The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-01-02
To the Editor cf the Di-patct:

! DER ucduS ScfSutGs SSSoDSA "'S NNN'
November ninth and December tenth
| months, when they are really ninth,
tenth, eleventh and twelfth months.
Christmas has been quiet one,
but little drunkenness and rcwdlsm
around. ''Santy Claus" made his
| visits to the dear little children
| and none have been neglected. 10
| see the little happy faces, telling OF
the many happy hearts within and
witness their festive, ianocent, child
ish elees makes US older ones Vainly
| wish to be children again, if Only for
| little while, and really could we
but gain the poets prayer and desire
VIXEN years ago he wrote:
Turn backward, turn backward
time in Thy flight;
And make me a child again just
for tonight"
How many of us would so joyfully
forget the dignity of manhood or
wcmanhood, and join in these gam
bols with our little ones.
The sacred historians tell US that
We, are the children of king, the
offspring of prince that owns all
nature and all her extended realms.
With such al Inheritance why are
men and women not cheerful and
happy too?
On Christmas day the head Of
household near Swansea sent the
little ones to the place where safely,
(as they thought) had been placed
two large cakes for the happy day
but quickly returning the messengers
told that that "some mean, greedy
dog" had broken in and had eaten
both cakes, Mamma, Mamma" Akind
OF sigh passed over the elder ones,
and the astonishe3 little messengers
coniecturing was fine occasion for
the artist to display his calling.
With our JOYS and gladness we
have had our distress and pains.
Mrs. L Y. CAN'T has been confined
to her house for some time but her
physician considers her condition
much improved. Several cases OF
sickness in the vicinity but none
dangerous or critical.
The school here continues to thrive
and grow and JAS. V. Smith has over
one hundred and twenty pupils en-
rolled.
Archie Martin, who graduated
last summer at S. G. College with
distinction, is teaching Furnishing
school at Oak Grove, about FIVE miles
east of Lexington.
Linwood D. Coz bitt from Furman
University and Vivian R.st from
Columbia Female College are home
for Christmas.
The young folks have had several
sociables and candy pullings, and in
some cases have had few shin digs
and "brake-downs" during the hol-
days.
Dr. A G. Langford,spent several
dsys in Swansea and went to Preg-
nails to take the festive hours with
other children.
Last night the down freight by
some careles sress of the swltcher,
straddled both tracts, some taxing
one and some the ether, and one
crossed on both and wrecked the
tracks near it, and il was late till The
section boss, Mcdowell, could
straig hten out and get them on their
Journey for Savannah.
The entire Hutto family here have
gone to Chii qnepin to spend sone
rest under the paternal roof.
One farmer near here has demon
strated that his cats eat more than
the rats destroy and that it is
economy in him to kill or sell them.
Our Saxon ancestors did not know
The word cat at a but named 1t
"The Custos "Horrei", or custodian
Of the barn, and was deemed of such
Importance that for one to kill
aro hers cat was q sevele offence and
had to be paid in grain, for it was
that it was considered to guard. The
punishment for cat killing was to
swing up by the tip end Of its tail,
and just allow the nose to tip Level
floor iD the masters barn and the
killer had to pore on shelled grain
till it's tail was entirely hidden FROM
sight. In case of very large cat it
would take several bushels to rise IN
the shape of d potato stack till the
entire cat and tail were hidden.
Mrs Spectator says she has two
cats that gre worth more than that
and that two Sf them she will sell