The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-02-28
GUYS Letter.
Sr. GHARlrs, Feb. rs, 1898.

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ttat We banker after or enter into With any
zest, but as ]. E. D. seems to relish the en-
tertainment, and as he furnishes such aonn-
dant material, we'd be ungenerous not to
crafty him one more time. at least, though
ne really have neither the disposition or the
tine, as We have a living, Of some sort, to
make, aud don't desire to be reduced to
ssgnano sacks for clothes" or SO We 'scannot
get supplies" as be announces will probably
he the case around Pisgah. That comes OF
celebrating too many Christmases. Down in
this low country the 25th December is the
day that Christmas comes on, and we have
yet to discover that the sslst day Of May, each
year, is the day that Christmas comes on"
If you meant that the iss of May and 25th OF
December comes on the same day of the week,
Why don't you say so, or have you gotten
into general ambiguous and misleading
habit of expressien?) This extra Pisgah
Christmas, doubtless, also accounts for the
sssquibs'' aud sire crackers you are indnlg-
ing in. Fire away if it amuses you. We
only wish you conld make more fash and
project more missiles while you are burning
ammunition. Don't aflict yourself with any
anxiety in regard to our nervous state or
our heart disease, the peaceful serenity and
profound tranquility of our repose was never
agitated by blank cartridges. We are not of
the cat breed and don't ''skeet" at empty
rattle. tBy the way, what did you use as
.;centes of thought'' before you discovered"
and appropriated that .'pill box?'') Also
sufficient of 'spatriarch" not to be 'srufaed'
at jokes when it is possible to discern any
Wit in them. You discovered from good
hearsay i'' All, this is the milk 10 the cocoa
nut. We might change your opinion Of the
value of .shearsay" simply by publishing a
little of the game material on hand. a very
short disposition of this ''hearsay" is :. Yes,
we associate daily with many and try to be
friendly with all our fellow citizens without
regard to differences, State or church. We
are grati6ed to state, and proud to do so,
that we claim some friends, good friends, we
believe, who dife. politically and otherwise
very materially with ms, but have sufficient
intelligence not to have concluded that we
chad landed gracefully in the Tillmanite
camp" simply because we visited them or
they as. Any one who holds that one should
presume to snub, eontemn, or ignore, or at
tempt to ostracize his fellow citizens, in this
free country, simply On the score of differences
of opinion, or BY not so doing he becomes an
apostate to his own political faith, is only 6t
to be clsssed with that animal that is said to
browseson the thistle, and should amble out in
a fence corner and kick himself to death. You
state, "Wise men say that the anatomy of
man, when reduced to its lowest state, is COM
posed of two parts, the head aud the heart''
Is this discovery" Of the sages of Pisgah?
Well, our teaching may be defective,
bat We did think our anatomy reduced
to its lowest state would be composed
of dust or ashes, and We intended offer
ing you the whole toll-dish full, or
whatever it measured when so reduced. We
sit at thy feet. O! Sage of Pisgah! and
guzzle down wisdom, for thy anatomy must
now be in its highest state and is composed
of every part but-the head. You say, "the
country would not have been burdened with
the candidacy Of man to the tune Of about
800 votes.' Didn't know the county ever
was ''burdened with the candidacy of a man.
Did know that it has been burdened with the
incumbrency of man, but it relieved itself
as quickly as it could and promised itself
never to do so any more. We've recovered
from the small reproach of the 300 votes,
nursing the consoling thought that hau We
been elected we might have made an. exhibi-
ton Of our woeful incompetence which stigma
would be lifelong. We are not caring the
worth Of sickly egg what may be the cause
of any 'scomnotion in the Tillman camp"
but We do admire your beautiful little analogy
Of the moths and the bee hive, It is quite too,
too, only you will lack correctness some
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study of entomology, but do know that
neither moths or butterflies ever enter hives,
but insidiously deposit their eggs in some
crevice, enveloped in web "a sort of Reform
guise) and the worm thus hatched enters the
hive and destroys the substance. So your
political begun is worrumy, is.it? Haply
its the blow-fy, instead of the bee moth, they
are very prone to asssil unsoand carcases aud
their hatch is called shippers, and whenever
carcass arrives at that stage the only resort is
to bury it. Well rendey you every assist
ance in our power, with very powerful deal
of pleasure, and its the only assistance We
can Offer. "Words not found in Holy Writ"
can scarcely be very sinful or Objectionable.
Thanks awfully- You need re-editing Why
don't you put some tonic in your ink. It's as
mild as goose mllk-or take some yourself
tonic, not goose milk. heavens no!
GOV.
P.S.-We state finally, that we were pre-
fore-ordestinated, born and bred a straight