The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-25
OUR BREVITY BASKET.
Filled With Brief Mention of Many Minor
Events of the Week.

Filled With Brief Mention of Many Minor
Events of the Week.
Early riserS report ice yesterday
morning.
Quite Il number of handsome young
ladies are visiting friends at Branch
vile.
4 great many shad are being caught
out of the Edisto at this point this
season.
No less than five marriages have
taken place at BranchVille during the
past week.
An old bachelor says he thinks it is
woman, and not her wrongs, that ought
to be redressed. --
A fire company, with membership
of siXty-eight, has been organized at
Bamberg, S. G.
The supper of the Purim Ball is said
to have been the finest ever gotten up
in Orangeburg.
The base ball season has come again.
Several games were played during the
past week by the boys.
Whatever else we neglect let us keep
up the habit of communion with God.
Prayer is the key of the position.
Sam Small says he was once jour-
nalist, but does not believe that it will
be laid up against him hereafter.
On account of an accident at Branch
vile yesterday morning the up passen-
ger train was delayed several hours.
Hard work and economy is the anti
dote for the hard times. How many
complainers are practicing frugality?
a little son of Mr.. Dave Tilley, of
Middle st. Matthews, fell from horse
last Sunday afternoon and broke his
arm.
It is said that the heads of families
where there are young ladies of a
"courtable' age are in favor of an early
closing movement.
An old and successful fisherman told
us the otaer day that shad are more
plentiful in the Edisto this year than
has been the case for many years.
Anderson is happy with young
lady clerk in the post office, and no man
now forgets to buy stamps for his wife's
or sisters letters or to call for the mail.
Two freight trains collided on the
South Carolina Railway near Branch
vile last week, damaging both locomo-
tives; but none Of the employees were
injured.
On Thursday evening last two trains
on the South Carolina Railway "0llided
near the four-mile curve. No great
damage was done, however, and no
lives lost.
We will soon begin the publication
of q serial story entitled "Slings and
Arrows" We will spare no trouble or
expense to keep THE TIMES AND DEMO
GRAFT in the front rank of country
journals.
IT is hard to turn away tramp that
comes to your door and asks for some
thing to eat, and yet these very -,nen
have their organizations and all know
where to go. 1t is seldom that any one
of them asks for work.
We should think from the expensive
style of dress adopted by some married
ladies, that their husbands would yet
be arrested for non-support Of family.
When all goes on the back, we do not
see how much can 60 on the table.
Young man, if you haven't the cour-
age to ask the young lady to take your
arm, don't seize her by the wing and
walk her along as though you were
policeman and had her in custody. It
looks bad; besides, she may have been
just vaccinated.
Now the gentle maiden's fancy
Sweetly turns to thoughts Of Spring.
And to green and shady woodlands.
Where the robins carols sing, =.
And she dreams Of joyous picnics,
In visions happy. rare and rich,
Of signing swains and lucious lunches,
And of red bugs, ticks and sich.