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The Cherokee Georgian.
Dress Plainly.
I noticed on last Lord’s day in church, a
lady of wealth and fashion, dressed in a
simple (to my mind it was very beautiful)
calico dress—neat, well made, clean, and
the whole toilet of this lady was in keeping
with her dress. There was nothing costly
—nothing gaudy—but all her apparel was
neat and appropriate for the day and the
service. A train of reflections were awaken
ed in my mind. I thought how many ben
efits would result if people would dress
plainly when they attend church. How
much it would lessen the burdens of the
poor, who now find it hard to keep up their
■wardrobe and maintain their places in soci
ety. How many debts, which now hang
like lead on the hearts ol husbands, could
be paid by this cost of fine dress. How
many poor people who now never attend
church would be glad to attend if they could
feel relieved ou the score of dress. I have
been told by persons, time and again, that
they would be glad to attend church, and all
their families, “If wc had clothes fit to
wear.” Will we have a garment “fit to
wear” into eternity ? is a question that
concerns all Christians.
Again I thought, if people would dress
more plainly they could worship much bet
ter. Their thoughts would be more on the
subject and the service, and less on their
own and neighbor’s dress. Plain dress
would save time; it would remove one
cause why many fail to get to Sunday
school and preaching in good time; and
last, though not least, thinks I to myself, it
would increase largely the contributions to
the of religion and the conversion of
sinners as home and abroad, which should
be the great object in life —[Exchange.
Preaching with Effect.
The Vermont Chronicle relates the fol
lowing incident about a sermon which
might probably be repeated with profit:
“A brother in the ministry took occasion
to preach on the passage in Luke xvi. 10 —
‘He that is unjust in the least is unjust also
in much.’ The theme was, that men who
take advantage of others in small things,
have the very element of character to wrong
the community and individuals in great
things, where the prospect of detection or
censure is little to be dreaded. The preacher
exposed the various ways by which people
wrong others; such as borrowing; by mis
takes in making change ; by errors in ac
counts; by escaping taxes and custom
house duties; by finding articles and neyer
seeking owners; and by injuring articles
borrowed and never making the fact known
to the owners when returned.
“One lady the next day met her pastor
and said, ‘I have been up to Mr. ’s to
rectify an error he made in giving me
change a few weeks ago, for I felt bitterly
your reproof yesterday.’ Another individ
ual went to Boston to pay for an article not
in her bill, when noticed it was not charged
when she paid it.
“A man, going home from meeting, said
to his companion, T do not believe there
was a man in the meeting-house to-day who
did not feel condemned.*
“After applying the sermon to more of
his acquaintances, he continued, ‘Did not
the pastor utter something about finding a
pair of wheels ?’
“‘I believe not, neighbor A. He spoke
of keeping little things which had been
found.’
‘Well, I thought he said something
about finding a pair of wheels: and suppose
he meant me. I found a pair down in my
lot a while ago.’
“‘Do you,’ said his companion, ‘know
whom they belong to ? Mr. B. lost them a
short time ago.’
“The owner was soon in possession of his
wheels."
A Self-tmurht Boy.
The Duke of Argyll, who lived in Queen
Anne’s reign, was one day walking in his
garden when he saw a Lai in book lying on
the grass. Thinking it had been brought
from his library, he gave directions for it
to be taken back, when a Ind called Ed
mund Stone, then in his eighteenth year, a
son as the gardener, claimed it as his
own.
The duke was surprised, and on ques
tioning him was still further astonished at
his answers.
‘But how,’ said the duke, ‘came you by
the knowledge of all these things?’
Stone replied: ‘A servant taught me,
ten years since, to read ;’ and, on being
ftirther pressed by the duke, he thus con
tinued :
‘I firs* learned to read ; the masons were
then at work upon your house. I ap
proached them one day, and observed that
the architect used a ride and compasses,
and that he made calculations. I inquired
what might be the meaning and use ot
these things, and I was informed that there
was a science called arithmetic. I pur
chased a book of arithmetic, and I learned
it. I was told there was another science, |
called geometry: 1 bought the necessary
books, and.l learned geometry. Byroad-!
Ing, I found that there who good l»>oks on
these two sciences in Latin; I bought a
dictionary, and I fenmed Latin. I under
stood, afeo, that there w» re good lasiks of
the same kind in French I bought a die-;
tionary and I learned trench. And this.!
my lord, is what I have done. Il seems to
me that we miiy ham everything when we |
know the twenty four letters of the alpha
bet?
Edmund Slone afterwards pnbhahed sci
entific works, and was ehoteii a Fellow us.
the Royal Society.
All mu nailers know the letters of the '
alphabet, l> it l.uw tew have thought that !
the kn<»u of them was so valuable as j
to ena’A them to learn everything.
A Mother’s Only Son—The Story of a
Life.
We will look in upon the mother as she
sits beside her sleeping infant —her bright,
beautiful boy. She looks, and smiles as she
dreams of a time when he shall be her com
fort and support —a noble, honored, and in
fluential man.
