The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-12-27

! pay us what you oa0e us. we ASK Ioi
nothing more. -
Mr.. Hugo G. Sheridan, ST., and fami-
lily, have gone on visit to friends IN
Colleton County. We wish them g
pleasant trip.
The Get has passed making our town
a "city," and granting certain powers
to our town council. We can only say,
deliver us from high taxes.
Sorrow is the porchway to JOY, the
pathway to maturity and peace. No
one has ever become good or great who
has not met and mastered sorrow.
If the Divorce bill had have passed,
the colored people would have filled eV-
cry Court with cases, and given the
lawyers a great deal of annoyance.
Mine host Fairy, of the Orangeburg
Hotel, rega1ed his guest with egg-nogg
and cake on Christmas Day Just before
serving up most excellent dinner.
The ladies connected with the Stan
dard Dramatic Company are as modest
and refined in their department as they
are chaste and captivating in their act
ing.
Our brains are seventy-year clocks.
The angel of life winds them up once
for all, then closes the case and gives
the key into the hands Of the angel OF
theresurrection.
There are no nice little stories about
the return of the "prodigal daughter
The son can return and have the finest
veal served up for him, but the daught-
er must stay away.
An exchange says: ''Next year is
leap year because then the girls are sup
posed to Jump at the first chances" But,
Sometimes, the girls don't do as they
are supposed to do.
Miss Annie Tylee, who met with such
sad accident some time ago out IN
St. Matthews, has recovered sufficiently
to return to her home in Charleston,
whittier she went last Saturday
When the House passed the bill abol-
ishing the Lien Law, our farmers were
happy, but the Senate has gone and
knocked the thing in the head, and
great will be the disappointment.
1t is nice to be handsome young
lady. We saw two fellows that "got
left" last Tuesday because of a "prevl-
Gus engagement" one OF our bellies had
with another follow to attenIthe thea
tire Tuesday eIening- I'd =
we had the pleasure Of mi IeGTng Mr..
w. w. Mclaughlin, an old eWspaper
publisher, but who has surrdndered the
scissors and the paste-pot for the theat-
rical boards, and is now a. member OF
the Standard Dramatic Company.
The New Year brings bills. There is
q great deal of sorrow comprehended IN
that sentence; there is no man living
who likes-who really enjoys--the ar
rival of bills. It isn't in human nature.
We all like to keep what we have got.
When anything happens in your sec
ton worthy of mentioning in these
columns. we would esteem it favor Il
YOU will send us the particulars. State
the particulars briefly on postal card,
and we viii arrange it for publication.
DR.. and Mrs. w. F. Barton, who have
been visiting Florida for the past two
or three weeks, returned home last
week. The Doctor showed us some as
handsome fruit.aS we ever saw that he
brought with him from the Land Of
Flowers.
Take two ordinary steel pens Of the
same pattern and insert them in COM
mon holder. The inner pen will be the
writing pen. Between this and the
outer one will be held supply OF ink,
when once dipped into the fluid, that
will be sufficient to write several pages
Of note paper.
The children of the Baptist Sunday
School presented their Superintendent,
Mr.. John Zeigler, and the teacher of
the Bible class, Rev. T. NJ. Galphln,
with appropriate tokens Of esteem on
last Sunday. The presentation was
neatly made in behalf of the school, by
Miss Ida Zeigler.
The school teachers of our town Jared
well on Christmas Day. We have heard
of several of them who received valued
presents from their pupils. This is as
it should be, for there is nothing more
important than affectionate relations
between teachers and pupils Of which
these little tokens are gratifying signs.
John Agnew, of Columbia, is work
ing to he Marshal of this State, backed
by Brayton and Smalls. Marshal Liv-
ingSton is supported by Mackey, Taft
and Collector Johnson, of Charleston.
It is none of our funeral, but we hope
that Livingston will be able to hold his
own against Agnew, who is one Of the
biggest raScalS in the State.
Christmas has passed, and we hope
that we will have no serious accidents
or mishaps to report. All went of well
in our town, and, us far as we have
heard, in our County. The firing of
crackers during the day, and the send
ing off of fireworks at night kept things
lively. The youlsg people had lots OF
fun~and the old folks were made happy
in seeing them enjoy themselves.
Some miscreant, not having the fear
of God or man before his eyes, cut the
harness on DR.. A. S. SalleV's horse last
week while it was standing hitched to
buggy in front Of residence With
er the Doctor had gone to- visit a sick
lady. Any person whose, heart IS de-
praved enough to commit such dep
relation on so good man> as DR.. Sal
ley would steal coppers off Of his dead
mothers eyes.
The Christmas Tree at the Presby-
terian Church, on Christmas Eve night
under the management of Superintend-
ent Hamilton, was pleasant and sue
cesSful affair. The exercises were very
interesting. After the singing of sever
al beautiful pieces and an admirable
and appropriate recitation by Master
Woodward UutSon, the presents were
given out, and all the little folks went
home happy.
The Bamberg Chronicle, Of last week
| published this Interesting item: ave
! learn that brother Holmes, of the Barn
well People, is to be married, Friday
night. to lady living near Ashleigh
S. C., Barnwell railroad. Long life an(
happiness to him." If brother Holmes
is married, it is the strongest proof il
the world "that as long as the lamp
holds out to burn the vileSt sinner may
return" We will withhold our con
gratulations until the good news oi
brother Holmes salvation is confirmed
The Anderson Journalsays that Lore
Bacon's signs of short life are quicl
! growth, fair soft skin, soft, fine hair
early corpulence, large head, short neck
small mouth, fat ear, brittle, separated
teeth. There are other signs of shor
life that Lord Bacon probably failed tt
notice, such as going into a salool
| twelve or fourteen times day, sittin!
down on a railroad track, and writing
original poetry. Another sign of shor
] life that has proven inyariable is call
i t.ingupon an editor for satisfaction abou
i something he has written.