suggestions Of rope around my
neck. My labor was all in vain. l got
good deal of, but there seemed to be an
inexhaustible quantity ON. / gave it up
in despair, and burst into uncomfortable
sobs. The flow oftears thinned the lava
like fluid, and it now resembled ink,
which covered my face like veil; but
in the extremity of my anguish hope
dawned upon me. found that ! could
wipe off with my hand this thinner solu-
tion, and if water would do it, water was
plenty, and would wash it of. A cous-
in, of mine lived not very far. of, and /
knew that in the yard Of her house there,
was pump. Inspired by this idea, / set
off at a run, and did not slacken my pace
until reached the spot. Here another
difficulty met me. 1 could not reach
the handle of the prmp SO as to get the
benefit of the stream from its mouth, and
tit was only complete shower-bath that
would restore me to respectability. | set
to work to find rope, and fastened to-
gether quite complicated piece of ma
chinery, as thought, by which / man.
aged to pump the ice-cold water upon
my devoted head. The effect was not as /.
immediate as I had hoped. But had
faith if little was good, more must be
better. Creak-creakG kG.creakNwent the