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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1886.
WHO DOES 1T?

MI. B. r. Tillman. Of Edgcfield. has
written a series Of letters to the NcWs
aud Eouric,' that have elected much
attention all over the State. Whatever
good Mr.. Tillman mny hope to accom-
;lish will be lost if he let's his zeal run
ahead Of his judgment. He represents
that there arc people who look down
upon what he calls the "deSpised and
oppressed class called farmers" Who
are those who are foolish enough to
hold any such view of the farmers Of
this country? They must be sadly
lacking in ordinary sense, and ignorant
of the conditions Of life in this country
if they ent 'rtain any such opinion. 1t
cannot be the merchants, for the farm
ers arc their customers. 1t cannot be
the lawyers, for the farmers are their
clients. 1t cannot be the doctors, the
farmers are their patients. Nor the ar
tisans and laborers who find in them
their principal employers. And it Is
not the farmers themselves. Mr.. Till
man is mistaken in thinking that tn ~
are "opprcssed,' or ''despised."
We know whereof we speak, when
we say that 0M' .turmers here arc not
men to put mp with oppression" from
anybody. And he who sought to treat
them with contempt would speedily be
sent to the fright about They arc tho
majority Of n population. they and
theri work are the basis of the prosper
ity Of our country. They are intelli-
gent, industrious, thrifty and indcpend-
cnt; possessed Of the knowledge and
the nerve to protect and defend their
solves from any assaults upon their
rights. 1t is an insult 70 them to call
them oppressed and despised:" We
venture to say that there is as much
brains and intelligence among the farm
.crs of this county as in any other branch
OF labor. They are progressive men,
keeping pace with the march Of the age,
reading. improving and progressing.
They are educating their children, and
laying broad the foundation Of their
own and the country's prosperity. We
know that they have here, MS a class,
and we believe everywhere else in the
State, the respect and confidence Of ev-
erybody. They have power and intlu'
ence, and know how TO use them, as
that man will find out who seeks to "op.
press" them.
We don't like all this airraying Of ono
class against another. We are al
bound up together in every relation OF
life. No one class or set Of men car
impose on another. We are all. Of
whatever profession or avocation, com
ponent parts OF a Homogeneous people
and each part is essential to the welfare
OF the whole.
We think Mr.. Tillman has departed
from the task Of reformation he ossnm,
ed. when he writes such stuff as We
have commented upon.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

-
10 the lion. 7. u. N'itherspooa Pre-
sitting .JHdgc
As the Grand Jury for tho County Of
Abbcvillc we would make tho f,,ln
ing presentm"nt:
We have given such attention to Che
different matters suggested by your
Honor as the time at our Gisposal
wonil permit. We take ,lpausurc in
~commend;n. to YOU the general GOOD
condition of the County offices. system
accuracy and efficiency are apparent IN
each. We have not, however been able
to give to these Offices that careful cx-
animation which we infer. from Your
H"nor'S charge, is required of us al
least oace during our term o: service
arp to 10 this we think it woull he
wei; to have this work committed to- =
part IF the Grand Jury, who can attend
to it at a time more convenient both to
them and to the County officers. If
this suggestion meets your lionor.s ap-
pIoNai We NUiu suggest that j DEL ). Bal
ley and p. r. Speed. together with the
Foreman constitute Il committee for this
purpose ANA that they moe: ut the.call OF
the Foreman.
We would call attention to the re-
cent marked Improvement for filing and
making of easy reference the many and
great variety of papers in the Clerks
office. and recommend that the County
commissioners be authorized to pay
cost oc same. We find that a good desk
with provision for locking ND important
papers is much needed in the Auditors
Office. and would recommend, as former
Grand JurleS have done, that such a one
be furnished him. The Auditors Du-
nIica!cS. very large md hr,yv ho,E.
are piled up in such manner as to be
difficult Of reference, we would suggest
that Il plain case be provided. in which
after being properly labeled. these
books can be conveniently and systcmat-
ically arranged.
We regard the bonds OF the County
officials as in satisfactory condition
with the exception of that of the
CLERK of the Court, which we think re-
quircs strengthening.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

The Democratic Senators arc stand
ing by tn: President in his fight with
the Republican Senators and the latter
will not come off first best: in this is
sue that they have so unnecessarily
raised.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

