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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-01-12
Fair Weather Farmers.

It is comparatively an easy matter
to farm in fair weather, and if there
were no rainy days, cold, slush and
sleet, rural life would be as q per.
lection as anything we have in this
lower sphere. But he who takes up
the vocation Of farming must do it
after the style Of that interesting Ger
emory that says: For better or for
worse," and must make provision for
a great dal of cloudy weather, rain
aud snow. He should have ample
shelter for all his stock, and storage
room for all crops, or both will suffer
and the farmer be the loser. These
things add greatly to the expense OF
farming, but they must come or the
farmer will see much of his labor go
from him for naught.
This fact points out why there arc
so many unsuccessful farmers. They
are fair weather men, sailing smooth
ly enough over a smooth sea, but
placed at great disadvantage when
the storms and rain come. Hay,
grain, implements, manure, every
thing remains ont of doors to take
the rains. Having made no provi-
sions for dry walks about the prem
Uses, everybody, including wife and
daughters, have to plunge through
mud and slush as often rs the wealth
or is wet. No wood and kindliug
stuff are put away at the proper time,
and when the storms come there is
extra trouble in getting them, wet
jackets, wet feet, muddy floors, poor
fires, and, quite likely, sour tempers
to boot. Stock, perhaps, has to be
fed in the rain, if fell at all, and
much Of the fodder is trampled in the
mud and wasted. No water burrows
have been opened in the wheat, oat
and potato fields, and so tho water
covers the ground till injury is done.
Stock, perhaps, break into the gar
den, the orchard, or the barn, be-
cause some little repairs have been
neglected, and more injury is done
than would have paid for the mend
ing thrice over. A broken window
is forgotten till the baby takes cold
by playing too near it on a damp day,
and sickness, perhaps death, results.
And thus il one or many ways the
fair weather farmer is constantly SUI
fering loss and inconvenience. He
is never prepared for rainy weather,
and when the rain comes it leaks up
on him. Reader, do you know Of any
farmer of this class?
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-01-12

A large number of negroes are
leaving Abbeville County to work the
phosphate mines on the coast.
Col T. j. Lipscomb was unani-
mously reelected Superintendent OF
the Peniteutiary by the Legislature.
At public auction in Columbia on
saleday a number OF horses and mules
we're sold ranging in prices from
$37 to $50.
Ten thousand FIVE hundred and
twenty-four bales of cotton have been
shipped from Abbeville since the
present season commenced.
On Christmas dny, at Jno. Odam's
place, Darlington County, j. W.
Odam and Henry Strickiin both un-
der the influence of iiqnor, got into a
row with Dumpsey Morrill,, in which
Odam shot and killed Morrill,. Odam
and Stricklin are both in jail.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-01-12
P1afaas Swearing.

Profane swearing is one of the evils
of the present generation. Boys not
in their teens imagine themselves men
by the utterances Of a few oaths.
Then the habit is so Improbable
Whiskey will make a man feel in q
good humor until the pleasant effects
die out, but profane swearing is ut
terly valueless. The worst feature is
that the habit is becoming popular
with church members, and it brings
reproach upon religion. The other
day we heard several men who stand
we'll in the church ripple out all kind
Of oaths. They profane the name OF
God without any scruple and their
blaspbemy was 80 frequent and pro-
nounced AZ to make the worldly
minded shudisr. The vice is not
confined to any particular denomina-
ton. Baptists, Methodists, Presbyte-
rians, Episcopalians and Seceeders
seem to have forgotten all their pro-
LESSONS, and have been cursing like
sailors for the last month or so. It
is sinful and disgraceful. aud every
man OF them should be turned out of
the church. The habit is abhorrent
to civilization, morality, decency and
christianity. Ledger.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-01-12
State News.

