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The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-04

cd great enthusiasm. While some
Of the delegates and alternates
elected to Chicago personally pre-
for Bayard, yet most of them con-
slider Cleveland the most available
man, and If 80 proven will support
him in the National Convention.
State nominations wore made.
which resulted in the denomination
Of the old ticket. In the evening
Gov. Thompson, Lieut.. Gov. Shep-
herd, and Secretary Of State Lips
comb acknowledged the confidence
vested in them. in fine, appropriate
speeches, when Dawson & Yeo-
mans were called upon, who enter
tanned the vast audience with
words Of power and of wisdom.
AT $40 the Convention adjourn
ed, satisfied generally with it's
work, realizing that the time was
pleasantly and profitably spent.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-04
''The way they Kept the Seer

"The way they Kept the Secret
3 scenes-Misses Flora Richie
Lula Mauldin, Civila Hill, Zoe
Gilliland, Teresia Mauldin, Ida
Bates and Lula Glazener, and
James Hill.
"Aunt Betsy's Beaux" - scenes
Misses Nettie and Emma Bar
ton, Annie Gossett and Mary La
tham' and r. N. Berry and j. Il.
Latham.
Then q song by Robert Hester
and Lidie Folger.
"From Punkin Ridge"--5 ecenes
Nettie Barton and Ma
mie Folger, and B. d. Lenhardt.
w. L. Grice, j. e. Briggs, f. Hes
ter, j. E. Rankin and w. L. Ham
ilton.
"Negro Minstrels''-I scene
Il. N. Berry, w. L. Hamilton, J.E,
Rankin, J. w. Munson and We
Hudgens.
All Of which was we'll acted and
enjoyed by the large audience.
Everything tended to the eniov-
ment and comfort OF the specta-
tors, Ice Cream, Lemonade. Cake
&C., being in abundance, and quite
q handsome sum was realized
amounting to $57.55.
Prof: Moore and his teachers de.
serve great credit for the progress
made in their School, and for the
interesting Exhibitions given At
the end Of each session. and We
hope to enjoy them for years 10
come, as the school is no doubt
perfect success and deservea,&h.
well-wishes Of all lovers OF educa.
tion.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-04

The Senate has passed the
Mexican pension bill, but it will
probably be allowed to die in the
House as the Republicans are US.
ing it for campaign thunder.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-04
CLOSING EXERCISES OF TME
EASLEY ACADEMY.

For two or three weeks past,
great preparations had been going
on for the grand closing exercises
Of that deservedly popular Instu-
ton, known as the Easley Acade-
my, under the leadership Of Prof.
Z. w. Moore, assisted by Miss
Lille d. Green, Of Macon, Ca,
and Miss Jennie Rosemond, Of
Anderson county, S. c., the form
er as Music teacher, and the lat
ter as literary teacher, both &C
complished and worthy young la
dies, which exercises took place
on Thursday and Thursday night,
Friday and Friday night OF last
week. The occasion drew large
crowds from the country and ad-
jacent towns, whose expectations
were fully realized, knowing, as
they did, the high character and
success OF former exercises OF the
same nature.
On Thursday the general exam
ination took place, which was sat
isfactory to all concerned.
THURSDAY NIGHT,
The exercises were opened by
music on the Piano and a song by
the smaller scholars entitled, "Va-
cation is Here which did great
credit to the little ones, evincing
carcfal training by the teachers.
Next in order WAS original Es-
saws, read as follows:
Procrastination-Miss Flora
Richey; Voyage Of Life-Miss
Lille Clyde; Leap Ycar-M;ss
Ida Bates, which brought down
the house with rounds Of applause ;
Idleness-Miss Lula Msuldin {:
Cheerfulness and Contentment-
Miss Zoe Gilliland.
MUSIC, AND SONG BY MR.. j. r. BRIGGS
AND MISS NETTIE BARTON.
Independence-Miss Blanche
Hudgens; Culture and Christian
Iity-M;as Nora Holcombe; Home
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-04
@hs &xslxg ,Wessenger.
j. r. HAGOOD, EDITOR.
STATE CONVENTION.