Fondly does she believe her hopes will be
realized, as she sees him grow up a loving,
truthful, and obedient boy.
Soon it becomes necessary to part with
him for a season. She semis him off to col
lege; but oh! what a pang it costs her to
part with him! She repeats again and
again her loving counsels, and faithfully he
promises to bear them in loving remem
brance ; and many are the good resolutions
he makes, trusting, alas! in his own strength,
and asking not for that which cometh from
above.
He goes from her, and she is left alone, to
pray, oh, how fervently! that above all
things his heart may be changed; for well
does she know the dangers that beset his
path so long as he relies on his own
strength alone, and is actuated solely by
worldly motives, however good they may
be.
Thus pass several years, ■when he returns
crowned with honors; bearing with him to
his proud and joyful mother the high com
mendations of his instructors; for all this
time be has turned away from the tempter,
and refused to be enticed by him. Only one
thing saddens bis mother; she had cherished
the fond hope that she might one day see
him a minister of the gospel: but now that
hope lies scattered at her feet, for he insists
on choosing some other profession. He
does not at once decide what it shall be,
but purposes to enjoy himself awhile, after
the restraints of college life.
Thus, in idleness he enter into temptation;
and his mother soon sees him with compan
ions whose tastes and habits she would not
like him to imitate. But in answer to her
warning, he confidently replies, “No dan
ger,” and assures h- r they cannot induce
him to touch the intoxicating cup. Nor
can they. But will he yield if the poison is
offered by a fair hand ? Can it be that the
hand of a woman could offer the cup of
death to a fellow-creature ? Alas! alas! too
many ruined lives answer, “It is even so !”
A fair one, to whose outward charms he
has already half succumbed, challenges him
to drink a toast. He hesitates, remembers
his mother, and is about to decline, when
she disdainfully asks, “Have you no more
confidence in yourself?” He laises the
glass to his lips, drains it, and puts it down
a changed man.
He says to himself, “Why, it is not so
bad a thing, after all, to take a little wine,
I scarcely feel its effects.” Soon he begins
to return home late at night, and his fond
mother thinks she detects the odor of some
thing wrong as he reluctantly gives her his
good-night kiss; but he evades her anxious
questions, though with an inward sehie of
degradation and shame, resolving often that
he will not so grieve her ; but his resolves
are quickly broken. At last the night comes
when she sits till midnight in an agony of
suspense, and he does not come. Another
hour passes, and another; then she hears
footsteps on the pavement, and hastens to
open the door to behold him brought home,
not a man, but a brine! They carry him
to his room, and others bear her away to
hers, as unconscious as he.
She recovers, but to what anguish and
misery! She would fain close her eyes
again, and shut out forever the awful truth.
He awakens also, and is bowed down with
humiliation, and vows to his mother that
be will never, neve r again so wring her
heart. So sincere is his repentance that be
keeps out o! the way of temptation, becomes
industrious and useful, and is even thinking
of connecting himself with a “Good Tem
plars” Lodge, when he is called away from
home for a few days. His mother’s heart
aches with a vague apprehension, and she
anxiously watches for bis return. But the
train that should have borne him home,
brings in his stead an old friend—her pas
tor in days gone by—whose face half re
veals his sad story ere he speak”. But soon
the mother knows that her boy—her dar
ling boy—has been in a drunken brawl,
and has been arrested for murder. She ut
ters one piercing wail and sinks in her
chair. In vain arc all efforts to restore
her. She lingers through the night, but in
the morning her freed spirit wings its way
to everlasting rest.
Meanwhile her boy is locked hi a gloomy
prison, lie knows that he is innocent of
murder, but he knows, too, that he has
broken his vow to his mol her, that lie has
disgraced his manhood, and he crouches in
his cell a degraded wretch.
At last a ray of light enters his darkened
■ soul. Has not God promised to answer
prayers ? And has not his nvHker’s whole
I life been one prayer for him ? la an agony
he cries for merey; and was ever snch a
' prayer answered ?
When at last his prison door is unlocked.
' and he is told that he is free, his heart rises
in thankfulness that he may now lead a
j new life anil be a blessing to sixfiety, and to
, his now doubly precious mother.
He hastens home; but what a shock to
him when he is told that she whom he seeks
■ lies in the church-yard.
He reels and staggera under the blow,
i while ht a'knowledges its justice. Can it
. lie that he s indeed a murderer; that his
hand has struck the death blow of her he
' loved most on earth ? He seeks her gra re,
and renews to her dust his broken vows.
He breaks them no more during the few
years that are allotted hi him ;-but goes
alHiut, feeble and tottering, a prematurely
old man, imploring others to “flee tor their
Hfe," and warning them off the quicksands .
ou which his body was wrecked, and his
soul, but tor God’s gracious answer to a !
mother's prayers.— [Southern Presbyte- j
riau. |
Don’t be too Sensitive. —There are
people—yes, many people —always looking
out for slights. They cannot cany on the
daily intercourse of the family without find
ing that some offense is designed. They
are as touchy as hair-triggers. If they meet
an acquaintance who happens to be pre-oc
cupied with business, they attribute his ab
straction in some mode personal to them
selves, and take umbrage accordingly.
