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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26

one after that seemed to bring a
newcomer of some kind. It was
a noticeable fact that striped
snakes, milk snakes, rattlesnakes,
| black snakes and water snakes all
Joined the throng in the greatest
harmony. When perhaps seventy
five or eighty snakes had entered
the space a curious combination of
purring, rattling, sounds arose at
one side of the circle. A glance
in that direction disclosed five
large snakes-two rAttlesnakes, a
striped snake and two black snakes
lying stretched upon log. The
rattlesnakes were shaking their
rattles violently, and each of the
three remaining reptiles had a frog
in it's mouth which it was tortur-
ing into croaking and making
noises frog fashion, apparently for
the amusement of the snakes in
the ring below. The rattles and
the croaking frogs made rude mu-
sic, which furnished very fair
marching time to the squirming
mass Of serpents, and our inform
ant'says they kept very fair time
| with the music, their heads all
| swaying in unison from one side to
| the other, The gentleman was
thunderstuck at the wonderful
sight, and could scarcely believe
it was not q dream. He said to
us: "Of course you will think it
an improbable, ridiculous story,
as I would myself if any one told
| the same to me-; but my own eye
sight is the only evidence | want. "
After watching this scene for per-
haps a quarter Of an hour, Mr..
| Merton thought it would be a
much safer place out on the road,
| and started to move in that direc-
tion. No sooner had he made a
stir than the music ceased, and
every serpent disappeared as if by
magic. 1t was a scene Mr.. MGR.
ton will probably remember to his
dying day, and such a one as no
other man ever witnessed. In
telling US the story, Mr.. Merton
would involuntarily shudder every
few minutes, as though the mass
of reptiles was before him.-Jef-
ferson [Ohio) Gazette.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26
Yes, it WILL said Annette quiet


! The petals of the June roses had
fallen, a pink carpet all along the
edge of the woods, and the Dap
plevale Works wore their holiday
guise, even down to Simon Pet.
tengill's newly frightened steam
engine, for Mr.. Elderslie and his
bride were to visit the works on
his wedding tour.
"It's pity Ma'mselle Annette
went away SO soon,' said Simon to
his assistant; cause they say the
masters kind-hearted in the maln,
and she might have spoken up for
herself
Mr.. Gerald Blake, in his best
broadcloth suit, and mustache
newly dyed, stood smiling in the
broad doorway. as the carriage
drove up to the entrance, and W.
Elderslie. a handsome blonde-brow-
ed man, sprang out and assisted a
young lady in a doVe-colored tray
elling suit to aIight.
Blake, how are you!' he said
with the carelessness of conscious
superiority. Annette, my love,
this is Blake, my foreman
sMademosielle Annette :?
And Mr.. Gerald Blake found
himself cringing before the slight
French girl whom be bad turned
from the factory door month be-
tore.
4 must beg to look at your
books, Blake said Elderslie, au-
thoritatively. MY wife tells me
some strange stories about the
way things are managed here. 1t
became SO notorious that the ru-
NOR reached her even at Blythes-
dale Springs, and she chose to
come and see for herself. Annette,
my darling, the best wedding gift
we can make to these poor work.
ing girls is a new foreman. Blake,
you may consider yourself dismiss
cd
But, sir
Not another word cried Mr..
Elderslie, with lowering brow: and
Mr.. Gerald Blake crept away,
with an uncomfortable conscious
ness of Annette's scornful blue
eyes following him.
Elderslie turned to his wife.
You were right, my love- said
he. The mans face is sufficient
proof against him.
And new reign began for poor
Jenny Portion and the working
girls, as well as for Simon Petten-
gill.
And Annette never regretted
her weeks apprenticeship in the
Dapplevale Calico works.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26
MtseeIlaneous.
@
A REMARKABLE SNAKE CHR.
Gus.

Mr.. John D. Merton, a we'll
known travelling salesman, had
occasion to drive from Conneaut-
vile, Pa, to Ashtabula, Ohio, via
Jefferson. While driving leisurely
along through East or Southeast
Denmark, Mr.. Merton heard a
strange sound issuing from dense
underground at the side OF the
road. The gentleman got out OF
the buggy to investigate The cause
Of the noise, being Of a curious
turn Of mind. Hitching his horse
he cautiously parted the bushes
and stealthily made bis way into
the thicket for perhaps the dis
tance of one hvndred feet. Here
was a spot of ground about twenty
feet in diameter, which was such
a place as one would imagine tor
fairy's ballroom. The sticks
and brush were all cleared away
in the space, doubtless by the buru-
ing of a brush-heap. Notwlth'
standing the gentleman had made
his way into the brush so quietly
all sounds were hushed at his ap-
proach save the chirping of mel
ancholy cricket or the drowsy
singing of distant harvest fly.
Mr.. Merton, not to be nonplussed,
sat down upon log in full view
of this arena and awaited develop
ments. He had but a short time
to wait, for not more than 3 min
ute had passed ere small striped
snake darted out Of a bunch OF
grass at the side of the arena and
commenced running around the
space in a circle. Another snake
a little larger soon followed, and
then a rattlesnake about two feet
in length joined in what seemed
to be sort of snake jubilee every
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26

