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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12
A Young Man Tries Farming.

Almost every one has heard the story
Mark Twain tells about Henry Ward
Becchcr when the latter first indul gcd
in the luxury OF amateur farming.
The great preacher bought pig for
-. fed it $40 worth of corn. and then
sold it for So. He 81 he made on the
pig, but lost on the corn. A similar cx-
perience befell two of my friends in
this city who came TO the conclusion
they would improve the back part of
their lots. They were young men with
plenty Of business on hand. and so
could not work the garden GROWER
themselves. The other day one Of
them made statement of expenses
and gains to find out how he stood
with his farming experiment. H. dis
covered that he had paid s. for frrtl-
izcrs, Slj for labor, had sworn 500 times
at his neighbors' chickens. had quar-.
relied twice on this account. was sl,cd
once for killing two cats, nearly moo
bed for kicking a dog out of his toma-
toes. and had for his gain one mes OF
garden peas. five tomatoes. one DON
cars OF corn, prospective peck OF po-
tatoes. After this my young friend VIII
plant his farm in lawn grass and attend
thu market for his best vegetables
Lancaster Examiner.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12
Whisky is KIM.

Whisky j. hing The bummers cry,
The Fat di,tllcr,' tune,
Then rails 10. banners red on high
Huwah Tor the saloon
Whisky is lord' Come crown the chief
# all the vacrant elan.
The leader Of the tramp and thief
The enemy Of man
Whisky is sovereign! Crown the king;
Let temperance miuions quail
Before the leader Of the ring,
The founder OF the jail.
WHISKY is ruler! Drink again;
Give reyelry free scope;
Drink to the Prison AMI the chain.
The g.bbct aud the rope
WHISKY Dictates 20 all the land.
Elects the men who rule:
With hrazcn fac, and Iron hand
Oppas,s cha ia aud school.
How long O God shall cemen waltz
How LONG shall men forbearl
How long shall alcohol dictate.
humanity despair
-CharleiL Beatiis.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

OF the roof They represent the mas
rage of Hercules AMI Icbe The god
of Olympus, with attend ne ny mph.
appearing amid tn, clouds. support
garlandS Of flowers twining around In,
cornicc. Columbus starting from the
walls form inches containing medal
lions surmounted by scutcheons OF
bronze surrounded by intricate ar
abcsequcs of gold on pale-gr
ground. The shutters are decorated in
the same style and tone. There is
hardly gallery in the Louvre that
can compete with the magnificent
apartment where the wealth of gliding
is subdued, and, as it were, chastened
by the undimmed splendor of the
paintings and the depth of coloring
above.
On the raised ground floor arc the
private apartments Of Prince Withhold
Cszarlorisky, son Of Prince Adam, the
first posseSsor, and of his family.
Lofty, comfortable. elegant and con
venient, they bear the IMPRESS of
palrarcha. cheerful. elevated home
life. All who have entered them have
received a courteous. kind. On fled
welcome. Prince Withhold married
Marguerite d'Orlcans. daughter of H.
X. III. the Due de Nemours. She is al
lied by her mother, princess of Sake
Coburg. to all the royal families of
Germany, and by her father to all the
Bourbons Her simplicity of manner
and address at once puts her guests at
their ease. She is tall. graceful, and
possesses wondcrfl charm Of express
sion. Her husband has been and is
still srrikingly handsome. Exile and
a warming for his distant fatherland
have prematurely aged him and given
him n gravity and austerity beyond his
actual years, but he is nevertheless rs
courteously hoSpitable as the pr ncess.
With royal muniiicence the Cszartor-
iskys have conSecrated one wing Of the
hotel to an orphanage and school for
Polish children. II is their wish and
their aim that those Young wait, should
be instructed and made 20 cherish their
national tongue, keeping warm and
strong within their breasts tn love Of
Poland. Every year when Easter comes
round an old and touching custom opens
wide the portal, Of the Hotel Lambcr.
to every Pole, rich or poor, to1ng and
old, who may happen TO pas, bclor. it
1t is habit Of the counlr, that tie
great day Of the resurrection should ba
celebrated by banque called the
Benz. The priest goes ar1un in ey-
cry family blessing the table, spread
with viands They are alwa4~ cold and
are eaton standing a trad oual reua,t
in comm moration OF the pascal lamb
Con>p .cuous are cnormou, cakes con
coo cd from recipe, found only in Po-
land
AZ the Hotel Lambert the Beni is
indeed SIX large table,
lad i'm the gallery croan under the
weight OF Tine family plate an the ever
rep.en.~ael fare. The prime and pr.n-
.->. SISTED bv their sister Countess
Dze.a-.a stand from noon II evening
mne,crug 20 all corners. 40 INVITA-
IONS awe issued. Whoever choose, TO
.om. IS made welcome. bee Dee noble OF
1,eb.an. the only condition TO his al-
matance being that ne speaks the
tongue of his host This annual agapc.
hi- Gathering around him of those who
are of his race and Of his land is the
'nc green oa-i, in the eternal plain of
The Cszartorsky's exile.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

