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"Vol. II,
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JOB OFFICE
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Job 3?idiltmg
The Sunny South.
Dr. John C. DuBois, a well known
resident of Hudson, has lately com
pleted the election of a delightful
house in Orangeburg, South Carolina,
and removed to that place with his
family ,for the winter. A, private let
ter from Dr. DuBpis gives some in
teresting j facts concerning Orange
burg and its surroundings, from which
wc take the liberty of making the fol
lowing extracts:
"The South Carolina railroad runs
4'rom Charleston northwest lb.rough
the centre of the Slate, and forks like
the letter Y, the right hand arm *o
ing to Columbia, the capital; the left
hand to Augusta, Ga. At the fork
of the Y is Branchville, 17 miles
north of which, on the Columbia arm,
lies Orangeburg, 01 miles from Co
lumbia, 79 from Charleston and G5 by
rail from Aiken. It is an ancient
]burgb,;founded before the Revolution,
and named after William III, Prince
of Orange, and King of England i:i
1083. It is the county town of Or
angeburg County, and has a popula
tion of about 1S00. iL was much in
jured in Sherman's march in 18C5,
the old couit bouse, built in 1826,
being burned. The present one, a
fine brick building, was creeled in
1875. Russell street, the business
streot, having sutfercd severely from
lires, is now compactly built up in
'brick, nnd Orangeburg is a thriving
business town. The principal crop
is cotton, the short staple. The soil
is fertile, being a red clay, with a thin
laj-er of sand on top. Corn, rye and
olhcrjcercnls flourish ; the sorghum,
(Chinese sugar cane) also is raised.
The climate is lovely- -about the
same as Aiken, which has so great u
reputation as a health resort for lung
and throat diseases, and is almost at
the same elevation above the sea,
With the same pine forests and sandy
soil and consequently dry, pure air.
The thermometer, since I have been
here, has averaged about 5C degrees,
mornings and evenings cool, requir
ing wood fires on the hearth, but
middle of day sunny, warm and de
lightful. Wood is plentiful aud
cheap. No one burns coal. 1 have
an open coal stove, of tile, new pat
ent, which is here considered a curi
osity. Board is cheap, ?2o a month
at tbe hotel, and much cheaper in
boarding houses. There are fine bunt
ing and fishing ; tbe north fork of the
Edisto river, half a mile from the
Village, supplies fidh in plenty. Rice,
hominy, sweet potatoes and chickens
are cheap and plentiful. In short,
as a health resort the place is fully
equal to Aiken, which being famous
charges fancy watering place prices,
while Orangeburg is cheap.
I have been most warmly and
heartily welcomed by ihe best citi
zens, most of the principal people
having already called on us. I talk
"stalwart" republicanism freely, when
necessary, and am not even rebuked.
1 am emphatic on this point, a con
trary impression prevailing with us.
I could not ask a greater kindness
than I have met with here. True,
my wife is a niece of an old and
prominent resident, the surrogate of
the county (judge of probate, they
call it here), which to a certain ex
tent fixes our status. I have been
here several times and am pretty well
known?and have built a bouse, pay
taxes and bring capital to the place,
and am not dependent on this people i
for a living?all of which makes a
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difference, doubtless, but I know that
any respectable Northern family will
be heartily welcome here, regardless
bf politics. Most of tbe principal
merchants of the village are of North
ern birth, and the society is good.
Wo arc delighted with our house.
It is all yellow pine, with tbe inside
finish unpaintcd. I treat with raw
oil and shellac, bringing out the rich
grain of the wood. It is harder than
oak?what wc know ns Georgia pine,
and is tho ordinary lumber here.
My lot is four acres, a pine and oak
grove, 300 feet frontage on the princi
pal street, just out of the business por
tion of the village, and five minutes
walk from the railroad station. Back
of me is Claflin University, for color
ed studcnlo of both sexes, which has
300 students at present. Three of the
professors are natives of Orangeburg
so there is no prejudice here against
negro oducntion. 1 have visited the
university and heard coal black boys
translating Latin and Greek. There
aro plenty of churches bf various de
nominations, and a Young Men's
Christian Association.
