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The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
Trust q BOY,

During the session of the late Epis-
copal Convention in Boston, the Bish-
op Of Louisiana in crepsiqg the COM
mon, met boy whose face he 'fancied,
and, calling'Aim, asked if he had any
thing to do just then, to which he
said: enc" scare you good boy ?"
Tie little fellow scratched his head
and replied: 81 am not q very good
boy. cuss sometimes." That can.
did answer inspired the Bishop with
confidence, and then said,i after CIV
ing his name and address:
81 want you to go . a certain
place and gett'a bdndle for me, and
bring it to my hotel. There will be a
charge of &8, here .is,the ;mqGrey to
pay for it, apd half o dollar which
you may keep for doing the clrand."
On his retqrp the Bishops friends
laughed at him for his cre;lulity, tell
ing him that he would never see the
boy Or the bundle or the money again,
but in half al hour the y9ung chap
returned bringing the bundle, and a
rcceiptcd bill for $3.50, the Bishop
having made slight mistake as to-
the amount due. "lIow did you man
age TO pay the extra half dolla, 2" he
inquired.
,"I took the money you gave me
for the job. l knew that you would
make 1t all right" And."all right"
it was made, and have no doubt the
confidence that was rcposed in that
boy, because Of his trnthfulness, will
do him good as long as he lives.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
a aiawyer's PeFoFetion in Behalf OF
Female Client.

A lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, was
defending a veg handsome young
woman accused Of stealing from q
large unoccupied dwelling in the,
night time, and thus he spoke jp con-
clusion: "Gentlemen OF the 1ipsY,,I
an done. When gaze with enrap-
tured eye on the matchless beauty OF
this peerless maiden, ON whose Ee.s
splendent charms suspicion never
dared to 'breathe-when / behold her
.ralia!nt in this glorious bloom of lus.
.cioas loyeliness, which angelic sweet.
.pess might envy, but could not
eclipse:-bafQre which the star on the
broW qfthe night grows pale, and the
diamqrds. of iHragil are dun, and then
tefect upon the utter madness and
folly OF suRposing that so much beau
" ard .gentlcness could expose itself
te the ,terrors Of an empty building,
in the cold, damp dead Of night,
whep Innocence like hers is hiding
itself among the 'pillows of repose-.
gentlemen of the jury, my feelings
are too ovcrpowering for expression,
and throw hcr into your arms for
protection against this foul change,
which the outrageous malace of dis
appointed scoundrcl has invited to
blast tue fair name Of this lovely
maiden, whose smile shall be the re-
ward of the verdict which know you
will give! Gentlemen, you may
hang the ocean on q grapevine 10
dry, lssso an avalanche; pin nay
kip iHp to the mouth Of volcano; skim
the CLOUDS from the sky with ,ea-
spoon ;throw salt .0p the tail of our
noble American eagle, whose sleep
less. ,cEe4eNer watches over the vel
fare Of the nation paste '.For Rent"
upon the moon and stars-but never
for single moment deIude Jour
selves with the idea that this charm
ing girl is guilty Of the charge prt-
ferred against l,er:" +"
J.. The jury acquitted her without
leaving tlicir seats.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
A. County @a in Town. !

She is charmipgly fresh, wholesome
little body, is this miss from the
country; Il flower Of the field con-
trasling esreeably with the Aowcrs oil
The garden among which she is found
ifer coloring is delicious. The conn
try air ana. the country sun, not 10
refer her effect Of pnettiness 10 the
wholesome country life, have given
her peach-bloomy face that is all in
harmony with her blue eyes and corn.
silk hair: hair: It is not her fault that
The good Mother Nature, under whose
especial care she has been reared, has
dealt less kindly with her feet and
hands; that ssthlcssee, sthlcssee, by liberal use,
have gained ia eStent at The cost Of
the hnish--the feet losing the arching
iAstep as they have grown unruly in
breadth and length, the hands, like
wias expanding with stumpy ab-
ruptncss in perfectly developed nails.
/" Certain it is. That the
stTangeness OF surroundings con-
straias Aer 70 adopt habit of troub-
ious reticence that is not q little pitt
ful TO contemplate habit that rem
ders any attempt at converse with
her matter Of rare difficulty, not to
be overcome save by one possessing
an usual amount Of tact and much
kindliness Of heart Philadelphia
Times.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
A Peddisr's Lows.

