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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29
mEMoRIEs OF THE OLD KITcHRN

mEmVh1Eo OF IhE ULD klTChEN.
Far back, in my musings, my thoughts have been
cast
To the cot. where the hours of my childhood
:. were passed;
lIoyed all its rooms, to the pantry and hall,
But that blessed kitchen was dearer than oil (;
Its chairs and its tables none brighter could be,
For all its surrounding were sacred to me,
To the nail in the ceiling the latch on the door,
And love every crack Of that old kitchen floor.
remember the Fireplace, with mouth high and
wide, ii-----------r
The old fashioned oven that stood by its side,
Out Of which, each Thanksgiving, camo pud-
dings and pies
That fairly bewidered and dazzlcd our eyes /;
And then too, Saint Nicholas, slyly and still,
Came down every Christmas our stockings to
fill.
But the dearest of memories I've laid up in
store
Is the mother that trod that old kitchen floor.
Day in and day out, from morning till night,
Her footsteps were busy, her heart always light,
For it seemed to me then that shc know net q
care,
The smile was so gentle her face used to wear;
1 remember with pleasure what joy filed cur
eyes
When she told us the stories that children SO
prize;
They were new every night though we'd heard
them before
From her lips at the wheel on the old kitchen
floor.
1 remember the window where mornings I'd
AS soon MS the daybreak, to watch for the sun,
And l thought, when my head scarcely reached
to the sill,
That it slept through the night in the trees on
the hill
And the small tract of ground that my eyes there
could view.
Was all of the world that my infancy knew;
Indeed, l cared not to know of it more,
For world IL Itself was that old kitchen floor
Tonight those old visions come back ut their
will,
But the wheel and its music forever are still {;
The band is moth eaten, the wheel laid away
And the fingers that turned it lie mold ring in
clay;
The hearthstone, so sacred, is just as twas then
And the voices of children ring 1t there again;
The sun through the window looks in as of yore,
But it sees stranger feet on the old kitchen floor,
I ask not for honor, but this would crave
That when the lips speaking are closed in the
grave,
My children would gather theirs round at their
side
And tell of the mother that along ago died;
'Twould be more enduring, far dearsr to me
Than inscription on marble or granite could be
To havo them tell often, as did Of ysre,
Of the mother who tired the old kitchen fssr.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

A Western editor throws up the sponge
with the remark that "it doesn't pay to run
newspaper in town where the business
men read almanacs, pick their teeth with
herring tails and advertise on the court
house door" We don't blame him for
quitting the business under the circumstan.
ces, unless he haf made up his mind to
starye
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

Discerning child (who has heard some re-.
marks by papa)-"Are you our new nurse?"
Nurse-"Yes, dear" Child--"Well, then,
I am one of those boys who can only be
managed by kindness so you had better
get some sponge cake and oranges at once"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

Atthe close off the sitting Of. the Illinois
House Of Representatives Sbe olerk read
the following: ~ am rdqdested xaal No
that the Rev DR.. Mcfarland will deliver q
lecture this evening in the hall on 'Educa-
tion of idiots" Members of the Legisla-
ture are invited to attend"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

Sound, said the schoolmaster, is what
you hear. For instance, you cannot feel a
sound. D, yes, you can. said a smart boy.
What sound can you feel? retorted the
pedagogue. A sound thrashing, quickly
replied tho smart boy. Correct, said the
schoolmaster. Come up! And the smart
boy felt and smarted.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

A married couple in old Kaintuck used
to quarrel violently. One day, in the midst
of row, the woman told her husband she
would kill him if he said another crooked
word, "Well, rams horn, if / die for it."
said he.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

1 say, Jim, said one friend to another on
meeting, L hear our friend A has been in
speculation heavily. Has he made any
thing? Yes, said Jim, he has made an as
sigDmcnt.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

Emerson thinks man touches hard nan
when he gets beyond wondering how he can
keep his neighbor from cheating him and
begins to wonder how he can keep himself
from cheating his neighbor.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

