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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-01

The Pen was enclosed by high fence
or wooden wall. On the outside n piazza
or walk was constructed, about three feet
from the top, and sufficiently wide for
two men to walk abreast Here the sem
tinels marched to an fro, keeping watch
and ward over the thousands of "Rebep
prisoners therein confined. Inside Of the
wooden wall and about six feet from its
base there was ditch running parallel
with it, about three feet wide and three
feet deep. inquired Of rusty fellow
what the ditch was intended for. He re-
! piled contemptuously that it was the
''Dead line" and, if did not believe
him, to step across and find out. Huge
gates were cut in the wall on the Chesa-
peake Bay side, opposite nearly every
street. These were kept open from sun.
rise 10 sunset, and the prisoners allowed
to 90 out, Thousands of them were 60
ing and coming all the while. The waters
of the bay rose within few feet of the
wall. Numbers of "Rebs" would catch
crabs and small fish, and have a good
time eating them, provided enough chips
could be gathered 10 make fire to par.
TALLY cook them. Looking out over the
bay could be deserted vessels Of war
steaming and sailing up and down, ready
to intercept any bold privateer that
should attempt our rescue. On every
hand groups of pri,oners were seen en-
gagged in various occupations. Some
we're gambling, others listening to exhor-
tations from chaplains, Others wrestling,
and so on Numbers we're prowling about
seeking chance to prog.
Hunger was plainly depicted in tha
countcnance of nearly every one; time
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-01

The first printed newspaper was is.
sued in England In 1922.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-01

ve[a na,c N,.i 10 the afternoon the prisoners
colIso ySTe fatloned with Shingles" sal. pork,
Tas uTsee land and sugar in large quantities. 1t
bstiosc sI considerably more GRUB" and of
esnoa ei quality than we had seen in years,
6ar,roia1lly the simon-puro coffee. The
ConSsdkas CSoks occupied few days before by
than tb'eaerate soldiers were now used by
havinaa Us prisoners, some of tho prisoners
yerv s performed guard duty upon the
HsS,o same ground within five days.
tbira ra We We remained for two days. On the
lba ~ Guay we were marched to and crossed
sts,n U cape Fear River in a little river
utes er; This only occupied few min
called & Alter landing at Bald Head, so
sand and from from It's being nothing but vast
rst;oSyIpl oS pain, we were formed in line and
and i'Ged ;' with coffee, sugar, "shinsles"
I JUNK pork. Bald Head is a short
er Lce al from the memorable Fort Fish
im,snr,a naere most of the Twenty.li1h Reg.
vesls veal. were "scooped in" about four
ope,a nS before. In the afternoon the pris.
hpnd, With an addition OF about three
tur, 20 ,iarheels," who had been cap.
~ On The east side, embarked on the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22
Christmas Notes,

About this time the young lady of the
country learns through series of deep, dark
plottings that her young man wears number
four boots. The same man will be sorry that
he prevaricated when he tries to thrust his
number seven feet into a beautifully worked
pair of number four Christmas slippers.
Preparatory to Christmas the bells arc
rung at dead midnight throughout England
and the Continent; and. after the solemn
celebration of the mass, for which the
churches in France and Italy are magnificent.
ly adorned, it is usual for the jewellers to
partake OF collation., that they may be bet.
ter able to sustain the fatgues of the night
The common custom of decking the
houses and churches at Christmas with ever.
greens is derived from ancient Druid prac
tices. 1t was an old belief that sylvan spirits
might flock to the cvergreens, and remain
unnipped by frost till milder season. The
holly, ivy, rosemary, bays, laurel, and mis-
tletoe, furnished the favorite trimmings
which were not removed till Candlemas.-
Chaplets of these were also worn about the
head, a practice to which the phrases to "kiss
under the rose" to whisper under the mis-
tletoe," are illusions. In old church calen
dars Christmas eve is marked: "Tempe &C.
ornatur' (adorn the temples. Holly and ivy
still remain in England the most esteemed
Christmas evergreens, though at the two uni
versties the windows of the college chapels
are decked with laurel.
Christmas has always been at once re
ligious, domestic, and merry making festiva
in England, equally for every rank and every
age. The revels used to begin on Christmas
eve, and continued often till Candlemas, Feb
ruary I'd. every day being holiday til
Twelfth night, January 9th. In the house.
of the mobiles "lord of misrule," or "abbo
of unreason," was appointed, whose offic,
was "to make the rarest pastimes, to delight
the beholder," and whose dominion LASTED
from All-hallow eve, October 31st, till Can
dlemas day. The larder was filled with cap
ons, hens, turkeys, geese, ducks, beef, mutton
pork, pies, buildings, nuts, plums, sugar ant
honey. The Italians have the following pro
verb: ale has more business than Englisl
| ovens at Christmas" The tenants were en-
tertained at the hall and the lord of the ma
nor and his family encouraged every art con
| ducive TO mirth.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22
Christmas in Germany,