A fracus occurred near Foreston,
Clarendon County, last week, between
Lowder and Ridgeway, two young
men, in which Ridgeway was stabbed.
Charleston has a fuel society, kept
up by subscription. No doubt this
extended cold weather causes them to
receive many applications from those
destitute OF means
The entire tax assessndenC OF Ches-
ter County for 1880 is ten mills, be-
ing less, by one-tenth OF a mill, than
the citizens of that county have paid
for the past ten years.
The Richland Volunteers, Of Co.
lumbia, have accepted the invitation
and will attend the ceremonies incl
dent to the Inauguration of President
Garfield on the 4th OF March.
Rev. DR.. Girardeau, of Columbia,
during a recent visit to Louisville,
KY, raised a subscription OF $1,000
from the Second Presbyterian Church
of that city, to aid the Columbia The
illogical Seminary.
On the night of the 4th instant a
passenger train on the Savannah and
Charleston Railroad went through the
bridge over the Ashepoo River, kill
ing the engineer and two fremen.
No passengers were hurt.
At Chester Christmas day was
changed from a high feast to an orgy,
the bar-rooms all giving free liquor.
The drunkenness was unprecedented,
and rs a consequence a "dry" NUM-
cipal party is being actively organ
lied.
E. W. Mackey, of the second Con-
gressional District, has served notice
on MI. NJ. P. O'Conner of his inten-
ton to contest his claims to a seat in
the f~orty-serenth Congress. Mackey
proposes to take evidence in Charles
ton, and expects to examine about
forty witnesses, including prominent
politicians Of both parties.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-01-12

The North Carolinans s1e leaning
strongly in favor Of a prohibitory H.
ouor law. Several counties have re-
fused to grant licenses, and others
will follow.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-01-12

An Act to Make it Il Misdemeanor 10
Entice or Persuade Il Laborer to
Leave the Employment Of Another,
or to Employ d Laborer Under
Contract with Another.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by the
authority OF the same, That any per-
son or persons who shall entice or
persuade by any means whatsoever
any tenant or tenants, laborer or 10
borers under contract with another,
duly entered ipAabetwee9 the parties
in the presence OF one or more wit
nesses, whether such contract be YER
bal or in writing, to violate such con-
tract, or shall employ any laborer or
laborers, knowing him, her or them
to be under contract with another,
shall be deemed guilty Of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than twenty
five nor more than one hundred dol
lars, or be imprisoned in the county
iail not less than ten nor moro than
thirty days.
Approved December Oath, 1880.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-01-12

The tax levy for Darlington County
for the past year is twelve mills.
Tho probabilities are that South
Carolina will get . sixth Congress-
man.
Buildings are going up rapidly at
Orangcburg, and everything seems
prosperous.
On saleday in Newberry B. Byrd,
a colored man, bought 700 acres OF
land for $3.50.
It is estimated that the cotton crop
will be less than that OF last year in
Chester County.
John Peoples, colored, the oldest
inhabitant Of Barnwell County, died
last week, aged Ill years. He was
born in Virginia, and preserved 6
vivid recollection of Revolutionary
scenes up to his last days.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-01-12
NEW LAWS.

An Act to Reduce the Length OF
Time Required to Notify Hands to
Work the Public Roads in Licking
ton and Richland Counties.
SECTION /. BE it enacted by the Sen
ate aud House of Representatives OF
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passage OF this Act
all hands liable to work the public
roads in Lexington and Richland
Counties shall be required to turn out
and do such work, according to the
terms of the Act now in force, except
that they shall only he entitled to
tw~enty-four hours notice of the time
and place Of meeting of said hands
for work, instead Of three days 'as
now required; and those who fail to
meet, when warned twenty-four hours
before, shall be subject to the same
penalties as now prescribed by law
for those who fail to meet after being
warned for three days.
SEC. 2. Tbat,all Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent or repugnaut to this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved December 24th, 1880.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
HancOck's Civil Record.

The Cleveland Leader has made
diligent search of Winfield S. Hancock's
civil record, and finds these to be the
facts:
On the subject of the currency, he is
amagnifcent-looking fellow.
On the subject Of the tariff, he is a
splendid soldier.
On the subject Of free trade, he wears
a brilliant uniform
On the subject of river and harbor i'm
proyements, he makes grand appear
ance ON horseback.
On State rights, he appears well In his
epaulets and brass buttons.
On civil-seryice reform, he has a fine
military bearing.
On the so-caI1ed reform IN the admin
istration of the Government, he is
modern Murat.
On the subject of our foreign relations,
he wears splendid mustache.
On the school question, he is hand
some looking man.
On all other questions of public policy,
he has a martial bearing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
Mans Age.