our readers will see what was done
at the State Conventions last week.
1t was our good pleasure to be
present on this occasion, and in
as much as it was the first that we
ever attended we shall never forget
it. We were one Of the number
OF delegates who represents Pick
ems County. Our entire delega-
tion, with one exception, turned
out, and not only did the editor
enjoy himself, but his Colleagues
did likewise. The gathering Of
300 talented men in one house, up
on whose shoulders rested the re
sponsibility Of directing Alright the
Ship OF State, made a scene, inter
esting to witness.
In the hands OF our delegates there
rested the power for providing
for our future government. Our
destiny was safe in their hands.
Our interests would be looked az
ter, and our prosperity would be
cared for. These men, thought,
spoke and acted for our great pop
ulation.
The thoughts that found express
sion, and the plans that were so well
executed, were such as to make
grand old South Carolina glory in
her noble Sons. and pride herself
upon having such distinguished
talent to represent her in home and
national councils.
The Convention executed its bu-
siness with great tact, and highly
cultivated Judgment. Three sep
arate sessions were held during the
day and night, and the vast deal Of
work before the body was soon
gone through with. During the
first session delegates at large to
the National Convention were elect
ed. Senator Wade Hampton was
put in nomination by the distiu~
guished James L. Orr, and was
elected by 8 rising vote. The three
others were fret voted tor by a
viva voce vote. In this the elect
len resulted in the choice of that
popular and universally admired
editor, Capt. +. W. Dawson, Of
the Charleston News and Cou-
rier,' and Hon. G. II Suber, of
Newberry. The next man receiv-
ing the next highest number Of
votes was "the silver~tongued or
ator" Of South Carolina, Col. Le-
roy F. Yeomans, Of Columbia.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-04
Nestle Barton; Then and
NOW-Misa Ella Rlack

All Of the above named young
ladies acquitted themselves most
admirably, and show that they
have lost no time from their stud
les, and deserve great credit for
the free and easy manner Of deliv-
cry, which was in every instance
free from excitement.
MUSIC, FOLLOWED BY oRATIoNs.
Our Countrywide. Elbert Hes
ter; Early Knowledge-Mr. J. E.
Rankin; Perseverance-Mr. j. E..
Briggs; Labor-B. D. Lenhardt.
These young men acquitted
themselves most handsomely, and
gave evidence Of their future use
fulness. The next on the Pro
gramme was:
MUSIC, FOLLOWED BY A DEBATE.
Subject-"Which deserves the
more praise for his courage, the
Moral or the Military Hero?'
Afffrmative-Nr. w. l.. Grice.
Negative--Mr. G. II. Clyde.
The Affirmative side won the
day, making a noble effort in be-
half Of the Moral Hero
The Professor then returned
thanks for the large attendance,
good behavior, &c. and announced
the programme for Friday at 10
o'clock, q. M, and for Friday even
ing at 8 o'clock, explaining the OBJ
ject Of the Charades, &C., when the
large audience dispersed, we'll
pleased with all they had wit
messed.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Promptly at 10 O'Clock, large
crowd, composed mostly OF ladies
and children assembled at the
Academy. and the smaller boys
delivered their speeches, doing
great credit to themselves and
teachers by their promptness, we'll
delivered speeches, and unexcited
manners, all Of which were ap-
plauded and appreciated by the
audience.
In the evening at 8 o'clock came
the Charades, which were gotten
up in connection with the school
exhibition to assist in raising
money to complete the payment
on the Piano, which is such q
great acquisition to the Institu-
ton.
The Charades were opened with
Music, and the following pieces
acted with telling effect, music be-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
The Cheaper Way.

Secretary of certain railroad, enter
ing the presidents office with news
paper in his hand
"The villiansn' 4
"What now?"
"Why, here is an article asking il
our road can meet its June interest |!
Did you ever?''
"Neyer! That editor ought to be
hung"
"Shall begin libel suit?"
'Yes-yes-at once! That is, wait u
few days. I'll see the treasurer, and
if he says we can borrow the money to
pay the interest we'll make that in
fernal newspaper sweat
"And if we can't borrow?"
"O-ah Yes, we may be short.
guess, upon the whole, we had better
ignore the article. Also, the news
paper. Also, all the people connected
with it. Nothing so hurts newspaper
as to ignore its existence. - Wall
Street Ne1OS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Wouldn't Work.