DEAR SIR:-A bill has just been passed by
Congress which goes into operation at once,
granting Pensions to all surviving officers, aud
enlisted and drafted men, without regard to
color, including Militia and Volunteers, of the
Military and Naval service Of the United States,
who served for fourteen days in the war with
Great Britain of 1912, or who was in any en-
gagcm0nt and were honorably discharged, and
the surviving widows Of such officers and en-
listed and drafted men. The loss or lack of q
certificate Of dischare will not deprive the ap-
Ieioeat under. this act smS - sats, provided
other proof can be made Of service: 9Thiss hill
also places on the Pension Rolls any widow Of o
revolutionary soldier who served fourteen days,
or was in any engagement, and it justly after
long delay, restores TO the Pension Rolls all
soldiers heretofore receiving pensions, who
fought in the war against Great Britain of 1912,
or in any Of the Indian Wars, but who by an
act of Congress were dropped from the Pension
Rolls for taking up arms against the G Government,
cor in any manner encouraging the rebels."-
IL also provides for the widows of such soldiers
whose names had not been placed on the rolls
rs provided for in the bill putting in q claim
for the pension for which their husbands had
been cut off. This is q just law, and one that
will strengthen the friends of free government
All'persons who are interested in any way in
this law, will have copy sent to them free by
addessing COL. N. w. FITZGERALD, U. s.
CLAIM ATTY. Box, 5SS, WASHINGTON, D. G.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

'I told her I'd never smoke another cigar,
and l wont. A pipes plenty good enough
for me-" apd he gracefully drew match
over the leg Of his trousers.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

!, The COM NUIsANcEs.-We are glad to
/ see that Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, proposes
to get rid Of the three cent pieces, both
nickeland silver; also of the silver five cent
pieces. These coins are nuisanccs. They
are not at all needed, and the whole country
wodH be delighted to get rid of them
Wscan get along admirably with the nickel
FIVE cent piece and the silver ten, cent pjece.
Tha4 copper ous- cent viii as for Smaller
change, and We shall get rid of great an
royance. We suppose we are to have no
more gold dollars. That foolishly devised
coin ought to be called in and never allowed
to appear again. We rather think the two
dollar and hslf gold piece is rather
superAuous coin, and We believe that it
would not be missed were it, too, banished
from public life Many such piece of
coin has been paid out by mistake and it is
not needed for change while the silver coin
age is aAoat. We think that the present
Congress has shown much wisdom on the
coinage and financial questions, and antic-
pate that by the time the session is over the
financial system of the United States will be
pretty nearly complete and satisfactory
Richmond Dispatch.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

WILD GEEsE.-A Belfast Maine house.
wife who incautiously made use of rotten
line to dry her weeks washing during the
furious wind of Monday, realized sad dis
aster. Az the namelcss and indescribable
GARMENTS tugged furiously at the line. The
shirts seemed to belong to giants, and the
drawers were filled with q preternatural
plumpness, until the line broke, and tho
whole laundry wealth of the household took a
flight upward and onward. A farmer liv>
ing in the south eastern part Of the city saw
their approach, led by pair of gray fan
mel drawers, and ran for his gun, shouting
"Wild geese J! Further particulars arc
awaited with interest.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29


h SEVENTH MILLIONS OF HunAN BEINGS SrARv-
EhasHell. .fed, pablo reads in the
Asiatic news of the day that seventy millions Of
human beings are starving to death in four pro.
vinces Of China, and the announcement makes
less impression upon it than the death of almost
any distinguished man Of our own nation. And
yet il the busy throng reflects long enough to
catch the significance of these figures it should
be startled and appalled, by the magnitude Of
suffering and death which they represent, for
these seventy millions are men and women and
their children. They are human in their ana
tony, human in their thoughts, affections, hopes,
fears and aspirations, and thiR almost countless
swarm is threatened with wholesale starvation.
Let ns imagine every man, woman and child in
the United States and the Canadas with only the
scautiest store of the coarsest food on hand and
no hope Of replenishing 1t, and TO this number
add about twenty millions more in the same con.
dition. and we shall get an idea of the extent
and growing horror of tho Chinese famine
Take all the living human beings .. the globe,
and here are sixteenth Of them in me fearful
extremity Of famine.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29
UNION FEMALE ACADEMY
UNION SOUTH CAROLINA.