In the Protestant districts of Germany and
the north of Europe, Christmas is often call
ed the 'Childrens festival" and Christmas
eve is devoted to giving presents, especially
between parents and children, and brothers
and sisters, by means of the so.called Christ
mastree. A large yew Dough is erected in
one of the parlors, lighted with tapers, and
hung with manifold gifts, sweetmeats, apples,
nuts, playthings and ornaments Each of
these is marked with the name of the person
for whom it is intended, but not with the
name of the donor, and when the whole
family party is assembled, the presents are dis
tributed around the room according to their
labels, amid joyful acclamatons and congrat-
ulations. more sober scene succeeds, Tor
the mother takes this occasion to say pri.
vately to her daughters and the father to his
sons what has been observed most praise
worthy and what most faulty in their con-
duct Formerly, and still in some of the
smaller villages of North Germany, the pres
ents made by all the parents were sent to
some one person, who in high buskins,
white robe a mask, and an enormous flax
wig, becoming the bugbear of children,
known as RnecM Rupert, goes from house
to house, is received by the parents with
great pomp and reverence, calls for the
children, bestows the intended gifts upon
them according to their character which he
hears from the parents after severe inquiries.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22
Christmas Time.

When the rising sun ushers in the day, the
home beams with mirth and gladness.-
Cheerful voices ring out with kind greetings
and with heartfelt good wishes. The chill.
dren's delight bubbles over in joyous laugh.
ter. The distant wanderer thinks of his far
off home, and recalls with tenderness the
days of childhood and the vanished scenes SO
familiar sin lifes morning march, when his
bosom was young"
From the banks of the Ganges, the Mile
and the Euphrates, from the frozen zone
and the far distant shores of the Pacific
ocean, wherever the American or European
may happen to be, the mystic chords of mem.
DRY will travel back to their native home, vi.
brating with the music of that heaven in.
spired anthem, "Peace on earth, and good
will to men. The American longs to mingle
with those who kindly remember him as they
celebrate the day in the old home of his ia
theirs. The Englishman grows prouder oil
his native island home when he remembers
that it is sanctified and hallowed with the
dust of those who have celebrated the day
for thousand years. The Scotchman longs
for his native heath and the mountain daisy
The mercurial Irishmen find his native sham.
rock more than ever attractive, and his pa
triotism manifests itself with renewed fervor
All this is human and beautiful, made sacred
for us by the good will and love of ages
May the world long continue the good OK.
ample.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22
Strange Wedding Fees.

