The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-27


corv1ponded of tho Union TIMES.
| News 4 North Paoolst.
| Eta JANE, 23.--In consequence os
80 much rain % farmers are badly behind
with tbesr ~ But few oats have been
sowsa snds a3syet broken up. Non
Of 'ns euanE p haul, and the material
:. tss 49, 90 eRsis lyipg about the
n,Is mas On bere since before last
W EAfst field Is . common
49, z |bYclll, ~ shad dslerstes.
promcnadcAt fteasufes ONS lldGk pen is q
kind OF cs AurAnf. where they feast with
out price. nioneysor conscience.
Almostseysry person we meet Is sick with
tho prevailing oold Mothers have brou ght
all the household remedies we ever heard
tell OF (and great many we havn't) into
requisiiion to couuteract this malady. The
simplest and, have no doubt, the best on
the list Is "onion tea:' Slice aud boil the
| onions, sweeten tho water, and use as freely
and frequently ms Is necessary to relieve the
coughing. This remedy Is suggested by o
lady whose intelligence entities it to fair
| trial. @
We had q for race in this neighborhood
last week. Nothing that Mr.. Bob Buck
Bailey ever eaw was circumstance to it. It
was Prof. Cooks pack, supplemented by
Sam Spankard's. Horses, mules and men,
dashed frantically from hill top to hill top,
while some climbed trees (ihe men, not the
nulcs) or perched themselves on other
llaces to get full hearing Of the canine
rnssic. Ono boy made break from the
schcsl house; on foot. TO join the sport, and
kept ,ps with those riding, Another, who
knew-S<srhStg%<f -. tuuvtu1a .s~sS..ls sris~<.
fox will ciks't6e road right here, boys
You needle go any further. It's coming
right up Though the King Bottom now."
One said il Has Bob Buck Bailey's crowd,
aud that tbk would soon have Reynard
prisoner. Berybody had something 10 say
and nobody tad time to listen. The school
YVES Temporarily demoralized by tho Paudi-
monic reignA As the fox, dogs, and men II
had bet or nslpe them as they rankel in the
chase) didn' tcome to time, q break was
made for tlS scene Of action, and yell was
raised that would have sent terror TO the
heart Of a 4odoc Indian. When our would
be- hunters REQ ched the sceue, 10 and be-
hold, Prof. Cooks pack, with George Reyn-
olds, and others, with few fox fees thrown
in, were catching oil the rabbits on Wool
BRIGHT -,
| Now, Mr.. Editor, if you, or any of your
meddlesome correspondents want fight on
i y
hear II; snd<you may look out. Somebody
besides Jim Proctor and Frank Pruitt are in
the ring this lima.
Our friend. Mr.. Bee Huskey, is quite un.
we'll --;kb b><pnac, lGrs- like grippe.
Our worthy and efficient School Commits
soner, ]. L.Avalker, Esq, has given us this
problem for our teachers and scholars to
figure at: sSsSs
Bought tract of land for $4,000, and
z~l 40, 4. o1
installments, at 6 per cent What was the
amount of each payment? Somebody tell
US.
We are informed that our free schools will
not run but two months this Spring. 1t
looks as if we can't have q plenty of any
thing but trouble, poverty and ignorance.
On account Of tain aud high water Rev.
A. A. Gilbert was unable to fill his appoint
ment at Mesrpotamia yesterday. Nothing
but o Providentiat interference ever hinders
him in his work.
Mr.. C. W. Wbisonant, township superiu-
tendent, made an official visit to Mcsopo.
talk, He urgHd the necessity of thorough
and immedia organization. He is no les
determined q N his followers are to make
this the Tad fer township in the Sunday
J School canse y well -ns-ta make The Norih
Il 7sisSisS. 6y, lg % the Statn of TIE weather
and conditiohtpf the roads the congregation
was small an' he organization of the Sunday
School eo;lu was lferred until next Sabbath l''
Mr.. Wade Efidmore was married last week
to Miss Bailey. of Pacolet, sister TO Rev
j. D. Bailey. presume your Pacolet cor
respondent will have something to soy abou
it, but he cap't deny that we got part of the
cake. ~.
Miss Mamie c. Kendrick came homo last
week quite unwell. She has been teaching
at Clifton No. ], assisting Prof Edward
Byers, Of hiseounty, who has fourishinl
school at thatiplace. She was so far recov
cred as to be able to return yesterday ant
, expected to resume her duties this morning
Those ladies who treated US so kindly lbs
week. will pless accept our thanks and o.
surance thee atefully remember them
We hope III Flh never get old, and W
know thcy1IP never get ugly.
Oh ,11 our sympathiziug breasts
Thu g{nerous pleasure know,
To kindly shsrs IN others 10y. vo7
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