a new prophet has arisen in Hart
county, Ga He predicts that the
world will come TO an end in 1890. nd
has sold all of his earthly possessions
with view to settling up on his own
account He claims to be the spirit of
Elijah incarnatc but that notion will
hardly keep him out of the asylum.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

\ statle of the late Major Gen. w.
X. Halleck has been carved from Rhode
Island granite at the granite company :
yard in Westerly, r. /, by some Italian
workmc', and is now ready for placing
at Golden Gate park San Francisco II
is erected at the request of his son. the
late Henry Halleck, whose mother
married Mai Gen. Cullum Of IIalleck' {,
staa. The figure is eight feet high and the
pedestal will be six feet square. with
the customary record of his services tc
the union.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12
BERGEN.


Fish-IIistorical Rem niscenccs.
There are only three large cities il
NORWAY Christania has the greatest
number of inhabitants. and is the capt
tai. Throndhien is the oldest. anC
perhaps the most famous historically
Bergen is the best known for its inter
esting old buildings and it's fish 1t lie,
for the most part on billy peninsula,
and on three sides are steep mountains
whose tops are almost always cloud
covered. There are four distinct sum
mits, though after one has become &C
climatcd and received due instruction,
he will learn that there are three more
peaks. for Bergen, like ancient Rome,
is a "city of seven hills" and in token
thereof has blazoned them on her
scutcheon beneath fortified castle
These mountains are considered the
cause of the heavy rainfall for which
Bergen has long been noted. They at
tract the clouds. which then pour their
waters into the town, sevensv-two
inches falling during the year. This
has been an unusually rainy summer,
and out of six consecutive weeks here
there have been but four bright days.
SO notorious is Bergen weather that u
story is told of an old Dutch skipper
who for twenty years had brought
goods TO the town, and always, when
he reached his port, it was raining or
very misty. One day when he arrived
it happened to be bright and clear
which SO surprised the worthy sea dog
that he felt he must have mistaken his
course and gone into the wrong har-
Dor, so he set sail again and hunted for
many weeks along the shore in search
OF Bergen wharves, with their rain and
wet.
BiGrgvn, the pasture among the
mountains. is said 10 have been found
ed BY famous old king, Olaf Kyrrc.
on the site Of an ancient royal resi-
dence. For many years il was the
largest and most prosperous city in
Norway. though number of battles
and naval conflicts took place in its
vicinity About the year 1910 the
town first began 10 come under the
control of tn IanSeatic league which.
forupward Of two hundred years weld
ed powerful influence on the trade of
all nations. Bergen soon became the
entire center OF export for all the fish
OF Norway. The northmen came down
in their broad-beamed, double-cndcd
"jTgts bringing loads of dried cod
and herring to exchange with the Ger
man traders for dry goods and other
All along the north side
OF the harbor j. the Tvdskebrygge or
German quai, on which were built
warehouses. many of which are still i'm
use. On the per in front Of each is q
simple crane. made like an oll-fashloa-
ed well-sweep. and used for unloading
the fish from the boats Thas. store
houses or guards pronounced
''goards') belonged to merchants in
Bremen. Lubbock, or some other Han
seattle city, and each was under the CON
troll of head clerk, responsible for all
the business transacted Each guard
consisted of one long building with aa
M-,hapei, red-t.led roof and straight
pa>sageway leading through the center
to different parts of the storehouse.
One Of these guards ha, been pre,cry-
ed intact and contains many interest
inc curiosites Of the old days cor
Boston HeralA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

