The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-11-01

ing of what the Governor ofs North;
Carolina said to the Governor of South
Carolina"
- The farmers near Colfax, w yaissl
ed such an enormous crop of otatoes this
season that they do not knowswhats todo
with them. The best price obtainahl
ten cents per bushel. One granger offebss
to give visitor a wagon load iofS choice
potatoes if he would send a team for;
them. s.
a man jumped into the! !Oh River
recently and left behind him this notsss
""Cuss the rich, durn the poor, and dsmaYIIs
bring up in warm and comic fortables
place A man must have firm ASnds
abiding faith when he believes that he
can find nice coal fire at}the bottom of
q river.
While searching through his fathers
effects, Ticket Agent Mofett, of ssKno3ys
vile, Tenn, found gourd oyera hundred
years old. 1t contained many old paperss'
among them note from Dayy Crockett
payable to William Mohet, for ], shilling
and three pence for q; barrel OF whisky
and keg Of cider. :s
youngster one day begged an in ii
vitation to dinner at the house. of: little
friend with whom be had been playing
at the table his hostess anxiously p inqIliIa!
ed: "Charley, can you cut your OWN
-meat?" "Humph !" said The youugatey;S
who was saving away. sa'can,t i. I've cut
up as tough meat asthiss at home: A
LIN view of the rapid nearing sdayl|
of election, and the ortionately inss
creasipg excitement the New Z YoIk:ReFdzd,;
under the head of Keep Cool, gives this
sound advice: Don't worry, keepi yonEs
head cool, your feet warm, look ont sfOgl
east winds, the rheumatism and dysf!epsl
sia, and do your level best to die s6f Old
age" s;.ss' ~
- "Ah dearest" sighed the yGang3
man, kneeling at the feet of his oHDest7
own, ""dost thou know what Of all outward
things is nearest my heart ??''E : Really adl
can't say, she replied "but ifyouj hare
regard for your health in this chaDgeabls33
weather, I should think it was afannel1
shirt" She was too practical, and sit1
broke the engagement.
OF the three Fox sisters who oinysnts
ed spir;tualism, two are about to ENTER
upon the work of proving the whole thiHg3
humbug. They will lecture or give
exhibitions in New York. That SUI
perstitition. or whatever it:mayf be called
| lis SO firmly fixed in the minds ofs sthous..1
ands that plain, prosaic facts can do
cnothipg to destroy it. The Fox sistessj
will be helpless to undo .heir own work
"What did you do with that, letter
that was on my table 2" asked Gus De-
Smith of the colored bog who cleans snpI
his room. II TUX it to the post. of6ce,j
sab, and put it in de hole" WhatSdid|
you do that for? Did you not see thereI
was no address on the envelope
saw there was no writin' on de 'yelop&
but lowed yer did dat ar on spurpose
so I couldn't tell who yer was a writin' to4
Use an edicated negro, lis"
= Of the 1892 patents issued gglass
year, only 1888 we're granted to citizens
Of the Southern States. Texas is the
most inventive, if the term is allowableS
patent being granted to every {, ,0M
Texans. Next in order of ingenuity
comes Florida. In Mississippi the ratid
was one patent to every 25,14 oftks
population. Notwithstanding the grea
mechanical development 10 Alabama
it is credited with but 81 Inventions 1asf
year.
Mr.. Edward Berge, an amatuersbis
cyclist, had strange incident. befalls shin
during run he took near West Wayrent
Mass, last week. AS he was cominS
down hill at a good rate ofspeed
small red squirrel started out of.hf
bush and tried to cross the road befor4
the bicycle. The wheel caught the aana
NAL, and, curiously enough took him SUI
into the slot that the wheel passes through
under the seat. The squirrel was, OF course
killed. 3
= Miss Amanda Delmas is one esofsth
most successful sugar planters in LonlA
ana She is a creole, and was brcughtl|
to life of Incidence until the swheell
fortune took backward, turn, and 5sh
was thrown upon her own resources. ~
the surprise of her friends she took 4
situation by the horns, and undertook th
management of the plantation Itha
belonged to her. Every morning Ml3
Delmas may bo seen riding -horsebac#
with a big sunshsde over her head, ,sil|
specting the gangs of workmenS Son r!l,s jha} S
estate.