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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-10
TRl-WEEKLY EDITION.
THE OLD FARMERS ELEGY.

On green grassy knoll by the banks of the brook,
That 80 long and 30 often has watered his flock,
The old farmer rests in his long and last sleep,
While tho waters low, lapsng lullaby keep.
lie has ploughed his last furrow, has reapcd his
last grain;
No morn shall awake him to labor again.
Yon tree that with fragrance is filling the air,
SO rich with Its blossoms, 80 thrifty and fair,
by his own hand was planted and we'll did he say,
1t would live when ts planter had mouldered away.
He has poughcd his last furrow, has reaped
his last grain;
No morn shall awake him to labor again.
There's tho we'll that he dug, with Its waters so
cold,
With Its wet, dripping bucket, 80 mossy and old,
No more from Its depths by the patriarch drawn,
For tho "pitchcr Is br0ken," the old man ls gone.
He has plOughed his last furrOw, has reaped his
last grain;
No morn shall awake him to labor again.
'Twas a gloom-giying day when the old farmer
died;
The stout-hearted mourned, tho affectonate cried;
And the prayers Of the just for his rest did ascend
For they all lost a brother, man and friend.
He has pl0ughed his last furrow, has rcaped his
last graln
For upright and honest the cIN farmer was;
Ills God he revered, he respected the laws;
Though famclcss he lived, he has gone where his
worth
VIII outshine, like pure god all the dross Of this
earth.
lie has ploughed his last furrow has reapcd his
last grain;
No morn shS! awake him to labor again.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-10
RecreutionR in Ancient Times,

T'i,> Assyiians and Greeks had tri-
monthly holidays, besides annual rcvcls,
and great national festivals at longer in
tervals. In ancient Etruria every new
month was ushcrcd in by a day ofmerry-
making i'll honor OF tutelary deity:
the patrioians and plebeians of republi
can Rome had their field days; the fcs-
tivals of the seasons united the pleasure
seekers of all classes, and even the slaves
had their Slturnalia weeks when some
of their privileges were only limited by
their capacity of enjoyment. In the
first centuries of tho Roman empire,
when the growth Of the cites and tho
scarcity of game began to circumscribe
the private pastimcs of the poorcrclasses
the rulers themselves provided the means
of public amuscments; at the death Of
Scptimus Ca. d. 21D, the capital alone
had six free amphitheatrcs and twelve or
fourteen large public baths, where the
poorest could not complain about the
half-ccnt entrance fec to the luxurious
Me'W'". The circcnscs, or public games,
were by no means confined to the gladi-
atorial combats that have exercised the
cloqucnce of our Christian moralists: +:
dramatic entertainments trials ofstrength
and the exhibition of Outlandish cllriosi-
ties, seem to have been rs popular as
the grandest prize fights, unless the COM
batants were international champions.
And it would be great mistake to sup
pose that only the wealthy capital could
afford to amusc its citizens at the public
expense; from Gaul to Syria every town
had circus or two, every larger village
al arena, n free bath, and public gym
nasium. The Colosseum of Vcspasian
seated eighty thousand spectators, but
was rivaled by the amphithcatrcs of
Narbonne, Syracuse, Antioch, Borytus
and Thcssalonica. Children, married
women, old mon and many trades unions
had their yearly carnivals, and during
the celebration of the Olympian and
Capitoline games and various local fes-
tivals, even strangers enjoyed the FREQ
dom of the larger towns.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-10