We knew a clergyman who once received
from wealthy groomsman bright penny,
inclosed in dozen wrappers. He always
persisted in believing that the intention was
to give him twenty-dollar gold piece We
were not so credulous.
A clergyman who was formerly located in
Hartford, Conn, but now in New York,
married, not long ago, a couple who at once
started for Europe. The bridegroom was a
self before the bridal altar he placed one.
hundred-dollar greenback in his vest pocket
to give the parson for the marriage fee, and
did not pay it to him as he had supposed.
While crossing the ocean he discovered
greatly to his establishment, the bill in the
pocket where he had placed It, and could &C
count for its presence there only on the theo.
ry that he must have had another bill of
different denomination which he had donated
to the clergyman by mistake.
On getting back to this country, he deter.
mined to solve the mystery, and waited upon
the reverend gentleman, who did not recog-
nize him, and inquired if, on a certain date,
he did not marry certain couple. The cler-
gyman remembered the occasion perfectly.
II know am about to ask you an imper-
tinent question" said the visitor; 'but l
should like to be informed what fee you re-
The clergymen recognized the man as the
one he had married, and said that he would,
of course, crafty him, since he was so anx-
ious to know.
81 received" he then went on to say, "a
very small quantity of fine-cut chewing to-
bacco, folded in a very small piece of paper"
That was enough The only thing re-
naming to be done was to apologize for the
curious blunder, laugh heartily and make
the one-hundred-dollar deposit good.
An old uncle once brought his niece to a
rectory, on cold, rainy day, to be married,
and then, after the ceremony was over, fun
bled about for two-dollar bill, and, not
being able to find it, said, as he handed the
parson five-dollar bill:
"Take the change out of that for two
dollar job. It's kind O wet and cold like to-
day, and | guess two dollars will be about
the thing"
OF course the amount of marriage fee is
delicate question, which cergymen are
generally too modest to determine, much
more to ask ; but we never heard it disposed
of so neatly as this:
A. Quaker married woman of the Church
of England. After the ceremony, the vicar
asked for his fees, which he said were a
crown.
The Quaker astounded at the demand, said
if he would show him any text in the scrip
lures which proved his fees were a crown he
would give it to him.
Upon which the vicar turned directly to
the 18th chapter of Proverbs, 4th verse;
where it said: "a virtuous woman is q
crown to her husband"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22
Christmas Gifts.

The usual practice in choosing Christmas
gifts is to start out with full purse and
come home with it empty, having secured a
dozen bookprint and curie shops meantime,
to "find enough pretty things to go around"
The gifts sent to one friend might have been
offered with equal propriety to hundred
others. Now everybody worth remember
ing at all on this day. has fancy, or within
or association, which a trifle will recall and
crafty. Now that we have so little money, let
us set our brains to work to remember these
whims or hobbies. and to find the suggestive
trifles, and, our word for it, we will startle
our friends with more real pleasure than if
we had sent them the costiest, unmeaning
gifts. There must be nice discrimination,
too, in asserting these trifles. There are GER
tain folk whom we know to be sorely in need
of articles tor the wardrobe, and to whom we
must therefore give utterly useless follies, be.
cause they know that we know it and there
are other and better folks in like condition,
who will receive collar or pair of gloves
with as hearty and sincere feeling as though
the offering were strain of Christmas music.
There is one cousin whose gift must smell
of the shops and the dollars paid for it, and
another who, five sent her our worn copy
of George Herbert" or the little broken vase
which has stood for years on the study table,
would receive them with wet eyes, and find
them fragrant with old memories
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22
CHRISTMAS EVE.

In the calm of the starlight, a silence profound,
Like spell over nature is spread;
And where beauty in sleep leans her cheeks
blooming rose,
Ev'ry cot where little sock gracefully flows,
There bright visions are haunting each bed.
For tonight in the legends of nursery lore
Will fit forth through the darkness and gloom,
mysterious saint, full of frolic and glee,
Who will fill up the stockings and cast presents
free,
Till enchantmentrun riot at home.
And to those who have lain santa Claus on the
shelf,
And wandered to new fairy bowers,
There's pleasure much deeper to thrill through
your mirth,
When the dear and long absent clasp hands round
one hearth,
And love wreathes the Christmas with flowers.
If this night, hailed by all, from the child to the
sage,
Is the eve of that glorious morn
When the harps of the angels rang out over
Heaven,
And the world woke to life with the glad promise
given,
That Jesus, the Saviour, was born.
Let.-.us bend with the shepherds, adoring this
hour;
And as then the sweet symphony ran,
While the anthems float up from each temple of
prayer,
And'the soft blessings fall, may each heart echo
there,
peace on earth, and Good Will toward men,"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22
A NapOleOnic Story.

