The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-08
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does not include postage, of course
Peter Cooper's memory is failing.
Hc says Now York aldermen were
once honest and Intelligent.
Some matches may be in heaven,
in the opionion of the Buffalo E.c-
press, but not walking matches.
Congress was ready last week to
pass thousand appropriation bills
in thousand quarter hours.
Mrs. Martha Miller, the grand>
mother of General J. Z. B. Stuart,
died in Gatos county, N. O., fow
days ago.
Men who talk of death before
dishonor are tho fellows who slide
around behind the woodpile when
they hear the click of the pistol.
The most distinguished American
songbirds at present on the lyric
stage are Adclina Patti, Albina.
Kellogg, Cary, Litta, Hank and
Abbott.
The negro pianist, Blind Tom,
played at Columbus, Ga, one day
last week, one member of his au-
dicncc being his mother, who lives
in the place.
The st. Louis City Council has
been asked to stop the ringing of
church bells. They disturb the
card players and men who are
reading borrowed papers in beer
saloons.
1t was in Portland, Oregon, Mr..
Wilson said it was pronounced
''ack-a-demy,' and Mr.. Jones said
it was a~cad amy. They drew their
pistols and popped, and both sleep
III the field behind the ac>ad- -emy.
The beauty Of the evening at a
large ball recently given by Queen
Margaret, of Italy, was pronounced
TO be the Marquise Villeneuve, who
although over forty, and grand~
mother, attracted universal admira-
tion.
''Was the fog thick 2" "Why, my
dear slr, I couldn't see thing. I
had to use my han ikerchief, and the
first thing I knew I got hold Of the
nose of tho fellow next to NE,
thinking it was my own"
Neither Bayard Taylor, James T.
Fields, Mr.. Whipple, the essayist,
Mr.. Howells, of the Atlantic, Mr..
Q. p. Lathrop, nor Mr.. Underwood,
to say nothing of half hundred
other literary lights, ever "went
through college"
In Joliet, ILL.,, lately, man had
three dressed rabbits stolen from
him. With half smile on his lips
he dressed dead cat and hung it
where the rabbits had been. That
was stolen, too, and now there is an
inquiry as to who ate it.
Mrs. Lockwood, Of Washing gton, is
evidently not a student of human
nature. She placed flowers upon
the desks of Senators who procured
her admissi on to the bar of the
Supreme Court. She ought to have
presented them with cork screws.
A law on the Kentucky statute
book makes it compulsory upon
inn keepers to provide lodging and
meals for persons travelling and who
are unable to pay. Many tramps
take advantage of this and find no
difficulty in getting through the
State.
The newspapers made Mr.. Hayes
what he is. Now he sends word to
their representatives that they may
stand in the lobby and peep in at
the select company in his parlors.
Until this bitter hour many of the
correspondents were not thoroughly
assured that "Fraud was branded on
his brow"
We learn with some regret that
Commissioner lie Duo has about
given up the idea of raising gold
headed canes from his recently im~
ported bamboo shoots. The soil
and climate of this country are both
favorable to such On enterprise, but
tho return of gold to par hos made
it undesirable as a business venture.
The Rev. Joseph Cook on boy
who climbs tree to steal apples:
"The apples are the objective natur-
al motive; the boys appetite is the
subjective natural motive his in
tention is his moral motive" It is
hardly necessary to add that the