The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-10
One of the most remarkable features

One of the most remarkable features
in the recent storm at Meridian, Miss,
was the condition Of an old barn on tho
plantation of Mr.. johnson nine miles
and half northeast of Qultman. The
house was built in the long ago, when
the heaviest timbers in the forest wore
chosen as building materials, and its
massive walls were of great logs notched
ut tho corners in orthodox "befo-de- wah"
STYLE In this building was some hum
dreds of bushels Of field peas, about three
feet deep over the entire floor. When
the searclIers after the slain came upon
the old barn after the storm they were
surprised to find that the strong walls
were splintered and carried away, but the
peas remained undisturbed.
There was scene in tho Baltimore
African Methodist Episcopal conference
the other day when an error in the print
ed minutes of the conference made one
of the committees apparently $50 short.
DIR. James H. A. johnson insisted that
| honor had been impeached and that ho
was indignant. ooh, brother, sit down!
sit down % said Bishop Gaines. ''Nobody
doubts your honesty. We don't believe
YOU would take the money. Why, I
mvself would as soon think of stealing as
think you'd steal. And if I was going to
steal wouldn't take less than million
dollars. I would steal like white man
and take bank, or factory, or rail
road. Then I'd divy up with smart
LAWYER to get me ont of the scrape. Col
ored folks amt up to that yet When
they steal they take pig, or chicken,
or some eggs, or an old horse. know
you wouldn't steal, but want that mon
ey looked up, that's all" In short time
the mistake was discovered and matters
quoted down.
Smithville, Ca, in the live and lib
eral county of Lee, has a brass band OF
some years standing. And this is the
story which the Enterprise, of that place
tells OF it: ga fagman, almost out Of
breath, rushed into the Academy Of Mu-
sic here the other night while the Smith
Vile brass band was practicing and ask
ed to see the leader He said that when
the south bound passenger train, which
is due here at 7.l5 o'clock p. M, got near
enough to hear the band the engine pull
ing the train suddenly became unman-
ageable and stopped dead still, listened a
moment, gave short and unearthlv
shrek, reversed itself and took the back
track for Macon in regular Nancy Hanks
style. AS soon as it got out of hearing of
the band it stopped and flagman was
sent ahead to ask the boys to cease play
ing until they could get it through town.
Now, any engine that won't pass through
the city while our band is playing is a
freak of the first water and should be
sidetracked and left for the rust to de-
your. For sweet, heavenly music give Us
brass bands and bullfrogs.'
A wren built her nest in a box on a
New Jersey farm. The occupants of the
farmhouse saw the mother teaching her
Young to sing. She sat in front of them
and sang her whole song very distinctly.
One of her young attempted to initiate
her. After proceeding through few
notes it's voice broke, and it lost the tune.
The mother recommended where the
Young one had failed and went ve-y dis
tinctly through with the remainder. The
Young bird made second attempt, COM
mencirg whore it had ceased before, and
continuing the one song as long as 1t was
able, and when the notes were again lost
the mother began again where it had
stopped and completed it. Then the
young one resumed the tune and finish
ed it. This done, the mother sang over the
whole series of notes the second time with
great precision, and again young one
attempted to follow her. The wren pur-
sued the came course with this one as
with the first, and so with the third and
fourth, until each of the birds became a
perfect songster.-Ihe Musical MeSSen-