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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-05-25
NOTICE
70 Tourists and HeaIth-Seekers.
Summer Schedule 10 the Mountains Of West
ern North Carolina.
SPA2TAABy2G, UNION & COLUMBIA R. R.,
AND
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tot! with tiuwu ir:.ir on e. :; e. X. L. from
Ncwbcrry.
Close connection is made at Aston with
train from Co!unbia on Greenvillc & Colum-
bia Road. At Columbia, connection is made
from Charleston, Wilmington and Augusta.
At SpartanEurg, connection is made ct
Air Line Depot with trains from Atlanta
and Charlotte, also with Stage Line TO Glenn
Springs.
Parties desirous of visiting Ca .ar's Head
or other points Of - crest can be provided
with first class conyryanceS from the Livery
Stables in Hendersonville at reasonable
rates.
These Roads are in excellent condition;
furnished with first class Coaches; provided
with all necessary appliances for safety and
comfort Of Passengers. At Spartanburg apd
Hendersonville the Hotel accommodations
are now ample for L large increase Of traVel !.
They will be found we'll supplied wita good
Mountain fare at reasonable ra;cs.
JAS. ANDERSON, Supt.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

A CURIOUS FIND.-While digging a
well, some days ago, at Red Hills" the
farm of Mr.. A. Russow, the digger came
upon a well-defined brick wall, about 10
feet below the surface. The wall ran
squarely along the edge of the we'll, and
was built of fine pressed brick. The out
line of the wall, and even the mortar
between the bricks was in perfectly
natural state. although the bricks them
selves had softened, SO that they could
be crumbled with the hand.
Those who saw the wall represent that
it was built Of fine material, and the
work was well executed. The bricks
were much smaller than these used at
the present day, The well was dug on
the crest of hill, and it is strange that
a wall which seemed to be the outer wall
of house, should be found there. Per-
haps an ancient city lies buried beneath
that hill, and in the interests of science
the excavations should be pushed for
ward until some definite reason for the
existence of the wall is found. -Char-
lottesUile Jetersonian.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04
IssO.IssI.
An old man lies upon the ground,
Famine-stricken and faint and stark,

An old man lies upon the ground,
Famine-str; cken and faint and stark,
Wearing upon his flesh the mark
OF scourge anl rod and in his hand,
Cluuching tb e hilt of a naked sword.
His lips essay to shape word
That dies unspoken for lack OF breath,
Over his eyes the film Of death,
His forehead carries the crimson brand
OF martyrdom and crime.
Hark tits the year knell's dismal sound,
An old man les upon the ground,
In the mid highway of time.
A young chilI stands before the gates;
Clothed in a mantle tenebrous.
Child, what have you got for us?
Are you the herald Of new hope,
Or is your name 1.-The terrible7"
He does not answer, cannot tell;
But in his .Ifant hands he holds
Crumpled and creased in curious folds,
An undeciphered horoscope.
Listen! the New Years chime
Athwart the black air penetrates.
A young child stands before the gates,
In the mid highway of time.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04
&. To speak plainly, you look like a