Sordid speculation and the bushes.
of barter has not squeeze | all the poetry
out of the souls of the citizens of Mn
neapolis. This is the way market
report in one OF the newspapers read.
Corn, the friend alike of poet,
peasant and Spectator. lowered low
iogly a moment at i3c, and then alight
ed with pink-doved feet on fl.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12
The Innocent Little Rustic.

Among the unsophsticated anG
disingcnuous country people:
Tell me my good woman, have yor
only this one cowr'
That is all. -
How much milk does she give q
day?'
Ten quarts"
And how much of it do you sellr'
Thirty every morning, monsieur. "
It'd Bits.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

Leo Snyder, the oldest soldier n the
regular army, recently passed through
Omaha on his way to Clark's Point,
New Bedford. where he is TO be station
ed. He is now 7S years old. and is hale
and hearty. with good eyesight He
enlisted in 1887, and has been stationed
at Fort Laramie, in Wyoming.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

Says the Boston Herald Why don't
the Pinkertons buy Chicago and run it
to suit themselves? Or. if that would
he too expensive they will soon have
an army of their own with which they
can capture it without buying. That a
single firm can employ hundreds OF
men, better armed than the soldiers OF
the United States. and send them where
they please, is an anomaly under and a
mcance to our institutions. Trouble :
bound to come of the system if it is al
lowed to grow.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

Mrs. Grant has sent her check TO the
New York Sun for 500. the amount
paid by that paper to Holmes q CO..
for embalming the body of Gen Grant,
but claimed that the family regarded
the bill as improper and unmeritorious.
I'VE cannot consent that YOU should
be constrained by our action TO pay
what YOU do not think was due"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

Every express car on the Pacific roads
is now lined with boiler ron. provided
with a shot gun AID Two revolvers, and
the doors so defended that a man could
not open one of them from the outside
in an hour if given liberty to try. The
only way a car can be robbed of it.
treasure is by collision with the mes
senger, and it is said that every messen
ger is constantly under the surveillance
of a spotter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

The Universalst convention at 4 kron.
o., wound up with grand hoax.
Some waggish student at Butchel col
lege sent printed cards TO about 100 OF
the delegates, inviting them to take a
five o clock dinner at the house of DR..
Cone, president Of the college. At TIE
appointed hour the divines turned up.
swarming all over the house Of the
president, much to his dsmay
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

Gen. Miles says the average Indian
will make about as much success at
farming as United States senator
would at following a deer's trail over
the plains He agrees with all tn
other Indian fighters that no rcdskin
will stay civilized To expect them t, is
10 70 against nature.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12
The 80 French 10.

A ccutcuarian named Lcnoir died re.
Gently in Paris at the ripe az, of 1o}
years Lcnoir was parrot. During
the reign of Louis XVI be wa. Matched
out ia the royal palace, and there he
continued to live through all the vic.s.
STUDIES that animated French govern.
mental affairs. Since the reign of
Charles y. it has been very difficult TO
teach any new phrases TO Lenoir. but
he possessed already many that he chat
tered with great volubilty and often
with singular inappositencss. They did
get him 10 learn ''Yiyc Gambetta," and
hc used to alternate that phrase with
A bas Robcsp.erre! which was .
memory retained from the time of the
Reign of Terror. Lenors last word.
were Grace pour Marie Antoinette. "
When events in the Reign of Terror
and names of those then conspicuous
were mentioned before him he would
repeat IL an est terrible. chicago
Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

"send me another copy OF The Be-" says
letter recently received by the editor OF tn,
Richmond, Va, paper OF that name. 81 tax,
one COPY now. Lut there's 30 little in 1t nee.
another.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12

