davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
Leatheroid Cans and Boxes.

Leatheroid is new article which is
being made Of paper. 1t consists of j
number of thicknesses Of cotton paper
wound one upon another over cylin-
der. The remarkable qualities of
strength and adhesion it possesses are
derived from chemical bath through
which the paper is drawn on its way to
the cylinder. The effect of the chem
ical bath on the paper is said to be
wonderful. Leatheroid, for the pur-
poses it now serves, consists of about
twenty thicknesses of paper; it is
shaped upon or around molds, while
wet, into the form it is to represent,
and will hold that form perpetually
when dry. When dried it is as difficult
as rawhide to cut with knife. Cans
made from this material are about one
fourth the weight of tin cans of equal
size; while tin cans are liable to get
bent, cans made from leatheroid are en-
tirely free from this objection. They
have the elasticity of thin steel, and no
amount of kicking or handling will
break them. Boston Journal OF
ChenlistTu
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
The Locks of SchelIingwoude.

The great locks Of Schellingwoude
that let you out into the Zuider Zee are
worthy objects of interest to those of
engineering tastes-huge piles OF alb
struse masonry, machinery and iron, so
solid and serious, so free from anything
that feel tempted to assume
scientific knowledge enough to weight
this rambling article with saving blast
of solid matter. Why shouldn't /?
Thousands of people write about alb
struser matters-art, for instance--of
which they know infinitely less than an
artist knows about engineering, and
they manage to come off with eclat.
Why should we not have the credit of
making those great hulking locks feel
small and Inundated? 1t would not
be difficult. They really lack the ele-
ments of simplicity and quiet that mark
the locks on the Upper Thames. There
Rre no flowers, no ginger-beer, no
bendinr reeds or waving willows. no
fresh gush of water here and there be-
tween the leaky woodwork, that lend
such an air of picturesqueness to a fine
BID river lock. These comparisons
skillfully brought to bear would pass
for criticism very well, and we should
escape the reproach of having gene
through one of the most noble monu-
ments of modern engineering skill
without word of appreciation.
These locks, the pride of Holland,
chat seem to hold two mighty floods by
the throat with gigantic stony grasp,
and to keep the seas at bay, surely de-
serve more worthy comment than we
know how to give them. It is not our
purpose to introduce guide-book matter
In the way of statistics; we had only
about ten minutes experience of those
mighty works, and they were given
mostly to things pictorial. We own to
being impressed, even dazed, by these
splendid examples of Dutch engineer
ing skill, to say nothing of courage and
enterprise.-George FL. Boughto7a, in
Hd1peT's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
A Mystifled Traveller.

"Are we on down grader" asked
an impetuous passenger, gazing first at
the conductor and then earnestly out
of the window.
mo, sir" replied the conductor,
"this is perfectly-level track There
are no grades on this road"
That's curious" mumbled the pas
senger, opening the window and stick
ing his head out.
"If anything" continued the con
ductor, exasperated by the mans con-
duct, 'if anything, we're going up a
slight incline"
"That's wonderful" exclaimed the
passenger. Il thought it was remark
able if we were ON down grade, but
under the circumstances it's miracu-
lous."
what is?" growled the conductor.
"What are you talking about, anyhow %
Il simply can't understand how that
COW should beat lis going up hill, that's
all, sighed the impetuous stranger,
sinking back into his seat to figure il
out Chattanooga Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
A Man in STAYS.

Mr.. Richard A.. Proctor, the we'll
known lecturer on astronomy, once
tried the experiment Of wearing cor
set, and thus describes the result:
"When the subject of corset-wearing
was under discussion i'll the pages of
the English MecbGnic, | was struck, :"
he says, with the apparent weight of
evidence in favor of tight lacing. I
was in particular struck by the evidence
of some as to its use in reducing cor
pulence. | was corpulent. / also was
as I am still, to take an inter
est in scientific experiment L thought
j would give this matter fair trial. 1
read all the instructions, carefully fol-
lowed them, and varied the time of APP
plying pressure with that perfectly
stiff Dusk about which correspondents
We're so enthusiastic. | was foolish
enough to try the thing for matter of
four weeks. T. hen | laughed at myself
as hopeless idiot, and determined to
give up the attempt to reduce by arti-
cial means that superabundance of fat
on which only starvation and much ex-
Iercise, or the air of America, has ever
had any real reducing influence. But I
was reckoning without my host. As the
Chinese lady suffers, [ am told, when
her feet-bindings are taken off. and as
the flat-headed baby bowls when his
Ihead-boards are removed, so for while
was it with me. found myself mani
testify better in stays. | laughed at
myself no longer. | was too angry
with myself to laugh. | would as soon
have condemned myself to using
crutches all the time as to wearing al
ways busk. But for my one month of
folly had to endure three months of
discomfort. At the end of about that
time | was my own man again"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
Singing Snails.