fright !"
~ must say, john" retorted his wife
with an injured air, "that you are very
difficult to suit. 1 have spent the great
er part of the morning in following the
suggestions you gave me at breakfast
and still you find fault. What is it now
I'd like to know? Here is the unbroken
sweep of skirt; the classic outline of the
head-I think that is what you call it.
And you surely cannot say that this hat
is too high, or that its elegant simplici-
ty-I quote your own wOrds-is des-
troyed by any superabundance of
flowers, feathers and ribbons"
Mr.. Harding turned very red.
"That is all nonsense, Mary. I had
only three hours at my disposal, and it's
now half past three. I thought should
find you all ready"
II shall be ready in halfa minute"
replied his wife, tying on her hat.
! Mr.. Harding looked at her in hOrrifis
ed establishment.
| "Do you think that l am going to take
you out in such dress as that? Why
you look like an escaped lunatic!"
! Just here the door-bell rang.
"Its Judge Howe" said Mr.. Harding
as he listened to the voice, in reply to
the servant who answered it. Hes
come expressly to see you. For pity g
sake go up stairs and put on something
decent. I wouldn't have him see you
in that dowdy thing for any consldera'
tionu'
Twill you promise"
"I'll promise anything!" interposeC
Mr.. Harding, drawing his wife towards
the door which opened into the back
parlor, and through which she disap'
peared just as their visitor was announc
ed.
In an almost incredible short space OF
time Mrs. Harding entered the parlol
where her husband and their guest were
seated, looking so different that no ont
not intimately acquainted with he
would have recognized her.
Mr.. Harding drew long sigh of re
lief as he looked at the pretty, Hastily
attired woman of whom he had often
spoken to his friend, Judge Howe, and
to whom he was so proud to presen
her.
: In the gay and animated conversation
that followed, and all the pleasan
2 thoughts to which it gave rise, he for
got everything else; not so with Mrs
' Harding. AS soon as the door CLOSED
| dlISI UuC1l NlSltOl, ohO CuAhON Nv i"NSA
ing eyes full upon her husbands face.
HNow, John, let US have fair ant
$ clear understanding; 1 want to suit yo1
S if it is possible thing. Which of thes
two styles of dressing do you wish nj
to adopt ?"
d 81 shouldn't suppose you'd ask such
y question, Mary. Seeing you once in tn
peculiar costume you assumed is quit
t enough for me, assure you"
81 assumed it to please you-don't for
: get that"
# "You failed in your object, then. T.
u speak frankly, I,didn't suppose itpossi
}, BILE for you to look so downright ugly i
u anything"
Il "You are not over complimentary,
-, laughed Mrs. Harding. ''But no matter
u if you're satisfied, [ am. Don't look S
crestfallen, John you are not bit MOI
inconsistent than the rest of your Sc
q who give ours so much sage advice il
Ii regard to matters they know nothin
e about. If the wives and daughters Q
these modern Solomons should dress a
), they advise other peoples wives an
u daughters to do they wouldn't be seen i
= the street with them"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04
Guilty of Wrong.

Some people have fashion of confus-
ing excellent remedies with the large
mass of "patent medicines" and in this
they are guilty of wrong. There are
some advertised remedies fully worth
all that is asked for them, and one at
least we know of-Hop Bitters. The
writer has had occasion to use the Bit
tiers in just such climate as we have
most of the year in Bay City, and has
always found them them to be first class
and reliable, doing all that is claimed
for then. Tribune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

If you want to study the immense
variety of the human face in expression,
yon should bend your gaze upon the
mobile countenance of a deaf and dumb
man when he reaches under the plank
walk for q lost nickel and picks up q
raw humble bee by the stem.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

The fountain Of content must spring
up in the mind, and he who has so little
knowledge of human nature as to seek
happiness by changing anything but his
disposition will waste his life in fruit
less efforts, and multiply the griefs that
he proposes to remove.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

"Out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh." True; but also
out of the emptiness of the heart the
mouth can speak even more volubly.
He who can always find the word which
is appropriate and adequate to his emo
lions is not the man whose emotions
are deepest; warmth of feeling is one
thing, performance is another.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

A MOTHERS LovE.-Words are moth
ing to paint mothers love, a mothers
consultations. A baby's smile contains
the divinest essence of all earthly solace-
ment; chiid's love soothes without
weakening; it demands so much that in
blessing it one is blessed by it unawares.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04
A Counting in the O1den Days.
Detroit Free Pres.

