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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
Advice to Lovers.

The experience of a student at Stutt-
CART has been the aus Of q tragedy
most painful and unnecessary. The
Young man fell love with a very
pretty girl, and his affection being duly
i]eciprocated he wrote repeatedly to her
parents for their consent to q marriage.
Receiving no answer he got out of pa
thence and poisoned himself, The next
day a letter came firm the parents with
their consent. The young woman was
so aggravated by her lovers lack OF
Judgment that she also consumed poison,
and expired at his funeral.
The first mistake made by this young
a was in writing to the parents. A
personal interview with the father was
what he should have sought, even
though it was likely to be at the ex-
pense of q refusal. In the average
courtship, the needy lover and the male
parent are natural enemies. The one
with whom the young woman finally
sides is the one that will win, and in the
end her support is likely to go to the
man who shows the most persistent
pluck. When a sutton does not tackle
the old man face to face, but writes
letters instead, it implies o lack of
confidence in the justice Of mis-
cause. If he has the courage of his
convictions, the entire trust in the sin
cerity of hiS sweetheart's attachment,
he should regard the preliminary veto
of her relative as merely q mark OF his
affectionate regard for his daughters
welfare-a ~disagreeable formality which
it is well to get through with us soon as
possible. Then the lover has only to
go to work and provide himself with
the means of independent support
when, if the young woman is Of age,
and they remain of the same mind, they
can go and get married.
But for any man to allow himself to
believe that his chance OF happiness
rests upon the reply of q parent, who
may be imbued with prejudice, to a
letter that may be full Of nonsense, is
not wise. Letters are but written char
acters, which may express, or may dis
guise the writer's thoughts. But facts
are much o substantial, and may be
trusted to stand wear and tear.
If the sutton has neither the courage
of his convictions, nor confidence in the
damsel, he is certainly in q bad way,
and perhaps would do we'll to emigrate
and try to grow up with some young
country. Poison is not likely to make him
feel better. Indeed, 30 for rs is known,
it benefits no one but the undertakers.
-Neu York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
Jolly Rats on q Rocking Horse.

A good rat story is told by q lady
who lives on North Front street, which
shows that rats con have q Kind of hu-
NOR about them Mt times which they
will exercise even to the extent of for
getting their plundering propensities'
In the house Of this lady was q child's
rocking-horse, and every night the rats
would Jump on the rocking-horse and
start it rocking and rock it for hours,
seemingly with the greatest en- oyment
in the world. At first, hearing the
noise, the people couldn't imagine the
cause, and didn't know but that the spir-
it's had q hand in it but when they
cautiously peered out and saw the per-
Torrance, it became one of the marvels
of the neiglborhood to see the rats in
their gambols enjoying themselves,
laughing and having their fun rocking
the horse.-Kingston "a. ~ Freeman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
Cheap but Ornamental Fernery.

Take an old tin pan condemned to the
retired list by reason of holes in the
bottom, get a few cents worth of green
paint, and paint it. The holes in the
bottom are a recommendation for it's
new service. If there are no holes you
must drill two or three, as the drainage
is essential. Now put q layer one inch
deep of broken charcoal we the bot
tom, and then soil in the following
proportions: One-half wood soil,
such as you find in forests under the
trees; one-fourth clean sand one
fourth meadow soil taken from under
turf; mix with this some charcoal dust.
In this soil plant all kinds of ferns aud
swamp grasses. Around the edge put
a border of money plant O periwinkle
to hang over. This will need but occa-
sional watering and will grow all win
ter in your room without sunny e1-
posure. Suspend by wires if you prefer
q hanging basket.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
At Sunset


When life's low sun is sinking slow and sad,
How cold and sharp the heightened shadows
fall!
They lie projected OF the Strengthened pain,
Whose narrow points, grave-must end 1t all
SO light a thing-a wavering look, . doubt
Some small and slender fear- impedes tne
light;
And yet it is enough to darken heaven,
And fill the soul with terror and with night
There is no tine for youths diyineat rage,
Hours of recall, that knit the chain anew;
The flower may be reset, and live; the tree
Uprooted once, must perish where 1t grew.
Oh, Life! so grudging in your gifts, redeem
By one great boom the losses Of the past
Give me o full, imperishable faith,
And let the light be with me to the last.
-MaryL Ritter, IN Scr56ns..
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NV Husband.