The ancient Hawaiians believe that
the pretty land shells found on the for
est vegetation Of the island sing, and if
one hoose to try the experiment of
placing live snail on a sheet of glass
strewn with fine sand he will see the
PARTICLES arrange themselves in geomet-
re shapes corresponding with certain
well-known curves or sound waves,
which define the reproduced by the
moving shell-that the dull human ear
cannot Observation-Disclosures Aduer-
tiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
Reyengeful Animals.

While it must be conceded that ami
mails possess most of mans good quail
ties, it cannot be denied that they share
many of his faults. Animals cherish
ideas of revenge with almost-human
tenacity, and appear to believe thor
oughly in the proverb that declares it
to be sweet There have been occa-
sions when this long-cherished desire
for revenge has been gratified in seri-
Gus manner. The Rev. John Selby
Watson, in his highly-suggestiye work
on the Reasoning Power in Animals, :"
alludes to the following tragic occur
renee that happened at ST. Cloud, in
the neighborhood' of Paris. A large
Newfoundland dog was kept tied up
during the hot weather, and every
morning a servant-maid, as she passed,
thinking to do it kindness, threw a
quantity of water over the animal. The
dog appeared to consider this daily
deluge as an insult, but, being. tied up,
it was unable to manifest its resent
ment. One day, however, the brute
was released, and no sooner did the un-
fortunate servant present herself than it
sprang at her with intense ferocity,
and, before she could be rescued, killed
her.
1t has already been seen that dogs
will try to avenge themselves upon hui
man beings as well as upon aaimals
while the instances on rec3r, where
they have inflicted puniaA;.ent upon
other dogs are very numerous. In his
Encyclopedia of Rural Sports, " Blaine
furnishes the following anecdote: 81
had in my Kitchen" says a certain
Duke, two turnspits, one of which
went regularly every other day into the
wheel. One of them, however, not Xix
ing his employment, hid himself on the
day on which he should have worked,
so that his companion was ordered to
enter the wheel in his stead. But the
dog hung back, crying and wagging his
tail, aud making signs for those present
to follow him. Being curious to sec
what he would do, they put themselves
under his guidance, when he led them
straight to a garnet where the idle dog
was hid, and Immediately fell upon him
and killed him on the spot" In this
case it can hardly be considered that
the dog was prudent in the revenge he
took-although, for tie matter of that,
human beings rarely areas he proba-
bly, had, for a time, at least, to take the
place at the wheel of his companion.
In a somewhat-similar anecdote given
by Jesse the injured brute acted with
more forethought. On one occasion
so goes the story-when the cook at the
Jesuits' College at La Fleche required
the spit turned, the dog that should
have been on duty was nowhe~o to be
found, and when the man ", ID have
employed another, it bit at him and ran
away. In little while, however, this
latter reappeared, driving before him
the one that would have evaded his
duty, which he forced to enter the
wheel and go on with his work. Cham.
bers' Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
Bern TO BE Great.

Charlie" remarked Fogg, "you
were born to lie writer" "Ah," re-
piled Charlie, bllshing slightly at the
compliment, "you have seen some of
the things | have turned OFF," No"
replied Fogg; Il wasn't referring to
what yon had written; | was simply
thinking what splendid ear you had
Tor carrying pen. Immense, Charlie;
simply immense. - Boston Tran
script.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
Monopolis.s =. The Senate.