Iiethcn's Hussars coming from Wavre
touched the extreme English left Oh the
Chain road, Mt about =. NJ, that the
Duke of Wellington received the well
come intelligence of the arrival of the
Prussians on the fold.
Compared with that of Sedan, the
battlefield of Waterloo is on n wonder
fully small scale, and easily to be appre-
hendcd. AtSedan the circumference of
the field is ut least fourteen miles, COM
prising about n dozen villages, completely
hidden from each other by intervening
heights. At Waterloo the whole fields,
exclusive of the village of Planconoit,
may be taken in at n glance. The French
position on the ridge of La Belle ALI
ancc was but 1900 yards from that of
the English OH the ridge of Mount st.
Jean, and tho extreme length of both
positions, from east to west, !. C., from
Smoham to Hougomont, was about
$500 yards. The intervening valley,
which is but slight depression, was
converted into quagmire by the tre-
mendous rainfall on the afternoon and
evening Of the 17th, the ground being
impassable by cavalry and artillery in
the early part of the day of the 18th.
The state of the ground was extremely
disadvantageous to Napolcon's attack,
which was thereby delayed till II A. NJ.
That the French, with total force of
about 70, 600 men, should have failed to
force the strong position on which the
English, nearly equal to themselves in
numbers, were posted in front, having
at the same time to detach about third
OF their strength to meet the 35, 600
Prussians who fell on their right flank
and took part in the fight of Planconoit,
with 40, 900 more Prussians arriving
later OH the field, cannot surely be con-
sidcred any reproach to French valor.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-10
Pearl Shells.

The expectation of pearl shells is like
ly to receive stimulus through recent
shipment of n sample lot of thirty bush
els from Baltimore to manufacturing
establishment in Paris. The shells nrc
collected on the southern shores of Cal
ifornia and carried on fruit boats to
Santa Barbara, whence agents stationed
at that point ship them to eastern con-
signces. They vary greatly in value,
and many Of those gathered are subsc-
qucntly rejected rs worthless, owing to
their having become sunburnt or brittle
from exposure. In the centre of each
shell is IN cxcrescence differing in hue
from the remaining surface, which has
a special value, and is separately pre-
served for ornamental purposes when
the rest Of the shell is cut up for but
tons.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-10
Saved by Merinnids.

Some time ago colored female advcr-
tiscd in the Richmond papers to find her
mother. She claimed to have just es-
capped from Cuba. She represents that
her name is Rosa Brooks, alias Grandi-
son, the last name being given her from
the family name Of her former owners.
Sixteen years ago, she says-just before
the close Of the late war-her young
mistress, thon living in this city, married
Mr.. Grandson, of Havana, Cuba.
They moved to his home, and she (Rosa),
being only one year of age, was taken
with them, and thus snatchcd from the
very threshold of emancipation, that
soon followed. She grew up in the SER
vice of her now master and his family.
and some time in June Inst became in
volved in difficulty with one of the
children that came nigh losing her life.
1t seems that in the alteration with the
child she lost her temper and in MI un-
lucky moment slapped it's jaws. She
says her act was considered such high
crime that "the Queen" was informed of
it and her Royal Majesty dccreed she
should die. She was seated in the kit
chen the next day when the Queen, in
oil her pomp and pride, entered, and,
scizing large carving g-knife, began
sharpening it for the dread execution.
Making one desperate effort for her life
she sprang through the door, scaled the
walls of the city and plunged into the
ocean. Her struggle with the waves
had scarcely well begun when the royal
troops i'll pursuit fired upon her and she
was wounded III seven places. Worn
out with her fatiguing run and exhaust
ed with the loss of blood, she continued
to battle for life, when, having swan
some nine miles (bcing seven hours in
the wntcr), and on the point of giving
up the ghost, she was rescued by band
of mermaids. These fairy creatures, she
represents, bore her to their homes in
the rocky caverns along the scashorc
and showed her every attention, nursing
her until she had entirely recovered
that they live like ordinary human be.
ings and arc as gentle and kind MS posi-
bic. When she was well they took hcl
out into the ocean and placed her upon
vessel bound to Galveston, ut which
port she arrived safely and thence made
her way to Richmond in search of he,
mother, Sarah Brooks. She is q good
talker and has an mir of earnestncss
about her and dresses very neatly. She
proposes giving Ill exhibition of hel
swimming abilities and says that she vii
swim in the river for some six or sever
consecutive hours.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-10
Skull N1Gaslirement,

Professor Flower, the wcll-known En-
glish anatomist, has published some fur
ther results of his researches with refer
cncc to the human skull. He states that
the largest normal skull he has ever
measured was as much rs 2,O75 cubic
contimeters; tho smallest, 900 cubic CEN
timctcrs, this belonging to ono of those
peculiar people in the confer of Coylon
who VIII are now nearly extinct, OK The larg;;
he has measured is that of raoo of long
lathcaded people on the west coast Of
Africa. The Laplandors and Esquimaux,
though very small people, have very
large skulls, the latter giving an average
measurement of !, ,546. The English skull,
Of the lower grades, shows $40 the
Japanese, ,486; Chinese, 1924; modern
italian, 1,475; ancient Egyptian, 1864;
Hindoos, 1906.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-10
Broad Tires for Wheels.

