The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-11
THAT ERE CHAP 7ENNYsON.

House.
THAT'ENE CHAP TENNYSON.
| From the Detroit Free Press.
| "Tm kinder lookin' around for q
book ofpoctry to give my daughter on
Christmas" explained al oluiSh look
ing man tho other day asa clerk in q
Woodward avenue bookstore came
forward to wait ON him.
Eyes sir. Have you any choice of
poetSW
"Wa-al, s'posc they are all off the
same piece" replied the old man as he
scanned the shelves. 'I don't know
much about 'cm, but the gal she seems
to think heap Of that ere chap named
Tennymood."
'Tcnnyson, you mcan."
| "Wa-al, | guess 30. ] haint no hand
to remember names. DO you know
anything about this 'crc Tcnnyson?"
"Why, he's ono Of the leading
poets"
"Marricd man?"
eyes"
"Movc around in purity good socic-
ty,, does he? Ever hear he wasn't cx-
actly straightT
|, why, 49, CIlE SoAlS supposed 10
be gentleman" said the astonishcd
clerk, "though, Of course, l don't
know anything about his private litc."
"Docs nc use any slang words in
his vcrscs?"
"Of course not"
"Anything about girls clopin' away
mot word"
"rhc reason I'm n lectlc pcrticklcr, "
said tho old man, "is because my gal
Is rather Oh the romance. She's Just
dying to slope off with some pirate or
DC iuggcd of by some Injun-killcr, and
II that ere Tcnnyson is OH tho slope /
don't want his verses
ooh, You can be sure that his poems
are all right. They contain nothing
but the purcst sentiment"
"Nothcr thing is, ono of the girls in
our ncighborhood scnt Off after some
ones porms. ond that 'crc pamphlet
come nigh workin' heap Of evil.
There was song in it about boy
with glass cye. and another about
tlirtin' with fellcr on the corner, and
l can't tell you what. "rwasnt a
week aforc our Sarah begun to say
she'd like to "collar bcau," ,"nnd askin'
her mother "not to give her away"
and oil such slang as that. I kept her
churnin butter from six in the morn
Ing till ten at night and guess it re-
formed hcr, but don't want to set her
goin' agin."
81 assure you that Tcnnyson's poems
arc all right" said the clerk.
eff there's single crooked word l
won't have it, for hain't @oin' 10 have
Sarah slidin' down from her chamber
window at midnight to meet no brig
ana, and If she ever tells me agin' that
Pm a kic kcr III box her cars even if
she is goin' on twenty-thrcc
FIRE IN CoLUMBIA.-About two
o'clock on Monday morning, the alarm
OF fire was sounded and a lurid glare
from the southwest lit up the city. It
was ascertaincd that the National Hotel,
near the South Carolina depot, was on
lire, and though the fircmcn proceeded
to tho spot and worked like heroes, it
was not possible to check the flames
till the building and most of it's con-
tents wcrc completely destroy. The
building was tho property Of Mr.. Rob-
ert Joyncr, and was sometimes known
as Joyncr's Hotel. Ile estimates his
loss at about $4,000, with an insur-
ance Of $4,000; of this, $4,000 was
with the Western Insurance Company,
represented by Mr.. w. G. Swaficld,
and $4,000 was with tho companies
represented by Captain II. A. keenan,,
rs follows: Continental 81 900; North
British 81 800; Petersburg $1,000.
MR.: Swafficld also had $500 on the
Duliding III the rear, which was saved
Dy the noble cXertions of the t}rcmen.
The origin ofthe fire is unknown. No
suspicion is expressed that it was of in
ccndi9ry origin. It spread with great
rapidity. and 1t was but very few
moments attcrit was first discovered
TIL the whole roof was in fames.-
Register.
DEATH OF Col. Isaac w. HAYNE.---
This distinguished citizen brcathed his
last at his homo in Charleston on Mon
day morning, in the scvonty-flrst wear
ofhis age. He had enjoyed his usual
health up to about two weeks before
his death. He held tho Office Of At.
orney General up to the time Of
Reconstruction and was ON on the o AS. d.
visory Board Of Governor Pickens du.
ring hts term Of Office. The State hon.
orcd him as ono other favored sons
and In all the responsible positions he
held he proved himself worthy ofthe
trust reposed in him; and now, full OF
years and honor, he has gone to his
rest. Thus one after another of tho ant.
6eAat'n' landmarks are passing away
and now generation are taking thcil
j places.
The church which lately said 1,
itannual report that s'Satan had no