The railroad corporations are making
vigorous efforts t. Increase the number
of their attorneys ...ld retainers in the
Senate. Their success so far has been
uninterrupted. In a Democratic State
these corporations work in the Demo
cratic party, as witness the case Of Sen
ator Brown of Georgia. In Repub-
lican State they work in the Republican
party, as witness the election Of Wilson
IN Iowa, and Dolph in Oregon.
The next struggle will take place in
Kansas, where the corporations are sup
porting Plumb for reelection. Whether
they can hold their grip on that State
will soon be determined.
The old parties will. never make a
square fight against the monopolies of
transportation The men who lead
and control in politics are but puppets
In the hands of the railroad kings
Springfield (Mo.) Statesman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
Lovely at The Beginning.

How Canadian farmers will bless the
Canada Pacific railway some of these
days. Starting with capital of $15,-
100000 it has now been watered to the
fabulous sum of $100000,000. As it is
to be presumed that it viii be run as
railroads are run on this side of the line,
it must be made to pay handsome divi-
dends on the full amount, and agricul-
ture will be made to suffer in order that
this fact may be accomplished It is
not little surprising that our province
friends could not learn of the dubious
ways of railway corporations as proved
in the United States without going
through with the same rough expert
ence that our people have. 1t seems a
lovely thing to grant everything to rail-
way corporations in the beginning, but
the end is generally rueful one
Chicago Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
A CHILD, having sustained horizontal

A CHILD, having sustained horizontal
relations with his mothers lap, was
heard to philosophically remark that
spanking not only developed the bot
tom fact of 2 slippers usefulness, but
also afford Tie spankee an admirable
opportunity of approaching the beauti-
full and wondrous intricacies of the
carpet pattern.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26

The worst kind of forgery is false
notes by singer.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
The Wadlington WIN case.

1t will be remembered that letters OF
administration were granted to Jos. i.
Keitt and Thos. W. Kcitt on the
personal estate OF Thos. B. Wad-
lington who died in Dec. 1882,
and that John Bauskett and Eliz-
abeth Reid brought an action in the
Probate Court in the spring Of 1883,
and endeavored to prove that the de-
ceased left will, giving all his estate
to them-Bauskett being his first cous-
in and Reid, his reputed daughter.
The Probate Judge decided that the
plaintiffs had, failed to show that there
was will at the death of MIR. Wadling-
ton, and he accordingly refused to adj
NIT 10 probate that which they attempt
ed to set up. The plaintiffs appealed to
the circuit court, and the case was
called for trial last Thursday morning.
An issue WAS framed for the jury to
this effect ''Did Thomas B. Wadling-
ton die leaving of force aud effect a
last will and testament substantially
the same as that propounded by the
plaintiffs 90 The following person COM
posed the jury: James Spear, Fore
man, D. S. Conwill, Geo. T. Speake,
81. c. Ridlehuber, Geo. Ed. Campbell.
Jno. w. Smith, J. G. Rikard, j. Gil.
liam Sem, David r. Sem, G. w. Sem,
John Adam Shealy and J. w. NJ. Sim.
mons. The examination of witnesses
occupied Thursday and most of Friday.
The argument was begun last Friday
evening, and was concluded Saturday
evening between six and seven O'Clock
The case was argued by Mcssrs. Geo,
Johnstone, Thos. S. Norman, and
Leroy F. Youmans, for the plaintiffs.
and Messrs. J. F. J. Caldwell, 7. j
Pope, and C. b. Suber for the defend.
ants.
The Judge delivered an able charge
of some length, and the jury retired
between and s O'Clock. After re-
naming out somewhat less than an
hour, thew returned with the verdict
:'No.''-tLereby finding in favor Of the
defendants and sustaining Judge Eel
lers.
We have never known any Other
civil case to excite half so much inter
est as was manifested during the prog
ress of this. Even during the night
sessions-for the trial was carried into
the night-the crowd i'll the Court
House continued large, and the inter
est was unabated till the close of the
trial. The case was fought with unu
sual ardor and ability on both sides
and many years will come and so be-
fore this trial passes from the memory
of.our citizens.
The jury at first stood two to ten
but the two yielded, andtwc and ter
made verdict.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
The Lutheran Synod.