Who took me from my %childhood's home
To love me for myself alone,
And for my sacrifice atone?
My husband!
Who grimbled at the poor beefsteak,
And babe ME better coffee make,
And told me greater care to take?
My husband!
Who swore because the baby cried,
And to the spare room quickly hied,
While I 10 quiet, vsinly tried?
My husband!
Who tore the buttons off his shirt,
And said l could those ills avert,
Ii l vas more on the alert?
NJ husband!
Who babe me rise, the fire to make,
While he another nap should take,
Although I'd been all night awake?
My husband!
Who, when l ask for half q crown,
knits up his brows into q frown,
And asks me where the others gone?
My husband.
And when l see my mother, dear,
Who tries my lonely lot to cheer?
Who says she's d~readfully, dreadfully queer
Ny husband!
Who stays out till late at night,
And then comes home 80 very tight
That / nearly die of fright?
My husband!
Who breaks the china, slams the door,
Leaves all his clothes upon the floor,
And swears it's all a dreadful bore?
My husband
And who do ], for his dear sake,
Of every sacrifice partake,
Lest I his confidence should shake?
My husband.
Amin Eli
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finished, I saw the hands 60 half way
to the saddened face, bat fall again in
obedience to a will-command.
81 will write it tonight, and bring it
early tomorrow" she said, "for to-
morrow is st. Valentines day"
And although I reached the Office ear
lier than usual next morning, Winona
was there before me, looking, poor child,
as though she had passed a weary, sleep
less night.
"I have brought the verses" she
said, sand I hope YOU will like them"
clam sure I SHALL" I replied. "Read
them to me, Winona."
'When first by mc-Heav'n bless the hour
That face Of beauty rare was seen,
That voice was heard. my slumbring heart
Straightwav awoke and owned its queen.
"'And never can it sleep again,
But filled with loves supreme delight,
The lovely image entertain
In thoughts by day, in dreams by night.
But with thy image can I not
Forever, dear, contented be,
And so I pray st. Valentine
To give thy charming sclf to me-
"And I hope you'll be very happy"
said Winona, choking a rising sob. .
but perhaps she won't have me-"
said l..
Won't have you? repeated Winona,
as though such a thing was impossible.
"She might not. But I shall soon
know my fate. Here is an envelope.
Please direct it,"
Winona waited with uplifted pen.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
"Miss Winona Silver"
"Miss Winona Silver. You have
written a valentine to Yourself"
And you mean it,"
"I mean every word Of it. If you
doubt me, add p. S. in plainest prose.
will You be my wife
"T'm the happiest girl in the whole
world" said Winona, "and I'll never
write another story the longest day 1
live"
took her little hands in mine. "You
never shall, my darling,"I said, when
the office door flew open, and in stalked
the chief. "Mr. Penton-Miss Silver,
my intended wife, fastened to say
with much discontinue, it must be con-
fessed. "And now, Winona," I added,
"run away home, aid never come here
again. I must not be disturbed during
business hours"
ct am glad to see that you have so
| strict a sense of the fitness of things"
said Mr.. P%enton, with a grim smile,
which led me to believe that Mr.. War,
rem, our scientific editor, whose desk
was at the extreme end of the long
room, had not been as deeply absorbed
in his work at times as I had thought
him to be.-Hmpa's Weekbr~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
The Bath of the Wanderer.

