The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-09
OUR PROSPERITY LETTER.

March is past and gone and very
little corn planted. Farmers are about
three weeks in arrears 1t is going to
take some sharp man9uvering to over
come this great disadvantage.
Gardening-yes, there are the old
palings and the place where the gate
once stood, and small plat of fine look
ing winter grass to mark the place
where the garden once was. Nothing
more, nothing less. In fact there could
be nothing less.
The Executive Committee Of the
Lutheran Home and Foreign Mission
ary Society was to have met here
to-day, but Mrs. T. w. Holloway was
the only one present. The other me M
bers of the committee seem to be IN the
hands of Ia grippe.
Mr.. Rufus D. Boozer, wife and little
child, of Lake City, Fla, and Mr.. }.
Hayne Boozer, of Orlando, Fla, are on
a visit to their father, Capt. H. 5:
Boozer, and also to attend the marital
ceremonies of their only sister, Miss
Juliet Boozer, which are to take place
tonight, "Wednesday in Grace church.
The bridegroom-elect is Mr.. J. Pettus
Wheeler.
Old Jack Frost played the very mis-
chief in these coasts last Saturday and
Sunday nights. With malice afore-
thought and on mischief bent, he
boldly ventured right into the lap of
Miss Spring, and while costly resting
in her lap, be noiselessly drew his long
lev blade, and with two fell swoops,
right and left cuts, be Stayed the entire
peach crop. Now Miss Spring sits and
weeps because she granted the old
frosted "tooger" the privilege Of sitting
in her lap Yes, and many more Of
your sex do the same thing, my dear
Spring-weep and weep over their fol-
lies when it is too late.
"Gripn Don't talk about grip. I
was little of the sickest man with the
grip you ever did see last week, and l
am calm and serene yet. l bad more
grip to the square inch than any other
mortal except my larger half. had
the grip in my head, my eyes, my ears,
my nose, my mouth, my ba"k, my
chest, my arms, my hands, my legs.
my feet-all over, from the crown of
my Uranium to the soles of my pedes-
tails. The grip was so awful strong
that it came near crushing all my ten
der little bones. Oh, horrible taste of
the grip! Reader, did you ever taste
nasty measles? If so, you have had
foretaste of la grippe. The only palll-
ating arrangement connected with this
French animal is that the doctor really
did allow me to eat lots of candy. Ia!
ia! mon ami Ia grippe.
It seems that the States Newberry
correspondent was about correct on the
school district "agitation question"
1t did truly "agitate," but it seems
that the agitation was confined to Sc
lect few. However, as result OF the
agitation, paper stating the fact, and
asking the School Commissioners to
Law off a school district four miles
square with the town of Prosperity as
the centre; was circulated for sigma
lures. Now I would do nothing to re-
tard the advancement of any educa-
tional plans or theories, for l have
always been on the line of educational
advancement, but school district at
this place and at this time strikes me
as very unfortunate position for the
town alone. Ifit dealt with the town
alone, I would not have word to say
in opposition to the scheme, but would
rather huzzah for the young creature.
But this school district has to deal with
t;rid., t;riaH., "a hale niles Of country in every
Griiiin, Scott Vaughn .Tas = Ills l .iio
GGrlssby, Fed Vaughn 6rnr,
uuiigsbv, Isaac Walker, .Jerr1S
~ tiai stock, Jno Wallace, JET
HanIstock, Peter Wallace, Phil
ia Iualr Drayton Watkins, Jas JESer E
eiiFiH1I hReu Watkins ,Jno
l, outside of Lne o@:a:.sahLiington, Mas
VII bring into the school dis2.r
side of the incorporation, about !
We white and sixty-five colored
This arrangement will give
oes clear majority when it
vote, and they can vote a
ak just as easy as two mill
'kes no difference to cuffie, tt O
merrier.. The colored people