The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-12
OUR PROSPERITY LETTER.

The first Sunday in January being so
excessively rainy the regular Sunday
school services OF Grace Lutheran
Church were not held, hence the annual
report of the schoo! was not made until
last Sunday. The report shows: Average
attendance OF scholars for the year. 81;
officers, teachers and visitors, no;
amount expended for missionary pur-
poses, s. 90; for literature, s37 .S5; school
room, $l25.O0. Total expenditures for the
year, 3217S5 The retiring superintend-
ent, Mr.. A. N. Wyse made short, but
feeling talk, thanking the officers and
teachers for their cooperation in the
work, and the scholars for their Pa
tient and gentle demeanor, and conclud-
ed by asking that the mantel OF charity
be thrown over ali Of his errors, which
were clearly of the Judgment and not OF
the heart.
Superintendent elect, Mr.. A. H. Koha,
then made Il brief address in which he
highly complimented his predecessor
upon the efficiency and high standard to
which the school mad attained under his
supervision. After this the following
resolutions were offered, and unanimous
ly passed by a rising vote:
Rcsotred, That the thanks of Grace
Church Sunday School are due, and are
hereby rendered to our beloved retiring
Superintendent, Bro. A. N. Wyse, for
the kind, patient, gentle and Christian
manner which has characterized his SUI
prrvi .ory charge of our Sunday School.
Resolred, That in leaving lis, as the
Superintendent of our Sunday School
he carries with him our sincere prayers
and best wishes for his future success
and eternal happiness.
Well, Pm on a furlough now. | have
been on furlough for a week, mean
domesticated furrlongh, and have about
value received for this furlough, domes-
tically utilized. have enjoyed this lease
of time about as much as man OF my
caliber could enjoy it. have had only two
Mrs, two Misses and one Missee to obey
during this domestic fulough, and I tell
you they found many things to while
away my time. The dining-room chairs
seemed to have passed recently through
a cyclone, and back was found in one
corner, seat in the attic, leg in the
pantry, and ether parts in other places
! OF the house, scattered about dolnesti-
| cally, and only as domestics can scatter.
The fragments were carefully gather i
! together, and put in position, and then
| I FASTENED to borrow the furniture man $
glue pot. After an hour Of domestic
| boiling, the glue was prepared right
well, and the fitting process began. This
was an ordeal that no one except do
mesticated man ever pasted through.
The different pieces failed to agree, and
the glue would unthoughtedly drop on
the floor or carpet, and ever and anon a
Mrs. or Miss would exclaim, why Mr..
Yube, look how you are smearing our
fresh secured floor. Missee was there
all the time helping Dan Pa" and
finally with great beads of sweat rolling
down my checks, I merged six chairs
into four, and thought my labors at an
end. Alas! my domesticated furlougti
had but just begun. The Aisstres>es
and Misses continued-praised that din
| ing-room chair business as Il decided
success, and admonished me in Il very
domestical manner that little varuish
furniture yarnish, on few OF the bed
stead<, chairs, bureaus and washstands
would add materially and domestically
| to the looks thereof. I could not say
| ought. I love the women too we'll. Be-
sides this, there was fur OF them, and
Missee thrown in, and only one Of ME.
So /. Just domestcaily obeyed,and soon
had the varnish, and turpentine, and
brushes and general outfit ready. Bed
steads, bureaus, parlor chairs, wash
stands and various etc., were submitted
to my artistic brush and much to my
surprise and TO the domestic cdification
of the superintendent: ladies, | achieved
4 successful victory, though at the ex-
pence Of my hands and my best pants
being much varnished and glued. Still
all is now over and We are all happy and
serene.
The Farmers County Club will meet
! in the Court House at Newberry on the
lst Monday in February. The Presi-
dent, Mr.. R. T. C. Hunter, earnestly
requests that every delegate from the
various local clubs. be present.
The notorious, Fed Hodge, colored,
has been figuring slightly i'll this COM
munity recently. On Saturday night he
| entered the house OF Anderson kinard,
in town, through the window, and when
| Anderson detected him in his house, Fed
quietly sat down and began conversa-
ton on general topics. On Saturday he
concluded to take peep into John
Neei's store, i'll which he succeeded.
John had been careful not to leave any
money in the store, and Fed seemed not
to desire anything else much. A short
time ago his curiosity to see the internal
workings of man, led him to make an in
ci<ion about four inches long i'll the abb
domen of 4 fellow being in Fairfield
County, leaving him for dead. Fed is a
perfect desperate, and all the colored
people, and many whites are afraid OF
him. YUBE.
Stop ut Sam Jones' and see his elegln
liue Of Christmas Cards-from sets to
$500 in price. If
Newbcrry Conference.