VNHE grade Of this school is the same as that
l. of ordinary Female Colleges.
The charges have been reduced 10 meet tho
exigencies of the times.
Tuition per Term, From SIS 90 to S25 90.
NO EXTRAS.
Board (washing fuel and lights inoludedJ J
u paid an ddcance, per month. ............,..$11 90
The spring term opens February 4th, 1873.
Pupils received at any time and charged from
date Of entrance till close Of term
MRS VI. s. CLIFFORD,
Principal.
Jan 18 8 tf
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

BLooDLEss DUEL-The most sensible
method of getting and giving satisfaction is
narrated by the Columbus Enquirer
1t is very currently rumored on our streets
that young gentleman of this city and
one of Meals Landing. Florida, had duel
last Thursday at the latter place The sec.
onds are well known in this city, and once
lived here. The challenged party named
the time, midnight, weapons, shot guns, each
barrel to be loaded with thirteen buckshot,
distance twenty PAGES. The seconds did o
good work for the principals by mutually
agreeing to load with nothing but powder,
without the knowledge of the latter parties.
We did not learn how many shots were ex-
changed, but no damage was done as no lead
was used. Both men stood up bravely, and
the affair Of honor was settled amicably.-
The difficulty arose about the party at
Meals Landing having written something
unpleasant concerning the gentleman of this
city and placing it out to public gaze.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29
The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF UNION,
In the Court of Probate.

Avaline Underwood, Lucinda
Anutt, Nancy Posey and
Harriet Underwood Summons for
Plaintiffs.
against. Relief
Nancy Leonard. Margaret
Underwood. and Jane Un- Complaint
derwood. children of Will
liam Underwood, deceased; not
the children of Jones Un-
derwoed, whose names are Served.
unknown, Thomas Under
wood, Defendants.
To the Defendants above named
VOU are hereby summoned and required to
l. ans wer the Petition in this action, which
is filed in the Office of the Judge of Probate,
for the said County, and to sorve copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the subscribers
at their Office, at Spartanburg Court House,
within twenty days after the service hereof, ex-
elusive of the day Of such service and if you
fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded in the
complaint
Dated 9th February A. u. 1873
BOBO & CARLISLE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
To The Defendants oJope named:
Take notice, that the summons in this action,
of which the foregoing is copy, was filed in
the office of the Judge Of Probate ut Union
Court House, in the County Of Union, and State
aforesaid, on the ninth day of February, A. d.
1873. BQBQ g. CARLISLE :.
Spartanburg C.. H., 8. G.
Feb 0 1873 8 g.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

PLEADING FOR Ills SLAvE.-Thc case
of the State VS.. Oliver James, charged
with murder, was tried last Thursday at
Clayton Superior Court, and verdict rem
sdered of voluntary manslaughter, with a
RECOMMENDATION to tho mercy of the court
sIhA sprisoner was an old negro about GO
years Of age, and widely known in his neigh.
borhood, where, previous to the difficulty,
he had always borne the reputation of a
peaceablc, !, dussfi6ns aud sfuolI
11an,ehcountcr with Luke Dorsey, negro
of desperate character, who, it seoems, had
offered some insult to his wife, Dorsey was
killed, At the close of the trial an incident
occurred Of an exceedingly affecting and
pathetic character. A more dramatic scene
has, perhaps, never occurred in Georgia
Fcouit;room, aud the impressions produced
BY y will never fade from the minds of
thod Fho were present.
The$vencrable David James, the father
of Sur fellow townsman, Hon. John H.
james, arose and requested to say something
for the pe esoner.
Upon Spsrmission from the court he pro-
cccded in a voice tremulous with emotion
to speak of the carly life of the prisoner.
He hsd been his master, and had raised
him and watched over hir, in his boyhood.
Hehad gbeen the nurse and companion of
bis children, and the most obedient, affec-
tionate and hardworking slave he had ever
owned. The old gentleman proceeded in a
touching appeal to the court, but his voice
failed, and he could continue no further
7he tears rushed from his eyes, and kneel-
ing at the railing near the prisoner, he
bsssas shisf fhoe in his hands and gave vent
ID his fsefiGss. II, consideration Of the
Strung ssifcumatasces 10 HIS favor, the judge
imposed a light sentence Of three years in
the Neutrality-suspicious. Constitution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-22
What Is the Use of Dead Letter ON
the statute Book!

