The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10
FROM TROY.
Many Readable Paragraphs on Many
Interesting Subjects.

Many Readable Paragraphs on many
Interesting Subjects.
TROY, S. C, March s, 1856. "
nr. Sheppard says his female military, com
puny needs about seven "ordery" sergfants
DR.. Addison has had his residence lot en-
closed with a neat and substantial fence.
The \. II. T. congregation will worship in
their own building on and after sabbath next
Miss Kate Smith of Ridge Springs, who hal
heen visiting relatives here, returned 70 hcl
sam Jones says: :"fhe devil is a gentleman
and will get up and leave when told to-" We
always had an idea that the old gentleman Is
net as black as lie Is painted.
Moses Tillman seems to possess IN re
markable degree what John Randolph, once
described as 'the talent for turbulence lie
"Bill Nye," claiming to speak from expert
ence. says: "Woman. IN most cases, IS gentle
and long-sutfering; but If you observe htl
closely Tor several consecutive weeks you Will
notice that she generally gets there With both
feet"
In the paragraph in the Press and Banner
last week on the Terry Broderick duel the
types make me say that Broderick dled about
tive hours" after being, wounded. l wrote
Judge McCaslan has been made agent fol-
some valuable real estate In this place owned
by IL gentleman in Augusta, and we arc pleas
ed to State thnt he succeeded last week III
renting out the greater portion of 1t;
Mr.. Tommic Lites and Mr. Tonmie Robin
son have embarked in a new enterprise-;'
chicken factory. The "boys" say that Tom
me L. is to gather up the eggs and Tommie H.
Captain Youngblood and wife return ed from
their wedding trip last Saturday evening, ana
are now domiclled at Mr.. Ben Chiles'. They
will soon occupy the Captain Lites residence,
and enter upon tue mysteries anu LhlseiIes VI
The warbIings of the feathered songsters re-
mind US that "thc spring times comlcs, gen,
tie Annie" Balnly days. budding trees and
opening flowers will he welcome Vlsltors altel
the long, dreary winter.
Wagonloads of corn, flour, bacon and fer
tiliZeTs going out Of town and nothing IN the
line of home products coming In would seem
To indicate that "intenslvc farming is not In
dulced In to any alarming extent by the "hor-
ny.handed sons Of TOLL in this section.
Here are two questions for the school chill.
drcu 10 answer: II q merchant buys coffee az
10 cents pound and sells at 80 centsa pound
What is the per cent. Of gain? If he buys at 30
cents pound and sells at 10 cents pound
whnt is the per cent. of loss? 49,
The ladies of the Baptist CONGREGATION On VIII .l
benefit of their church. Our Baptist friends
have been at considerable expense lately IN
purchasing a stove, cllandaller ana o!her arti,
cles necessary to make their house OF worship
com Portable, and it should be the duty and
pleasure of ali our people to aid them on this
OCCASION. The "spread' VIII oe eXcellent; ana
an enjoyable evening may De anlicipntea:
This Interesting sentence Is rom Mrs. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton,s rafting letter 10 tne M,
tional Woman Suffrage Association recently
in session in Washington, d. q: "Scientls,ts' u,
in u rigid analysis of sex, have proven by IN,
Vulnerable facts that the primal form or all
life is feminine, exploding the laole Iha' nna"
was first In the CREATION
The last words spoken on earth by tile late
John g. Cough. the renowned Temperance lec,
turcr, were "Young men, make your record
clean" He was lecturing in q presbyterian
ot.>t,i ,chn hnv
ntterance to the above words, he threw his
arms into the air, fell forward upon the plat
form, and never spoke again.
