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_Supplement to rrle Messenter One Bachelor Of Many. There's 011 thing to the ladies I pli ly - Vish to say ' na man of 110 Pretenses ; i fifty, if a day; i'm neither gay nor amiable, I'm fussy, and I'm plain; 13tt, girls, you needn'to plot for me all plotting Is in vain. I never see the brightest eyes, and all their witehery Is wasted amunniiition. if its aim i.s hurting me; I never See the reddest lips, I'm proof against all smiles; I rather think I'm not the num for any wolnIll's wiles. I cnll snv oil Imy OwNl bittonis, myi11 stockings I enn mnd, And -womien's hands around mly rooml are not what I intend; I wvant no0 knitted, net-t~d thins, no t ravelingo bah n ni 'No slippers and no cOil nforters, no pa inted paiiues, ino eap... 1 buy the things that 1 requine'; so, la divs, hear Ie ay, \ll sich atltentions s-pen1t. ol Ile are simpiy thrownl away:41 So shuake yoi curls a nd gik e y r ltgi.ft, bewihler all you can, Biut just retieiiber, if you plea.-e, 1t hit I aill not the man. I've heard tler'tCs twe nty-one old tunids consider me t heir "fAve" Amd elever widows five orSIx that wikh wvit h mle to mnate; 'I'here's pretty schol girls who ini-ist I "1111.'t. have hjuld somelt loss,' .\nd ay i'm "so romilt lie,''u h'n I'm Wnly tired or* Cross. Bl, ladies, all attentions fromi thi (ate I hope will cease; The 0onlyN favor tha-It I ak, is to he left Vor I coIlsIder ( lc Iling -Ilr 1ts :my t igcall bv I will it milarry any girl, mil loe shlllurry me. That 's just e xact lv u h.t I.e :.aidh a boIt Now. if youI could butt .see his roomst. hey arie aIC perfect sho eI~ )f te'ttedl tlhings, and~ kicittedl things, )f l)(i~ru)phi of faLunls 11uell, altd lieilla lii iill.y jtiet*Ils' le O1litthe Ieatl-stole si!s hlis wife *--she's>. -.weet andii geod, I krow \ndi~ if voni tell hini of th1'e ords he saidl a year ag~o, I ilsw~ers yoil, witlit. a luhshi, "()lg t hat's~ the usual wvay; No on believes a Hingle word old ha'helors may' say; Wheni th 'rightt antgel coimes aloing, IhIay linirl-y utiy dliy.'' //arper's Mayu i fo Jan ay n ol hacoieler hi i- in Ea'ev, Who we're boun ( to think las utsed expressions Sueh as le, And n1ow stantding on the brink. If so, let 11111 not wait anothe'r year, But act, the part of the above, And prepare tit once to shar With either vidow, old Ima*'l or (ti 1, h i s t r e l u m iy i n g o v . - bnknown in Easley Messenger. A Novici ExNGA GcMuEN'r l?1N. Ile didn't bring the engalgement ring to her the night he had prom ised, because he was out walking with another girl, and the engaged girl had heard of it. So the first thing she did wlen lie called on her the next evening, was to take him by the left ear and shake him about at a painlfll rate. 'What's that ?' he yelled. 