President Cleveland closed his adj
dress at the unveiling of Bartholdi's
statue, in the following words Instead
of grasping in her hand thunderbolts of
terror and of death. she holds aloft the
light which illumines the way to man 5
acknowledgements. We will not forget
chat liberty has here made her home;
nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.
Willing votaries will constantly keep
alive its fires and these shall CLEAN up
on the shores of our sister republic in
the east. Reflected thence and Joined
with answering rays, stream of light
shall pierce the darkness of ignorance
and mans oppression, until liberty en-
lightens the world
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-12
MICH

That is a wonderfully small baby,
The latest blessing to David l.. and
Emily Pc k Mix. who are now visiting
the baby's grandmother in New Haven.
The infant is little over two months
old and weighs two and one-half
pounds. She was born at Long lake in
the Adirondacks, where her parents
have hthertofore resided. is well
formed child and healthy, and can eat,
sleep and squall like a baby five times
her size. She is thirteen inches in
height. her wrist is seven Fights of an
inch in circumference, the back of the
hand measures one inch across, her
ankle is an inch and quarter round
and her foot is an inch and quarter
long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-16
BiIIingSSatc.

The Register has much to commend it to
public favor. The energy of its proprietor
and the excellence OF his work commands
The Integrity and incorruptibleness of the
editorial and local departments Of the
paper Is denied by none. But it is to be
lamented that over all this there is shadow
or blur, or something else that diminlshes
its usefulness and influence while it detracts
from the financial success of the paper
We refer to the many personal attacks of
that paper on It's brethren of the country
press, each of whom in turn, seems to have
incurred this Caesars royal dispIeasurc Who
is 1T Of the country press that has not been
villided by the Register:' We believe there
are exceedingly few country journals that
have not at some time been treated by the Reg
lister In n manner 50 coarse and so vulgar,
rs to be not only offensive to the inoftensive
reader, but in manner SO as to effect an
actual injury to the business interests of the
office, and to excite the contempt of its
contemporaries, who usually yield to that
paper the palm for throwing sluSh.
While the Register has little to gain by the
respect and goodwill of its brethren in the
country, yet it certainly has something to
Jose by treating them with needless insult,
and If 1t flaunts its own editor before the pub
lic as q clown 1t certainly Injuries itself Ill
the eyes of the public.
If we had in Columbia a morning paper
which would observe the amenities and pro
prieties OF journalism, there might be less
reason for complaint against the citizens o
that city for not supporting the local paper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-16
The Congressional Race.

The Congressional nomination in the Third
District is exciting much comment by the
newSpapers-Abbeville and Abberllle's citi-
zens coming in for q full share of their atten-
ton. That our people may bc informed us to
what is goiug on outside of the county we
have cndeavored to copy whatever particular
~ interests Abbeville. We are sorry to see SO
much prejudice against our county, but hope
that wise counsels may prevail ut the nomi-
nation, whether 1t be by primary or conVen-
1ion. The statement that the State Executive
Committee have held O secret meeting for the
purpose of devising plans for thwarting our
desire for Il primary election in the Third
District has not been denied. But whether
the meeting was held or not we presume it
will not be denied that there is opposition to
The primary-the opposition being supposed
10 come from the politicians who may believe
it 10 be easier TO be nominated before 4 con-
vention than it is to win prizes at the hands
of the people themselves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-16
THE CUMBERLAND GAP.
MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS IN AB-
BEvILLE COURT HOUSE,
Some Notes OF What was Said and
Done by that Assembly.

