The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-12-19
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
News from KearSe.

Wanderers Rest, Dec. 16.-There
is still life in the old land, and youth,
beauty, happy, lasses with smiling
beaux, are in our midst. While an
old man sits by the fire musing or
peering through his glasses trying to
find out who it was that played the
last prank and by so doing has the
joke on him, while the madam looks
at him with reproach in her eyes as
much as to say: II think you should
be more dignifed and leave the boy
hood days behind,'' but only for a
moment does he notice those eyes of
hers, then forms a plan to get even
at the risk of q curtain lecture, per-
haps, for Christmas is almost here,
and notice has been served that a
stocking must be hung up, a large
one to receive the Xmas gift Old
Santa Claus has reserved for him.
Guess a meal, or, better still, a strong
feather bag be hung up as did MOI
Jones in his courtship, for it may w.
a pig or a colt or pedigree calf,
so the old man is in quandary as to
what kind of a stocking is suited
for that present, or who is to be the
donor. Then the absent ones are
coming home for a few days and ma
will be in her glory as she hurrles
the old man up to get wood, bring
water, feed the turkeys, chickens,
pigs, and COWS, and give old brlndle
an extra bucket of meal so as to have
plenty of milk for all, and then the
others must be happy and all be to-
sether once more and the little grand
son can pop III scrackers and the lit
tie grand daughter pull his nose and
say, Dan patsy, who dot you?' Won't
it be fun to have all gathered around
the old home once again, for to have
them scattered leaves a sense of sad
ness, the penalty all have to pay who
raise a family, yet to know they are
doing we'll brings a ray of gladness,
for sturdy sons and stately daughters
are the pride not only of parents but
the world.
Then the dropping in of friends
brings it's joys for only yesterday
Messrs. Otis and Ernest Ritter, also
the Local Poet, spent several hours,
and with beaming faces, pleasant
chat, with side splitting jokes made
the day a most enjoyable one. Yes,
come again.
Mr.. R. w. Schoield, of Philadel-
phia, Pa, is taking his winter out
ing with his personal friend, Mr.. w.
H. Ritter.
Mr., Wilbur Carter, now of Colds
boro, N. c., president of the Gate
City Insurance Co., is visiting friends
and relatives on Old Three Mile. He
is another one of her sons that has
moved to other places and made
good.
Mr.. Roy Rabb, of Charleston, S. c.,
has spent the past week at the home
of Mr.. H. J. Ritter. When it comes
to cleverness he can beat the far
famed Rabbi two in the game.
Mr.. NJ. N. Rice was in the neigh
borhood Sunday evening. He is a
little blue over the loss of his pecan
grove, the finest perhaps in the State,
but ruined by some insect pest, so
he is having them dug up and to be
burned.
Miss Mary Mace, the popular teach
er of White Point school, will give
free entertainment at that place Mon
day evening, December 23rd, 1880 p.
m. Particulars not told; all go and
see.
A certain benedict asked an old
man what he thought of a certain
young lady. Said the old man:
why, she is as pretty as peach,
sharp as brler, and as DrlSnt as
lark Look here" said he, slap
ping the old fellow on his back, I'm
glad you are married.;
A farmer down here, blessed with
a healthy family of boys, feels proud
Of them now and justly. One day
last week a fine looking man drove
up and asked them: "Say, boys,
where is your father?" Down in the
field, want to see him." "No," re-
piled the man, las I have none would
like to borrow one from him.
From the number of gems spark
ling on the hands of our young ladies
guess several marriages are coming
soon. OLD TIMER.