WOULDN'T HAvEHIM FOR A PAIL
BEARER.-Some time ago a citizen
of Pittsburg was very i'll. He fell
into a stupor which lasted three
or four days. He was carefully
watched by his wife and one or
two ladies from the neighborhood.
One afternoon the attending ply
sician said he could not live
through the day, and the sorrow
ing wife, with a view to having
everything in readiness for the
end, held a consultation with her
friends as to the arrangement for
the funeral. The conversation was
held at the bedside Of the dying
man, and in a short time all the
details were arranged except the
names of those who should be ask
ed to be pall-bearers. Three or
four young gentlemen had been
selected, when the wife said, in
the sobbing tone suitable to the
occasion. How would Mr.. So,and
so do p oh, he would do nicely
echoed the chorus of friends, He's
such a nice young man. There
was a sudden movement under
the coverings of the bed, and the
dying husband slowly raised him.
self on one elbow, rubbed his eyes,
and said in a weak voice, No, be
won't do. l amt going to have
that fellow for my peIl.bearer.'
The ladies were astonishcd at this
revival of the sick man, but the
wife laid him back gently on the
pillows, and said sootbingIy ::
Never mind, dear; don't worry.
This is q matter that need not
trouble you. Itis a sad duty which
we will have to perform after yon
are gone No, it isn't said the
husband GROSSLY. That fellow isn't
going to be one Of my pail bearers
| don't like him, and | never did,
and if you are going to have him,
III get well, see if 1 DON'T Again
he fell back in the bed and became
unconscious, but in few hours
there came a change for the bet
ter. To-day he walks the streets
as hale and hearty as any man.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26
HOW TO SELECT A RTS-
BAND.

; 1t has been profuudly remark
ed, that the true way Of telling a
toadstool from a mushroom is to
eat it. If you die it was toad
stool ; ifyou live, 1t was a mush.
room. A similar method is en-
ployed in the selection Of hus-
bands ; marry him, if he kills you
be was a bad husband; if he makes
you happy he is a good one. There
is really no other criterion. AS
DR.. Samuel Johnson remarked,
the proof Of the pudding is in the
eating thereof. Some young men
that seem unexceptionaole, indeed
very desirable, when they are sin
gle, are perfectly horrid as soon
as they get married. All the Ia
:ent brute there is in the heart
comes out as soon as O sensitive
and delicate being seeks her hap.
piness in his companionship. The
! honeymoon last very short time,
the receptions and the round of
parties are soon over, and then
the two sit down to make home
happy. Ifshe has married a socie-
ty man, he will soon begin to get
bored; he will yawn and go to
sleep on the sofa. Then he will
take his hat and 60 down to the
club and see the boys, and perhaps
not come home till morning. If
she has married man engrossed
in business, be will be tagged out
when he comes home. He may
be sickly man that she must
| nurse, and a morose man that she
must seek to cheer, a drunken
man that sho must sit up for,
violent man that she fears, a fool
whom she soon learns to despise,
a vulgar man for whom she must
apologize-in short, there are
thousands Of ways of being bad
husbands, and very few ways Of
being good ones. And the worst
of it is, that the poor, silly women
are to admire in single men
the very traits that make bad
husbands, and look with contempt
or ridicule upon those quiet vir-
tues which make home happy.
Men with very little personal
beauty or style, often make the
wife happ5-and sometimes quite
the reverse. The number Of ways
Of being a bad husband is almost
as great as the number of ways Of
being ugly. No one can tell from
the demeanor of asingle man what
sort of a husband he will be. Mean
time she must marry somebody.
Eat it: if you die it was sort OF
toadstool, if you live it was a sort
of Observation-Disclosures Every
Saturday.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26
8 SsIsetsh Story. s
HHE FiCTORY FOREMAN.

