The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-18

There 10 at least one shrowd negro
in Georgia. A gentleman, in riding
through the country recently, came upon
8 log cabin surrounded by patch of
ground which negro woman was plow-
ing with team Of girls. Near by the
husband and father was feeding stout
and healthy mule. Upon being asked
WIN le did not hitch his mule to the
plcw, instead of his daughters, he replied:
Boss, dis mule Is mine, de ole 'oman is
mine, EN- de gals is mine; nobody is
gNine to fetch dem away, but if de NOR
gum on dis mule ain't raised dis fall dc
white man will send de Sheriff an take
dc mule an all Use got. So thought
I'd keep de mule fst, an let do gals an
de ole 'oman work, an save dis hossaesh
as much as can, fur IL dc worst comes,
can ride or on de mule, sn' 60 some
whar else 10 work. Dat's it, 6oss; do
work WON'T hurt de gals"
= There is a prospect that the position
of member of the Legislature of Ney. da
may become exceedingly profitable. It is
asserted that James G. Fair, of San
Francisco, proposes 10 contest with Soma
tor Sharon of the same city his right to
permanently yenrasant NaeaAA 3. tha
United States Senate. 1t has been Gus.
tomary for the position of Senator from
Nevada to be decided by the size of q
candidates pocket book, and as both
Fair and Sharon are bonanza kings
os fabulous wealth the competition may
become quite lively. Supposing the Leg
islature to contain 15N members, votes
could be held n. $4,000 each and stili1
be more trifies in the eyes of the ccmpet;s
t,Ts,
- Nearly 500 900 900 postal cards were
used in the United States last year.
They are made at Holyoke, Mas. by a
private concern, under the general super
vision of government officer. The
work is nearly all done by machinery,
even to counting and putting then, up
in packages OF twenty-five. The use Of
postal cards is said to have driven many
makers of writing paper aud envelopes
out Of business.
= On the plantation of Mr.. J. ]. HALL
ford, near Grahamville, s. O., thero is q
stalk OF cotton that had two healthy
forms on the 9Th OF February, aud an
apple tree that hioomed In December.
and which ia now loaded with apples as
large as partridge eggS
= a Good Rochester pastor, widower.
nrnnnaee 20 \ ynnne lady cher. ..:::sss,5S
since, but was rejected. His feelinge,
had the second severe test recently, when.
a,widow neighbor sent him the following
text to preach from You ask. and re-
ceive not because you ask miss"
a proud man who failed in business
and found his assets would pay only fif-
teen cents on the dollar, insiated, for the
looks of the thing, on paying twenty-five
cents, even If he had 10 make up the diff
ference n..t &c HE :.:s':: . ;,s>sas. sSsl.s.
"But, Freddy, how could yon ever
think of calling aunty stupid? Tmmedi-
ately go 10 her and tell her that you are
aorty.n Freddy goes to aunty aud says;
"Aunty, I am cory that you arestnpfd.s
Mr. Prostor, the astronomer, says the
common belief that amid winter is pro-
ductive of sickness Is faiiacy. English
statistics show that the deAth.rate is
lower during mild than severs winter.
The imports % J1sss g ss sss Efi fun ali III ll,n-
tries into the United States excluAs 20
of the States on the Pacifie-for 1879
were leS.0l0 tons, against imports IN
1873 OF iA7, ,0Se toss.
Professor Proctor says that America
has twice the interest In science displayed
by Great Britain, and that this country
| viii DC the cradle OF the wIsest men Of
the next csntEEy. Z
- A child being asked What were the
three great feasts of Tho Jews, replied ;
breakfast. dianer and supper s.
The Empress bf Russia received i
dFess froal Paris The cost OF which wRs
IS Gee ~, - s
- The c0mbiusd length of tho new
railroads projected for 1890 will be o 1eo0
I miles. 49,
Steam aud horse yailsnads e thS
l,United States require tO0, 600 men TO
/ labor on SunSiay