When Napoleon assembled the throne very
little money was made in France unless by
himself or with his permission.
This Ouvrard found out. Ouvrard who,
born of humble parents in 1770 was worth
100000, francs by 1900, was creditor of
the government for 100000 in 1912, anG
was ruined in 1920.
He was rival to the Emperor in the affec.
tions of Mile. Georges, and one evening had
arranged with her TO sup with him at his
villa of Rueuil, when he received note of
regrets, as she had received an invitation
equal to communication Napoleon. Ouv-
rard's reply was that she would find check
for 100000 francs under her napkin at sup
per that evening if she supped with him,
whereat, she invented an indisposition and
threw Napoleon over.
Next morning Ouvrard was summoned to
the Tuilleries.
"How much profit have you made out of
your army contract this yearp"
"Four millions of francs, sire"
"That is too much. You will pay half OF
1t back into the treasury. Good morning "
And thus M. Ouvrard's supper to an act
ress cost him $4,000.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22

She had ordered nothing but vegetables
and was eating them vigorously when a little
old lady seated next to heroine of those
busy.bodes ever anxious to be pleasant
smiled and interrogatively said: "Vegetria ~
'No," said the other, in quick response,
Unitarian; I'm from Boston-are you ?"-
One of those grand old Beethoven laughs
without words went round the table.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22
VOL. XXVII---NO. 81.
CHRISTMAS BELLS.

A loud and laughing welcome to the merry
Christmas bells,
All hail with happy gladness the well-known
chant that swells
We list the ,pealing anthem chord. we hear the
midnight strain,
And love the. tidings that proclaim Christmas
tide again.
But there must be q melody, of purer, deeper
sound,
A rich keynote, whose echo runs through all the
music round;
Let kindly voices ring beneath low roof or palace
dome,
For these alone are Christmas chimes that bless n
Christmas home.
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gnetical.
ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF
GLORY.

BY JAMES MONTGOMERY, 1919.
Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight DER all the earth;
Ye who sang creations story,
Now proclaim Messiah's birth
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching DER your ilocks by night
God with man is now residing,
Yonder shines the infant-light
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
Sages, leave your contemplations
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations,
Ye have seen His natal star:
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear,
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In his temple shall appear:
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-12-22

81 pla by ere," wrote st. Louis bell to
a Chicago professor, who Immediately wrote
her, saying that he believed she also spelled
that way.
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-28
mo. sII.l
Application for a Patent.

EUREKA, Nev., Oct. II, 1882.
Notice is hereby given that Eugene n. Rob-
inson, whose postofice address is Hamilton,
Nevada, has this day filed an application for d
patent for fifteen hundred linear feet of the
Eugene N. Robin on mine or vein bearing sill
Yer, with surface ground six hundred feet in
width, situated in White Pin Mining District,
County of White Pin and State of Nevad,,
and designated by the field notes and official
plat on file in this Office as Lot No. l09, in
Township 16 North Range IS east, unsurveyed.
The exterior boundaries of said lot No. los be-
ing as follows, to wit.
Beginning at a post marked No. l, Q. S. Sur
vey No. los, whence the section corner COM
mon to sections "a and %. t Is n, R. 81 E.,
and sections 10 and 80, T.. Is N, R. So E NJ. D.
M, bears s. 81 deg. 40 min W. 5,4S3 feet. and
peak No. . bears S. 80 deg. W. 58l feet. Thence
running first course s. rs deg. W. coo feet, to
post marked No, .. q. survey No lO5; thence
second course n Is deg. W. l 800 feet to post
marked No. 8, U. s. survey No 10S; thence
third course \. Is deg. E. 600 feet to post
marked NOD Q. S survey No. 1O3: and thence
fourth course S 10 deg. Z. 1900 feet, to post
No. l. the place of beginning, containing
20 e6.100 acres.
Magnetic variation, 1G deg so min east.
The location of this mine is recorded in the
Recorder Office Of White Pine Mining Dis
Irict' IN BOOB l. OF the records of said district.
Til s claim is bounded by no known claims.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said tuR ne ". Robinson mine or
surface ground are required to file their adj
verse claims With the Register of the United
states Land Once at Eureka, in the State of
Nevada. during the sixty days period of publ
cation hereof, or t ey will be barred by virtue
OF the provisions of the statute.
Its hereby ordered that the foregoing No
tice Of Application for Patent be published for
the period OF sixty days in the EUREKA DAILY
SENTINEL, q daily newspaper published at Eu-
reka; Nevada, F. H. HfNcKLEY,
oc2s-6od Register,