The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-13

3H cUftH (flBnCln COuft) airs right.
Sunday morning was ushcred in with
the deep revcrbcrating rolls ofheaven's
artillery. Electrical discharges flashed
from cloud to cloud, and the earth was
lavcd with plentcous rain and there
was some hail. 1t cleared up delight
fully, however, in fully time for the
congregations to church. Monday we
had sunshine, wind and water and hail.
Tuesday, little before four o'clock, q
cloud como up from. tho north and
gave us wind, hail and rain. Shortly
after a dark and angry cloud camo
rushing up from the same quarter that
SO shut out the sunlight that it almost
made it necessary to light the
lamps. We again had thunder and
lightning and wind and rain and hail,
but after dark about seven o'clock
came the climax. Hail again fell
for the third time that day. The
hail stones, by actual measurement,
were a fraction over an inch in dame
ter. some round, some fiat. Wcdncs-
day it was fair. Thursday it got cool
u north-castcr blowing-and we had
rain and slcct and suow, and rain and
slcct. Large fires and social family
circles around them wcrc all the
fashion. Friday it moderated, cleared,
and towards midday became pleasant.
/ forgot TO mention in my last that
the lst of April had come and gone.
and with it the practical jesls and Jokes
OF the occasion. The young ladies Of
certain house played ono. on the
stcrner Sex of the household. Two
wcll-hcapcd dishes Of ttelightful-ook-
ing and appctitc-provoking biscuits
were placed upon the table. They
were reeking with the heat Of the
stove, and looked us if each could ab-
sorb spoonful of golden butter. One
of the vcncrablcs, who Fortunately has
mouth very susceptible to the calor-
ic OF the stove, took one to cool, but not
SO fortunate were two Of the young
acatemicians. W., not having tic fear
OF fire before his eyes, inserted his i'll
cisors into one; and found Il difficulty
was presented to complete masticatiou,
and j. tore one open to lay on the
golden butter, but 10 and bcholdI q
good-siZcd sample Of the Southern
staple (cottonD greeted his eye, and
remembered that it was All-Fools'-
DayI
Agricultural operations have been
diverted or delayed, but there's plenty
OF tihlc yet. Vegetation looks limpsy
since the cold, but l think it is not
seriously injured.
The Conference State Woman's Mis-
sionary Society Of South Carolina had
adopted that. the first Wednesday Of
April shall be the common annivcr-
sary Of all the auxiliary societies
throughout tic State, So that the same
day be observed as an anniversary
throughout the Conference. In ac-
corlancc with, and in observance of,
the abovc-although the Monticello
Woman's Missionary Society has not
been III existence twelve months-thc
Society met ol, "Wednesday in the
Methodist church, and listened to an
appropriate address by the Roy. w.
S. Martin, of Maybinton, which wac
well and satisfactorily received by the
the audience. After the address the
Society proceeded to business, Mrs.
Gladney Martin, first vicc-prcsidcnt,
III the absence of the president, Mrs.
Jas. McGill, (wlfo, we regret to say, is
confined to her bed by sickncss) pre-
sided. The recording secretary, Mrs.
Robert Lupo, made clear and salts
factory report, and embraced in it that
the predictions, made by some at the
Society's organization, that it would
not have al existence of three months,
was now fully rcfutcd by the present
flourishing condition of the Society.
aud the plandits it had received from
the members of the Society. Mrs.
j. Murray Kirkland, who has lust rc-
turned from Charleston, where she had
been sent by this Society as its dele
gate to the Conference Society, was
called upon, and made a clear, concise
report ofthe Chrrleston proceedings
everything prosperous, cheering and
by, l sec that the ladies Of our sister
town of Ridgeway have organized an
auxiliary society. have knowing
acquaintance with those. Iwcll know
the indcfatigablc energy Of the accom-
plislIcd Indy president and the
untiring zeal of her able corps of us
sistant officers, and have been tangibiy
par;ic'pant in, and recipient Of, the
StNN>'iS'At SSt-NPS VI tlltll ctljOFtUiC
efforts, and have witnessed the uiH1 Of
will they Gust into every enterprise
they enter, and success has heretofore
been the sequence to all those efforts.
so ] can speak prinlns inter pa,eS
(first among cquals) IS the motto they
have nailed to the masthead Of every
.barquc they have launched into tho
sen of enterprise, and it has never
d.oppcd nor been lowered. But, ladies
Of kidgcway, look to your laurels and
burnish your zeal, for we tell you just
here our Society is in the field, and
with modest and becoming pride, sho
appreciates the position her works
have earned for her and the consolida-
ted voice Of her sister societies has as
signed to her, US the Banner Society Of
tho State. With glowing gratitude,
shc is conscious Of the rich results her
labors have accomplished. In proper
ton to her membership, she is first,
and intends to so remain. No such
words as weariness or failure are to be
found in her vocabulary. So '"fore-
warned, forearmcd;'--"when Greek
meets Greek then comes tho tur of