Coroner $. a.. Murphy, of Chester County.
came to Columbia yesterday with Sheriff VIM
II. !i""d, toapply for bail. Sheriff 10 ID killed
a prisoner who had assaulted him, in an
attempt to break jail. The pctition was heard
oet;'Tc Illef 'nSt'cs simpson THIS morning
and bail granted. This is the first time n
Coroner has arrcstcda Sheriff in this State
wit In Our rccOi.-c,i0n.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

The'Senatc has passed the bill to adj
nit South Dakota as Il State. 1t will
hardly pass the House. There were
some sharp passages Of words between
Senators Butler anal Logan, and "Biack
jack found out that our Senator could
talk as well as he used to fight.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

y terrible outrage was porpctrated in
Cartersvillr, a few DAYS since. Some fiend in
human shape, attempted 10 murder the entire
family ct L. ,. Commissioners i aron Collins.
by blowing up his residence with uvnaluite'
The house was completely shattered but
fortunately neither Collins nor his wife were
seriously hurt, though badly frightened. 1t
Is t" be hoped that the pei operators Of this
speedy justice be mctcd to them. by tn. hands
OF an outraged public. !
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

Mr.. w. II. Arnold, If Greenwood
who was some time since appointed
a postal clerk on the Columbia and
G~reenville Railroad, has been promoted
tn a third-class appointment. at a salary
OF $1,000 per annum.-Register.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

Charles l.. Webster, the publishcr of Gen
Grants book, viii givcto Mrs. Grant a check
Tor "z'c,'Jo as her scare OF the profits of the
book up TO date. This Is the largcs, surn evar
paid j" enc check by L publisher to an author
orhi> representatives. Macaulay received from
the pnhlihers of his History OF England a checE
Tor $4,000, OF $lG0, 800, and the largest sum
from his publisher was f4O, 900.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

jersey Jackets, jersey Jackets. in all
sizes, styles and %colors; very cheap at
Boil u Ga.phin's.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

Sec those "dog-collnrs" for l,die , a
Bell & Galphin's.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

The Jurors were called ut 10 O'Clock
n. IN. yesterday. AT first eight or nine
Of them did not answer. Gradually.
however. all Of them came except two.
One of them, Mr.. II. j. Kinard came on
the evenings train. Mr.. j. NJ. Richey
has left the State. Mr.. j. i. Agnew ask
ed TO be excused because Of the absence
OF his partner as n juror at G%reenviIlc.
Mr.. NV. Kay asked TO be excused be-,
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
4 GREEN ONE.
He Buys Prairie-Dog Town for a Mink
 Colony.
There are holes in the tips of her glove:
 Boston Courier.

He Buys a Prairie-DOg Town for Mink
 Colony.
 There are some mighty green men in this world,' said the passenger from the West, '.and I struck one of 'em a week or two ago. If I hadn't I wouldn't be here now. Last spring went out in Western Nebraska and homesteaded quarter section. hadn't seen the land, but took it supposin' it was all right But when I got there I found it already inhabited. About one hundred and fifty acres of the one hundred and sixty were covered with prairie-dog town. We'll, l con- cluded to settle down and see what I could do, and I'm mighty glad now that I did. About two weeks ago I was up to the railroad station trying to and terbacker, an feelin' right smart discouraged. was out of money and grub, and the winter was comin' on fast, an I couldn't see anyway out of it but to eat prairie dogs, and they're mighty hard to catch. But that day was the turning point in my luck. While was at the station an English man got off the cars, an said as how he was out West lookin' for place to make an investment. Said he'd heard O the fur business, an wanted to know if he was out in the fur country yet.
 's 'Furs, says I, there hain't not an just then an idea struck me, an I changed my tune. 'Furs, says I, there ain't no better fur country than this on 'arth. Just come out to my place till l show you my fur farm
 And he went out with me, an l showed him the prairie-dog town, an, as luck would have it, it was a bright, sunny day, an the dogs were out scoot- in around by the hundreds.
 'Talkin' about furs,' says l, what dye think of that? I've been six years growin' those mink, an hain't sold hide. It's all natural grease. Guess they's bout seven thousand of 'em now, an they double every year. How many will there be in ten yearsP'
 "You oughter seen that Englishman's eyes open as he took out his pencil an figured it up. He made it 7,16S,OOO mink.
 Well, says I, call it 5, 100000 to be on the safe side It won't cost dollar to keep 'em, either, an if they're worth cent they're worth dollar apiece. There's millions in it.
 ''Then we got right down to business an in less than an hour 1 had sold out for seven thousand dollars cash, an the next day I paid three hundred and fifty dollars for the homestead at the Land Office, got my patent and transferred it to him and took the first train for the East. Step into the buffer with me, partner, an take drink, "-C Chicd0o Herald
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30