For q couple Of years young iady
belonging TO Is veil KNOWN family in
this city has beeR annoyed by the re-
csipt of numerous letters, whose au-
thor expressed unbounded admiration
for her. These letters were written
from varions points, and some of
them proiessed TO be ip answer 20
mjssivss from the young lady herself.
ORe was receiyad the other day dated
"MNemphis," and the young lady's
br9lhefe. who had been quietly trac-
ing lAe auth hcr finally found their man
in lhe pars9n Of enc Jacob Bernstein,
who happened 10 he apsn(lipg the hol:
idags in the city. II was on inves,i.
CATION, shown tha. tbs poor fslloy
was saoae to be pitied than blamed.
He confessed that he had seen her on
the streets, and became infqtuated,
that he had written the letters in obe.
dience to a resistless impulse. He
organised that if released he would
leave Memphis at once ard give 10
further Pnnoyanse. This satistieA the
family. ana tie lovelosn Raddler de-
pRrted.-Nemphis AY.thIqnahe.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
fQH1gsburg Comfy.

Ihe editor OF .1e Southern Herald
and State Builder, who visited our
section sometime ago, writes as fol.
lows concerning our country:
We have taken pains to examine
Orangeburg, which Is. a splendid
county. I'he Coiumbip branch of
the South Carolina RAILROAD .pgsses
many milee through this fine county.
The two, towno which we have visited
are Orangeburg and BranchvilIe, both
we'll located railroad t9yps. Over
twely,e months ago we smade a hur-
ried visit to orangebnrg, and after
talking with the people aI9At our
scheme of immigration, apd .esliing
their cooperation, wn vent away
sqn!cwhat atdiscouraged. AmqEg ,,!lc
few subscribers we then got wao only
one native horn Caro!iniap. The
others were Germans who ,tad Ao,!
'tlsf les there. IN writing. about that
yiait $ soon after we said!: "what do
native South ,CaroIinifns mean that
they do not encourage the good
work? DO they me9p to dry up and
becoTe ,fQssils ofthe former glorious
old South Carolina:" This or some.
thi2g else acted like ,leyen in Or.
angeburg: for when we returned
there the olhar day nearly every live
man in The place subscribed to our
paper. There is life in that old
town. They speak Of building cot
ton factories putting 2, ia',,eHR.m,pEoa's III on
theirAAn!e EIiato river; and doing
many other things of progress. There
resides Northern gentleman, Mr.. II.
Riggs, from Conneclicqt, iii,hat town
who, oil say, is worth more than his
weight in gold. ItTas he that raised
the bale of iute which took premiums
at the fairs. Mr.. Riggs has lived in
Orangeburg many years, and says it;
is very heallhful and fine climate.
BranchvilIe, the other town we
visited, is eighteen miles further
south in Orangeburg counsY, 1t is
at the junction of The Coluinbia and
Augusta branches of the South Caro-
lima Rairoad. This place WINS once
regarded as an unhealthflil d rsa,i2n,
but si4,qc that place has been more
thoroughly drained, it is as about US
healthy AS Aiken. 1t is splendid
site for large town. We invited
few of the business gentlemen 10
hear us lecture on the State building
theme one ,a1te'noon and they invi-
ted US to repeat the lecture before
larger auditory Of their citizens at
night, which we did. DR.. o. II. OFT.
the chairman Of the meeting, and Mr..
Edward Carroll, tie secretary; DR..
Gressc,t, MIR. Fairy, Mr.. Y%:cs, Mr..
Berry, Mr. Bruce and others mani
tested much in terest in the work, and
are ready to arise and 60 to building,
and getlInP others TO come and help,
till they turn their town into O city.
MIR, Dukes is about ready to COM
mence Clement cotton factory in
town.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
a Border Romance.

Mex Lyman, prairie sc3ut, who
lived at the White River agency year
and q half and knew tue NIeekers init
mately, tells this story to reporter of
the Dubuque Times: Oursy was in
love with tue eldest daughter of
Agent Meekcr, and think had no,
this been the case evary one Of tie
Mceker family would have been
butctered. He often told me that he
loved the white girl, and it made him
feel badly 10 think that he could ncv-
er marry hor. have seen Ouray fol-
low her round and wStch over hsr as
if she was a child. fIc would DO any
thing to please her. Ouray's sister
kne% that her brother loved the
Nleekcr family, and SO took good care
that no harm should come to them.
| was there when the women were
brought back, and Ouray wss SO hpp.
py that he rushed up TO the Meeker
girl and shoo!'; her hand for an hour.
He tried hard to stop her from weep:
ing, but said, "Ouray you knew that
this trouble was coming all the time,
and can never forgive YOU"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
The Farmer as a Citizen.

