The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
s.. W. J. Define. . airrs Cap.

MRf EDroR IA girls "cap" you say.
WHAT'S It'll have often heard Of girls
hcumg their "oaps" for young men, and
wondered IL anyone ever saw one. have, or
Iat least, my imagination did, not many Sun
Ydays ago. 1t is not cap, but kind Of net,
invisible to the eye. It is most beautiful
thing, Of the finest silk threads imaginable
running parallel over it, and these connected
with . thick network Of threads, so closely
woven with open lettering as to resemble
ertistic scrollwork. The cap is surmounted
Nth heart Of the softest looking texture,
1juSRstfy for some one to reach out and
4 pluck.a This lettering was made visible by
having o light-the light Of lovc-behind it,
and shining rs If through delicately tinted
| glass; the threads were numerous, colors
varied, and by close looking one could see
Glove" Purity" Fidelity" "Submis-
sion," "Trust," Confidence" &c., around
the base in very large letters, "walk in and
see If it suits. l viii live and die for those
l love-" Now this cap does not fall on
everyone who chances to pass under it,
neither does it fall over the person, but
around the heart. The way l know this
"cap," not long ago was sitting near one
and saw young man go under it. lie
foundered around conspicuously, hoping
to make it fall on him, but to no avail
Finally another came along, appearing
quite unconcerned, but was not above suspi.
cion, and walked underit, when Cupid, the
attendant, raised his bow and fired away,
knocked the trigger clear out, and the
meshes closed around him. Cupid gave the
girl triumphant wink, and she winked
back approvingly, rs good rs to say, "Wel
done; march him in," which he did; the
victims heart beating furiously, whereupon
the other fellow fell over and died, but soor
revived. The captured fellow is doing OH
erSsysa5Vyh yhe is going to send some ont
around to stfaighten out things in the print
ing office for misrepresenting him, and
would like him to have few clicks" put in
for me. know who calls him Col. Il
you were on the back piazza i suspect you
could hear him say, Frank, mark that
paper, Col. so and so;" and if you get
after him he would say, 81 didn't do it."
wish he would get caught in onU Of the
above described "caps;' if he is not already
| in.
We are through gathering our "scrap'' OF
q cotton crop, and have nothing but to finish
the various chores, gin the cotton, sell it,
and get rid of oil the money, then try to
have Christmas on ''swinnied' pocket
book This causes me to wonder how oil
are going to spend Christmas. If they are
! thankful for it, or know how to fully appre.
ciate it. / hopeit will not be spent in dissi
patton, rs it is too sacred n season for that
l intend to spend mine in having such a
time that will not be ashamed afterwards
Rev. c. r. Willeford has returned from
Kershaw, where he went on visit to his
| sick mother.
Mrs. Eva Penny, of Joncsville, is visiting
her mother, Sirs. s. A. Porter.
Mr.. j. c. Edwards and his sister, Miss
Inez, were OH q visit to relatives and frieuds
here last week.
Mr.. M. Russell Jeter, who has been clerk.
ing for MIR. l.. B. Jeter, has laid down the
yard stick for farming. +. W.. j.