Jones and Brown were riding along
q country road, and seeing some
calder" bushes in full bloom, Jones re-
marked to Brown, who n'tvery bright
on puns and that sort of things:
81 say, Brown, did you see that gag
in the Chicago Sun?" .
"What's that?" inquired Brown.
"Why, that way of spelling elder
blow tea with four letters.
No, | never saw it. How do you do
it?r
Easy enough-L-double o-t.''
cha, ha! that's good. I'll Just give
that to my wife, and Browns face
took a deeply studious expression.
Arriving at home, Brown, with a
handful of the flower, hurried to his
wife before he should forget the point
of his story.
"My dear" he broke out, "here are
some elder blossoms redolent of the
odors of spring, and Jones gave me a
good gag, too, on them"
"They are lovely" said his wife,
"but what is the gag?"
"Why, my dear, can you spell elder
blossom tea with four letters?''
Glider blossom tea? OF course I
can't, and | don't think you can
either"
Eyes l can, too. Ha, ha! A man is
always quicker than woman in that
sort of thing. Don't you know that all
the great American photographers are
men, my dear?"
That's no sign, but go on with the
spelling"
''Ha, ha! Haw, haw! Ho, no! That S
a good one on you, my love. It's the
easiest thing in the world. Listen here
-L-double o-t!'
"Pshaw, that doesn't spell elder
blossom tea;' that spells loot 81"
"Wha -wha - ?" and Brown
scratched his head and looked vacantly
at his wife and repeated slowly ''L-double
OF; L-double OF. That's the way Jones
spelled it, anyhow, and it came out all
right. | wonder what's wrong with it.
Darned if | don't 90 and see Jones'"
and he flew out, while his wife stared
after him and remarked: 81 can spell
fool with five letters, and the first one
is capital b. "-Merchd7M IraUeLer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Won His Case.


Laa0yer, meeting his client: "Hurrah
let me congratulate you. You are the
luckiest of mortals, and so am |. We
have won our case in the Supreme
Court. Let us have drinkr'
$50 we have won. WelS I'm glad to
hear that, as am somewhat hard up
for money, and now I'll be able to
realize something at last, after having
been paying out money for the last ten
years"
Eyes, thanks to my skill and pluck
in holding out. l have obtained judy,
ment at last. Well, you are q lucky
dog"
Eyes, but 1 have had to wait long
time, and have paid out a good deal
of money. How much do l get nowp"
"The Court DEGREES you shall receive
$4,000 The cost and my fee will only
amount to $500. All you will have,to
pay me is 81, 800"
"Great Caesar! must / lose what little
money I've got left2'
"Of course, you lose your money,
but console yourself. You have gained
your case. You can't expect to gain
everything. "-TeraS Sittiags.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Getting Ready Beforehand.

"What are you doing now? | never
saw a girl that was so continually find
ing something to dor
Pm only going to sew a button on
my glove"
why, you are not going out, are
you?"
"Oh, no. I only like to get things
ready beforehand; that's all "
And this little thing that had been
persisted in by Rose Hammond until
it had become fixed habit, saved her
more trouble than she herself had ever
had any idea of; more time, too. Ready
beforehand-try it.
AS surely as you DO, faithfully, YOU
will never relinquish it for the slip-shod
time-enough when-it' s-wanted way OF
doing. - Young Christian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Class in Spelling, Stand Up.