lbSoiolU lCC iCoe-l
Thirty years ago Michigan people
were frank and truthful set. Strangers
could come here and trade horses with
their eyes shut, and breach of promise
cases were unknown. Folks meant
what they said, and when they gave
their word stuck to it.
Exactly thirty years ago this month
wldower from New York State appear
ed IN Lansing on business. That same
business carried him over to Dewitt,
eight miles away. While on the way
he stopped at log farm house to warm
his cold fingers. He was warmly wei
coined by the pioneer and his wife, both
of whom were we'll along in years, and
after some general talk, the woman
queried:
Am I right in thinking you are a
widower?
Yes
Did you come here to find wife?'
Partly
Did anybody tell you of Susie?'
NO.
We'll, we've got as bouncing a girl of
twenty-five as you ever set eyes on.
She's goOd-looking, healthy and good
natured, and I think she'll like your
looks
Where is she?'
Over in the woods, here, chopping
down coon-tree. Shall 1 blow the horn
| for her?'
No; if you'll keep an eye on my
horse I'll find her.
wei, there's nothing stuck-up or af-
fected about Susie. She'll say yes osno as
sOoa as she looks you over If yCu want
her, don't be afraid to say so.'
The stranger heard the sound of her
axe and followed it. He found her just
as the tree was ready to fall. She was a
stout, good-looking girl, swinging the
axe like man, and in two minutes he
had decided to say
Susie, Pm widower from New York
), State; l am thirty. years old, have
one child, own a good farm, and I want
a wife. Will you go back home with
me?'
She leaned on the axe and looked at
him for half minute, and then re,
Piled
Can't say for certain. Just wait till
l get these coons off my mind
She sent the tree crashing to the earth,
and with his help killed five coons,
which were slowed away in a hollow.
We'll, what do you say p he asked, as
the last coon stopped kicking.
Pm your'n" was the reply; and by
the time you get back from Dewitt I'Il
have these pelts off and tackled up and
be ready for the preacher
He returned to the house, told the old
folks that he should bring a preacher
back with him, and at dusk that even
ing the twain were married.
Hardly an hour had been wasted in
counting, and yet he took home one of
the best girls in the State of Michigan.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

Have good deal Of faith in an ever
ruling Providence, but pillow early and
often, and use the cultivator as often,
with plenty of manure in the hill. Then
with occasional rains, Providence will
never hide smiling countenance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

Is it not strange that some men hath
vice and are vicious, love virtue and do
not follow it?
1t is more easy to be wise for others
than for ourselves.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

The Unknown is an Ocern and Con-
science is the Compass of the Unknown.
Thought, Meditation, and Prayer are
the three great mysterious pointings of
the needle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

A man may be said to know thorough
ly only what he can correctly commu-
nicate to others.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

There is nothing lower than hypoc-
risy. To profess friendship and act en-
nifty is sure proof of total depravity.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

The human mind is like vast firma-
ment lighted on all sides by stars of diff
ferent magnitude.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-01-04

"Pears to me your mill goes awful
SLOW" said an impatient farmer boy to
miller; II could eat that meal faster'D
you grind it." "How long doyou think
you could do it, my lad?" quoth the
miller. "Till starved to DEATH" an
swered the boy.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-25
Hsksrsd at the Peat omos 1T Morristown, Tenn
as second class mstter.l
YERns OF THE GAZETTE.

BATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. = One
gear (S9 GOSuOa) $3.50; sir months, IS cts;
Tires EaSnkhs, 20 ee1G&s.
Rates or AID YERTZSLNG. One Aoin
fret inaortiSn, o.; eaeh subsequent irsser-
con, 80 Csnts;; displayed advertisement
sStH b. charged GceOrdsag to tho space ece4
ped ct GbOee rates.
70 REG ELAR ADVERTISERS zee Of
TSr superior Inducements, both as to rate
9GhAs1ss and fsGARST o. Displaying Their
SssOrS.
NOTICES IN LOCAL OOLUfNS-1o
eGats per Line for first iHSsretOgs and 8 cents
pSr EjFe for sGcA additional insertion.
OBITUARY NOTICES, Tributes Of Re.
spAct and Cards Of Thanks charged JoT
&C regular advertisements.
ALL Bills fer adUSrtisiHg are due tchen
contracted aud payable on demand.
COMMUNICATE TONS must be ace0nlpaR-
I'D b. the tFHS gaGDle and address Of hG
SSritor iH order to rece6Be attention.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-25

"Harpcr's New Monthly Maya
zine" June, 1881. Harper 3 Broth.
ers, New York. The number opens
with the first Of a sketch Of tho
White Mountains, illustrated, n well.
worn theme, which seems 10 DO
ever new. OF the illustrated arti.
cles, Our Ruby Throat a paper
on our common humming birds, 30.
lowed by A Neglected Corner ID
Europe" relating 10 Lisbon a bal.
lads and Music Of Shakespeare :"
Edwin Booth, with portraits. aud
a very fair and apprcciativc review
by William Winter n notice OF
Ciyilletti, ayoung and promising
Italian sculptor, by Prof Luigi
Mont, and very fun and satisihc.
tory narrative from recent docu.
mcnts Of Tho Trial OF Jeanne
Dare" The serial novels, " Anne
and "A Loadicean, are continued.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-25