The fare by rail to Orangeburg from
New York via Camdcn Junction is
$24.50?through sleeper without
change. Time.32 hours : leave New
York by Pennsylvania railroad at 10
p. in., and arrive in Orangcburg at G
p. m. on tho. secqnd day. The fare
by steamer to Charleston is $20. A
through ticket to Oruugeburg by
bteunier and rail costs about ?22 -
time 3 days.
I should like to sec Northerners
here, and will cheerfully furnish in
formation concerning tho region to
any one who desires; and will write
to nie at Orangeburg.? Chatham, (N.
Y.) Courier.
An Edllor'6 Dream.
He fell asleep after n lime, and lo !
ho dreamed again. And it seem lo
him in a vision that, having armed
himself with certain papers and books,
he turned his steps once more toward
the place and knocked at the gntc.
"Hello, "is that you again?'1 said
Peter. "What do you wish?"
Let these persons again come
forth," replied ibo editor, and Peter
this lime made them all pass through
the gate and stand outside.
They came as before and uttered
tho same cries as before.
"Why didn't you notice that big
c<jg I gave your" yelled llic first.
?%It was rotten/' replied the editor.
"Why didn't you write up my soda
fountain ?*' cried the druggist.
"You bad your tickets printed at
the other office," calmly replied the
local man.
"Why did you write about old
Tomlinson's bens anil and never speak
of my now gator" shouted the third.
"Ohl Tomliu6on paid for bis adver
tising and you didn't. Here's the
bill," said ibo editor
Why did you spell my name wrong
in the programme?" groaned the local
talent.
"Take a look at ibis manuscript of
yours und see for yourself," said the
editor with a grim smile.
The rest of the company yelled
their complaints in unison, und the
editor calmly sorted out a scries of
bills for unpaid subscription, and
presented each with oue ; and it wus
so, thou when they had received them,
they all tore their hair and rushed
violently down u utoep place into the
sea, and St. Peter, taking the editor
calmly 1*3* the band, led biiu within
the gate and said :
"Come, friend ; the chaps manag
ed to slip through here in spile of us,
but thanks to ibo press, wc now know
what sort of fellows they are* Come
in and Btay ; we need a few Buch men
as you in here.*'
Woman's Softening Influence.
'?It's astonishin'," remarked the old
forty-niner this morning as be nodded
over bis glass to our reporter, "it's
aftlonishin' what a coward a man is at
home?a rt-g'lar crawliit' sneak, by
Jove ! I've traveled u good bit and
hchl up my end in most o'lbe camps
on the coast sineeM?. I've got three
bullets inside o' me. I've shot an'
been bbot at, an' never beard nobody
say I hadn't us good grit as most fel
lers tbat'u goin'. But at homo I'm a
kyote. Afore I'd let the old woman
kuow that her h<*t buacuit wasn't Al
when it's like stitf amalgam, I'd XI11
my solf aa full as a retort. I've done
it lols o' times. Most o' ma teeth ie
gone from luggin' on beofsleaks that
ibo <ald woman fried. D'ye think 1
roar out an' cuss when 1 go over a
chair in tho dark? No, sir. While
I'm rubbin' my shins an' kecpin' back
the tears, I'm likewise swca'.in' fur
fear the old woman has been woke by
the upset.
"It didn't used to bo so," sighed I
tho poor fellow, thoughtfully lubbing
bis shining scalp. "When wo w.ih
first hitched I thought I was the sup
erintendent but alter a year or two of
argyin' Ibo pint I settle down lo
shovin' the car at low wages. I kin
lick any man o' my ago an' size,"
cried the gentleman, banging the sa
loon table with his wrinkled fist. "I'll
shoot, knife, Gland up or rough an'
tumble for coin, but when I hang my
baton the peg in the hall an' take
off my muddy boots, an' hoar tho old
woman ask if lliats mo, you bet the
.starch comes right out o' me."?Vir*
rjinitl (Nav) Chroniu'c
?Said one of society's smart orna
ments to n lady friend : "This is
leap year, and I suppose you'll be
asking some one lo marry you?" 'Oh,
ho,' was ibo reply, "my finances
won't prcmit mo to support a hus
band."