How Rather Peculiar Man Kept Him.
 self in Good HumOr.
 q took dinner with a peculiar man the other day." said the Secretary of State. q had known him for a long time, but had never noticed anything strange about him until the other day When we sat down to dinner. Colonel Hackett-my friends name-called his servant, a large negro, and said:
 "'Robert please bring us some bread, and, oh, Bob, you've forgot the soupl Bring it, please, and you will place me un- der so many obligations. An, hold on, Bob. You have forgotten to give my friend plate. Please bring him one.'
 ''When the servant had retired to exc cute the humiliated appeals to his gener- osity, turned to my friend and said:
 Colonel, you astonish me. 1 have ever taken you to be a man of great firm ness.'
 "I am.'
 '''Then why are you so servile in asking your servant to do anything?'
 Revenge, my dear sir
 'Revenge! I repeated, in astonish. ment. Why, don't understand you
 "'Well, I'll tell you. Doyou see that club over the mantel-piece? We'll, shall be ob sequious to that fellow until he owns the place, then shall snatch down that club and knock him heels over head. Nothing like it. do all my servants this way, and enjoy myself better than any man in town. If hadn't hit upon this plan would have been dead by this time. Wait a minute here he comes
 "The fellow looked sullenly at us and doggedly put plate in front of me.
 "'Oh, Robbie" said the Colonel, there is no vinegar on the table. I should esteem it great favor if you were to get some. Oh, don't frown at me that way, Robbie
 "The servant made a disrespectful re- mark. The Colonel jumped up, seized his club and struck Bob an awful blow knocked him through window out into the yard. The Colonel's face wore an ex- pression of supreme happiness.
 "'Now we'll eat dinner, said he, resumlng his seat. If hadn't struck upon this source of innocent diversion, l might have been in my grave. You see when l cringed to him it was humiliation, but when l knocked him into a figure five 1t was re- venge. Now, I must go out after dinner and get another man. At first he will tell me that he would rather work for me than for any man he ever saw. After awhile, when my kindness becomes more plain, he will become neglectful; and, after awhile e you have witnessed to-day-he will be- come insolent. No, sir, 1 don't know what would have become of me had not struck upon this happy diversion. "-Arkansaw Traveller
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
SMALL AND TRIFLING."

In your hand you hold an acorn. Deeming it worthless thing, And you cast it from your keeping. Rain, and dew, and sunlight, bring. Slowly, surely, an awakening To the acorn's little heart, Till the tiny germ within it
 Makes sudden, silent start. Time goes on. You have forgotten All about the little shell, Which, as years slip into decades, Works it's secret mission well. An, could you but read the future, See what coming years can tell. You would scarce believe the wonders Springing from that acorn she'll First you see come slowly peeping From the ground tiny sprOut; Soon 'twould be tender sapling, Sending budding leaflets out Then you'd see, as years passed onward, What, as boy, you d thrown away Making cool and grateful shadow For your silvered head some day. You would see the forest growing Round the grand old parent tree; Hear the wOodman's axe resOunding, And the busy builders see At their work on ship and dwelling; See the vessel proudly glide, Carrying precious burden
 Der the ocean wild and wide. An, my boys, we can not always From a cause judge it's effect. Grand results may lie safe hidden In some duty you'd neglect Just because twas small and trlfiing. So my lads, just watch; you'll see All through life that trifies often Make or mar destiny.
 -C. c. Thdrtr, iII Golden Ddys.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
Doub,e Rack-Act,on yolubilitv.

The San Francisco girl of 1886 is princi- pally remarkable for her ability to express herself with double back-action combina- tion of conciseness and volubility. She has a clever trick of economizing time and space by running two or three words together. She never pauses for the ordinary obstruc- tions of grammar, and when clear, compre- hensive English fails her, she instantly re- sorts to words of her own coinage. The T. c. offers as an example the following in tercepted conversation: "Lo! Wherever goin?'' "'Lo! Jus downear to the dress makers" "Dressfnisht? "Mm-mm! Not quite; sgointube lovely" "Howshi- makinit?" ''Oh! I dunno; little iiggers down the front and pleatfnsroun the bot tom-sorter sprangly effect. Musturry- goodbye!"-Sa Francisco News-Le
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
PITH AND POINT.

