The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-29

- This story is told as having occurred
at picnic near Asheville, a short time
ago, and the moral Of it will readily APP
pear. A young lady,a charming gush.
ing young creature, full of fun, who had
been leaning against tree, surrounded
by lot of the North Carolina Press AS
ISOLATION, suddenly trembled, and hitched
around, and then finally said: "Is any
of you sluggard ?" They all said they
we're not. "Then," said she, turning to
young lady friend, "Jane, you will
have to reach down my back and catch
that ant" The young fellows went
away, and when one of them repeated
the quotation, "Go for the ant, thou slug
gard" the rest all said, "By shimi-ny ish
dot So"
A Convention of Commissioners of
Agriculture, Chemists of Agricultural
Departments, Professors of Chemistry in
State Universities and State Agricultural
Colleges, will be held at Washington, ID.
c., on July %, for the purpose of arrang.
ing some uniform system for determining
the value of commercial fertilizers, and
for the transaction of any other business
deemed expedient or important. Great
good to the planters is expected to grow
out of this meeting, where a free inter-
change of opinion will be had from those
experienced in these matters. The Com
missioner of South Carolina will attend.
"A census enumerator in New Hamp-
shire town found one family where the
mothers age was twenty-six years and
and that of her eldest son fourteen years.
Inquiry revealed the fact that the moth
er was married when eleven years and
six months old to man twenty years
old. She is native of Rhode Island,
and claims to have been the youngest
mother in the State.
Denver (Col.,) dispatch states that
before daylight Monday morn:
ing robbers entered the apartments of
Gen. Grant and wife, and Mrs. Fred
Grant, at the Beebe House, Manitou aud
stole $40O worth of jewelry and money.
The robbery is supposed to have been
committed by sharpers, who followed the
Grant party to Manitou.
- Noah Towner committed suicide at
Central, w. Va, because he had not
been true to his sweetheart. ~ deceived
her," he said in letter, "and now I am
going to my everlasting reward, where
the smoke of my torment will ascend up
for ever and ever"
The first bale of new cotton was re-
ceived at Galveston, Texas, on the 18th.
1t classed strict middling and was sold in
New Orleans on the 18th for 16 cents
per pound. It was forwarded to Fall
River, Mass.
Gen. Sherman is credited with the
remark that newspapers generally print
ninety-nine lies to one truth. In print
ing this remark we unhesitatingly place
it among the ninety and nine.
- The Mexicans hold their elections
on Sundays, often voting in their church.
es. Gen. Gonzales was elected President
at their recent election.
Shriner's Indian Vermifugc saved
three thousand children from disease and
death. 1t is the wonder of the age. 1t
will not deceive you.
There are three things in which the
average North Carolinian excels, namely,
discussing politics, drinking whiskey,
| ana g0od nature.
- Senator Mcdonald and ex. Governor
Hendricks have both accepted appoint
ments on the Indiana Democratic Exec
utive Committee.
- In the great grain growing State Of
Kansas there are reported not less than
$4,000 people actually suffering for food
and clothing
- Paris has new dog club, to which
no one can come unless accompanied by
q bulldog, King Charles, terrier or setter.
A clear conscience is like n corner
lot. Everybody would like to have it,
but few are willing to pay the price.
A partridge nest with 200 eggs in
it was recently found in Lexington,
Georgia.
There is always hope in man that
actually and earnestly works.
- Ink to which sugar is added will
not dry up rapidly.
HoNoRED AND BLEsT.-Whcn a board
of eminent physicians and chemists
announced the discovery that by COM
bining some we'll known valuable rene.
dies the most wonderful medicine was
produced, which would cure such a wide
range of disease that most all other
remedies could be dispensed with, many
were skeptical; but proof of its merits by
actual trial has dispellcd all doubt, and
TODAY the discoveries of that Gr,ni ,cJi