The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-01-20

OiO2y was OTthOdOx, Wnen ne leSun-
ed his seat. This reminds me of an
anecdote of Mr.. Barclay good old
Scotch.nan in Columbia memb.r Of
Dr.. Tal,ners church. When DR. Pal
men preached Mr.. Barclay enclosed
himself snugly in his pew and dozed
away; ~hen another preacher was i'll
the pulpit, with ears erect an:i all at
tenticn he watched the divine and
when satisfied that his the ,logy was
strictly Calvinistic, resumed his >lurn-
hers, on being interrupted wAv he did
50 he r-olied "he knew DR.. Palmer
was .:u,y orthodox, didn't know
about the other fellows, he had to
watch them" The two ladlc: were
Mar Helen O'Neall and Mary Nancy
Harrington lovely examples OF gen.
uine o:ety and sunny swe :tness OF
deposition.
Time rolls his ceaseiess course.
Where now are these intellectual
pious and gentlemen; the women
pure, and Sweet as perfumed morn-
ing fowers?" All, all gone to the
world of light, to some pur: vast
beau-eous land, where one by one,
th..,s. whom we loved and those who
loved US, have arrived in safety, there
to welcome us.
On the hill south Of the village and
on hill over the creek north Of the
village lieth two villages white and
still, where they await the resurrec-
ton morn.
At one time I was very regular in
NV attendance at this church, so much
So 1hat that excellent lady Mas~Ssrah
Harrington remarked that l might
ioin the church; that erninent chris
tan gentleman DR.. II replied
he was not deceived by my apparent
devotion, that was attached to some
girl; he was right. I was seeking to
catch "sidelong looks OF love from
the beautiful black eye Of beautiful
girl more dear to me than all the
world.
Often these lines occurred to me:
There are three things beneath the
blessed skies
For which I live, black eyes and
brown and blue,
! hold them all most dear, but oh!
black eyes
live and dic and only die for yo',.
Alas! they are closed and l ana
lett l3:.ej, sEd sad.
Fronting rron what is now called
McKibben street was the residence
# those eniinently good people DR..
NJ. T. VI >ndenhall and family situat-
ed in a fine grove. They were of
Quaker descent, but had abandoned
the Quaker shad bellied coat, broad
brimmed hat, and the neat, beautiful
dress Of the Quaker girls q never
looked at a Quaker maiden with her
new dress, but I thought she was the
sweetest thing tbs woFld2 81 q ,,t to me
it Was most attractive.
O'Neall in the annals, pays a most
lovirg tribute tc. DR.. Mendenhai,. i
need only say he was gentleman OF
the old sthu.>l. TIE best schoo, Of the
rea! gentleman. I ever got tangle.
I'D with Miss Phoebe Mendenhall, who
was one =; tn. few women, wnonl t.
Know was to know the best there -
in all this faulty world. Their daugh-
ter. Miss Pauline, was a rare sweet
girl, sweet tempered loving, gentle
and attractive. James Kirk Menden-
hall was splendid noble boy; the
only one of my old Newberry school
mates that became a preacher Of the
everlasting gospel and whose loving
tones called sinners to walk in the
light.
DR.. Mendenhalps residence was one
of the largest and best in the old vii
lage and where boarded the principal
of the Female academy, who gave
to the grove the name Halcyon, and
also great lady Miss Saxon the mus
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