Judge George, Of Starkyille, Miss.
speaking OF the farmer as 2 ei.zeen,
says: ! think the influence 81 asyi:
aHltArists ought to be increased in
public affairs. would not like to see
legislature composed exclusively Of
farmers and mechanics, nor would it
he for the public good that lhera
should be no representatives of these
interests in that body. There should
be it every legislature men skilled iv
the laws of the state; there ought
also TO be there an influential body
of men connected with the leading
industries Of the State, familiar with
the wants and wishes Of the great
mass Of the people. lfthey sAQpld
draft no laws, if they sA9R,a inaugur-
ate no new and EntyisA p9licies, still
there would be that in the very at
mosphcre in which such body of men
move WHICH will influence beneaeiaIly
the acti0n Of the legislature" 81
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
Sad Prenicamapf.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 22.-Therc is con-
stc,nptiqn tonight among the young
men atopt town. The Vine street
opera house, q highly immoral but
very cnterprising variety show. has
been running for year or more in
defiance Of law and public opinion.
Ordinances hayI been passed aimed
directly at it, and the Mayor has with
held from it the necessary License. The
managers, however, by iJunctions
and o'1e: = Sharp i ilegal tricks have de-
layed enforcement'to the ordlna;nces NH
and continue their neghtly ,can,cane
and living statues. Foreseeing trou-
BILE on the part of the authorities,
Manager Snelbacker has taken tie
precaution to secure the names of
every promineHt citizen of society
young man who hos visited his place.
lie has over six huTdrcd of these and
being drivsn TO the wall sets up the
claim that his theatre is moral
in every respect. !ia,FLis he proposes
10 prove in count by the testimony
Of these six hundred prominent citi-
zens. Fifty; Of tbem were served sub
pHnas e e !nigAs to appear us witnes-
ses tomorrow. The .coasequencc is
sudden exodus Of society young
men and leading citizens from the
city. The morning trains will carry
out 80 many on pressing private bus
iness that it was proposed tonight
that q special car be chartered and
an excursion party form sd.-.St.
Louis RepuJ|;c9n;.:' '"""'
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
Didn't Like Fashionable Custe,na.

The Raleigh, IN. c. O1server re-
lates that in the vicinity of Apex, q
few days ngo, there was grand we'd
ding among the colored folks. Afte.
the ceremony had been concluded ir
handsome style, ths groom, who re
sided in another part OF the country,
put bis bride in wagon. and grepaT.
ed to take her to Ills home. at This
Stage Of the proceedings darkey,
who had Travelled, and said he knew q
thing or two about the customs of
elegant white folks. gated that it was
always the style to throw shoes after
the bride as she was driving off. The
idea took immensely. AS the happy
couple moyed away from the door the
darkeys ierked of their shoes and
hurled b! ttem at The vehicle. One
darkcy, who was the possessor of a
No. Is foot, threw shoe with toe
nn!erriing aim: IT The grea. missile flew
!!it'fionngh !!it'i the air, enna, striking the
E,Fide's 81 Skull, knocked her senseless to
the h9tl9m Of the wagon. The groom
jumped out and gave the lhrower o.
the shsa q aI,airassshling, and cureing civil
ized customg with nll his heart.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
Josh Billings VII Marriage.


BY aw! meanes Joe, get married, if
you have fair show. Don't stand
Shivering on the bank, but pitch rite in
and stick yonr head under and the
shiver is over. Thar ain't any more
trick in getting married than thare is in
eating peanuts. Many a man has stood
shivering on the shore until the river
run out. Don't expect to marry an
angel they have been all picked up
dong ago. Remember, Joe, yon ein't
saint yourself. DO not marry for
beuty exclusively; beuty is like ice,
awful slippery, and thaws drcdful
easy. Don't marry Tor luv, neither ;
luv is like cooking stove, good for
nothing when the fuel gives out. But
lei the mixture be some beuty becom-
insly dressed, with about $3.50 in her
pocket, good spellcr, handy and
neat in her house, plenty of good
sense, tbf copstituuon aud bylaws,
small feet, light step; add to This
sound teeth and warm heart, Tie
mixture will keep in any climate and
will not cvaporate. If The cork hap.
pens 10 be left out strength amt
gone joe Don't marry fo- pedigree
unless i, is backed BY bank notes: A
family with nothing but pedigree
generally lacks sense.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
Political Divorce.