A party Of twenty-six omigrauts
TOR Texas, all from Cooke county,
left our depot last Wednesday morn
ing. Among the rest was Mr.. W
ii. Fine, an old and respectable citi.
zen Of Cooke county, a son Of Abram
Fine, who as sheriff Of Cooke couu.
ty made his name famous many
years ago, in breaking up a baud of
counterieiters, who was couduc.
tor Of the party. Mr.. Fine carried
on his shoulder a rife gun that was
in the battle Of Kings mountain, ia
the revolutionary war, and also lea
the battle of New Orleans.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-25

We pity the lady who cannot afford
10 meet the flowers add the binds Win
bright new apring dress sand, Speaking
Of bircs-tho earliest ones 81 which
generally get The worms-remlnds us
that Mrs. Winslow's Celebrated Nt-
mifuge, which als0 gets The worms. has
come out "a new dress. aud 10 pow
put up in square bottles. vith o bright
yellow wrapper, and u attractive 10
look AZ, whatever h may be- 90 tatte.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-25

A prominent gentleman IN Ccrro
Gordo county, Iowa, writes us that
he finds Kidney Wort to b. the best
remedy he ever knew for a compli-
cation Of diseases. II n the specific
action which Il has on the liver.
kinoys and bowels, which gives Il
such curative power, and Il Il the
thousand OF cures which Il " Ior.
forming which gives i IL great
celebrity. Liquid very conccutra-
ted or dry, both act efficiently
~. II. Journal and Courier.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-25

Il Is remhrkaDIe sop 70 Akcl
said cX-Gov. HoratiO Seymour, re.
serring &c the resignation Of Sena-
tors Conkliug and Plat, and hc
added {" Il will show the people
that twenty years Of lceuso has
brought the Republican party down
to a life and-dcath eight for tho pos
season Of a few miserable Offices.
Senator Conkllngmarried a sister Of
Mr.. Seymour.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-25

We have not space to go into the
details of the local inducements to
the construction of this road. We
will here content ourselves by say
ing that construction of the road
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-09
The President.

There was a decided improvement in
the Presidents condition yesterday.
He was restless OH Wednesday night
until midnight, but after that hour he
slept well until morning. At s O'Clock
A. NJ. his pulse was 104, temperature
98.7 and respiration 18. Before 10
O'Clock a refreshing breeze from the
ocean set in and had beneficial effect
upon the patient. His pulse at noon
was "a, temperature 98.4 and respira-
ton II. At $50 P. M. his pulse was
100, temperature SO, respiration 18.
During the day he took liberal
amount Of nourishment, both solid and
liquid, with apparent relish, and the
enemata were discontinued. The favor
able symptoms yesterday inclined many
Of those about the President to the
belief that he had at length begun to
start on the road to convalescence.
To-pAY,s BULLETIN, $50 O'CLOCK A.
M.-The condition of the gland and wound
is improving. He was somewhat wake
full, but not restless, during the night and
slept sufficiently on the whole. During
the last "A hours he has made favorable
progress. Pulse, 100; Temperature, 9S.5
Respiration, II.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-09

THE prospect for a successful Fair
at Middletown this year is very bright.
The applications for space already re-
ceiyed at the Secretary's Office insure
full exhibits in almost all departments,
while the list Of entries in trials Of
speed, published elsewhere in our col
umns, is encouraging indeed. Never
before in the history Of the Peninsular
Association has the list Of entries been
50 large for the number Of races, nor
the classes SO evenly filled. Owing to
the fact that we went to press but a
few hours after the time fixed for the
closing Of the entries, it is altogether
probable that others, mailed in due
time, have not yet reached the Secre-
tary, which will swell the list still fur
ther. The entries for the special class,
2.24 horses, do not close until Monday
night. This class will doubtless be
well filled, too. Good weather and
sufficient enthusiasm among our own
people is all that is needed to make the
Eighth Annual Peninsular Fair great
success.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-09

