The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-07-18
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soon write q book entitled "My
Awful Dad. ."-Bostom Globe.
Grant has lost thirty pounds of
flesh during his foreign tour, and
Mrs. Grant is now six pounds tho
heavier.
Bryant never said ''boing built"
He always gnve the honso tho credit
Of the job thus: "rhe house is
building"
1t is bad enough to hnvo dog
days but it is almost too much for
good nature to bo afflicted also
with cat nights.
"What is the outward md visible
sign in baptism ?" said pnrson TO
his Sunday school class. "rho buby,
Sir" was tho prompt reply.
A heated lover wrote lotter of
the Same to his inamorata last week,
beginning, "Sweatost." She will bo
n sister to him croafter--nothing
more.
Tn all Now England only ono
daily newspaper was published ON
tho morning Of tho 9Th. That
paper WAS the Springfield RepubN-
can.
1t is unoificially stated that the
Americans havo obtained moro
prizes at Paris than tho citizens of
any other country in proportion to
tho number Of exhibitors.
Kato Claxton tried tho effect of
toars on Register in Banl1rup tcy
Fitch, of New York, by whom sho
was exnminod on Monday, and sho
looked tho prettiest little litigant
III tho world.
Tho following order was recently
loft on tho slate Of Now Hamp-
shire doctor: /: ''Doc cum up to thcr
house; tho old man hns got snaix
i'll his butos agin an raisin kahn"
Some persons aro always speaking
words Of encouragomcnt Tho
Springfield Repm6lican says: "lt
is mark OF genius to porspire
freely. Courier JouyuuI.
Thurlow Weed is right in his
remark that there is Il great lack
Of statesmen in our national coun-
ellis ; but our engagement arc such
that we really can't help it.
.Bn.6aio .Enpress.
General B.,kor, serving with the
Turks, has enough back pay coming
to him to load u mule and u hail.
while the glory no has won can be
carried in a hat-box.-Ersc Press.
A woman will face frowninr
world and cling to tho man she
loves through the most bitter i'd
versity, but she wouldn't wear Il hat
three weeks behind the stvle to
save the government.
Horsemen arc pretty generally
settling down to the sensible con-.
cluslon that tho "fraud" in the
great race consisted merely in Mol
lies "biting of moro than she could
chaw. w."-Courier- Jourmal.
Fifteen hundred pounds of hair,
trimmed from horses at branding.
was shipped from Beaumont, Texas,
last week. It is worth twelve and a
half cents per pound in Now York. (.
Girls in Attendance at church fes-
tivals in Missouri ask two hundred
dollars for kiss. This may seem
outrageously high, but the kisser
pays only ten cents down and tho
balance runs on one hundred years
time.
It has been noticed that in double
tragedies the first person is goner--
ally killed as dead as q herring,
while tho second only wounds HIM
self desperately and recovers. It
might DO good idea for the
principal actor to kill himself first.
--Nesc York World.
Who, drinks al the whiskey. In
hoston, under Republican admin
lstiauon, there were 2,3A8 places
where liquor was sold. tTndor
Democratic administration there
were only 2,328 of suoh places
Possibly both parties know what a
cork is whom they SEQ it.--Courier-
JourAal.
The Atlanta, Ga, Consultations
says |: "General Gordon has pur-
chased 1880 acres of land in Worth
county, upon which he will place