Few men die Of age. Almost all die
Of disappointment, passion, mental or
bodily toll, or accidents. The passions
kill men sometimes, even suddenly. The
common expression 'choked with passion,
has little exaggeration in it, for even
though not suddenly fatal, strong pas
sions shorten life. Strong-bodied men
often die young; weak men live longer
than the strong, for the strong use their
strength and the weak have none to use.
The latter take care Of themselves, the
former do not. AS it is with the body, so
it is with the mind and temper The
strong are apt to break, or, like the cam
die, to run, the weak to burn out. The
inferior animals, which live temperate
lives, have generally their prescribed
number of years. The horse lives
twenty-five; the OK fifteen or twenty; the
lion about twenty; the dog ten or twelve;
the rabbit eight; the guinea pig six or
seven. These numbers all bear a similar
proportion to the time the animal takes
to grow to its full size. But man, of the
animals, is one that seldom lives his
average. He ought to live hundred
years, according to the physical law, for
five times twenty are one hundred; but
instead Of that, he scarcely reaches on
an average four times his growing period;
the cat six times; the rabbit even eight
times the standard Of measurement. The
reason is obvious-man is not only the
most irregular and the most Incorporate,
but the most laborious and hard worked
of all the animals. He is also the most
irritable Of all animals; and there is no
reason to believe, though we can not tell
what an animal secretly feels, that, more
than any other animal, man chefishes
wrath to keep it warm, and consumes
himself with the fire of his own secret re-
Election.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS.

PINEAPPLE WATER IoE. Peel and
pound a pineapple and pass through
fine sieve, add the juice of one or two
lemons with a gill of water and sugar or
strip to taste strain into the freezing
pot.
AN infallible remedy for a rusting tea
kettle, says an exchange, is to brown
coffee in it. A thorough washing of
soap and water will remove all the odor
and smoke of the coffee, and leave the
kettle smooth and free from rust.
RICE CHICKEN PIE.-Cover the bottom
Of a pudding dish with slices Of broiled
ham cutup broiled chicken and nearly
fill the dish pour in gravy or melted
butter to fill the dish add chopped
onions, if you like, or a little curry pow
der, which is better then add boiled
rice tofill all interstices and to cover the
top thick. Bake it for one-half to three
quarters of an hour.
New CARROTS WITH CREAM. Trim q
quantity Of the smallest new carrots that
can be obtained, and boil them in salted
water. When done, drain off the water.
II
add to it desert-spoonful of -four, pep
per, salt, grated nutmeg, a pinch Of pow
dered sugar, and a small quantity of
cream. Put in the carrots, simmer gen
tly few minutes, and serve.
THE following process is recommended
for cleaning white Shetland shawls Put
the soiled article into large bowl !;
II, vs1vxy 1,r,o, ~ Ia1R ,-D(,1 f "a c,7-.
dry" rub thoroughly, as if washing,
then thoroughly shake out the -four. IF
the article is not clean repeat the pro-
cess in clean -four. Articles cleaned by
this process will retain a new look as
long as there is a thread left.
RHUBARB TARTIErs. Make a short
paste with one white and three yelks of
eggs, one ounce of sugar, one ounce of
butter, pinch Of salt, and -four guam
THY sufficient work it lightly, roll it out
to the thickness of a quarter. of an inch.
Line some patty-pans with it, fill them
with uncooked rice to keep their shape,
and bake them in moderate oven till
DONE Remove the rice, and fill the
tartlets with rhubarb, steWed with plen-
ty of sugar and dish of lemon-juice,
and at the top put heaped spoonful of
whipped cream.
CHERRY PUDDING. One quart of
scalded milk, not quite a pint Of Indian
meal, scant half pint of sifted -four,
four well beaten eggs, two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, a teaspoonful Of salt
and pint Of whole, ripe cherries. Let
the milk stand after heating until tepid !;
stir in the meal and -four, removing a
tablespoonful to mix the balzing-powder
with add the eggs and salt, then the
cherries and baking-powder. Turn
into pudding-mold or bag and steam
two hours. Eat with sugar and cream
or butter sauce.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

