The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-30
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d DIiBOLIC1L plot.
How an Enragcd Congressman Proposes to
utilize His "Pub. Docs.o

gtiliize His "Pub. Docs"
i 6sA NEStyirgibin (Ncy Chronicle. tvrs
lIlIhere1s now DO doubt as to- how
Congressman Daggett stands on gthe
failroad question. lie is sound. Cop-
yefsfn&5Wjtha Chronicle rcporter>thes
other day fe said:
"The railroad people arc the pcrtost
kind of gougers. Thoy begin to show
their hand at Omaha. IN tho first
place the fare from Omaha to San
francisco is, $4,000, and everybody
who buys qtticketEst3bsEto tgrowT and
asks what that fifty cents is for. They
are told that the halt - dollar is simply
the profit made on each passenger.
L guess tho 300 comes nearer the
profit than tho half dollar. Then thoy
grab your trunk and shove it hchind u
grating to be weighed. You can't sec
the scales atall, and you have'no idea
about the Weight until a man sings out
$3.50 oyer weight, and you have to
| puhSiG the money or your trunk don't
20. Now, my trunk was SO small an
AFFAIR that I could throwit over my
shoulder With ono hand, but they ran
up the weight to 260 pounds. Proba-
bly 1t did weigh that much when a 200
pound baggage mas.cr was sitting on
It. We'll, Ipaid because 1 hadn't but
two minutes to fight, and at Ogden the
baggage villain, still pursued me, and
paid some more extra weight. It
weighed more at Ogden, probably be-
cause q heavier man sat on #. or else
the. rarified atmosphere affected tho
scales. Then coming over the noun
tains there were some extra charges
for ropes. But III get evcn-Pll Get
even. You SEQ Pm entitled as q mem
ber of Congress to 600 volumes of
Agricultural Reports, 500 Patent Office
Reports, 200 Survcyor-Gencraps Re-
| ports and several thousand other
heavy volumes Of an equally exciting
| character"
ARC these reports ever rcad?"
"Oh, yes; the printers who set 'em
up are obliged to read 'em. We'll.
these arc sent on to my address free,
and the railroad people have to carry
,em for nothing under their postal con-
tract with the United States govern
ment--the biggest government ON
earth, Sir. Then Pll give one COPY of
the agricultural romances to old Farm
er !readway, and n copy oftho geo.
logical tctions to Professor Stewart.
All tho rest nccd myself" ...
''For what purposeT' ,....
Ii"Why, you soc, l'll put my frank on
'em md ship 'em to Zach. Chandler in
Wisconsin, and he'll frank 'em and send
'em back, and I'll frank 'cm again,
redirect'cm to him; and these books
two tons of 'cm, by G-!--will 90 back
and forth over that blasted road, free
until 1.-THE next session of Congress,
WhenlPll get hold of some more and
start them along, too. l propose to
keep the: books in motion Til they wear
out, and then III sue the id comma
ny for damages. Oh, I'll sicken 'cm
OF the extra weight dodge. Don't you
forget it." .l ..
Every morning the Congressman
goes down to the depot and pokcs
about among tho freight for his books.
Ihoy have not yet arrived, but he en-
poets them every day. ,., ,
| d. -T'}N e r---------~,.-~ s~----- ...
BEATING a MAP AGENT.-A man
age mt went into ono of our manufnc-
turing establishments recently with an
egotistical idea that his power of read
ing faces was great aid to him in his
business. lie looked the shop over.
anu liked upon O look
ing worklmnn, with an intelligent fncc.
as the individual upon whom to begin
business. Approaching tho man, ho
touched q spring and down uropped
an elaborate map Of Connecticut, with
Its towns, railroads andrivers all prop
erly located. Then tive earnestly
/ and comprehensively described by the
glib agent; who briefly stated the ad-
vantage ofsuch al educational chart
to tho possessOr, etc.. a.. ..l ID"
The workman, looking up very in
noccntly from his work, remarked:
.'That is mighty prettyl Should think
it would be tirst-rate in family !!
what is the expense of such an, ar-
ticlcm n7odlrju ~y,- -.
"Only q, dollar fifty" responded. the
agent, ldilating upon tho bargain there
was in the value offered tor such a
small amount Of cash. o...
| "Would you rather have 81 so than
to have thatT asked the workman. ~
N"Certainly," responded the agent.
"Well, / don't know much about
such things" said the laborcr, "but
with your experience, if you feel that
you had rather have $3.50 than to have
that map, why,I think I had too" n
o The map agent saw that the COM
monplacc-lookiig workman had bag
ged his game, and left the shop without
attempting to'induce any of the other
workmen to invest in his goods. Mop
a0ich Bulletin. IM''nho :
How TO INCREASE Eco PRoDucrs. -
If all Increase of eggs be desired in the
poultry yard, before large sums of
money arc expended in tho purchase
OF everlasting layers, we would re-
comnend the system Of, Keeping no
hens after their first, or at the most,
their second year. Early pullcts Give
the increase, and the only wonder is
that people persist as they do in keep.
ing up stock Of old hens, which lay
one day and stop three, instead of lay
ing three days and stopping ono. In
some parts of England It is thc invari-
bic rule TO keep tho ,pullcts only ono
year. Feeding will 10 great doal--a
surprising work indecd-in the pro-
duction Of eggs; but hot when old
hens are concerned; they may put on
fat, but they cannot put down eggs.
The tale is told, their work is Over !;