Fence Law.
Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
The fence law is creating quite a
sensn'ion and I fear it will be tbe
means of dividing the Democratic par
ty, for tbe poor must stand together
or bo engulfed by the rieb. My op
ponent, "Kdisto," thinks no one
should be allowed a voice In so grave
a question unless be be a land owner.
I would remind my friend "Kdisto"
that in order lo carry out bis views he
would have lo get tho Legislature to
disfranchise the poor before his way
could be made clear, and no doubt
many of " Kdisto V followers would
rejoice at such a law. Hut 1 envy
not the rich man, nor would I care if
he were ten tiineu richer, for then the
poor would have a much better chance.
"Kdisto" also refers to fencing in
slavery limes when rails could be
drawn so easily by Cull'ec f. cm the
forest, ami wc would infer that it is
his grand objection to fencing now.
I say let every man get bis living by
the sweat of bis face as the bread of a
laboring man is said lo bo sweet. 1
am in sympathy with all who have
not timber sulllcicut to keep uy their
fencing ami would advise all such
victims to write on and go to work
tbe right way. There arc loo many
broken down farmers who have allow
ed their fencing to rol down waiting
for the fence law to be abolished.
My friend "Kdisto" thinks that the
law, requiring a man to keep his fence
stiicily according lo its letter cannot
be enforced. I beg to differ with
hire, because there cannot be r- law
which tbe .State cannot enforce. "Kd
isto" seems lo place great stress upon
the mere fact of owning land ai; en
tilling the possessor lo complete ami
entire control at the exclusion of all
others ; but from Ibe very nature of
tbe case there can be but one lalul
owner, who gave this earth to his
creatures from the beginning to be en
joyed by all alike. Man i* only a
tenant ut will and that will is the
will of God. 1 would like to know if
"Kdisto is a Democrat, ami if so on
what kind of soup he was raised? I
judge, however, on turtle soup be
cause be bus crawled out on land.
Watch.
How She Began the Year.
It was a beautiful morocco-bound,
gill-edged diary, self-clasping memo
randum, cash accounts,' calendar,
wilb all the modern ulluchmcnts.
Delicately traced in mauve ink she
had written :
Jouunry I.?This is the first day
of iho new year. It is a happy New
Year's day. Ou Ibis, the beginning
of the new year, I am going to begin
to keep a diary of the events of the
new year. I bad a beautiful New
year's present. John called.
January 2.?This in the second
day of the new year. I have resolv
ed to keep a diary of tbe important
events. John called.
January 3.?This is the third day
of the year. It is useful and inter
esting to keep a diary of tho events
of the year, and I am resolved lo do
it. John called.
January 4.?This is the first Sun
day of the new year. John called
Tbe next day being ?iouday, there'
was no time to keep Ibe record, and
although the new year isn't in its
first act of "leeus," yet the diary has
found its way into the most hidden
nook of the dressing-case, where il
will repose in 'quiet unless John
should fail to call.?Montreal IL raid.
Bishop Haven's Last Words.
When Ibe lale Bishop Haven was
told by his physician that bis cud
was near, he replied, "When that
agony was upon me at the beginning
of this illness, I feared it was tbe
grip of death." He exp leased a wish
lo see as many of his friends as possi
ble, and during the day many called
upon him, to each of whom he had
something to say. To one caller his
remark was, "Good night, doctor;
when we meet again, it will be good
morning." An hour before he pass
ed away, be fell asleep. On awaken
ing, be looked up and said, "There is
no river here ; it is all beautiful."' He
did not apeak again.
