The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-09-24

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farmer living near here, named John Mick,
while feeding his horse late one evening,
heard a rat squcalinG as though his life do
pended upon it. Upon investigation Mr..
Mick found great grizzly fellow, appar.
emily the ancestor Of the whole tribe, busily
engaged in rolling an egg from the nest to
the edge of the manger. Anxious to see
what he was going to do, Mr.. Mick remained
quiet aud watched the proceeding. What
happened can best be told in Mr. Mick's
| own language: The old fellow kept
squcalin and a roin' the egg at tie same
time, till finally he got it to the edge Of the
| mangcr then all at once he took that egg
between his fore paws and held it chock up
under his chin aud doubled himself like a
ball and whoprcd himself clean over, egg
and ALL and fell kcrslap on his back on the
! floor below. There he sot up such
squcaln' that | thought sure tho old cuss
had dislocatcd a jiut in his back, and was
Jest goin' to end the old chaps misery
when 10 and behold two other rats appeared
on the scene Of action, and II be burned
| if them ,ats didn't each take hold Of n
hind lcg Of that old cuss, him holdin on
to the egg all the time, and holdin' 1t chock
up under his chin, ana drag him about
thirty feet across the barn to their hole
Then the old rascal let 80 Of that egg and
| started it into the hole ahead Of him and
| pushed it out Of sight in jest about second.
| always knowed rats was purity smart, but
them three puts it over anything | ever
sccd.
FANArIctSM REHuKEp.-Bi>hop Howe,
at Charleston last Sunday, brushed aside
| the supernatural theory Of the earthquake
| aud said
Many preachers have said that the earth
| quake came as 4 punishment to Us because
Charleston is SO wicked. In other words,
that the community Of Charleston is suf
| tcrng because Of its sins. II thi: is the
case, then it would seem to me, since per
sonaI tranSsrcsaicn crllS COR personal pun
ishmcnt, that every building in the city
which was shaken down or injured ought
alsp to testify to the s;ulunras of the in &.
dwcllcrS, because il Gud was going to
single out Charleston for punishment it
would seem that he would punish only GER
tain private individuals. Only a few years
ago Il tremendous cyclone swept over Wal
tcrhoro and destroyed the town. Immc-
dlatcly the people said that visitation
had been brought upon Walcrboro because
Of her sins. Yet when an examination
wa, made it was found that God had lev
clcl every church to the ground and left
every bar-room standing. 1t seems t. inc
that with such an example before Us, VIC
cirnot say i'll our present cniAHJty. 1T is
because G. our Sius that these SuiicringS
have been brought upon u.
1t il of record that while the churches
and other religious establishments Of Lisbon
were Frustrated the dcuS of inlamy were
spared by the earthquake there,
RIVAL. BROTHER CANnIpArES.-Chat-
tanoosa, September 13.-A novel scene
was witnessed here tonight. y. \. and
Robert l.. Taylor, the brother candidates
for Governor, were in this city on their way
to appointments. Besides being fine dcba-
tcrs and eloquent stumpcrs. both gentlemen
are accomplished musicians, the violin be
ing their iavoritc instrument. Large mum.
bcrs Of the friends Of each assembled at
the hotel where the two brothers were stop
ping and occupying the same room.
After general interchange Of friendly
feeling all around, two violinS Were brought
i'll and they Were asked to give some music.
Each took an instrument, and moving their
chairs close together they began, and for q
time delighted their hearers with some
music rs fine rs we ever heard here They
would throw III occasionally the Arkansas
Traveller, 'koSin the Bow and LEGAL mel
odic> which frirly set the crowd wild. Two
cln ildntcS for Governor OF great State,
brothers too at that, sitting together in a
most friendly and 5,Othcrly manner PLAYING
the violin for the drcctation OF their friends,
is a sight probably never witnessed before
on the stump. The brothers preserve tn,
same friendly relation, and nothing is said
to jar the scnsibility Of either.
| ONE or THE tuESrNUTS -'Dauicl'