Moderately broad wheels are prefer
able to narrow tires for use of heavy
wagons. TO run in marrow ruts wagon
with broad tires would not be desirable,
yet i'll our opinion tires three and half
inches in width would prove of easier
draught than those measuring two inches
wide. Of course tho load is no heavier
with the use of tho wide tire, but is dis
tributcd over Il surface of three and
half inches in place of two inches. Tho
resistance would be about the same in
both cases, though in the case of the
wide tire distributed over nearly double
the surface. The depression caused by
the brond tires would not exceed one
half that caused by the narrow ones.
This cutting made by the narrow tires
increases tho draught to an extent far
beyond the common estimate. As tho
cutting up of the roads is lcsscncd
through tho use of broad tires, the cost
of their maintenance is considerably di-
minishcd
This important principle is so far
recognized in England that less rate
of tolls is cxacted from teams with
broad wheels than from those with mar
row tires, thus paying premium on the
use of broad tiros. For farm purposes
broad tires are decidedly preferable to
narrow wheels No one cares to have
his grass lands cut up by wheols if it can
be avoidcd-an injury which is more
likely to be inflicted by broad than by
narrow wheels. A team supplied with
the broad tires will draw load of ma
nure with far greater case over fallow
ground than that with the narrow tires,
by reason of the diminished amount of
cutting in the ground. The question OF
broad and narrow tires appears simple
enough ut first sight, but it has long
been our opinion that whatever will tend
to improve the condition of our roads
without increasing the expense, that will
reduce the labor of horses, and thereby
lessen very serious cost, ought to en-
gage tho attention of men capable of
solving such q problem. A year ago an
attempt was made in the legislature of
this State to regulate the width of the
wheels Of heavy vehicles, but the bill
was defeated by those who should have
known better.
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Greeting for 1881.

Everybody can't have a spice mill,
consequently nearly all are necessitated
to buy their spices ground. 1t is known
that spices are adulterated more than
auv other article of food. Its strength
aud pungency afford better opportunity
for adulterarion than anything else, and
some buyers think to buy large pack
age for a small amount of money sis
business. Yet we are informed that a
pint Of milk and a pint of water mixed
dom { make quart of milk. IL is the
same way with ground goods. We
grind our own spices, in our own mill.
Grind nothing but pure goods, and sell
them aI their value.
This is the season of the year for luck
in getting married-at least more mar
riages occur in the winter than at 9th ar
times, and, of course, thcJ all get mar
ried for luck. Everybody expects to
get the best eats anu drinks at said
weddings. for If they don't, ''bad luck
to you." Mothers! you know, we know,
every body knows, that you can get bet
ter coffee and spices of us than any
place else In town. Further. you can
get as good tea, extracts, sugar, flour,
cheese, raisins, and anything necessary
In lucky weddings Of US us any other
place. Aud when you arr in such good
luck to get the big girl married off your
hands, make her glad by coming to
Bowlby & Halls aud buy her a set of
dishes, glassware, wash tubs, mop stick,
pals clothes basket and numerous other
things, with groceries and provisions
enough to make good start in house,
keeping. At the Wellington Coffee and
Spice Mills. By BOwLBY q HALL
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Memoir.

AIiKNITIA INGRAHAM, died April lst,
1881, aged 70 years IL months and 10
days. She was a native of the State of
New York. was married to Nathaniel
InRraham In the year 1885,. her maiden
nsine was Abby. She was the mother
Of nine children, six of whom are still
living. In the year lS43 Mr.. Ingraham,
with his family, moved tn Ohio, and
settle.i in Huntington, Lorain County.
In 1St7 he died, since which time his
widow has h I'd her home with her son
Lendeall, In Sullivan, till last fall when
she went to her son Nathaniel, in Spen-
Ger, ut which place she died. She was
buried In the cemetery at Huntington,
by the side OF her husband. She united
with the church when quite young.
After she came To live with her son In
Sullivan she united with the Congrega-
tiOnal Church, and remained a con.is-
tant member of the same till her
deces Sc. N. j. G..
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Death OF Mrs. ]. H. Dickson.