We regret that we have not space for
q full report Of the proceedings Of
Synod, which met at Bethlehem church
on the sth instant.
The following officers were elected {:
Rev. E. 7. Horn, President Re-. j.
A. Sigh, Vice-President; Rev. l.. q
Probst, Secretary; Maj. P. E. Wise,
Treasurer; and Maj. G. Leaphart,
Treasurer of the Bachman Endowment
Fund. This Endowment Fund now
consists OF bonds and money amount
ing to $4,000.
The ReTs. A. j. Bowers, j. E. Bush
nell, NJ. o. j. Kreps, and j. W. S.
Sheppard were ordained as ministers.
The Rev. S. L. Hallman, and Geo.
B. Cromer, Esq, were elected men,
bers of the Board Of Trustees of New
berry college, in the place of the Rev.
II. S. Wingard, and Capt. j. n. Huff
man.
The Synod, acting upon recomen-
dation Of the Trustees, agreed to ac-
cept the college building from the citi-
Zens of Newberry when the debt has
been reduced to $400, and to release
the bond given by certain citizens-to
be effected before the 1st Of April
next. Prof. Holland resigned the
final agency and an agent will be en-
ployed.
The name Of the Synod has been
changed to the Evangelical Synod OF
South Carolina
The Synod adjourned on Tuesday.
The proceedings were interesting
throughout and the attendance was
large. On Sunday there was preach
ing in the grove and in the church at
the same time, so large was the coz
gregation.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

are broken and severed perhaps for all time
yet do not wish TO live, after the pleasures
4 have enjoyed have passed from the mind
when forget them, let me die
The people here are just as kind and friend
ly as any ever met. To leave them now
would be Bereavement, yet friendship, Ike
apples, must get mellow before It gets to The
best.
We have splendid school room-a5ont
thirty by twenty feet t,painted white, and green
blinds, glass lights, nice large rostrum-up
stairs used for Masonic hall. The number
of scholars has not yet exceeded twenty
four Most of them are back ward in studies.
A few who have attended school regularly
have done pretty we'll.
Do ever think OF the school and scholars
at Garmany Academy, where closed on
Friday before opened here on Tuesday ?
Yes, very often. know that some of New
berry's best citizens, male and female, in the
near future. will be composed Of boys and
girls taught there. Do your best TO be good
true and intelligent, old pupils.
zee one has been busy since left New
bcrry-,hai was death.
am yours truly, j. q. M,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
FOR THE HERALD.
Gilbert Hollow, s. C.

Noy. 10th, 1888.
This place is about twenty-five miles west
of Columbia, on the r. R., from that place
to Augusta. It has about TWO hundred in
habitants This is called Sand Hills proper.
The fores, growths are scrubby oaks and tall
pines. Any desiring 10 be lured into poetic
effusions by the murmur of the breeze in the
lofty pine should come over. The scrub,
oaks too are now scarlet and render the
landscape on hill, beyond tine Hollow,
beautiful. Most of the pines have been cut
away, and those that remain only tend to
heighten the charm of the picture. II Mr..
Query eau inspire inanimate nature as he
can the animate, he could give rs picture
here fl for the parlor of millionaire. Cars
pass aud repass every hour or two. The
with white, red and green lights dashing
by on the straight road, with furious speed,
screaming wildly as the war Hhoop of an
Indian, every mile or less atstations or cross-
ings, form spectacle between rho awful and
admirable. The track is only fifty or seventy
FIVE yards from the door. The children are
as well pleased as the little boy at the circus.
They-and truth to tell--the old woman too
will leave eating or the pot boiling over to
look at the cars.
Uncle Newt Crossou came down with us.
He says the land round here is 50 poor that
pea would have to be planted and removed
three times to make it sprout. Don't let him
yarn that off on you. This place is TO the
pea what Holland is 10 the Dutch but not
this year-no sir Scarcely enough have |
seen to substitute for shot on fowling
day. If Newt enlarges on "how 4.Ich be
paid" for that nice new hat he wears, just stop
him, for his nephew, the Dr., "gave" ittc
him.
"oh for one short day to feel as I used
to feel -
To be free from debt, to have little sur
plus ahead and to be with Che people Of
Newberry would be my delight. How !
would love this very day when the SUI is
shining so soft and pleasant. 70 be 10 Mollo-
hon with gray-bearded man, living at John
Mars old place who always was and who Is
still so congenial and pleasant to me. Though
my associations with the people Of NeHbeTy
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
/ COUNTY OF NEWBERRY:
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
| PLEAS.
Sarah E. T. Chick as Executrix OF
last will of Petus w. Chick, de
ceased, Plaintiff againstLouisa V. J.
Farr and others, Defendants.
Complaint for Relief:
By order of the Court, will sell at
public outcry before the Court House
at Newberry, S. c., on the first MUn-
day in December next, all the real es-
tate of the late Petus w. Chick lying
in the County Of Newberry South
Carolina-to wit:
That valuable plantation OF land,
containing T22) seven hundred and
twenty-five acres, more or less, lying
on Indian Greek and Enoree River,
bounded by lands Of DIR. Thomas B.
Kennerly, William Wallace, Martha c..
Caldwell, and others.
That valuable plantation OF land,
containing one hundred and eighty
acres more or less, known as the
George w. Gaines tract" bounded
by lands of the estate of George W..
Gaines. Martha G. Caldwell, and
others.
That valuable plantation of land,
containing three hundred acres, more
or less, bounded b. lands Of William
B. Whitney, Hannah Henderson and
others;
And that valuable plantation ofland
being Ehat portion of Petus w. Chicks
home place that lies in Newberry
County, and containing four hundred
acres. more or less bounded by lands
of William B. Oxner, W. B. Chaplin,
and others.
These several plantations. will be
sold in parcels as indicated by plats to
be exhibited on the day of sale, which
plats in the meantime may be seen in
my Office.
Terms.-The purchasers will be re-
quired to pay one-third OF the purchase
money in cash, and to secure the bal
ance payable at one or two years with
interest from the day Of sale, by bond
and mortgage OF the premises.
SILAS TOMBSTONE, Master, n. C..
Masters Office, 10th October 1888,
46-4t.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
spscia. and Local.
THURSDAY NOV. Is, 1855.
SPECIAL NOTICE. Business notices in