THE PRESIDENT was removed on
Tuesday from Washington to Long
Branch. Admirable arrangements
were made for the journey by which
the iolts and jars incident to railroad
travelling were avoided and the patient
il said to have experienced little dis
comfort during the trip Of 225 miles.
The run was made in six hours and
forty minutes. The train arrived at
Long Branch little after one O'Clock.
A temporary railroad to the cottage
prepared for the reception Of the pa.
tient had been laid during the night.
The transfer was soon accomplished
and the President made as comfortable
as possible. In consequence Of the
heat and the excitement of the journey
there was marked rise in the patients
pulse, it having reached 124 soon aftel
the arrival, but this was expected and
not regarded with special alarm by tht
physicians.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-09
The Hot Day.

While Philadelphia did not prove to
be the banner city for heat yesterday
she was not far in the rear. At about
? O'Clock the Signal Service officers
stood wiping their prespiring brows
with their shirt sleeves as the mercury
rose to 1014 degrees in the unusually
cool tower, seventy-five feet above the
pavement and free from all the radiated
heat which almost stifled the luckless
wight who walked the burning side
walks. The official records for the past
nine years were obtained and it was
found that yesterday was not only the
warmest September day since 1872, but
was actually the hottest day Of all these
years.
The maximum heat Of the warmest
summer day for each Of these years and
also the greatest heat experienced in
each September will be shown by the
q -, II
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-09
"A Social Call.

We had a pleasant visit yesterday
from lightning-rod agent Of long and
varied experience. He called on us to
convince us that our humble home
would be much improved by having
about $3.50 worth Of rods sticking up
above it for the Tightening to slide
down easily in time of thunder storms.
We hadn't time to be convinced yester-
day, and 50 pursuaded our visitor to
postpone his argument until we got
some leisure on our hands. But we
expect to be very busy for the next
thirty years. We have no doubt if we
had the time to hear the agent in full,
on lightning, we would be convinced
or dead. These lightning-rod agents
have sort Of convincing way about
them, and when they undertake to con
vince man that he needs 450 feet OF
rod on his barn you might as well tell
him to put up his ladder and go to
work, and send in his bill next summer.
They are genial fellows, though, always
social always easy to get acquainted
with. And they can tell you about
anything you want to know without
looking in the book. Their profession
is high and philanthropic one. They
are ever ready to save your life from
the frey bolt, at sixty cents q foot, o.
therabouts. Then they always drive
nice horses and wear Sunday smile on
week days, and are usually happy and
pleasant. Somehow, we have always
liked lightning-rod agents, and we
have met a great many Of them in our
time. Once we lost two days to lay
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-09

over and attend ones funeral in o
western town. He fell seventy-eight
feet from the steeple Of the Baptist
Church and struck on the stone pave
ment below. He never spoke q dozen
words after he lit. a physician was
sent for in haste, and the first question
lie asked was Has he quit talking r"
The messenger answered in the affir-
native, and the physician shook his
head sadly and said, " Alas, there is no
hope" He was right. The man was
one Of the deadest men for his size we
ever saw. He had splendid funeral.
No event in that town perhaps ever
attracted 50 much interest. 1t was
very largely attended and hardly man
in the procession had dry eye in his
head.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-09
CONDITIONS.

Entrance fee, ten per cent of the purse
Five or more to enter, three to start. All the
races are trotting races, mile heats to har-
ness, best three In five, except Purse No. g.,
and will be conducted strictly according to
the rules of the National TrOtting Associa-
ton, to which this Association belongs
Heats in each days races will be trotted al
ternately. Where eight or more horses start
III a heat the distance will be one hundred
and fifty yards, and to continue so through
the race. A horse distancing the field orany
part thereof, will be entitled to only one
Premium. All entries must be made in
writing, and all entries not actually received
at the hour of closing are ineligible, except
letters by registered letter, bearing post
mark not later than the day of closing or
entries notified by telegraph, telegram to be
actually received at the office of sending. ut
or before the hour of closing, and such tele-
gram to state color, sex and name of the
horse, and class to be entered, and also 10
give the name and residence of the party
making the entry. Entries close Thursday
9 p. m, September LIST. 1881. Entries to lie
made to the
KENT co. AGRICULTURAL ASSOiN.
aug l94t Chestertown, Kent County, Md