Nothing makes a woman more es
teemed by the opposite sex than chas
tity, whether it be that wc always
prix.o those most who are hardest lo
come at, or that nothing besidco chas
tity, with its collateral attendants?
truth, fidelity and constancy?-gives
the man a property in the person he
loves, and consequently endears her
lo him above all things.
Common Observations,
Editor Orangcburg Democrat:
I bave read a piece beaded, "One
Thousand n Year," and signed "A
Practical Girl;" but cannot agree
with her that women practice more
deceit than men. I don't wish to ar
gue, nor say anything disrespectful
or mortifying, but am ^constrained in
justice to my sex, to nltetupfc a few
random remarks. First, I shall apeak
of love, "that dreamy, potent opeil,
that beauty flings around the heart:
I Know its power, alas! too well, 'tis
going, love and I must part." Men
love money more than women. Jt
has a greater charm and a stronger
influence over them than any thing
j else. There are exceptions of course,
I hut like true affection, rare. Invari
ably on inquiring about women,
whether young, widow* or old, they
scarcely ever fail lo ask Ibis question,
"Is she wot lb any money?" if answer
ed in the affirmative, the reply will
tie, "Oh, I will try and get her."
The money is the object, and nothing
is said about lhat passion, which like
honesty, much talked about but little
understood. There arc, no doubt,
men in your town, who arc paying
jbulf of their sajary for a runted
j house ; instead of being honest with
their wives and say. "I can't afford
it, wo must live in c couple of rented
rooms till wc can do better." Matri
mony, in my bumble estimation, i3
purely a delicate business transac
tion. Each patty should be natural
and unsophisticated in their likes and
dislikes. To speak freely of the di.s
positional elnructei islie of each other, i
and if in ill health, cay so. Men us
a class teil no secrets on their sex,
I ami Ehouhl not won.cn do the same?
Ufa man wishes to marry well, and I ;
? '
suppose all think tbny do, be 'i6 spo- j
* ken of as a gentleman in every sense
of the word ; attends church regular-1
ly, affectionate, not given to strong
I drink ; and everything that is praise
worthy. Hut alas 1 as soon as be is I
married, a .whisper tomes stealing
through tbe air, such a one is in debt,'
he docs not live happily with hie wife, J
be is seen pretU often at Die bur,
and so it goes. Who is to blame,
Mr. Editor? Tbe women every time?'
All, no! I fear deceit bits buaji foster-j
ed, tbe bubble baa exploded, spread*]
ing sadness and d.samjUioinlmcnt I
around their fireside. Nr/thing is so
cruel in my eyes, as lo se\i a wicked,:
deceitful man drag down as his wife,:
a pure, good woman. One who has
been accustomed to every luxury and 1
kindness, to lie deceived, ill-treated,
half-starved and despised, by one:
who has taught her to love bin:.
My second and last point wi.l I e on
drink. There are, no doubt, little as
.vomen arc aware of it, the fewest I
number of men who do not drink ; and I
"no man runs drunenkness alone."
"That is one of the carrion crows!
lhat go in a iiock." .Signs of bar
rooms can be seen moving along the
streets. Yes, it it- called by fancy
names, 'tis true, but alas! how muny
Rrc deceived with Mountain Dew.
Hut uo more. Would that Ihere wore
more purity in ull clawe? ; und men,
who are the "lords of creation," mude
in the likeueas of God, if Lbey disre
gard tbe counsel of tbe pure and good
let tiicm ulouc. I am done; and if
too severe, it cannot hurt the good
and true.
I bave made many observaLions in
my short hie, and hono you will give!
space to this article. I am your well
wisher and constant friend.
John Iiion.
February 21st, 1880.
"If you were a decent person," re
marked a shrill female voice on tbe j
(railway, "you would shut down that
j window ami not expose^nc to tbe j
draft." ".Ma-lam," was the reply as
the window was softly lowered, "I
thought from your face you were over
forty-five, and therefore out of the
draft.'' Ami notwithstanding the
fact this wretch was on ibo train the
cuts did not run off the track or the
locomotive burst its boiler.