Our slow and solemn but beloved con-
temporarics, the Erening Post and Hdrpers
Wcekiy-we have not yet heard from the old
ladies' sewing socictics-insist upon II that
we must have new legislation on the subject
OF electing President. At the same time
they have holy horror of enforcing the
laws already in existence, and OF removing
from Office President not elected according
to lawl
Suppose we pass new statute, OF adopt
and ratify an amendment To the Constitu-
tion. What them As soon as n President
succeeds in making his way into the White
House. in violation Of every one Of the pro-
posed new provisions, will it not be urged
that the law must slide that time Just for
once-and that to enforce it would be to dis
turb the business of the country?
All this should we hear. provided Hdrper's
Weekly and the Erening Post should survive
while some future ADRIAN :. HEWITT
would be sure to pipe Frauds once perpe-
tratcd are forever sacred"
The law we have now. II enforced, is good
enough: and il it is to be a dead letter 1t is
as good as any.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-22
Revolutionary But n Great Mistake
about the Date.

The Democrats insist that the people have
the right to elect their own Chief Magis-
trate; that the right Is not merely theoreti-
cal, but practical, and that its enjoyment
must be preserved unimpared. The POTTER
resolution looks entirely to the preservation
OF this right, and to nothing else. The in
Quiry to be made is whether the people at
the last election of President were cheated
out Of this right II they are found to have
been temporarily deprived Of the right,
through fraud, their restoration to its en-
joyment cannot be too speedy. So say the
Democracy.
The Republicans pronounce this revolu-
tionary. Well. in one sense it may be called
revolutionary. 1t had its origin in rcvolu-
tion-the American Revolution-thc revolu-
ton Of l776.
This right to elect our own Chief Execu-
tive Magistrate never existed until after
that revolution. Before that King, across
the water, held the place Of chief ruler over
U.S. not by virtue OF our own free choice, but
under claim of hereditary right
Since the American Revolution we have
always enjoyed the privilege Of having a
Chief MZ,istrate of our own choosing until
RUTHERFORD b. HAYES defrauded us out OF
it. As the right sprang up with the revolu-
tion and was asserted and maintained by
the revolution in that sense it may be desig-
mated as revolutionary; but in no other. No
new revolution is intended or required.
1t is absurd to say that we think Of fight
ing for this right again. All the fighting
necessary to establish il was done imme
diately after the Declaration Of Independ
ence. Who is there TO fight against US
merely because we assert this right, thee
retically and practically now?
Are our opponents opposed to the revolu
tionary doctrines Of l776?
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this tame submission on the part OF the
House, Gen. BANNING Incorporated the foi-
lowing section In his bill
"stc a. That the troops herein provided for, and
all others authorized by existing law intending all Off
GERS of every grade and in every department Of the army,
shall be retained In the service Of the United States so
long as Congress shall provide for their support by
specific appropriations therefor. and no longer and II
Congress shall refuse or neglect to make the necessary
appropriations that purpose at or before the expira
ton Of the preceding fiscal year Tor which such ap
preparations have been made, such refusal neglect
snail be deemed equivalent to an express act Tor the
abolition Of the military establishment and the army
shall be forthwith disbandcd"
This clause Is consistent with tho Const-
tuition, which declares Congress shall have
power to raise and support armies" and
cautiously limits that power In these words
"but no appropriation Of money to that use
shall be for longer term than two years. "
The Fraudulent President arrogatcd to him
self the authority exclusively coniidcd to
Congress by supporting the army on Illegal
issues of paper certificates. Mr.. HEWITT.
among others, was quick to sanction this
offence, and perhaps II is not therefore, sur
prising that he should exclude from his pro-
jet n section that makes its repetition i'm
practicable by ordering the disarmament of
the army when the money for its support is
not voted by Congress.
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The Coming War in Europe.