-"Do you wish to be my wife, Ma belp" said little boy. ''Yes," incau: tiously answered Mabel. ''Then pull of my boots "-PalI MaU Gazette.
 A man who is willing to hold the baby part of the time and grease the griddle in the morning is, in woman's eye, the only substitute for cash.
 five eaten next to nothing," lisped Smithers, who was dining with his girl. "Oh. I always do that when I sit by you," responded the young lady, pleas antly.-Sam.
 -"Give us the ba11ot-box,' is the cry of but very few of the fair sex, while the rest of our feminine population is con- tent with being allowed to frequently stuff the band-box.-Philadelphia Her, ald.
 It is said that 'an Ohio man planted the first American flag in Cali fornia soil in 1S39.'' Whether it grew or not is not stated; but we suppose of course it did. They have a glorious climate out tthere.-LolOeU Citizen.
 A man in Northampton County went to sleep in an engine house, us- ing box of dynamite for a pillow. When he awoke he found his head blown off It must have been pain ful surprise to him.-NoYTiStoaora Her- ald.
 Innocence Out of the City.-'1 wish you'd let me go to the city with you, Charlie, dear, said young wife to her husband, who is on the Stock Exchange; 'I should so like just for once to take a stroll through the money market. IN r. Ledger.
 MT. Middlemas met three tramps this morning; to the first he gave five cents, to the second ten cents, and to the third ten cents-what time was it? All give it up? Want me to tell you? Why, it is easy to see what time it was "a quarter to three. "--N F. I,adepend- ent
 Nothing makes man feel the value of an economical wife so much as when he finds that the hundred dollars he had given her to buy Christmas presents with has been invested in pay ing her dressmaker's bill and buying him corn-eob pipe.-FaU RiUer Herald.
 -Wife-AA Aren't you going to eat your pudding, dear?'' Husband (pok- ing it disparagingly with his spoon)- '1t would kill me to eat that mess of in- digestible stuff" Wife-''I know it's not very nice, but you had better eat it dear. I hate to see it wasted. '-Chi- cago Mal.
 Times are pretty hard with some of /. the small brokers in the new board of trade district. A deaf and dumb man went into an office in the open Board of Trade Building the other day, and, seizing a piece of paper, wrote: ''I am hungry. The broker took the piece of paper, read the unhappy words and scrawled under them: ''So am I'-Chi- cago Herald.
 She should have darned 'em- The beautiful maiden is shopping to day,
 Quite busy, and to her surprise, While through the thronged street she is
 taking her way,
 Her beau in the street she espies. Good gracious 'tis awful! He's coming, no
 doubt,
 And swift to her heart strikes pain; The eyes of affection will single her out,
 He'll see her and speak, that Is plain. She halts, bushes redly, then crosses tho
 street,
 Avoiding the youth that she loves; The maid 1t would mortify much should they
 There are holes in the tips of her gloves
 Boston Courier.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
VOLUME XIV.
MISSING.

 A sailors yarn you'd like to have me spin? Sit down, shipmate; here, of Nantucket coast was the Captain of the Abel Gwynn That stormy year the Mary Lee was lost. Her Captains name was William Henry Court,
 gallant and a careful skipper, too; l saw the ship weigh anchor and clear port,
 And bear away along the heaving blue. Far out at sea she stood, the Mary Lee, \ wwhaieE rigged and from this harbor With all sail spread from the cold northern A good ship-aye, and timbers staunch and sound. But that was more than twenty years ago, And old Nantucket town will never see, Across the distant pillows rising slow, The topmast of the good ship Mary Lee. Aye! ayei that little woman waiting there? The shippers wife-now fast she's getting gray, Brown as an autumn oak-leaf was her hair The morning that the Mary sailed away. She comes here ev'ry morning with that glass,
 (she's not in her right mind, 'twixt you and mel
 And while the ships come in, the poor old lass,
 Stands watching for the bonny Mary Lee,
 Inter Ocean.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
THE ENGINEERS STORY.
Two Red Lights on the Track Look Like
 Mountain of Red Stone.

