The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-03
-Atthe funeral ofthe late Baron Lion.

-Atthe funeral ofthe late Baron Lion
ell de Rothchild the first three spadefuls
of earth were thrown in by the eldest son
of the deceased, $50 that he might fulfil
the duty of burying his dead" The
other kinsmen followed in their order,
then members of the congregation. Aa
the coffin was lowered into the grave
those present joined in the words: "N1ay
he come to his appointed place in peace,
and plucked a few blades of grass before
they left, saying in acknowledgment Of
the resurrection "And they shall bios.
som forth from the ruins like the dust Of
the EARTH"
= This is the view taken of it by an
infant of St. Joseph, Missouri: Little
Freddie was undergoing the disagreeable
operation of having his hair combed by
his mother, and he grumbled at the
manure. "Why, Freddie" said mama,
"you ought not to make such a fuss. l
don't fuss and cry when my hair is
combed." eyes," replied the youthful
party, "but your hair amt hitched to
your head !"
= When Mr.. VIM. Lloyd Garrison died
I looked for report of his will to see
how much money he had left the African
brother for whom his heart bled and his
jawbone had no Sunday. That instru-
ment has been made public, and not o
cent does he leave for any negro. This
is the old, old story-the story that
George Canning told so inimitably in
"The Needy Knife grinder and the
Friend of Humanity"
"A North Carolina man got tired OF
life, and went out in the stable and hung
himself with blind bride. Just as he
was about bringing his last gasp a neigh
Dor opportunely passed, and seeing his
peril promptly cut him down. All, said
the would-be suicide, why didn't you let
me alone; in two minutes I'd been in
heaven. Yes, dryly remarked the other,
you'd play thunder in heaven with a
blind bride on!
"A wooden watch, said to be an ex-
cellent time keeper, is the property Of
N. Devoit, of Bristol, Tennessee. II
weighs but half an ounce. The dial
plate is made from the horn of a buffalo
killed by locomotive on the Texas Pa
cifc Railroad. The outside is made OF
olive wood from Jerusalem. The works,
except a few of the most important, are
lockwood. Even the stem and bow are
of wood.
- During thunderstorm recently a
book agent and a mule got caught in the
rain, and they sought refuge in an out
building, where the owner of the house
happened to be, and when the coroner's
jury came to find verdict, they were un-
able to say whether the owner of the
house got struck by lightning, kicked by
the mule, or talked to death by the book
agent.
An English trade circular COM
plains that the cotton mills of Russia
are running day and night, and have
consumed fifty per cent. more of the
staple this year than during the same
period last year.
= There will be no duel. Lamar is
certainly no duelcst, and, if he we're
under the code-the onus is on his ad-
versary. Conkling is no duelist, either,
because he is bully and coward and
afraid to fight.
- Elder sister to lite one, who ap-
pears to take great interest in Mr.. Skib-
bens: "Come, little pet, it is time your
eyes were shut in sleep" Little pet: 81
think not. Mother told me to keep my
eyes open when you and Mr.. Skibbcns
were together"
Doctors say that the tears man
sheds when he takes a mouthful of mus
tard by mistake for potato, are as genuine
as the tears shed by a man because his
mothcr-in-law is dead.
- Senator Lamar is not the first to
call Senator Conkling a liar. Senator
Burnside and Senator Gordon had gone
over that ground before, but probably
some more witnesses can be had if ne
cessary.
Who is wise? He that is teacha
BILE. Who is mighty? He that conquers
Who is rich? He that is con-
tented. Who is honored? He that
honoreth others.