SPECIAL NOTICE. Business notices IN
this local column are inserted at the rate Of
IS cents per line each insertion.
Obituaries, notices of meetings. communi'
cations relaxing 10 personal interests. tributes
Of respect, &c, are charged as regular adYer.
,isen,entS ~ 81 per square.
Notice. Of administration, and other legal
noticSs, obituaries, tributes OF respect and
notices OF meetings, rs well rs communica.
fions Of personal character must be paid
form advance.
The subscription price Of the HERALD is
$500 fors twelve months, 81 90 for six
months, 50 ceats FOR three months and %
cents for on" month, in advance. Names i,
furure viii not be placed on the subscription
books U: I'll the cash or its equivalent Is paid.
10 All Communications relating TO per
sonal interests will be inserted at regular
advertising rates, one dollar per square, cash
in advance.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
RIWsEaRY COTTON MARKET REPORT,
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
MATHEWS { BOWMAN, Cotton Brokers.
Death.

Death.
It is with sincere sorrow that we an
nounee the death Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Sigh, which took place on Saturday
last at her residence near Pomaria.
She was in her s5th year, and had
been for some time in feeble health,
and for few weeks was confined to
her bed. Her life was one Of unosten-
satious piety and large charity, and
she has laid down to sleep full of years,
and good works, beloved by all
who knew her. Her circle Of aequain-
tance was large, not only in theis
county but in The State, and before the
war her means, which were large, en-
abled her to bestow charity with an
unstinted hand. In the death Of Aunt
Betsy, by which title she was familiar
~ known, sorrow is universally felt.
Mr.. Beaure johnson, aged about %
years, died at his fathers residence
Tuesday evening. He had been one Of
the force on the Obsercer.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

On the evening Of the 25th ult., by
Rev. G. NJ. Boyd, Mr.. JOHN T. BOLT
and Miss SALLIE E. CREWS, all Of
Laurens, S. c.
At the residence of Mr.. j. W. Cope
land, on the evening of Oct. 80, by the
Rev. w. P. Jacobs, Mr.. r. F. FERGU-
SON and Miss ELLA VANCE, both OF
Clinton, S. G.
October Z, 1888, by Rev. r. D. Smart,
Rev. W. j. NEVILLE, of Ninety Six.
and Miss MAGGIE AIKEN, daughter Of
Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, of Cokesbury
On Wednesday the 14th, by the Rev
NJ. Brown, Mr.. REUBEN MAYBIN to
Mrs. MARY OXNER. All Of New.
berry.