Burdette, the humorist of the Burling-
ton Kaukeye, in one Of his letters, writ
ten on a railroad train while on q lectur-
ing tour, perpetrates the following:
"There is the honest emigrant,"
said the tall, thin passenger. 81 be-
lieve he is going to wash his face"
And really it did look as though that
was the mans mad intention. He had
gone to a clear pool of water beside the
track, and was apparently getting ready
for his additions. .,
"See him peel off his raiment," said
the man on the woodbox.
"He hasn't very much to peel OF" the
fat passenger said. :,
"Wait," said the tall, thin passenger"
she hasn't got started yet"
The emigrant first %unwrapped a COM
forter from his neck and then slowly took
off q gray overcoat, with q short waist and
long skirts, reaching to his heels. Then
he unwonnd a led wooden comforter from
his neck, and then took off q short pea
jacket of heavy blue cloth. Then he
unwrapped a gray comforter from his neck
and took off a leather jacket, very tight
fitting and very greasy. He then unwound
a long flannel scarf from his neck and
took off q black vest, and then he released
his neck from the folds of q gray wooden
comforter, and then he took off red vest
and unwound another comforter, andthen
he took off another vest and IL flannel
scarf that was tied around his neck, and
another vest and another comforter and
another flannel scarf and another vest and
another scarf and another vest and an
other comforter and another vest
"That man has robbed u clothing
house" said the cross passenger. .
The emigrant. calmly unw1apped
from his neck q long red wooden COM
forter--
Il WONDER" said the fat passenger.
"if he got through the custom house
that way%
And then took off another vest
"Why," exclaimed the tall thin
passenger. she is no bigger than l am
And then he unrolled another COM
fortcr from his neck
BY George" exclaimed the mai on
the woodhox, "he'll get down to his
bones in two more 'peels."
And the emigrant calmly unbuttoned
another vest
Suddenly the whistle Of the train was
heard in the distance, and another OF
the party of immigrants shouted to tile
would-be bather:
"Jarliche JAMS krund Biorneke Bjorn-
ekessen ! Hohickcdicncn dgakrominieke
thorlik jd sounden da s%mockerich ach es
da trainege ansegekommek."
And then the race began. The train
came along, waited three minutes and
sped away, and long, long after we left
the station We could look back and see
that rash emigrant, from the land
Njordvaldsen, shooting himself into a job
lot of ~partv-colored vests, and hauling
upon himself m avalanche of comforters,
in the vain hope of showing himself under
in time to catch the next train
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
Buttcrscotcl1

Take one pound of G sugar and
three ounces of butter; place them in o
preserving-kettle, or a clean, bright pan
will do; keep stirring it, and watch
closely that it does not burn on the
edges; q trial is necessary to know when
it is done; drop a little of the mixture
in cold water, and if it is brittle it is
right; just at the conclusion of the
cooking q %teaspoonful of grated lemon
rind improves the flavor; o piece oil
marble, well buttered, is the best to
pour it out on, or take q tin pan, re-
verse it, and pour the candy on the bot
tom, always buttering it; score with q
knive; to pour it on CREASED paper saves
much trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
DinrrEen in Cows.

When q COW is troubled with con-
slant diarrhea, says an exchange, it is
reasonable to suspect the presence of
worms in the intestines. It would in
this case be advisable to give her a pint
of linseed oil with one pint of turpen-
tine, and repeat the third day. If the
diarrhea continues and no worms are
discharged, repeat the same. If the
food is all right the oil and turpentine
should remove the diarrhea, although
it may be caused by indigestion and
not by worms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
Delicate Hands and Hard Work.

Have a number of thick holders hang
ing up near the stove, 80 that there is
no necessity of burning the hands with
hot stove or kettle handles. Too much
soft soap will make the hands crack.
They should always be washed in clean,
soft water Immediately after dish: wash
ing or hopping. Five cents worth of
borax dissolved in q quart bottle of soft
water should always be found on the
wash-stand, and it is desirable to rinse
the hands in q little of the borax water
two or three times q day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
Sheep.

The Chicago DrorerS' Journal tells
how q man of ordinary cal can in O
few years have a flock of sheep equal TO
the best "Secnre q few good common
ewes at first" it says "and buy s. pure
~ bred ram every year or two 10
couple with the best ewes in the flock,
and fatten for market the inferior ones.
Thus, by using none but thoroughbred
rams, and selecting each year the best
ewes in the flock for reproduction,
sheep.growing may be made more
proftable."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
Spreading Manure.