Two Red Lights on the Track Look Like
 a Mountain of Red Stone.
 "Ever ride on an engine on a dark, stormy night, eh? Have you learned what red light means? I remember one bleak, dreary night in the winter of 1877, was running on the Erie. We were behind time, and were skim ming down the hill toward Alden, when we rounded the curve and saw what seemed to be blaze of red lights before us. It seemed to me that the country was on fire. My heart jumped into my throat, and l thought my time had come. I reversed my lever, put on the air-brakes, and opened the throttle wide. My fireman had jump ed, with serious consequences to him. self, and thought I was goner. I let one brief prayer escape from my lips, and felt terrible jarring.
 ''At first it flashed through my mind that we had struck, but as heard the jarring of the wheels 1 found that we were almost at dead stop, the wheels slipping on account of the force of the steam which had run up. Just about two feet from us was the caboose of 8 freight train which we would have run into had we not stopped in time. After the excitement was over one internal fool of a passenger came up and asked why we had stopped so quick, swear inc at both the road and myself for stopping trains so quick. The cylinders of my engine cut little on account of
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
Singular Coincidence.

In city not more than thousand miles from San Antonio, a local clergyman rented a house for dwelling that had formerly been a gambling house. One night two young men of his congregation knocked at the door, and to their horror, their pastor opened the door. They fled in dismay. And now he goes about telling everybody he has strong hopes that the two young men will yet muster up courage to study for the ministry, while they take the pillars of the church aside, and whisper: "Hel He He Where do you think we saw Parson -? Why, around at John Smiths gambling room, bucking at monte. Who would have thought it?''
 The Sunday offertory has begun to fall off already.-Texas Siftings.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30

BOSTON, Mass-Herr Editor Boston Globe: Der abofe piece of poultry aloud mine vam- fly vas wrdden for der Detroit Freie PreSse some dime ago, uud would you belief it off der oldt lady, mine moder-in-law, don d feel so pad, righdt away, to dink she vas lefd oudt in der coldt, dot I nefer hear de firsd off it effer sendse; und so ash der holidays vas coming along, in der schveet booty soon, already, I dink to mineselluff dot l schust wride her cup for a Christmas present. und so send der englosed lines mid ilusdradions by mine oldt friend " Boz, who frsd dressed cup mine "Leedle Yawcob Strauss" for der noosebabers. Yours respectfully,
 YAWCOB STRAUSS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30

Und when dot shly Yawcob vas cutting some
 dricks (A block off der oldt chip he vas yawD Eef she goes for dot chap like some dousands
 of bricks, Dots all righdtI She's mine moder-in-aw.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
A HAPPY DIVERSION.

How Rather Peculiar Man Kept Him.
 self in Good HumOr.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
MINE VAMlLY

Dimbled scheel1s, init eyes off plue, Mout like i'd vas moisd init dew, Uud leedle teeth shust peekin' droo-
 Dots der baby.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-30
MINE MODER-IN-LAW.
Dhere vas many qveer dings Tn dis land off
 fraa

der free, I neffer could qvite understand; Der peoples dhey all seem so deefrent to me As dhOSe in mine own fadcrland. Dhey gets blendy droubles, und indo mishaps, Mitoud der least bit off cause; Und, would you peliefid? dhose mean Yangee
 chaps,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-23

that il labor can waste a half million on
strike, it is not so badly of as some people
represent The deduction does not follow,
by any means; as the most dOwn-trOdden
people will sometimes endure additional
priyation in the effort 10 secure what they
deem their rights The Inter Ocean proves
too much III this connection. For 1t shows
that the loss To capital from the same strike
was 81, 500, 900, or three times that in
wages. Now if the conclusion with
regard to the wuTkingmen is
correct, what is that with regard to
the employers? If they can afford To
loss Sl.5OO, 600 in ten days, rather than
yield the point they must be- doing pretty
well too And if the loss to capital from
idleneSs is three times that of labor in
wages, the rate of profits in the packing
business must be very neat.
4 good deal can be learned sometimes by
turning around the arguments applied To
labor, and applying them 10 capitalists.
But with regard 10 the main point II Is Ger
tain that if the money wasted in strikes
were saved and invested il could be made
a more powerful engine for the improve
ment of labor than strikes ever will be"
This Is a good, double-barreled sermon,
and plainly teaches that strikes are certainly
not profitable for either party interested.
If the money thus lost could be properly di-
rected more happy solution of these
troubles might be- made