Prof. March says the dropping of
duplicated consonants saws Upper cent,
and of silent e's 4 per cent NOR. The
complet clearance of silent letters saves
II per cent. 1t is a current statement
among spelling reformers that we thro
away 800, 900, 900 yer in paments to
printers and publishers for sprinkling
our books and papers with silent letters"
Now there, young man, is aplan, chep,
esy rod Twelfth. 9 can now understand
how Josh Billings got rich. Just say
yur letters. Don't vast 1; not solitary
lon lost lingering l. The silent Letter
must 90. Swer of from the silent e's
that fiji up, but do not balanc yur cash.
By abstaning from the us of al silent
letters you f-ekt saving of ten pr. ct.
Yur salary is, sa, 800$ pr yer. IL pr.
ct. of S00S is a snug little sum 2 save
evry yer. Il, in saving thes 5 u'r not
losing plasur. 1t dos no good to use
silent letters. Their is no JOY in it 2 u. 1t
does not creSa more blisful st8 of'mind
in yur hart to spell belev with 3 els and
then find that u hav got the middil l on
the rong side of the i. We 1der, then,
that cling to the absurd and wastful
ed 'em. Turn your 1Oder mind 2
the economic paths and 50 ways of
REIN spelling, and say II per cent of
ur salary, and 4tunS das in stor u.
But bear-I mean-that is, [ men
this one-or rather, obstacle to your
that is, ur, sudden should-oh
dear mean-I men, shud say
or more correctly OHIO without h
witot a h, that is-shud sa, sudn, acqui-
sition-that is, akyzishyn of wealth
welth, rather, and that is the following
or, more,-that is NOR, economically
-cne-1, only, speaking-I should
shud say-or sa, following. While-or
rather, Will you-u | mean-men,
would-or wud, undoubtedly-oh dear
or rather der, undoubtedly save-I
shoulder rather shud say-so, say
seventeen-ah me, 7ten pr. ct. by
escewing-oh goodness II should
that is shud-say-or sa, gudnes
est2ing all-or, rather al silent letters
with one-1 t, of course-without
a e, you-that is, Il, would-a rather
wud, suffer with one, that is l, f, a dead
Or rather, ded loss with one of
pN'SiVD NV vi NlJuOuG IL q COT
rectly with one without L speaking,
with the left out seventy-fve per cent.
Invaluable without C time without
a C, ink or patience or rather pashenc
in scratching out words spelled with
one or 1 and l C, in the old way or
rather wa, and spelling with l l and
writing with no W then in the new
that is nu way mean-or men-wa.
And therefore-oh pshaw that is,
therefor osha, the loss entailed by the
progressive staisle of spellllling ecks-
ceeduingly counterbalances the mea-
guer salvage theoretically effected be
the paynestaking saving of an occas-
nional beggarly e, or even the rare
bonanza of handfullll of consonants
in a Welsh history or case of phth.
dhrhfhlhtizzick. Awf with his he'd
Sew mulch for the spelling reform :
Burdette, IN Burlington Haa0beye.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
NATURES WONDERFUL WORKS.

Inever could see any good reason for
inventing all those stories about beings
called fairies, and gnomes and water
mixes, who are said to dance upon the
green-sward by moonlight to the tuneof
the crickets violin, and hold their
courts in the recesses of q lily-bell, and
to whom much mischief and many curl
Gus pranks are ascribed. l say that |
could never see any good reason for
making up such tales, for, OF course,
every boy and girl knows that such
things as fairies never existed, or never
can exist. There are wonderful things
enough going on about us every day
that are true and of which we may
learn and know something.
Is there anything, for example, in
any fairy tale more beautiful and won
derful than the history of the begin
nings and the growth of flowers and
trees, and of the pretty and curious
ways in which spiders and birds and
other creatures build their homes and
provide for their young.
Think, for a moment, of the marvel
Gus changes that are going on about
you at this season of the year. A few
weeks ago the trees in the parks and
fields and woods had only bare, leafess
branches; now they are clothed in their
summer dress of green foliage, so thick
and heavy that the birds may hide their
nests in them, and the piercing rays of
the sun can not find their way through.
What has wrought this wonderful
change? What power has been at work
helping the trees to put Oh their sum-
mer dresses, cutting the leaves after a
Thousand curious patterns hanging the
flower bells in their swinging green
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Thought SO, Too.

In response to a sign of "Boy
Wanted a lad about twelve years Of
age applied for a position in a Michigan
Avenue store. The proprietor liked his
looks and decided to take him, and
after some general explanations and
observations, asked;
''What is your first name?"
"Henry."
Every well; shall call you by that. :"
"What is your first name?" asked
the boy.
"Why?"
80, think it is altogether the best
plan to call each other by our frs,
names. 1t saves time, and you dow
get folks mixed up. You can call me
Hank, and if your names William |
can shorten it half rod
The boy hasn't begun work yet. In
fact the man has installed lad in the
place who takes plenty of time to
mister him and give the full name.
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
A Large Family.