1t is always better to spread manure
as it is drawn than to put it in heaps.
When put in heaps a large portion OF
the soluble matter is left in the
| ground under the heaps, and makes
these spots too rich, and of course de,
prives the rest of the ground of its
proper share. When it is spread as
drawn there is no waste, the soil is
equally benefited, and when the ground
is worked over in the spring with the
wheel harrow tr the cultivator the
whole is we'll mixed together. There is
! also a saving of labor, as n handling
! is avoided.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16

Coal is nothing else than ferns, MOSES
and sea-weeds, petritied beneath the
surface of water in the absence of dir.
There are no less than $50 different
srecles Of plants petritied into coal, OF
which $50 at least nrc gigantic ferns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16

A Paris manufacturer claims to have
discovered a process for substituting
the leaves of the eucalyptus tire, which
in burning emit a delicious perfume,
for tobacco leaves in making cigars.
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HUMOROUS.
Small talk baby's prattle.

Small talk-A baby's prattle.
"a bird in the hand is worth two"
dollars and a half, if it happens TO be
q canary.
Barber: "Thin out your hair q bit,
sir?" Customer: "No, never mind:
envy wife attends to that. But just oil
it we'll"
When it is announced that a politician
is in the hands of his friends, it is I'M
derstood that they will take him home
all right.
There is a good deal Of human nature
in the canary. He never feels SO much
like lifting up his voice as when others
are talking.
The hard compounds Of rubber arc
now used for veneering furniture. EI-
cellent limitations of ornamental woods
are produced.
Bridgeport man says his vie Is only
half like o telescope. He can draw her
out, but he can't shut her up.-Nm77s-
torn Herald.
"People generally dream Of their oc
cupations," says the Philadelphia Ne:os.
The body-snatcher must have q nice
time of it when he's asleep.
A tailor was startled the other day BY
the return of o bill, which he had sent
to an editor, with O notice thu the
manuscript was respectfullydechned.
Weighers and guagers are not, 60 q
class, much heavier than other men, but
they frequently weigh five hundred
nonnds, md sometimes o ton.-Cdm-
bridge Tribune.
"rm saddest when I sing" writes Q
musical poet. Don't sing then. Well
excuse YOU. Our hearts IS big as
fYeetrand ws knoWxEyoHrnalg1lk0l ~
Lbless us-7FMe8eSy
aNsvotsh ~
no doubt isz1N lent tnazin,g hQ1TH
would rot detrgc 50 much o some
-msn's personal appearance, perhaps,
were fsSSto let the individual alone
when he is MP.
A boy who found a 81, 900 check re.
turned it to it's owner and received five
cents as q reward. We are glad to see
that virtue is in sympathy with the
general business boom--it may now
be fairly quoted at five cents.--Puc&.
She many suitors did refuse,
With air compressed and calm;
But when the right one asked her hand,
He carried of the palm.
Puck.
But a change came DER the maiden's dream,
Another sutton came;
She straightway took away her hand,
And palmed it off again.
-Eerdted Ratssray journal.
A young man who had married a
woman more than twice his age, wa
asked by e friend how he came to make
such o choice. He answered: II had
lately finished the perusal of q pamphlet
to show that this country would be VS.
tied by another panic in a few years, and
7 thought it prudent to select q wife
who wouldn't require to be dressed Like
q young ady."-Broohlyn Eagle.
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John FoRSEY HoUGH,
Witness ! JAMES NEWER,
JOSEPH WALKER.

The Charles Washington, to whom
"my negro man Tom is devised in the
first item, was the great grandfather of
Mr.. Thornton, and the grandson George
Washington, referred to in tt ) seventh
item, was the gandfathe: of Mr.
Thornton,
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FOR THE FAIR SEX.

