The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-13
ITEMS FROM FE1STERVILLE

ITEMS FROM EEAsfEHVILLE e.
daniel Tolleson, of tho Bethlehem
mcighborheod, died Oh the 28th ult. in
dhe ninety eighth year of his age.
::--Miss Sallic ID. McFeats school
"pened Oh the 9th ult., and the Cros-
by Institute, with fine attendance, OH
the 3rd inst. 49,: =, );
"A mad dog was shot in Mrs. @. B.
Bricc's yard on the 3rl inst, making
the fourth that has been killed in that
ncighborhood within the last few
weeks. a.. 3. e.
The match game Of base ball at
Mr.. Clowney's on the 1st inst. resulted
as follows: Lightfoot Club, of Fair
field, 40 runs; Tiger River, of Union,
rs runs. We congratulate the victors.
-Mcssrs. IS. p. and w. B. Wright
and W. S. Durham, with seine -
McAlily's miIl-pond ih f"" "ours
recently, caught scvc"'' -il'e hsl' Hity
of which wo,,,' nave weighed fifty or
,,;vt, -uHdS.
The match game of base ball re-
Gently played at Mr.. Clowncy's by the
Union Club, Of Mill Creek, and the
lIlgh'foot Club, of Fcastcrvillc, result
ed in victory for the former. or the
six games SO far played between these
two clubs two were won by the for
lncr aud the remaining four by the .lnt-
Ter. These athletic sports arc not only
beneficial, as developers Of physical
health and activity, to sturdy Ajax and
swift footed Achilles, but they also
furnish al outdoor feature of society
which can be made quite enjoyable to
The mothers, sisters, swccthcarts and
more scdatc male friends by making
the field Qfmanly contention, as it
should be, tk6 field Of high-toncd &C ur-
tcsy. IIer6una sat.
The Corner is comparatively fcath-
erlcss, owing to the non-appcarance of
feather pcddlcr, who passed through
with wagon on the lst of August,
representing himself to have been sent
out by Richmond firm to exchange
new feathers, pound for pound, dcliy-
erable when lie returned the next
week, for old ones as better adapted to
its purposes. Doubtless these cX-
changes can be effected with advantage
to our people only in certain signs Of
the moon not yet properly understood
by them. They arc, therefore, not
particularly ambitious now to cx-
change; but if there are; any feathers
lying around loose anywhere, the
Corner would be pleased to receive a
postal to than effect, as it humancly
docs not wish its amiablc geese to be
plucked and left out fcatherlcss in the
cold this winter. :. -
by adding the suf1ix ION 10 the
root one we have the dcrivativc word
onion, which, analytically, means n
state Of singlcncss. Perhaps slight
feeling of resentment towards tic
B. p. U. may, therefore, account for
that singular freak Of nsthetical taste
recorded of the ladies some time since
in TIE, News AND HERALD. Let the
members of that Union, therefore, be-
warcl
1.-The things ,obtainable Gin our cgotism),
We value not;
Bat, being lost, '..,-..
Why, then, we rack the value" :. !.
The onion, as a vegetable, may not
be particularly attractiye. to the eye !;
but, as a symbol of "single blessed
lcss', why should it not become
"a thing of beauty, and
"A joy forever" -; >. =.
The resentment Of Juno at her
slighted beauty caused twenty years Of
turmoil and weary wandcrings
"On the cean:Wave"
in ancient days, Nov, it is likely to
DC forty (from twenty to sixty. In
the words of Tcnnyson, ...
"Surely, surely, courtshp is more sweet
than toll; the shore,
Than labor in the deep mid ocean, wind
and wave, and oar! ..'.'
., yield ye therefore, Bachelors, and do
not Nan1pr mnrnp'