The most reasonable explanation
of tbe present remarkable weather is
that, this being leap year,'spring is
making loyo to winter, and the old
fellow consequently has thawed con
siderably.
Tut: question Is continually being
asked "What shall we do with'our
boys?" The people' know what to do
with their boys, but the trouble ap
pears to be that the boys wonlt let
them do it.
Impudent Mendacity.
There is a point where patience
ceased to be a virtue, nnd the follow
ing precious piece of impubent men
dacit.y from the New York Times is
enough to provoke a saint:
Tbe appeal which wc publish this
morning from a number of well-known
citizens for aid in relieving the dis
stress of destitute coloicd emigrants
in Kansas,.is calculated lo touch the
heart of of every person animated
wills a spirit of discriminating benev
olence; These'poor creatures, driven
from a genial climate and familiar
occupations by the cruel injustice o'
those who ought to be their best
friend.--, find themsclvea in the midst
of a Northern winter, to v.ji03c rigor
they are unaccustomed, without
means and with out employment, aud
hence dependent on chaiity to save
them from starvation. They may
have gone into Ibis exodus from the
land of bondage somewhat blindly,
but is was a blind groping for a land
of promise in which they might enjoy
the l ights and opportunities of men,
ami ought lo beget sympathy rather
than censure. No doubt, with tbe
opening of spring they will lind among
a generous people the opportunities
which they seek, but in tbe meantime
they ought not to be allowed to suffer.
They have claims upon us such as no
other people in distress in any part
of the world can possess. The res
ponse ought to be prompt and liber
al.
Now, this is exactly what the press
from every part of the South said
would i appen to these unfortunate
bedeviled colored suH'urers who have
been cojoled away from their homes
in the South by avaricious scoundrels
ami partisan villains, who have fol
lowed up these colored people with
false tales, marvelous cuts and every
species of blandishment which could
be devised to carry ' ncsc people away
for a certain per centage on their
railroad fare or so much a head for
the political cry wjiipb v. as to be rais
ed. "These poor creatures driven
away from th-.-ir congenial climate!"
Foul and infamous falsehood ! Who
has drived them away ? Who wants
to do it? Whose interest is subserv
ed by it but the prowling scoundrels
who are in the service of their malig
nant masters, and in the pa}' of avar^
icious Northern corporations ? These
facts have been attested by intelli
gent colored men themselves before
the exodus investigation, and yet
here is a respectable Northern jour
nal which deliberately fosters a foul
lie without a shadow of prolenco lo
sustain it. What hope is there for
the count!}', for peace, for any thing
worth living for, whilst such things
are possible, ar.d^v righteous public
judgment does not hiss them to
SCOm? They hounded us for fifty
long years as slave driver.-: and tyr
ants until they pushed the maddened
South into a ten illic war, and now that
they have torn the slavea from their
former masters and precipitable them
into a huge political machine for lie
publican aggrandizement, they are
unwilling yet to leave us anil our
colored neighbors n shred of hope,
of peace, of prosperity, of "domestic
tranquility."
The death of Jennie Tyler, a niece
of the cx-Prcsident Tyler, was an
nounced on the 18th inst. Ten years
ago she was one of the reigning belles
of Washington. She possessed also
a comfortable fortune. Yesterday
lr.T dead body lay stretched on a ta
ble in n rickety and squalid tenement
of Brooklyn, her husband. William
Collins, being loo poor to defray the
expenses of her funeral. It appears
that she has wealthy relatives in New
York, who refuse to bury her. Jen
nie was married twice. Her fust
husband squandered her money ; her
second husband, Collins, was poor
and thrown out of work. It is said
that Jennie's father lives in Marlis
burg, Pa., and her sister lives in a
handsome four-story brown stone
bouse in a fashionable locality in
New York. Jennie Tyler was born
in Richmond, Ya., in 1S18.
A contemporary declares that goal
is a peculiarly aristocratic malady.
It is one of thoio diseases that none
but the rich can afford to enjoy. A
rccc.it medical report says that gout
is hugely on the increase in America.