1t was just such an American
village as you see in pictures. A
background of superb, bold noun
tian, all clothed in blue-green CO.
dars, with torrent laundering
down a deep gorge and falling in
billows Of foam; river rejecting
the azure Of the sky, and a knot
Of houses, with q church spire at
one end, 8 thicket of factory chin
neys at the other, whose black
smoke wrote ever-changing hier-
ogly phics against the brilliancy Of
the sky. This was Dapplevale.
And in the rosy sunset OF this
blossomy June-day the girls were
all pouring out Of the doorway,
while Gerald Blake, the foreman,
sat behind his desk, a pen behind
his ear, and his small, beady black
eyes drawn back, as it were, in
the shelter ola precipice of shaggy
eyebrows.
One by one the girls stopped
and received their pay for their
weeks work, for this was Satur-
day night. One by one they filed
out, with fretful discontented
faces, until the last one paused in
front Of the high-railed desk.
She was slight and tall, with
large velcety blue eyes, a COM
plexion as deIicately grained and
transparent as rose colored wax,
and an abundance of glossy hair
of so dark brown that the casual
observer would have pronounced
it black, and there was something
in the way the blue ribbon at her
throat was tied and the manner in
which the simple details of her
dress were arranged that bespoke
her of foreign birth.
well, Mile. Aunette,' said Mr..
Blake, 'and how do you like facto-
ry life?'
1T is not disagreeable,' she an-
swered, slight accent clin glng to
her tones, like fragrance to a flow
er as she extended her hand for
the money the foreman was count
ing out.
You have given me but ST. she
said. 1t was TO be IS by the con-
tract
Mr.. Blake shrugged his shout
ders disagreeably.
sHumph !: he grunted you amt
much accustomed to our way OF
doing things: are you, Mademol-
selle? Eight-of course; but we
deduct two for fee
A fee e!-tor what? Annette
demanded, with flushed cheeks
aud sparkling eyes.
For getting you the s'tnatlon'
Mademoiselle, to be sure,' said Mr..
Blake, in a superior sort OF way
Such places don't grow on every
bush. And folks expect to pay
something for the privilege.'
Il did not,' flashed out Annette
Duvelle.
sOh-well-all right. Because
you know, you amt obliged to
stay unless you choose
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26
9'SE MAN WITH A GLASS
EYE.

AS train on the Kansas Paci-
fc pulled away from the Sixteenth
street depot, a few mornings since,
a tall, angular specimen ofhuman-
|~'ty took q seat opposite lady
passenger, and, to all appearances,
was intently engaged in studying
her face. At first the lady treated
the rudeness with good-natured
Indifference. But at last it began
to tell on her nerves. It was a
peculiar and astonishing piece Of
impertinence. He apparently had
the faculty Of looking two ways
at once. One Of his eyes was rest
less, excited and roved in all di.
rections. The other, fixed and
stony, fastened on her with an
undertaking stare. She turned
her head away, but it intercepted
her vision. She tried to hide be-
hind a paper, but she felt that
cruel eye piercing through the
screen, and creeping with a stony
look all over her features. It seem
ed to be picking them up one by
one, and examining them with
care. The thing became unen-
durable, and she cried out to him
fercely : .,..
"sir, why do you look at me
so persistently p .....- 1 - -
"Me, madam, why, bless my
soul! I haven't been looking at
you" ........
"You have, sir-for a half hour
or more your eye has been abso-
Iutely riveted upon my face. ~ ~..'-:
Il beg your pardon, madam,
but it's this eye, is it not?'' lifting
his finger to his left optic. l,..
eyes, sir, it's that eye.'' ..s-.:=
"Well, madam, that eye won't
do you any harm. 1t generally
looks any way it pIeases-it
it gives me a good deal Of trouble.
A great many complain of it. At
first | thought they were making
fun Of me, but I've found out diff:
ferently now. I've been knocked
| down two or three times for the
impertinence Of that eye. [ would
leave it out altogether but for the
looks of the thing. It's glass
eye, madam-only a glass eye. I
hope you'll excuse it. But, upon
my soul, I'm not surprised that
even a glass eye should feel in
terested in so pretty a woman"
and be brought his other eye to
bear upon her in undisguised ad-
| miration. .... ........
The lady laughingly accepted
tho explanation, and the rest of
the journey was passed very pleas
antly to both of them.-Rocky
Mountain NeaOs. -......
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26
THE weekly CONSTITUTION.
Apr. 2S, lS79-l7-tf.
GREAT SOUTHERN FAMILY PAPE

THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAMILY PAPEK.
pr;ce 5 1901 per annum.
Clubs Of 10, I2.30 r.
Clubs ef20, 2o.Oo
rrhe Clltivator and Weekly
to the same address, 2.3O
Agents wanted everywhere. Liberal com
missions. Address CONsIIIOIlOS,
Nov. 10, 47-tf ATLANTA ga
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26
We frequently near Of narrow

We frequently hear of narrow
escapes from drowning, the vic
Tins in nearly every instance be-
ing rescued "just as they we're
going down for the third time"
Why is 1T that some are not saved
when about to 90 down the Sec
ond time? Let US hear Of some
one saved before going down at
all, like the Dutchman who was
the sole survivor of g. party of
nine, the reason Of his miraculous
escape being that he "didn't 60
oudt in der poat."
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26
q
DoetrD.
~
ABOUT A TEA PARTY.

ABOUT A TEA PARTY.
Mrs. Dyer
Stirred the fire,
Agnes Stout
Poked it out,
Tommy Voles
Fetched the Goals,
Alice Good
Laid the wood,
BERTHE Patch
Struck the match,
Charlotte Hays
Made it blaze,
Mrs. Groom
Kept the broom.
Katy Moore
Swept the floor,
Fanny Froth
Laid the cloth,
Arthur Gray
Brought the tray,
Betty Bates
Washed the plates,
Nanny Gait
Smoothed the salt,
Dickey Street
Fetched the meat,
Sally Strife
Rubbed the knife,
Minnie York
Found the fork,
Sophia Silk
Brought the milk,
Mrs. Bream
Sent some cream,
Susan Head
Cut the bread,
Harry Host
Made the toast,
Mrs. Dee
Poured out the tea,
And they all were as happy as happy coult
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26

He who breads giving light to
the people, is like a man who
builds a house without windows
for fear Of lightning.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26

Never speak evil of ony one !;
be charitable in thought, and give
even the worst people the bone
fit of q doubt.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-26

He who becomes fearfully en-
raged when accused of crime man
ifests his guilt.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
Departures and Arrivals of the
Lake Charles Mails.

CLosB-For New Orleans and all points
East and North-Every day, except
Sunday; at 6 p. M, or on the arrival
of the Western Mail.
ARRIvE-Every day, except Monday
about 6 q. M.
CLosE-For Texas and the West
Every day. except Monday, at o a.
M, or on the arrival of the Eastern
Mail.
ARRIvE-Every day, except sunday
about 6 p. m.
CLosE-For Rose Bluff and Cameron
Mondays and Thursdays, ut q ~ a. M
ARRIvE--We Wednesdays and Saturdays
by midnight.
OLosE-For Hickory Flat and Alexan-
dria-Thursdays. at $50 a. m.
ARRIVE Fridays, by TIP. NJ.
CLosE--For Sugartown and Leesvllle-
MONDAYS, at 5.30a. m.
ARRIvE-Thursdays. by 6 p. m.
ID. II. REESE, p. NJ.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28

Jefferson Davis is now seventy
years old, and is still industriously
engaged in compiling a historical
memoir of his times. Heresides in
very quiet yet elegant style at
Beauvoir, a faVorite seaside resort
for wealthy New Orleans merchants.
He spends most of his time in a
sort of pavilion erected on the lawn
near his house, in full view of the
Gulfof Mexico. Here, when weary
of literary labor, the leader of the
lost cause swings in a hammock
under the shade of magnolias, while
cool breezes, laden with the strange
perfume of the sea, and the lulling
sound of waves breaking Oh the
sandy beach, 4conspire to make
thinking a dreamy, and writing a
sleepy business for him.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
Ho. FOR t'ALCAsIEU PASS!
f%Rs~~ n Tue handsome, swift run
sH S4E ming propeller

fssss~ n The handsome, swift run
ss H4& ming propeller
'''ssz&'ssszzszssA R A M O S.
has resumed regular semi-weekly trips
from Lake Charles to Leesburg, (Cal-
casieu Pass. carrying the United States
Mail. All down and mp trips by day
light. Accommodations for eight pas
sengers. Excellent inducements to
hunting and fishing parties.
Fare. Each Wav. So so.
Leaves Lake Charles MONDAYS and
Thursdays at Ga M; arrives at Lees
burg same days.
Leaves Leesburg Wednesdays and
Saturdays mt 6 ~ M; arrives at Lake
Charles same days
Schedule running time hetween both
places, twelve hours; actual running
time, much less.
THOS r.. REYNOLDS,
April 25. 1873. Muster.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
NOTICE OF FIN AL TABLEAU
VACANT SUCCESSION OF John w. L.
LAMBUTH, DECEASED.
Parish Court Parish of Calcasieu, la
No -