Mrs. Dickson died Saturday at mid
night after . lingering and painful illness
Funeral services were held at the
residence Monday at 2P.M. The family
and friends have the heartfelt sympathy OF
this entire community. Rev. DR.. Boiles Of
Cleveland conducted the funeral solemnitiee,
using the service Of the Episcopal Church,
Of which the deceased was q member. He
referred to the remarkable fact that more
than forty years before, he had performed
the same sad offices for the mother of the
deceased, this daughter bearing her name
and resembling her much In character. The
death Of Mrs. Dickson makes more than 9
common void In this community, and the
loss 10 personal one to all who enjoyed her
acquaintance. No one could know her long
without being impressed with the bright.
ness OF her Intellect, the culture Of her mind
her Independence of character, and her un-
common energy. The strength OF her will
was evidenced by the heroic fortiIude with
which for years she rose above eyen the ap-
pearsnce OF invalidism, concealed her weak
ness and suffering, and to the very hour oi
her death refused to let her nlness interfere
with the comfort or with the interests OF
others. On- OF such positive traits and OF
such activity Of mind and habit would
naturally have much influence, and will be
greatly missed. The universal feeling ex
pressed 10 one OF regret and sense of bereave
ment or the sadness and sorrow In the home
from which she has gone 1t, 10 needless tc
speak. Husband, daughters, sister-eacf
heart has Its own grief and loss and lonlinees
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.NeIgA6O,1mg WezpS.
From Brighton.

Election passed of quietly, but 1t cost the
lucky ones six pounds Of candy. 1t costs
twenty-five cents to get an office In this
town, but our constable says he for one can
afford 1t, for he made sixty cents out Of his
office last year.
The Temperance Society died las. fall;
cause, Presidential Campaign. All efforts to
revive IL have thus far been unsuccessful.
The Young Peoples Lyceum died last
Friday night, or rather, it is case Of suspend
ed auimation-suspended for the summer.
Mr.. Ebert Ward and bride have gone to
Camden to live. May success attend them.
The Center School commences Tuesday
April 18th. Mr.. Frank Foote, teacher.
Every available house is occupied this
spring and many more could be let IL they
were built. Pen HOLDER.
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Grateful Women.

none are SO profoundly grateful and
show such an interest in recommend
Hop Bitters as women. IL is the only
remrdy peculiarly adapted to the many
ills the sex Is almost universally sub
ject to. Chills and fever, Indigestion
"rsderanged liv r. constant or periodi-
can sick he daches, weakness in the
back or kidneys. pain In the shoulders
and different parts of the body, n feel
Ing of lastitude and dependency, are
all readily removed by these Bitters.-
Curant
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The Secret of Happiness.

How often have we longeJ for perfect
enjoyment and how seldom found it.
Misfortune has come, or i'll health over
taken us. Perhaps cough has come
upon US which sssreat.us that drea- led
# all ",se hss, Consumption, and we feel
that death Is near. With what joy
should we he filed then, when such a
remedy AS DIR. Kings New Discovery
for consumption Is placed within
our reach. 1t has cured thousands W no
were nearer the grave than ourselves
and made their lives peaceful and happy
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Loss
OF voice, difficulty of breathing, or any
affection Of the Throat and Lungs IRE
positively cured by this Wonderful Dis
covery. Nov to give you satisfactory
proof that DR.. Kings New Discovery
will cure, If you will call at your Drug
Store you can get trial bottle for ten
cents or regularsize bottle for 81 90.
l2-ly(C)
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From Pittsheld.

The Congregational Society, at a meeting
held week before last to take into cousidera-
tion the repairs needed on the church, de-
cided to raise the building so rs to heat the
audience room by q furnace below, II the
necessary funds could be raised, estimated at
from $500 to $1,000.
Rev. c. c. Baldwin preached his closing
sermon on the Sd inst. A collection was
taken for his benefit, which amounted to
about e25.
The Township election passed of quietly,
as regards the election; hut there was a lit.
tie stir Of Q personal nature which kept
things lively but not pleasant or profitable
for any one.
Sugar making hiss been lively for few
days past, but there are some indications oI
storm, which may wind the business up.
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From Oberlin.