II no longer seems possible to doubt that
In due time war will be declared between
England and Russia. How long time may
clapse before this declaration will doubtless
depend upon Russia. The interest of Eng
land is TO protract negotiations, to bring
forward side issues and novel propositions
and to put off the decisive moment as
long as possible. Meanwhile the Russian
rulers are compelled to maintain their great
armies far from home and even to increase
them, though the cost of transportation
and Of supplies is something enormous; and
thus every day that this condition endurcs
Russia is weakened by an expenditure which
she can i'll afford, while England lcsurcly
prepares, and, gathering together her i'm
mense military and naval appliances, be-
comes stronger as her enemy is dcbilitatcd.
The bringing OF the British Indian army
into such struggle Is n new and rather n
startling feature. 1t indicates the posi-
bility Of a change in the fighting relations OF
the world which shall place the British en-
piro In the very first rank as military
power. Out of her two hundred and forty
millions OF people. India can furnish an
almost unlimited number Of frst-rate sol
dlers, and the cost to the British Treasury
OF putting into the field In Europe mill
tary force Of vast proportions derived from
this new source is so much smaller than
that Of maintaining n similar force OF Eu-
ropeans, that all European statesmen must
at once perceive that they here have to deal
with elements as formidable as they are
unexpected.
There can be no doubt, we think, that in q
war between England and Russia the latter
power must go to the wall. She is exhaust
ed by the immense efforts she had to make
last year against Turkey Her treasury is
empty; poverty and distress are among her
people. England, on the other hand, is both
rich and strong. She has money; she can
have as many soldiers as she pleases; and
she has the most powerful navy in the
world Single handed she is, we think,
more than match for Russia; but II she
has Austria and Turkey to back her, she
will have Russia at her mercy just as much
as for the last six months Russia has had
Turkey at hers. But how can such a con-
flagration be kept from spreading Will
not Germany be compelled TO intervene to
save Russia from too fatal an overthrow =:
Can France remain entirely neutral when
such struggle is going on? The mind is
bewildered by the boundless possibilities OF
this unparalleled problem.
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A Question that has Two Sides.

Interesting in itself, the recent pulpit and
newspaper discussion OF Hell continues to
have interesting sequcs.
The American College and Education So
ciety is body of orthodox men and women
of the Congregational persuasion, who have
associated themselves together for the pur-
pose Of paying or helping to pay the bills of
poor and pious young men studying for the
ministry. Last month the poor and pious
young men received through the mails the
following circular.
tho American College and Education society. held April
TO- the undersigned were appointed committee 10 al
dress line to each OF the young men upon the society
list the widespread agitation and discussion among
our churches touching the doctrines OF the atonement
future endless punishment and other kindred topics
While It is not within the knowledge Of the di-
reeturs that any of the young men upon our list
have departed from the inth NJ the fathers, AS
directors feel It 10 be their duty view OF the dangers
ol the tunes to say that they cannot in conscience APP
proprae the funds n'rusicd 10 their care, except to
those who hud IN good faith the common doctrines OF
our old New England churches II there nre upon our
list those Who have adopted, who nnd themselves in
clned 10 adopt views and opinions other than these 1t is
the decided opinion u the directors that such young
cannot in honor make application Tor the beneht our
funds the directors appropriate funds such
purpose"
This circular has given rise to n contro-
versy which is still raging, and which is not
confined to the columns Of the weekly de-
nominational journals. Lending secular
newspapers Of New England have taken a
| hand In. The directors have been bombarded
with criticisms and pelted with sarcasms
| They have been accused OF puritan papacy'