yNTHEREAS Geo. w. Richardson,
wv curator of said vacant succession
of John w. L. Lambuth, deceased, has
filed in the Clerks office of the Parish
Court of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
his final tablean aud account of admin
istration of said succession, and of dis
tribution of its funds, with his petition
praying for the homolop alton thereof
Now, therefore. the creditors of said
succession, and all other persons inter
ested therein, are hereby cited to APP
pear before said court, and show cause.
by written opposition to said tahlean
and account, to he filed in the Clerk s
office aforesaid. at the Conrt House, in
the town Of Lake Charles. in said par
ish, within ten days from June 81, 1879,
why said petition should not be grant
ed; and are hereby notified that in case
no such opposition thereto is filed as
aforesaid. the said tablean and account
will be approved and homnlogated,
Witness the Hon. David y. Reid
Judge of said court, Jnne 2lst, 1879.
IlHAD. MAYO, D'y Clerk.
June 21, 1879
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28

There is a woman in Cedar Rap
ids who has had sixty-eight pounds
of babies during the past three
years, and vet that woman is not
allowed to vote, while her husband,
who only weighs 126 pounds him
self, goes to the polls every election
and votes in direct opposition to
his wife's wishes and principles.
Tell that to Mrs. Stanton, will you?
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
Am Obstinate Criminal.

The refusal of the parricide
Laprade to be guillotined recalls
the man "guillotined by persua-
sion" Of Chavette.
''But 4 say, you know said the
-executioner, Everybody is waiting.
The magistrates are there, the
clergy are there, the people are
there, the soldiers (whe are topre-
sent arms to you sust as if you
were the president .of the Repub-
lic) are there-everybody is there.
All they are waiting for is you
.o-enly yon.
81 don't know'--replied the
condemned man.
81 am new executioper; you
are the first person I've bad to
guillotine; give noe good send-otf
now, can't you2 Help me to dis
charge disagreeable duty. Just
put yourself 10 my place'-
"You Just put yourself in mine
1T can't he any question OF
expense; don't you know that
everything is paids 1t won't cost
you penny; the State stands
treat"
81 haven't asked the State to
stand treat to anything.
"'Come, now old Eel, let's nm
.derstand each other. You mayn't
think so, but this resistance
Doesn't proceed from your own
better nature-some one put you
APP to it. You have formed to-
tally erroneous idea of the affair.
What, after all said and done,
does it amount to-? It's moth
irg--a mere formality. Let us
look into it in detail. Y,'u are
called and wakened early and Civ
en- comfortable breakfast -order
whatever you mas want. Nothing
80 very Dreadful about that, is
there? Then you have your hair
Quits healthy this hot weather,
and makes you feel fresher. Then
you go calmly and pleasantly ont
for ride. In ca-arriage; IN
derstand? While you are driving
along you amuse yourself chatting
about this that and the other thing
with the priest, and you never feel
lifetime pass. Well, when you get
there they come out to meet you,
they open the door for you, they
help you out of the carriage, the,
do everything III their power for
you. Then You go mp stairs-ouly
q step or two. and Che ascent is 40
easy that you'd almost think you
were going down stairs. You bow
to the public, and--well, before
you have bad time to tufnround--.
brrrrr l-all is over. Smiling.
And everybody goes home salts
fed. That is all there is about it.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
LAX e Charles Institute
FOR

fOh
MALE AND FEMALE,
yXTILL commence regular sessions $. on
wv Monday, Nov. 18th Every effort
will he made to secure rapid progress
in learning =,
Tie course of studies viii include all
branches usually taught, and necessary
to a thorough practical or finished edu-
cation.
No new classes will he formed after
those for the session have been organ
lied, and uniformity of authors will he
strictly required.
Terms Cash.
Primary Branches, per month, 81 gu
Elementary English Branches,
which willinclude Anithmeric,
Grammar. Composition, Ele-
mentary Philosophy and Ge-
ographv, per montb.-.....-. B w
Advanced Mathematics, with
ancient or modern languages.
and other studies to cores
pond. per month. ....-..... w
Drawing, Sketcling and Music, extra:
Applicants from the country will find
comfortable hoard on reasonable Terms.
Nov. o, 1878. S. ID. READ.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28

When you see woman going
towards the river with a good-siz-
ed pole in her hand aud a wrinkle
across her nose, you needn't think
she's gping fishing. Not much;
she's got boy down that way
who promised her, with tears In
his eyes, be wouldn't 20 in swim
ming. Herald and Presbyter.