'T'hat , sir-, is the eng)agremlent rinr-and it will ring just the very same way every time I healr of you w~alking out with another girl.' K'entucky State Journal. -A young lady, evidemdlv im pressed with the idea that sh1e knows all about it, says : 'If a fI 1ow is desperately in love With al girl anid is persistent inl his efforts to win her, he is sure to grailn his Suit. Widlowers understand tis point, and knlow extactly howM tol make love and propose, and youV will obServe they I e al avs SI-I eessfil. --Iov a woman e -an keep onl talking* while she twists upl) hier bac-k hair and has her mouth full of hairpins is a iIy'stery not Vyet Ixpline cd. ena iIall ilids a dog l lr in a piece of llince pie le feels a little sorr for the dor, but his sympac1this a ' ist y (0o)(nIt,1!t rat ed on h imnselfI. ( Of ahl lie act ions of au man's life his mnarriage (does least conm (eirI o ther!1 lpeople, yet, of all no' tionis of ourl life 'tis most mneddled1 wvith h)v other people. -I*t isn't a great wvays to the endo of a Cat's niose, butt it's fur to the endl of it's tail. --tis hiard1 to tell when a lie, a; mlosqulito or a de'hlient subscri her' is oiong to settle. --A word to farmers: Widoow 's weeds about an 01(1 bachelor' gar denC! seldom (do anly harm. m6ile W. S. Giax(oury, our Fore man, is authorized to receive and contract for Job work, &c.,for Ti MESSENGERt office. A WVORD TAVE0 PIBL[ FROM OWNBEY-r BOs.. A visit to ONbuhey Bros. will coi vlce yo ii hliat we canII sell VoII o )0DS 'ii lEA P as t he (IIE A PEST. Our Stock is n0w on1 oplete, colsist ilg of Floulr., Bacon1, Lalr, Cofl'ee, Suigr Canied Goois of evely d(eS'rriptin l'lainl and Fanllcy innli'ies inl endless' variety. Ihtrdwa-re, Till indi Hollow'. wvare. A full lne of S T- 0 ~V~r ~E S tha .compete with Greeiville prices., Our linie of Tobacco an1d Segaris is large alnd varied, and will be sold at priceS lnt will indiee alkleo)iv. If vo lived anlything in the shn'pe of k Ie lin(- If Cl( o, 1s\1 ill se i ). .Jewri v I I( Iase al hot II inl S ie -Ild price. 4 AnId ple :ae -Zv n0 rem br tha we I 1 1 VVIIA theI highesI (. .t m II I-khet- price for prII n edcc W (e I 1 0 11C ) I house renIt I)r clerk hIirn . to py. anid enn sel vou any tAIhing' we kee1 p at It very l( I\w est i)1ieS. Vet-ry res:-pect filly, (t12- 12mn HUDGENS & HUDGENS, COTTON B1 EI S - A NI) 1) F.\.-I' IN General Merchandize, Easeye, 8. 7. Invie the afttention of, their pa)ftrn0118 and the gnt.(i rl' public, to the larg52e 111d attractive Stock of Goods juwt o)pened, which (-nb races. Dry GoGds, 1Poots, SI os, 1 ocer 'jes, Drug~s, (lassware, (,rocey &A. Woodenarae, TOJCAC(CO, K(NITTLI NG COTTNN &c. and( in) fact e~veryingiio uisual ly kept in1 a stock ofi Gi1eeral large STO C K of R1 E A I)yN A *' I) CLOThING,,*JEAN'S and1( S~ltES. YouI will 1find it to your1 initerest to( e'X21nnineC ihemi beforie purchasin~g. WhnVou want Flour o'all foi '.he '' FR O(STl ;'' for a "' Choicoe lF:hoily Oct 12--12mi ILL PARTIES ]Icdeb ted To us for G UA1\TG, Gbr 1) 1 VO t or Ca i.,1- t Ar earnestly re I/u ested to call and SETTLE AT ONCE. Don't wait for us to "all~ on you-it is un-~ )lcasan tifor both yo u ,i iHt us-but come raigh-t along and PAY P, YOU AGAIN W. M. Hagood & Co. 1A.Sau z, S. c. Noi' 2--tf Lime ! Lime! Lime ! (AN BE HoU(GI'T OlP B-L- J. GIILLI.AT, iEasley. S. C., Eitj~her l in ~ a Loat Lots (or >yr the single ba8rrell at ver'y ()ct .12-tf' R L ACKsMrIIN(N n all its branIIches, (lone' by) JAM ES fOSEMON.. Eaislev, S.(.