Even with the right of suffrage conferred
upon the fair sex, we do not imagine tnat
there would be any material change In the re-
suits Of our elections The married women
would pretty generally vote as their husbands
vote; and rs for the unmarried ones, they
would not have the opportunity 10 vote, "a, a.
not one Of them would be willing To admit
that she was twenty-one years OF tge
Congressman Henderson Of iowa wound up
his blOody-shirt harangue In me house iaSt
week with these words: Il would ratherd~eli
in hell with Confederate than IN heaven
gressman Hammond of Georgia neatly and
effectively replied Il day ortwo after by say
ing that the spirit or Henderson speecIi
needed no more reply than when he consign,
ed Confederates to hell and then intenS!f1ed
the horrors of hell BY u promise to go there
with them
We learn from the Messengers corrcspon'
dent at Due West that Miss Jennie Thornley,
Clarke is now on "the staff of the faculty" OF
the Female College ut that place. we were
not aware that the faculty of that excellent
institution had "staff,' or that such an ap'
pendage was necessary. However, Professor
Kennedy is a progressive educator, and rcadi-
ly adopts all the --latest improvements
one OF the "high privates' in Or. Sheppard's
female military company while being m
siructcd the other day in marking time ask.
;r Iaftf fI,of her
lett hand. If the young ladies are SO uncer-
tain as to the location Of their pedal eXtreml'
ties, it might be we'll for the doctor to adopt
the plan pursued by an old regular army ser; ser
peaut, v'io when he struck q recruit who did
not know Ills right foot from his left, would
tie q bunch OF hay to the former and Il wisp OF
straw to the latter, and then give the COM
mnnd, '"Hayfoot! Slrawfoot!'
We notice that the savannah Board or trade
have memoralizei the United States Senate
against the passage of the Morrison tnrl1 Dill
OH the ground that the greatest reductions are
made on three OF the four prlnclphl prouuc'
tions of that SectiOn-lumber, rice and sugar
1t would be all right to reduce the tariff ON
iron or anything else not produced in Gcor'
yia, but when 1t comes 10 Jumper ana rice GnG 9
Savannah Board of Trade say. "Hands on.
Colonel Dargan of Charleston Is galivantlng
over the country preaching free trade, while
the newspapers and people of that section
kick against the Morrison bill because 1t pro-
poses slight REDUCTION IN me tarit t on rice
y
was eminently correct when he pronounced
the tariff "a local question:
The New York Star gives the following good
reasons why women should not esche" poiltl.
cal reading: "Althougli woman is not as yet
q voter. she has much TO do with Influencing
the vote of husband. father and brother. TG
keep informed on politics is To be acquainted
with the history Of the country as IL Is oelnS
made, It is to learn history In IT'S freshest
and most sparkling condition. 1t Is to grow
up with the country instead Of being Kept tc
the rear in n dwarfcd condition and waltlue
until history becomes so mustV that IL mas
its way into the history books"
A love of fun was the ruling passion with
the late Hon. Bob ToombS, and lie would
risk political support and even trlendshlp Oh,
Joke or sScl." Once at the table of his II iend
man whom Mr. Toombs greatly estcemed
Mr.. Linton Stephens had led the way toa dis
cussion by rcciling the invocation to light ~
"Paradisc LOST" and the young man said
cal't always make out what he means Tt
this Mr.. T0ombs replied, In his blandest way
''That was the one great defect In the work o
Mr.. Milton. He was blind. and never learned
joinder, and it is said that Mr.. Toombs regret
ted it; but the temptation was too great iol
him.
who have suddenly discovered that the State
Is being ruled by a "ring." and who assume tc
be able to lead the people out OF the polltlci
wilderness. Spartanburg has Just developed
one of these characters. He writes IN the 'Nu
pusta Chronicle over the signature OF spar
tar" and evidently seems to think that ne
"knows 1t all |" We do not know who "Spar
tan" is: but we strongly incline to the opin.
ion that many of his statements mlgnt Dt
very properly classed under the lead of whu
Artelnus Ward used to Call facts that ain
So" Perhaps spartan" tried to get into tht
ring and was blackbaled, and in consequence
Of his failure is Il little Soreheaded. Scrajch
political ..A1oses" and nine times out of ter
you will wake up a disappointed office seeker
SEVERAL SPICY SHORT STOPS.