Mrs. Latham, of Virginia, sued for
a divorce on the ground that her bus
band had joined the Republican, par.
ty, and SHE got it. Would ibc same
privilege be extended to g Republi-
can wife if her husband was to 90
over TO the Democracy? Itis said to
be bad rule that won't work both
ways.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13

A numbaT oS ee!o.i'{,'sd eeoi'{0Tssd poeplo who
had goRe from this state to Kansas,
retnrn last nisht on on the south bound
passenger train over the Central
road. They numbered Y thirty-three,
men, women anG Gah.i.lIaaren, Gah.i.lIaare and had
gone from kyg!asshington .eoe.anty.
They stopped a. Parsons, AND were
thoroughly disguised with !l ,he sem .essa.!g.ntry
and the promises that had been held
out to them. and were glaA To- get
back. Sandy Osborn, who appsa}ed
to be the leader, said that those Of bis
race who could, were leaving ever
day, and there was great suffering
among those who remained.-Dal as
{ lTteae) Herald:
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
A Sad &ee,,e.

A man falls from d scafold. The
reporter hastcns TO tue spot and push
es his wayao the mans side. q
"My life voyage is neaMy ended, "
whispered the !'ayiug ppan, .as he held
the reporters hand .s''lMlly,.aeul, like
an unfinished craft, is b2i2g swept
from its earthly mooring, and carried
out INTO the great painless ocean of
eternity. Oh, how unprepared 1 3m
Ior this Journey! How my spirit
shrinks from embarking upon that
silent, solemn sea! l have wife
and beautiful child who aill mourn
my absence and now that see no
future, nothing but the dark impenc
trable. shadow of death, which will
soon hide me from earthly eyes, the
world looks more heautiial, and
long-oh, how l long to stay. Good
bye, good-farewell. Pre-perpare
for this-." Ills head dropped.
"Courage, courage" whispered the
reporter, while tears rs big as hickory
nuts chased each ,oItter down his
nose: shut business is business.
Courage" he whispered "how-hoY
do you spell your name?"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13
A strange murder and suicide OF

A strange murder and suicide oc-
CURED few weeks ago at Rossau, in
Zurich. A mGn, whose wife had left
him on account Of his violent conduct,
had followed her to her fathers house, u.s.
fred riish1l ss%!;a s!;! i:e{f ct the the inmates,
killing ne fataaer, discharged The re.
naming barrels of his revolver at the
people who tried to arrest him, thcn
defended himself with g pitcEfork,
and at the last moment the bolice had
succeeded in dcpriving hiin Of this
weapon, which was not done before
he had severely wounded several of
his assailants, he drew knife, cut
his throat from ear to car and fell
dead on the spot.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13

4 Bos.on lady, whose husband was
frequently afflicted yith nightmare,
was one night awaken l;s1. BY o noise, and
to her horror o 81 saw ,h|;eeF ,h;eeF husband sitting
up in bed sying .in whisper: "Now
l have him, he can't ,escaps - pRa
pointing his pistol at an imaginary
burglar. His finger was on ths ,trig-
and he was aiming directly ct The
ger head of the baby in its cradle.
Quick as lightning, his wife said in q
low tone; "T?o low! ain hisher?' p
He raised the pistol, she pnatched it
from his hand and the danger was
over.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-13

When you see q man with o gun
On Ids shoulder and three dogs at
his heels making across the country,
you needn't feel bad for the rabbits.
He'll miss cow or two, find few
frozen apples, fall into u creek, anl
return home, believing lie has had g
laundering good big time.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-24

FIRST, they are badly drained and not enough
work done on them; second, there is but llttle
thought given to making roads, and the work
is often done late in the fall; third, men plow
and scrape more than there is any need OF, and
make narrow, poor road when they get
through. | think it is better and cheaper to
make a good wide road when the land will
permit than a narrow one, from the fact that
in making wide one You simply bring the
dirt from the bitches upon the road bed, which
should never be plowed up or disturbed, a
public road should be 81 feet from outside to
outside of bitches, highest in the center, and
curvlEg gradually to the outside of the bitches.
The road bed Chat is the part between the IN
side of the ditches) should be % feet wide.
The bitches should be ) feet wide and foot
deep on the outside, and deeper, if necessary,
with sufficient grade to draw OF the water,
otherwise there will be a bad, muddy road
Now with such a road the bed is solid, and
the soil scraped on top Will soon pack and be
come hard There is no danger in being
tipped over and travel is not obliged to follow
in a single rut, as it must in narrow road
Dry roads means good bitches. To fill W
mud holes without draining Is simply putting
in more dirt to make more mud.-BtoomIn9
ton PdRtdgruph.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DWELLING.

