The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-12-25

ly into Gainesville.
| The Young man is nephew of Judge
Estes of Gainesville.
All Sorts of Paragraphs.
! = Mama" asked little Carrie, one
| day, "can you tell me what. part of heav.
en- people live in who are good, but not
| agreeable ?"
| = New servant: ooh, if you haven't
any children can't come, because when.
ever anything is broken there will be
nobody to blame it on but me-"
: If little powdered sugar is mixed
! with pepper and salt and is scattered
over pork steak while it is cooking it will
| give an agreeable flavor and will lessen
the purely greasy taste so Objectionable
to most people.
"A sample of American cheese in
London, says the Orange County Farmer,
proved to contain neither milk nor any
of its derivatiorls. 1t came from New
York State, and was composed principal.
ly of lard and coIoring matter.
Mamma" said little boy to his
mother, the other day, "let me see you
break Maud SIS record; will you ?"
"What do you mean ?" asked the mother.
"Why," said the boy, innocently, "Papa
says you can talk faster than horse can
trot."
"A Baltimore paper says that city
alone put up the past season 14,4O000O
cans of peaches, 100000 cans of peas,
100000 cans OF string beans, 100000
cans of pears, 5000, 900 cans of tomatoes
and 100000 cans of fruits and other
vegetables.
The Mississippi Valley produces
1S5, 900 tons of cotton seed, one. fourth of
which is marketed in Memphis, much
Of it being shipped in crude state from
that point to Italy, whence it is returned
to this country in the shape of "pure
olive OIL"
-Four colored children were burned to
death in Orangeburg County one night
last week. Their mother went off visit
ing and locked them up in the house.
When she returned home her four chill
dren were mouldering corpses and her
house was in ashes.
A French widow took on dreadfully
at the funeral Of her husband. "Why,
madame" said her maid, "you hated him
so while living L do not see why you
should be so demoustrative now that he
is dead" "Why, Lizette, 1 don't hate
him half so much now as did,"
= A gentleman was congratulating a
friend, the other day, on his recent mar
riage. eyes," said the latter, thanking
him for his pleasant words, eff you mar
ry and get the right one, there is moth
ing like it; and if you don't get the right
one, suppose there is nothing like it."
At the recent Baptist State Conven-
ton the interest iu the Furman Univer.
sity was more general and hearty than
ever before, and all the indications
promised success for the plan of increas.
| ing the endowment of $4,000 a year for
| FIVE years. There is hardly doubt that
the first $4,000 for this year will be
secured. The University is now in a
promising condition.
= Recently the tomb of Edward III,
in Westminster Abbey, was opened, and
the body of "Longshanks," as he was
called, was found in a remarkable good
state of preservation. The flesh of the
face had turned to yellow powder, but
the part in the hair was still there, and
the shape and the form of the body re-
mained intact. Around the head was
narrow silver band, on which was en-
graved his name. The remains were
placed in the tomb 600 years ago.
Tvs Austin gentlemen, Colonel
Yerger and Sam Bass, were talking about
the comparative intelligence of animals.
"I think that horse is the most intelli-
gent animal" remarked Colonel Yerger.
"No, sir, the horse is not. The rat is the
shrewdest and smartest little animal I
know of. 1t has wonderful power of
discrimination. The rat never sets fire
to a store by nibbling at matches, until
everything is insured for more than its
value. A rat who is in that line of bus~
mess is sharper than fire insurance
agent with sixty ounce brain and thirty
years. experience Texas Sytings.
= The fast passenger train on the Air
Line road, which left this city yesterday
afternoon for Atlanta, run down and
killed little white child near Blacks
Station. Section Master Hardin was at
work on the opposite side of the track
from his house, and though he was aware
of the approach of The train, he did not
know his little child was running toward
where he was working. It's course led
!, directly across the railroad track, and the
child stepped upon the track just in time
to be knocked into the air by the engine.
The engineer had 10 time to do anything
save blow his whistle. and at that mo.
ment Mr.. Hardin looked up and saw his
child knocked from the track. The train
was stopped. and it vas found that the
child was still alive, bnt so badly hurt
that death was matter of only a few
minutes. 1t was about three years old.
- The Augusta Chronicle and Consti-
nationalist says: "The city of Anderson,
S. c., has voted an additional subscrip-
ton of S25, 900 to the Savannah Valley
f Railroad, which will insure its early com.
pletion. This road will pass within sew
! enteen miles of Eterton at its nearest
point, and we learn that the people on
!, the Carolina side are anxious for branch
8 road to Elberton, so much so that they
!. are willing to grade it from the nearest
. and most accessible point on the Savan-
g nah Valley to the Savannah River, and
3 also to do their part in building bridge
8 across the river. If this is true, we think
9 there is little doubt but that the people
9 on the Georgia side will do as much. II
: the people will do the grading and fur
D nish the cross-ties. there will be no diff.
e Guilty in getting the road equipped. This
r branch road would five The people of the
' Carolina side much nearer outlet to the
West than they have at present, and
q would give this section of Georgia a
t direct connection with Charleston, Por
8 Royal, Savannah and Augusta"