Is Gen. Hancock for a protective or q
free-trade TARIFF Nobody knows

Is Gen. Hancock for a protective or a
free-trade tariff? Nobody knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for woman suffrage
or against it? Nobody knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for hard money OF
soft money? Nobody knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for pensioning Rebel
as well as Union soldiers !? Nobody
knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for civi1-service re-
form or for the old Jacksonian spoils
system2 Nobody knows
Is Gen. Hancock for public improve
ments or for strict construction Of the
constitution? Nobody knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for pensioning every
body who served In the Mexican war.
whether wounded or not, and whether
rebel or not? Nobody knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for enforcing or for
multiplying the amendments to the con-
stitution, by which the fruits of the war
were secured? Nobody knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for controlling the
railroads and other common carriers by
Congressional legislation In the public
interest, or against it Z? Nobody knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for maintaining the
Election laws intact, or for giving the
South full swing in carrying itself
solid by fraudulent elections? Nobody
knows.
Is Gen. Hancock for or against ap-
pointing enough new Democratic Judges
of the Supreme Court to upset the war
amendments to the constitution and so
reviyify the rebel debt and pension the
rebel soldier How far, In short, is he
ready to go to show his gratitude to the
ex-rebels, his late enemies In the field,
to whom he now owes his nomination,
and by whose votes he must be elected?
Nobody knows. Buffalo Eeqor IS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
Sponge Plantation.

For many years the sponge-6shers Of
the Mediterranean have carried on their
avocations 50 recklessly that there is
reason to fear the supplies from the great
sea (Which yields the best article) viii
practically cease unless means are adopt.
ed at once to prevent the men from de-
stroying as. they do at present in count
less numbers the young animals while
securing the full grown victims. Mean
time DR.. Brehm, the illustrious naturalist,
has suggested a plan for raising sponges
CRITICALLY. Selecting a few hundred
specimens, he divided them into several
thousand small pieces, fastened separately
into perforated cases, which were then
towed out to the bay of Socolizza He
then attached the pieces to a wooden
framework, which was then lowered in
shady spot to a proper depth. in few
months the sponges had grown to the
size of good natural ones, exhibiting their
distinctive black color. The authorities
regarded his scheme with favor, but the
fishers, with that ignorent prejudice
which has so9often delayed sound reform
in almost every industry, attacked the
plantation by might, destroyed the frames
and made off with two thousand sponges.
By substituting copper wire for wood
work, DR.. Brehm Immediately check.
mated the teredo, whose ravages in wood
work are notorious; and by fastening the
sponges to stones it was observed that
they speedily attached themselves firmly
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
An Old Newspaper.

The old Gazette dc France is the old
est Partisan paper. 1t was founded by
Theophraste Renaudot and It's first
number appeared on May 30, 1851.
Published at the beginning but once a
week, the Gazette was more devoted to
advertisements than to current affairs
and politics. Although coldly looked
upon by Princes and the state. the four-
page quarto publication was eagerly
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
Garfleld,s Back Paw.
The following letter explains itself

TREASURY DEPARTMEsr, wAsH1Serox.l
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, June %, 1880. I
Fl Dusey Esq, East Des Moines, Iowa:
Sin / reply to your letter of the 18th inst,
asking to be Informed on what date the Hon.
James A. Garfield paid into the treasury his
back pay, and how the treasury books show this
transaction. I have to inform you, it appears
from the records Of this Office that the sum Of
"a, 548 was deposited to the credit of the Treas
urer of the United States In the name of james
a. Garfield, on account Of retroactive increase
Of salary, on the ed day of April, 1873, and
that this amount was covered into the treasury
by miscellaneous covering warrant, No. 704,
second quarter, 1873, and cannot be withdrawn
except by act Of Congress. Very respectfully.
J. Il. UPToN, Assistant Secretary.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

To DUN a debtor ON a postal card has
been decided by the Supreme Court Of
Ohio to be unlawful. The court held
that anything 50 written that is liable to
iniure The credit 81 reputation Of any
one is a crime The decision was made
in the case of a man who dunneda debit
or for an old account on postal card,
and in that manner made the matter
public, to the detriment Of the latter's
credit elsewhere.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

patronized by the middle classes. The
Gazette was sold in the principal streets
of the capital, and the vendors and the
editors were Unfortunately called
gaeetjer8. After having been weekly
for more than a century, and bi-weelly
since 1852, the Gazette de France has
been daily since May l, 1872
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