This is very gratifying. It shows
that we are becoming a rich nation.
Let gout and wealth increase in the
land.
Patriarch ot the Fork.
Editor Orangcburg Democrats
In the course of three score years
and ten, I have many times read of
families rcmarkablo for size, weight,
number, &c., and have as often
thought if honor attached to a locali
ty producing a largo family Orange
burg Cotpity, youth Carolina would
wear the laurels.
Old Mr. William Sjnoak, the patri
arch of llie family of that name, is a
native, of German extraction, born
earl}' in February, 1784, consequent
lias just entered Iiis U7lb year, and
since 1811 has been a resident o( that
?section of the county between North
and South Ed is to rivers familiarly
known as the Fork.
Tbe old man and bis wife, the last
of whom died a few years ago, raised
thirteen children, ten now living.
I They had first six sons, then two
I daughters, then three sons, and last
I two daughters. The eldest is Seven.
i
ty-Qve year.-: of ?gc and tho youngest
fifty.
Tbe following is a statement of the
descendants of Mr. William Sinoak
from information obtained through
living heads of familcs and through
adults in families whoso beads have
died: Children living 10, dead 3;
grand-children living 101, dead 35;
Igreat-grandchildren living 391, dead
CD; great-great-grandebildreii living
70, dead ? ; making tbe following to
tal of descendants, living ?7?, dead
j 110 ; or a grand total of 691 descend
' ants. ?
The most remarkable feature of this
family (one which 1 think would re
quire a search of both hemispheres to
lind a parallel) is the fact that both
the old people lived lo see their
youngest ami thirteenth child a grand
mother. Who can beat that?
Notwithstanding the old man's
sight and hearing arc much impaired,
bis general health is good, and he
would be quite, smart for orte of bis
age bad it not been for a fall he got
some years ago, which injured oho.
thigh and hip, from which be has nev
er entirely recovered. He is a great
talker, and has a most vivid recollec
tion of events which transpired in his
boyhood and early manhood.
He was much of a Nimrod in
time, and relates with the greatest
minuteness incidents of his deer and
wolf bunts. Many a stately buck and
ravenous wolf succumbed to his dead
j ly aim with '.hat old flint an steel mus
j ket that he would not lay down in ex
change for an amateur sportsman's
hundred dollar double-barrel. The
percussion principle was at that time
latent in the brain of the inventor,
but tbe old man did feel the need of
improved fire arms, for when be drew
the trigger of that old musket on
game there was sure lo be "meat in
tho pot." He killed the last wolves
lhat were known to be in this part of
ibe country. ,
We entertain a fervent hope that
the old man may live to be a centen
arian, (if the writer is alive) there
will be n proposition for a grand pic
nic and reunion. A circle with a di
ameter of fifteen miles would inclose
four-fifths of the family.
The writer has known this family
sixty ypars as a hare) working, indus
trious people, and not a drunkard
among them. Who can beat that?
J. J. S.
The Origin of the $.
Tbe editor of the London White
hall Review at a dinner recently pro
pounded the following: "What is the
origin of tho sign for the American
dollni ?" The American consul did
no', know. It was suggested by one
of the guests, upon the authority of
"Notes and Queries," that the sign
was a sort of monogram of the United
Stales, from 4,U. S." Hut this would
not do. The American dollar, says
tbe editor, is taken from the Spanish
dollar, and ibo sign is to be found, of
[course, in the associations of the
Spanish dollar. Wo littered the ta
ble with books in lite course of out
researches, but I proved my point in
I Ihp end. On Ibe reverse of Ihe Span
I Ish dollar is a representation of the
I Pillars ot Hercules, und around each
J pillar is a scroll, with the inscription,
ilP/m ultra." This device in the
course of lime has degenerated into
the sign which stands at present for
'American as well as Spanish dollars,
u8." The scroll rohr.'d tlic pillars, 1
take it, represents the two serpents
sent by Juno to destroy IIercule3 in
bis cradle.
Modern Society.