Nearly S73, 900, 900 of United States
bonds are owned by women.
General Garfield has a niece who is
studying medicine in Boston
The Mobile Young "Men's" Christian
association: has seventy-five lady men,
bers.
At Bodie, recently, q Mexican played
his wife off at a game of poker, and she
ch~eerfully went with the winner.
One society lady in Buffalo, says the
Courier, earned 1000 last year by her
skill in a popular branch OF art.
There are only three ladies living
whose husbands were presidents OF the
United States-Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Tyler
and Mrs. Lincoln.
There are 500 women in Portland,
Me-, who are obliged to support families
of from one to six children. Their hus'
bands are either dead or in Jail fol
drunkenness.
A New York girl, whose father spent
all his money abroad and died in pov'
erty, was compelled to seek employment
She was forced to leave her position as
saleswoman in q half dozen different
stores in Paris because she was very
beautiful and was prosecuted by hel
employers. She finally became a model,
and the artists all respect her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
Another Cure for Fellows.

Professor Goessmann gives the fol-
lowing as a cur for yellows in peach
trees. Apply potash salts to the SUI
face under the tree, and rake it in; then
mulch with old hay, leaves or straw.
The German crude muriate of potash
will be the least expensive. Use Il OF
two pounds, according TO size Of tree.
Apply one pound in the late fall and the
same quantity in the spring.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-16
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD'


Sow sunfower seeds in the spring
around tumble-down sheds or any I'M
seemly spots that you wish to hide.
After they are well up and have received
one hoeipg they will need absolutely no
attention. The seeds, as We have before
said, are excellent for poultry, both for
increasing the production of eggs aud
the brilliaccy of their plumage.
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Signed, sealed and pub
lished in the presence, and
signed by us in the presence
ofthc sd. May Washington,
oDd at her desire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-27
Wanted to get Married.

One day last week a verdant look
ing couple came to Maj. Whaley's
house and told him that they wanted
to get married. The Maj. told the
couple he was a humanitarian and al
ways did all he could to please his
neighbors and the rest of mankind,
but IN this case the best he could do
would be to take them unhappy,
-want-to-be-happy-to a minister.
On the way to Dr.. Grasty's he asked
the gent how much he. expected to
pay. He replied 81, at the outside.
The Maj. toll him it was customary
to pay $40. This seemed to stagger
him, but he still kept on; he wanted
to be married a dollars worth any
way. DR.. Grasty, when he found
the girl was under aye, refused to
perform even a dollars worth. The
well-meaning couple then repaired to
Squire Hits; he was out. They then
went to Squire Hooton's; he said be
did not marry children. The girl
then said her mother, who was in
town, vas willing. Squire Hooton
then asked if her father was will
ling. The boy replied that she
was opposed, but told me to take the
girl and go to HI with Ler'-I am
here. Her mother being sent for,
SAID sue objected. The boy spent
his dollar for peanuts and chewing
gum. Sensible boy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-27
Shoot the School Commissioner.


L. L. Kirk, of the Wellsville Wide
Awake, is a candidate for school
commissioner Ct Montgomery coun-
ty. Ifthey can't do better than that
over there, they had best do without.
We clip the following from the Van
dalia Leader:
The Wellsville Wide-Awake says
The Swope school house was
burned by fire." which was certainly
u remarkable occurrence. Had il
been burned by water or lunar caus-
tic, or the fire of Kinks genius, i,
would have been q very common
place affair.
The same paper calls Miss Marie
Tharp a .'lovely Belle''-capitalizing
the word ..belle."
The same paper says that "Mr.
VIM. French is building a hew house
on the property intending to marry
soon," which is another remarkable
thing. First time we lave >heard
of property intending to marry, since
the days of slavery.
The same paper says that "Wm.
Campbell was In town with a fine
line Of dry good samples
All these things occur in one col
umn Of the paper, too.
And the editor, who thus butchers
the Kings English is q candidate fol-
the Office of School Commissioner
Of his county!
Can such things be,
And overcome us like y summer cloud.
without our special wonder3"