"The yellow Italian bees are gentler
than the brown wild bees; and it is said
that the Italian bee has a longer pro-
boscis, and so can get honey from the
red clover which is so abundant
hereabout. thought they were
better; for, when 1 was very
poor man, bought an Italian queen
bee in the big city of New York, and
paid twenty dollars for her, and have
never yet repented of my extravaganza.
| have now siXty-nine hives of pure
Italian bees, and they are all the de.
scendants of my pretty queen. Allow.
ing forty thousand bees to u swarm,
which is a moderate number, it is not
bad showing for her majesty. Let me
see, forty thousand by siXty-nine makes
well, at least two and half millions
of living descendants, besides dozens.oi
queens have given away, with all theii
descendants; these, added to the multi
tudes that have lived and died in the
meantime, must make, all together, MOI
far from two hundred millions in twelve
years. Mrs. S. d. He77Tcb, IN Sc
Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
DR.. John Hall and His Wealthy Par
iShiOner.

DIR. John Hall is pastor of the wealth.
lest congregation in America-the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian. He is Scotch,
and therefore, uncompromising in his
principles, which are regarded as al
ways of the best He gets $4,000 a
year and parsonage worth $4,000
more from the church. He is paid
So, 900 to write for BOnner's story pa
per, and he draws a salary as president
of an educational institution. There
fore you can see that he is fixed COM
fortably for life, so far as incomeis con.
cerned. But there is a widow, Mrs. r.
l.. Stuart, possessing 100000. She
is very old, and her declining days are
largely devoted to benevolence. DR..
Hall is her pastor and her adviser in
benefaction Her residence is, in soma
respects, as fine as a palace. 1t con-
tains wonders in Gobelin tapestries,
elaborate frescoing and massively rich
furniture. The venerable lady is not in
the least frivolous, and yet one of her
diversions is the identifying of her
home. She will spread $4,000 on the
walls of room, and, before the paint
is fairly dry, cover it with something
different but equally expensive. The
drawing-room has just been decoratedin
white, gold and rose pink, with fres-
coed ceiling dotted by vivid little Span
ish pictures Right under this layer of
fresh art lies the painting that was done
no more than year ago. At the top
of the house is an octagonal room, some
thing like an observatory, from which
-trgWhole of Central Park can be viewed.
This is Mrs. Stuart's place of laziness.
What ! set out to tell, however, was
that she has provided in her will for the
giving of this remarkable property to
DR.. Hall. -Bmtalo Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

The once lovely village of New
Hampton, Orange County, New York.
has been ruined by the turning of Wall
kill River from its natural course. The
channel was changed to prevent the
overflow of land above New Hampton
during freshets. The change has not
only ruined the business of the village.
but the malarial influence of the STAG.
nant pools in the old river bed has
Frustrated nearly the entire population
with fever. The Legislature has been
appealed to in vain and the village has
anything but promising future before
it.-M. Y Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Accident.

"The world owes its greatest achieve
ments to accidents" remarked Colonel
Swiifle to his wife as they sat on the
back gallery, enjoying cool breeze.
"Nearly all great discoveries were
purely accidental, and Mrs. Swif1le, "
added the Colonel, sit was by mere
chance that we met"
YES" the lady replied, sit was an
accident that caused our marriage"
The Colonel didn't very much like
this reply, and with elevated eyebrows,
reioined:
..Accident ? Why, my dear, hardly
understand you. What do you mean?"
80, / mean that if Tom Benson had
not accidentally shot himself, | would
never have married you. You would
like for me to think that you married
me by accident, but don't want to think
that it was accident that caused me to
marry you. Wish you'd draw bucket
of fresh water. "-A7'kdnSdU IrdUelier.
instruction in the use and manage
ment of balloons is now an important
feature of the course in the military
school at Chatham, England,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

"A New York elevated railway
locomotive spilled hot Goals on horse's
back, and tho horse ran over Joseph
Lowrey. He got $4,000 damages, and
the general term ofthe Common Pleas
affirmed thesFerdict. u Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

An enormous tree on the farm of
James Reese, near Mountain Greek.
Ga, was washed by the late food sixty
feet from its place and is left standing
upright. Foliage still covers it.-S2
Louis Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

Socrates said of his wife, Xantippa,
VI married her, feeling sure that if /
could endure her, | could endure all
Others"