Jn reading of Hie manners and cus
toms of uncivilized people wo are
wont to exclaim, "How horrible!
What a blessing it is that we aro
civilized!" We look with disgust
upon the half naked and bedaubed
savage, and our ladies would, Jjjfcu
away with a shudder at the sight.0/?
woman of the Fiji Islandsi Wo aro a
civilized nation, but do we act as
such? or does that portion of us,
which considers itself the ultimatum ;
not only of civilization but of truest
re?nement ? This class, designating
itself as the crane, tiie bon ton, sets
itself up as an examp.e of intelh
genee. politeness and refinement, for
the cllmr classes of civilization to
follow. Anil those who do follow,
generally become what Darwin en
deavored to prove us to be at llrjt.
One should strive lo become truly ra
fined, and if tbe heart is educated as
well as tbe head, we will reach that
true refinement, which is the founda
tion of genuine aristocracy, hut,
what is our modern society? What
are its chief attributes? Vanity, de
ceit, self-conceit, idleness, pomposi
ty, extravagance in dress, and a
strict observance of every rule that is
ridiculous and silly. We lind no r.ncu
in this bogus aristocracy, but a set of
puppets, with more perfumed locks
than brains, and more cunning than
wit; who with eye-glass to half clos
ed eyes, smirk and bow to the litllo
wooden dulls who take the lead in
Ibis circus.
If a man or woman is educated,
will not he or she converse in an in
telligible way, and not aim to speak
in riddles more difficult lo solve
than that of the Sphynx? A. lady,
conversing with a gentleman?her
mouth filled with imaginary pebbles
?once said : "How I do enjoy yow
waw stories. I am suah you must
have been n varnli g?llont snldifthl I
am no Omazqn, yet I should deahly
love to pawlicipate once in a bottle."
uAh! my dear mahdom," replied the
gallant Quixotic, I'Yqti know nothing
of wah ; never clcsiaw it. j should
never seek to behold a bottle.'.' Aik(
yet this highly educated and, refined
"soldiah" often sought and felt the in
fluence of the "bottle."
The dicss of the savage shocks us,
and yet, take one of our society la
dies, in full costume, and place her
beside a chief lad of one of the ?outfi
sea islands, nnd where is the differ
ence. The dress of our lady js drawn
so tight about her figure, that it
greatly resembles the liku?which is a
kind of fringed band, the train of it
being at the right side?worn by
those women. In her dress she can
move freely, wlifereas it si with great
ditllculty thaj, pur ladies step. These
savage women wear their hair fright
fully frizzled, falling over the face, so
as lo almost conceal the eyes. Our
iadies dress their hair in tho same
manner. The civilized following thu
customs ol the uncivilized, and then
pride themselves op being the leaders
of the world 1
When die gnage of society is sense,
and love of knowledge, and men and
women consider that they wore made
lor something higher than lo talk
."nothings," am) disfigure their bo
dies with what they call fashionable
dress, then, wc will not be plngued
with "shedyitea" and "big-bugs," nnd
Ibe manners and customs of polite
society will be worty bf imitation.
Ono Aspect of Leap Year.
"Leap year gives young ladies a
gentleman's privileges in making
love." Perhaps it does. Hut no re
spectable young man will have nn}*
thing to do with a young lady who
takes a position on the street corner,
and not only wintcs at the gentlemen
as they pass by, but also squirts to
bacco juice on their coat-tails. Nor
would it look well for a dozen oy
more young ladies to loaf around in
front of a church an hour and a Jialf
on Sunday nights, sparring, and
knocking one anolbei's hats olf, and
dancing on tbe sidewalk, in order to
kill time until tho congregation is
dismissed, mid then buckle up to a
young main and escort him home.
Not any.
TiiEREi? a well known law in phi
losophy that two bodies cannot occu
py tbe same place at tbe same time.
Anil yet, in reckless defiance of tb.i?
principle, there are young men who
will persist in keeping the same chair
that contains their sweethearts. So
we have been informed.

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