29 Jul 1886
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1886
Page
1
An advertisement proclaims a premium fencing wire, touting galvanization and Sven steel wire for bundles of 69 feet or more. It asserts superiority over other fencing options and invites correspondence regarding pricing and availability.
Round Lake near Saratoga will host a summer school this year named the School of Methods and Practice. It features departments of industrial art, fine arts, languages, natural science, and a kindergarten program, plus telegraphy, music, and oratory. The note stresses education as twin to religion, urging broad, nobler aims.
JOHN H B PHOPLES of 60 Im Foy is listed in a brief classified notice under second-hand machinery. The message reads as a short, fragmentary entry likely advertising or recording a sale or contact for used tools and machines.
Report from a local paper detailing teachers attending the State Institute for colored teachers in Columbus and the State Normal in Greenville. Mentions Col. Belcher, Prof. Watkins, Miss Virginia Rosemund, Miss Minerva Drake, and Mr. Bagwell. Describes classroom tools, blackboards, school progress at Brushy Creek Shiloh White Plains, and praises Pestalozzian influence and Johns Hopkins model. Mentions Round Lake Normal with Prof. J. S. Warman and excursions, with admission details through Round Lake Journal.
A Confederate veteran recounts Sherman’s 1865 Columbia occupation, claiming signals foretold the entry and destruction, noting limited fires, recalling Hampton’s restraint on killing prisoners, and detailing acts of destruction by Union troops as North Carolina fell. He recalls capture, execution rumors, and personal observations of the burning aftermath.
A long opinion piece urges drastic reform amid rising prison counts and social strain. It links labor versus capital to wealth gaps, warns prosperity can ruin a republic, and proposes constitutional change or even revolution if needed.
A historical note describes a case in 1850s Missouri of a man born to enslaved black parents who gradually turned white over ten years starting at age twelve. Skin and hair lightened, a white facial patch spread, then copper spots appeared in early adulthood, with eyes remaining jet black. The account includes details from Dr. Hutchison of New York and a local interview with the subject and his family.
A Philadelphia Times letter recounts John Armstrong of Wilmington, NC, who after being jilted by Ontrie Scnit by marriage to Samuel Opdyke, retreats to the forest living as a hermit for nearly fifty years. He later confronts Opdyke in the woods, shoots him, and remains a reclusive naturalist, tending an insect collection and carving tokens for local boys.
A young man of African descent told a church he believed he could preach but was judged unfit. Deacons and the pastor debated whether he should pursue ministerial honors and the church faced a decision on appointment. The dialogue referenced his mental fitness and proper qualifications for preaching.
A New York woman recounts a Sunday incident near Womithwell's menagerie where about twenty five cows and two bulls in a field rose and faced a distant roar. The herd halted grazing and moved toward the source as if guided by an inherited animal instinct. The roar, likely from a lion, echoed from a nearby park, triggering a century old recognition among the cattle.
An anecdote from Sam Small’s war stories recounts Capt Evan Howell’s risky river recon across the Chattahoochee to verify Federal troop retreat. Despite a disqualified crew, Howell swam and crept near the camp, only to shout surrender when a bullfrog leaped into the river. The scene ends with clear signs of a Yankee departure and a smoldering fire.
County Auditor Percival, famed for collecting natural curiosities, owns a remarkable rooster that cared for four newly hatched chicks after incubation. The bird guarded, sheltered, and even gathered the brood under its wing, while briefly crowing and dallying with a yard bee, sparking notes on evolution.
A fragment reflects on hope as a future possession, likening it to birdsong and spring fragrance. Different views color the idea, from serene refuge to grand palace, while a street scene recalls a lady warning a boy about his mischievous mother.
A conversation about marital rights and personal property follows a jokey exchange. A friend chides a young man on marriage and independence while describing how a wife’s belongings fill and clutter a home. The speaker hints at using a travel trunk to hide items and personal effects.
Near twelve miles from the city, an infant of William Raton met a tragic end in a bedroom accident. The child, sleeping beside its mother, rolled from the bed and became entangled by a cord or hanging object, causing the infant to suffocate. The mother awakened to find her baby lifeless, the result of a rare fatal accident. Police or local inquiries are noted but no further details given.
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