Two children died Of scarlet fever, April
Sd, one being III three days, the other only
sixteen hours.
Rev. w. D. Westervelt, class III, and wife,
now preaching at Manitou, Col, are visiting
their parents In town.
At the State Oratorical Contest at Wester-
VILE, Otterbein and Oberlin were the only
colleges represented, and the altcrnstes were
given chance. r. 8. Lindsay took the fret
prize, and W. J. Turner the second; both Of
Oberlin.
DR.. Lorenzo Firmin, a wealthy and benevo-
lent physician Of Findlay, Ohio, has decided,
in fee simple, to Oberlin College, eight hun
dred acres of Missouri land.-News.
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How She Saved Money.

"For nearly six years my daughter
was most of the time Ou sick-bed from
kidney and other disorders peculiar to
women. We had used mp our savings
on doctors aud prescriptions without
any brnetit. Our dominic advised us
To try Parker's Ginger Tonic, ana four
bottles eff cted II marvellous cnre, As
il has been our only medlciue since,
and a dollars worth has kept our family
well over n year, we have been able to
lay by little money again tnr a rainy
day. A Poor Mans Wife. a7-4
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From Huntington.

F. Farmers who have to buy feed are singing
"why are my winters SO lonx:"
Sugar makers have plenty to do.
Mrs. Ingrahm was buried April Sd, services
conducted Ivy Rev. N. Close. Of Sullivan. An
afiectionatc mother rests from her isbors.
A more extended notice will doubtless be
given by her pastor.
"The sound Of the rhurch-going bell these
valleys and rocks meyer heard" more clearly
than on last Sabbath morning. Our country
Churches may well congratulate themselves
on the distinct tone of their bells, yet, we re-
gret to say, We have few families who heed
them not, nor smile when the Sabbath sp-
pears" To our Church sections permit US to
say, Ring, sextons, ring; let the revei bersting
echoes of the Sabba;h's chime widen and ex-
tend its harmonic notes till its harmony shall
mingle with the melody Of heaven. q,
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Shiloh's Consumption Cure.

This is beyond question the most sue
':eSsiul Cough Medicine we have ever
old, few d"ses Invariably cure the
worst case of Cough, Group, and Bron-
chitis, while its wonderful success in
the cure of Consumption is without "a
parallel in the history of medicine
on a guarantee, q test which no other
mediciue can stand. II you have a
Cough we earnestly ask yoa to try 1t.
Price 10 cts., 90 cts. and sl.OO. If your
Lun S are sore, Chest, or Back, Lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price 25c.
Sold by III. G.. Starr & Co. 6eow-ly(E)
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Given up bv the Doctors.

Where doctors have failed to cure,
and have given their patients up to die,
Electric Bitters have often been useh, &,
aud a cure effected, greatly TO the
astonishment of all. Diseases of the
Sfomach, Liver, Kidneys and Urinary
Organs are positively cured by Electric
Bitters. They invariably cure Com
sripation, Headache and all Bilious
Attacks. Try them, and be convinced
that they are the best mediciue used.
5 I'D by all druggists, at fifty cents a
bottle. 10 6m(C)
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Answer This Question

Why do so many people we see
around us, seem to prefer to suffer and
be made miserable by Indigestion, Con-
stipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite,
Coming up of the Food, Yellow Skin,
when for 75 cts. we will sell them
Shiloh's Vitalizer, guaranteed to
& Co. 6eow-ly(E)
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Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.

a marvellous cure for Catarrh, Diph-
theria, Canker mouth, aud Head Ache.
With each bottle there is an ingenious
nasal Injector for the mpr successful
Treatment of those complaints without
extra charge. Price Scots. Sold by ii.
G. Starr & Co. 6eow-Iy(E)
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MARRIED.

CoArks-PFKIrrER.-Atthe the residence of
the brides parents, in Grafton, on
Mr.. Frank +. Coates, of Wellington,
to Miss Emma L. Pfeiffer, OF Grafton.
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ercises last Friday were worthy of u
church audience instead Of what could
assemble in Q parlor. ... -l.r7 20 &.
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