CENSUS returns have been received
from a number Of Texas cities. Calves
ton has a population of 22,350; popu-
lation in 1870, 10, 818 increase, 8, 432 /;
per cent, 81. Austin has 10000; in
1870, 4, 428 increase, 6,O72; per cent,
1877. Houston, Is, 75O; in 1870, 1882;
increase, 6,368; per cent, g. San
Antonio, 81, 800; in 1870, 70, 256; in
crease s, 544 I; per cent, ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

DIR. J. d. GALLOWAY, who died in
Dallas, Texas, few days ago, had
twenty-five sons in the Confederate
army during the late war. Ten out OF
the twenty-five were killed on the battle
field. DR.. Galloway was famous also
for his wives, Of whom he had seven
teen, one at time. Some of the wives
died and from others he was divorced
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

The marvel of the census of cities is
the increase Of 614 per cent. in the pop
ulation Of Denver, Col. In 1870, Den
yer was frontier town of 4, 759 now
it numbers "a, 600.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

THE Marquis Of Harrington stated re-
Gently in the British House Of Com
mons that the cost Of the war with Ca
bul was $45, 100000 over the estimates
of the Tory Government The deficit
which the Government will be obliged
to make up during the next fiscal year is
SIG, 535, 600.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
A DefauIter's Bold Method.

The method by which William Charles
Brown stole $500 from the Rutland
(Vt. Bank, of which heis teller, is seri-
Gus one. Most Of its customers live at
a distance from the bank, and are infre-
quent visitors. If they wished to de-
posit $500 they would hand it to Brown,
he would make out deposit ticket for
$500, put 5000 in his pocket, enter $500
on the depositor's pass-book, and for a
time both accounts would show correctly.
When the book-keeper balanced both &C
counts, then, of course, the 5000 dis
crepancy would appear This error
on the pass-book would be changed by
the book-keeper, the 5 to 3, then the
book would balance. Before the pass
book was delivered to the owner Brown
would take it and credit 5000 error, "
and when the owner came he would say,
81 have discovered anerror, \ ETC.; that
$500 should have been $500. When you
get home you see if it is not so. The
owner would take it home, find it cor
rect, and praise the teller as an honest
young man. This has been going on for
over a year, and was only discovered by
an accident. AS his bondsmen are rela-
tiyes Brown will not be prosecuted.
Springfield GLASS. Republican.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

The wheat crop in this country for
1880 promises to be up to the average,
THE present prospects in England are
against good crop.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
Ghe 4enosta telegraph.
KENOsHA, WIS, JULY 16, 1880.

PRHs1DHNT CHADBoURNE, Of Williams
College, has resigned, to attend to pri-
waite business interests.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

THERE are now three Hebrews in Con-
-Messrs Jonas, Morse, and Elm
sstein. In the House there are six Ger
man Representatives, among whom are
Heilman. Of Indiana Poehler, Of Min
nesota Muller, Of New York, and
Deuster, Of Wisconsin.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

GEN. GRANT has regular income Of
$9, 900 per annun, but HE reserve funds
were increased the first two months Of
this year by his son Ulysses, Jr., who
made for the General lucky invest
ment in Chrysolite mining stock that
melted $4,000. The New York Hour
is responsible for this statement.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

The number Of immigrants landed in
New York during the past six months
was III, 900, exceeding by $4,000 that
for the corresponding period Of 1872,
which was the year Of the largest ar
rivals
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

MISS FANNY DAVENPORT is character
lied to d marked degree by the old
Davenport dramatic instinct.1 Private
letters from her reveal latent enthusiasm
for her art, which promise vitality IN her
work next season. 1t is predicted that
Miss Davenport viii make marked sue
cess Of the new play, in which she is to
appear in the role of an English Jewess.
In writing the play, Miss Dickinson
made a thorough study q. Miss Dayen-
ports peculiar abilities, and has adapted
the dranatization to bring these out IN
the best Light.