The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-25
Around and About st. Phillps.

Around and About st. PhilIps.
hope those two young ladies who
were visiting in this community some
time ago will pardon the mistake which
I made in giving an sccount Of their
visit. Printers should be very careful
in setting the type, because the chang
ing of single letter makes great deal
of difference in name. However,
mistakes will happen despite the ut
most precautions.
Believe me, to agree with every one
is almost as bad as to agree with no
one, for it is impossible for everybody
to have the same opinion Of thing;
therefore when you meet g .elloW
who can sgree with you and every
body else on the same subject, you can
mark it down that that fellow won't
do. apologize to all moderate users
of LIQUOR for the somewhat hasty ex-
preston which l used in preceding
issue of this paper, but to excessive
liquor drinkers I have no apologies to
make whatever. To this latter class,
and to them alone, I meant exactly
what said, for were it not for such
there would be 10 necessity OF pro-
hibition law.
Since T have been a correspondent
Of this paper I have earnestly endeav-
ored to quote the truth and show no
partiality towards any one. When q
person puts on the golden armor OF
truth be need fear no evil. But alas!
hundreds, yea, thousands, have fallen
| irrecoverable victims to that mankind's
worst enemy, the lying tongue, enough
to give warning to every one to evsde
it; for if it is guilty Of lying it will also
cheat and steal. The lying tongue GER
tein,y must be cumbersome burden
ro bear, especially in the mouth, SIS
we'll as very treacherous companion.
You may say what you please about
the ups and downs of country life,
but it's the freest, freshest and grand
est life q fellow can live. Why, you
can 20 out in al old field on a bright
moonlight night in JuDe and gaze
with au untiring neck at all those
scintillating orbs of the universe, and
at the same time your ears will be
filled to the brim with the musical
notes Of the katy-did, the whip-poor-
will, the screech owl, and the favorite
tune of all the other nocturnal crea-
lures which hide themselves from the
searching rays Of Old Sol. All this
music, when stewed down till it be-
comes thick and begins to simmer, is
dish not to be grinned at. But your
pleasure is increased when the little
mosquito comes around to spend the
evening with you. He just climbs up
to your ear, takes possession OF it, and
the surrounding premises and affords
YOU 80 much amusement by tickling
you over those parts, and singing the
mosquitoes song, twin-ga-twing, right
in your ear till you become so tickled
at his sharpness that you just get up
and run, and run, and run till you
stumble over the equator and keep
stumbling till you bruise your nostrils
against the South pole. Now you
couldn't do all that in the city because
you haven't got enough elbow room.
In speaking Of the advantages which
the country has over the town or city,
please let me call the attention of the
reader to what the poet says on this
subject:
NV frier5sje look at the flowers aroun'
A peepin' their heads up all over the
groun'
An the fruit bendin' the trees way
down
You don't find sich things as these IN
town,
Up thar in the city.
Now all this talk don't mount to snuff,
Bout this kinder life bein rough,
| An I'm sure its plenty good enough,
An tween you and me amt half as
tough
AS livin' in the city.
The poet surely speaks the truth.
AS my non de plume came nigh on
to overbalancing me one day last week,
and az don't care to risk the chances
of making az aerial voyage at tany time,
I thought it advisable to change it from
Calhoun to JOSH TRUMP.