policy of insurance provided that 1t should
become VOID, If the house should become va
cant and unoccupied. Held that temporary
absence by the occupants where there was no
intention to abandon the house as a residence,
did work forfeiture under the policy; Stu
petzki o. Translantic Fire ms. Co. Sup. CT.
Mich. - West ms. Rev. 435
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-24
A Remedy for Tomato Worms.

Everybody who has a garden raises toma
toes, and every one, in this part OF the country
at least, has been annoyed by the loathsome
worm which IN the latter part of the season
attacks not only the plants but the rlpenlng
fruit. One cannot bear to touch tomato OF
which they have left their mark; and to find
the worms and destroy them Is difficult and
disagreeabe task We once had cat which
seemed to fancy the business, and all through
one summer she hunted and ate the worms till
she fairly cleared them out of the garden real
ly growing fat upon them. But she went the
way of cats without teaching any younger pus
sy to take her place though new generations
of worms came with the next season.
Last year we had a fine row of late tomatoes
growing beside the cabbages. While putting
wood ashes on these to drive of their enemy
the cabbagewOrm, some one standing by re
marked that the tomatoes were almost ruined
by the worms. When had finished the cab
bagc, having some ashes lett, l sowed them
freely over the tomatoes without much hope OF
their doing any good, but just to try some
thing. | thought no more about them for a
week, and then upon inquiry found that nc
more worms had been seen. Then | gave q
thorough dressing of ashes to all the tomatoes
We had, sewing it over the plants till they
k,oked quite gray, and not another worm APP
oearcd through the rest of the season, though
he weather was very warm and dry, just such
b they like.
Wood ashes seem to me almost lndspensa
BILE in the garden. Sown over young cabbages
or turnips they drive off the fly which is SC
destructive to them. Later, when the flea at
tacks the growing cabbages, ashes sown over
them two or three times will put the foe &c
flight. Nothing else which have tried has
had any effect upon the cabbage-worm; per
in snripk linp tha nlaDtS with ashes
every day or two after the heads begin to form
will keep the worms out of them, though moi
entirely off the leaves. But as the head forms
from within the ashes do not I'M lure it, Ashes
are excellent to SOW over carrot-tops when they
are apparently jurned up by some Of their IN
sect foes A few applications will restore then
to health and vigor-Eramtner.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-24
GLEANINGS.
selves.

The population of Bureau county is 33,201
a gam of 1856 since 1870.
Last Tuesday was pay day st Joliet, S62, 600
being paid out by the steel mills.
Sparks from an unoiled reaping machine
set fire to great field of wheat IN Illinois, and
all the grain was destroyed.
Anthony Infeldt, of Joliet, died few days
ago of lockjaw, the result of cut in the
wrist, made by piece of glass,
1t Is SAID that an earthquake at the Island
of st. George, one Of the Azores group, July
8, resulted in the formation of another island
six hundred yards distant and about $4,000
square yards in extent
The weather all over Ireland up to the pres
ent has been most favorable The potato crop
promises to excel anything seen in Ireland
since the famine OF 1871. Root and cereal
crops are also luXuriant
The Rockford Glucose Co is now fully or
gained with A. NJ. Johnson as president
Twelve acres Of land favorably located have
been purchased, and the erection of the neccs-
sary buildings Will shortly be commenced.
The earthquake on Sunday last was one of
the most severe and widespread that has been
known in Switzerland for years. Two persons
were killed. Several metres of the summit of
the Schnebelberg, near Quarter, fell.-Wor!d,
July 10.
The Supreme Court of California, by Nor
risOn, CD o, holds that Roman Catholic priest,
regularly ordained and officiating as such, and
constantly required by the duties o: his office
to judge of the mental condition OF dying
persons, in order that he may administer the
sacrament 10 those only whose minds are in q
proper state to receive It, Is an expert as to the
sanity of a person.
A big swarm of bees located themselves on
top of car in a moving freight train on the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific road and trav-
eled to the end of the route, the conductor not
considering it wholly expedient to demand
their tickets and the brakemen being too ten
der-hearted to put them off. At Leavenworth
the job was let to policeman who had more