The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-30
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Tex, for $4,000 damages because he
caught case of smallpox in that city.
A cloud burst in the vicinity of
Troy and Berlin, N. Y, caused several
deaths and destroyed $500,O0O worth of
property.
- The Republican candidate for Gov.
ernor of Maryland has an idea as bril-
liant as it is original He proposes to
challenge his Democratic opponent to a
ploughing contest in ten-acre field to
decide for the benefit of the voters which
of them is the better entitled to be con-
sidered the farmer candidate.
- 1.-TWO men," Gays the Rutland, Yer
mont, Herald, "are now hard at work cut
ting the Lords Prayer in letters an inch
deep and six inches high on the face of
big rock on the Bristol road. They are
hired by DR.. Green, of Buffalo, who pays
them $45 for the job. The rock is as big
as house and stands at a sharp turn and
goes up steep hill. 1t is about the
hardest place in Vermont for team, and
in the season when teamiDg is the liveli-
est there is more cussing there every day
than anywhere else in Vermont.
For some time an interesting cor
respondence has been going on in the
London Times on the question of the
utility of hanging as deterrent of muir.
der. The letter that has attracted most
attention is from country doctor, who
was for, many years physician at jail
where noted criminals were confined.
The conclusion of this writer is that q
fogging is the best deterrent of crime
known. He says that an old offender
agreed with him and said while talking
of it: "You ought to fog just as
man is leaving prison. If he would show
his friends his raw back it would be to
all q sermon"
Congressman Catchings, of Mississip
pi, speaking on the circular just issued
calling on the colored laborers in the
South to increase their demand for pick
ing this years cotton crop, says: "That
is the work of mischief-maker. The
hope, of course, is to embroil the labor
ers with the planters and make trouble.
The amount proposed for picking the
crop Is excessive and unreasonable. 1t is
equal almost to one-sixth of the value of
the cotton. The planters cannot afford to
pay any such wages to laborers and will
not do it. The threat of strike among
the farm hands is not lightly to be con-
sidered. Cotton is perishable crop.
When it is ripe for picking the picking
must be done promptly, or else there is
heavy loss. l feel, however, that the
planters will be equal to the emergency.
- The girls of the present day think
they know more than their grandmothers
ever dreamed of. But they are far behind
the old ladies in many things. There is
not girl in the country who could run
a flax spinning wheel. Nine tenths of
them would not know what it was. Not
one-tenth of our girls could use pair of
cotton or wool cards. They know
more about gamblers cards. The ma
jority of them know nothing about "fill.
ing quills" or how many ''cuts" would
be good days spinning, or how to
weave an old. fashioned coVerlet or coun.
terpane according to draft and pair of
"warpipg bars" would scare one of
your nervous, tight laced little misses.
They have never seen pot racks, hooks,
pewter basins and white oak bonnet
splits. The girls of this day and time
are seemingly very ignoraDt.-Car0lina
Spartan.
A recent article in the NORTH Amsri.
can Reuiew has caused the durability of
drunkenness to be discussed by many able
physicians and journalists. There is a
wide division of ofopinion. Medical treat.
ment, the grace of God, and the cultiva-
ton of will power, each have their advo.
Gates. Some of the writers declare that
it is almost impossible to cure q man of
the liquor habit, and that all of our tenn.
perauce work should be devoted to train.
Ing young people in the total abstinence
line. Still, it is admitted that thousands
of men quit hard drinking, even in mid
die age, and live to be old men without
relapse. Doubtless there is something
sound in most of these opinions. Ifa
man has a weak body, will, or spiritual
nature, strengthen it 30 that it will make
him better able to do without stimulant
and resist temptation. 1t is nonsense to
tell man that he cannot change his
habits. No man knows what another
man can do, or what he will do.
- About the beginning of the war a
wealthy citizen of Lexington, Ky, and
formerly large slave. owner, had been
frequently importuned by one of his ne.
gro men to allow him to buy himself
The planter hesitated OH account of the
particular usefulness of the man. But
as the war wore on and the overthrow of
the Southern cause became merely
question of time. he very naturally began
to think more favorably of the negro's
proposition. So meeting him on his wag.
on one day, he said: Solomon, believe
you've said something to. me two or three
times about wanting to buy yourself, and
I have been thinking over it and have
made up my mind to let you do So"
"Yes, Marse William" returned Solo.
mon, II did want to buy myself but
I bin Sudden about it right smartly late.
ly, sab, and I dun come to the 'clusion
dat in desc times niger property is too
onsarten, sab, to put any money in, so
dosn' think I'll buY myself list w.t."