Yesterday evening was the time appointed
for the meeting of The stockholders of the
Carolina, Cumberland Gapand Chicago Rail-
road. Quite a number of our citizens went
to the depot to meet the incoming stockhold-
crS, and each of them was taken to the pr
vate houses of our citizens, and treated with
distinguished consideration. They wore, us
far as We could learn, entertained as follows:
Mail George Evans, at T.. B. Gary'S.
q. e Bradley, of Troy, at l.. w. Whites.
Dr. Addison and ]. L. Bradley, of Troy, at
NJ l.. BOnham'S.
w. r. Bradley, of Troy. at w. @. Bradlcy's.
]. n. Young and r. $. Galloway, OF Due
West, Mt w. Joel Smiths. -
II. w. naddon, Of Due West, at j.. w.
ii. NJ Young, of Due West, at ]. NJ: Giles
a. s. Kennedy, of Due West, at l.. Wardlaw
Smiths.
of Edgcfcld, at w. II. ParkGrS;,, ,,
r. 4. McCaSlan, of Troy, at B. :. Barn"ells S.
+. b. McCaslan. of Troy, at T. {. Seals.
r. T.. Bowen, of Pickens, and DR.. U. w.
Croft, of Aiken. at J. S. Cothran's.
ESQUIRE Uuckworth, of North Carolina, ut
G. V. Hammond's.
]. II. GUssett, of Easley, at G. w. Syfnn's
DR.. II. ]. Epting, of Williamson, at II. +.
Hills.
MIR. Clark and DR.. Wise, of Trenton, at Geo.
mir. Rettis, of Trenton, at Gen. Hemphills.
DIR. ]. W. Hill, Of Edgeticld, at Dr. l.. L.
Hills.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-16
Worse than Foolish.

A few days ago some forty operatives In one
of the smallest factories In Augusta, quit
work because Of their dissatisfaction with the
man in charge of them. For this action the
Presidents of the different mills in Augusta
met and determined to close their respective
mills on Monday evening if these forty dis
satisfied operatives did not return TO work,
thus throwing some four thousand people out
of employment, and depriving about eight
thousand people of the means Of support.
One-third of the population of the city was to
be placed in q starving condition because Of
the act of forty operatives and because of the
cruel act of rich capitalists who conspired or
combined against their inoffcnsive and de-
fcnceless operatives. We have never sympa-
thized with any strike which has yet taken
place, but If capitalists elsewhere are as un-
just in their demands as the Augusta mills,
we have no word Of reproach for strikers. and
we have no word of condemnation for any act
which they may commit under like unpro-
voked distressing circumstances. Even fac
tory hand has rights which the princely CAPT.
talist should respect whether he does so or
not. We do not recollect 10 have seen any
notice of more foolish or more cruel act
than that of the Augusta mills. as presented
by the Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-16
tn Advertisers.

We have heretofore said but little about our
claims on the public patronage as an adver-
tising medium. We have not had fewer than
q thousand copies of any issue printed from
the beginning of our existence as Il peri
odica. Our circulation is scattered widely
over our own State. and to some extent oyer
several other States Of our country Williams
ton Naiad.
This kind of argument will defeat any effort
to get advertising from any one who has an
eye to receiving value for the money expcnd-
ed. To the great mass of advertisers thous-
and stray shots scattered all over the United
States are absolutely worthless. What is
wanted by an advertiser In q local paper is to
be put prominently before some particular To-
cality. Concentration is the word. If the cn-
tire thousand copies Of the Naiad were dis
tributed in and around Williamson or in
Anderson county, then it would be q superb
advertising sheet for thatcounty, but a thous-
and sheets scattered widely" Is Of almost no
value for the reason that the local papers in
other towns will advertise their own towns.
Our Williamson brother should manage to
get a circulation which shall be confined al
most exclusively to Anderson county. Pa
pers which are scattered" over the country
are never priced because OF that fact. Wise
and judicious advertisers want concentra-
tion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-16
Are Farmers to be Left Out?

Our neighbor, the Pickens Sentinel, docs not
seem to be much Of q farmers paper. 1t says
nothing about sending q farmer to Congress,
1t proposes on the other hand, If Judge Goth
ran is elected, to fill his place by q lawyer
and it even goes so far as to propose TO elect
the Circuit Soil citor from the ranks OF the
lawyers. This thing Of giving the farmers
no showing at all is greatly to be deprecated.
There is not a farmer on the Bench. AS the
farmers constitute roper cent of the wealth
and population of the State, this manifest in
justice must be apparent to all. If Judge
Cothran is elected to Congress his place GER
tainly ought to be filled by a farmer. We
can name the farmer, If our contemporary
does not find one In Pickcns. We are in tor
u farmer Judge, one time.