They lay on others the fruit of their irrita
bility. Indigestion makes them see imper
tinence in every one they come in contact
with. Innocent persons, who never dreamed
of giving offense, are astonished to find
some unfortunate word or momentary taci
turnity mistaken for an insujL To say the
least the habit is unfortunate. It is far
wiser to take the more charitable view of
our fellow-beings, and not suppose that a
slight is intended unless the neglect is open
and direct. After all, too, life takes its
hues in a great degree from the color of our
own mind. If we are frank and generous,
the world treats us k indly ; if on the con
trary, we are suspicious, men learn to be
cold and cautious to us. Let a person get
the reputation of being “touchy” and every
body is under restraint, and in this way the
chances of an imaginary offense are vastly
increased. ;
Hints to Boys and Girls.—Politeness
is an accomplishment that is worth more
and costs less than any other, and nothing
is noticed quicker in young people than a
proper regard for the amenities of life. The
following rules, if followed by the boys
and girls, will gain them many friends and
admirers:
1. Be amiable in intercourse with equals,
respectful to age, courteous to all.
2. Never use vulgar or profane language.
Strive to keep your thoughts pure.
3. Never look over another person when
he is writing, or reading that Ayhich does
not concern you.
4. Never enter another’s room abruptly.
If you have business, knock gently at the
door, or ask permission to enter.
5. Never select the best articles of food
at the table. Wait till you are helped. Be
modest, polite, temperate.
6 Never ask trifling or foolish questions,
or inquire about things with which you arc
already familiar.
Average Wheat Crops of England.
—Mr. Thos. C. Scott, King’s Arms Yard,
Moorgate street, London, writes as follows
lo the leading journal: We have now suf
ficient data to enable us to (come to a safe
conclusion as to whether or not the wheat
crop of this year is under or over an aver
age. But what is an average ? In regard
to wheat, 30 bushels an acre is the rate
usually adopted; but it is only an assump
tion, based upon individual observation and
experience over very limited areas. To ar
rive at a sounder solution of the question, I
have taken the areas under wheat in-each
county in England, multiplied tbctSr i*y the
generally admitted normal rate of produce
of each county respectively, and the aggre
gate number of bushels thus obtained, di
vided by the number of acres to which
they apply, gives the nearest approach our
present data admit of to a satisfactory
answer to the question “Whatis an average
crop?” and, thus tested, it turns out to be
29 1-10 bushels an acre.
Fred Douglas, in a fourth of July ad
dress at Hillsdale, Pa., advised his race to
cultivate independence The cultivation
of independence is well enough, but they
should not make it a specialty. Let them
reserve a men garden-spot for independence,
and devote the far greater amount of their
acreage to the cultivation of corn, cotton,
and cabbage.
“William,” observed a Danbury wo
man to her husband, “Mrs. Holcombe feels
pretty badly since the loss of her child, and
I wish you would drop over there and see
her. You might say that all fiesh is grass
—that we’ve all got to go the same way;
and see if she is going to use her dripping
p in this afternoon.
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CARTERSVILLE
SALE & LIVERY STABLE
BY
Roberts & Stephens,
(Successors to Rolwrts & Tuntlin.)
This Is one of the largest and best nr?
ranged establishments in North Georgia.
I The building is eligibly situated hear the
depot and court-house, and is well stocked
with
GOOD HOUSES AND SUPERIOR VEHICLES*
' which ate ready at all times for those who
i wish to ride, either on budiiess or tor ptea
' sure. The proprietors keep constantly on
hand a
GOOD SUPPLY OF FOOD POU HORSES,
and have in their employ faithful grooms
to take care of stock left in their charge
We will
BUY, SELT., AND EXCHANGE
Horses and Mules on very accommodating
terms. jal ly
Cherokee Court of Ordinary, sitting
for county purposes. August 12, 1875
Il is hereby ordered that the Tax Col
lector of said county proceed to assess and
collect, upon the taxable property of said
county assessed by die State, two-tenths of
one per cent., to tie applied to general
county purposes, bridges, jury purposes,
and support of |>oor. Also i h rec-ten ths of>
one |x r cent., to be applied to the payment j
of principal and interest on bonds tor court-1
house maturing January 1. 1876. Also,
that there be assessed and collected, w sen’
not prohibited by law, one hundred per
cent on t.j>ectlic taxes, the same tn be ap
plied to the general fund tor county pur
poses.
Given under my hand and seal.
C. M. McCLCREj Ordinary.
The county tax is fifty cents ou SIOO,
the Slate tax the same.
Printer's ice $L
aug 18, 3 It
PROF. VINCENT’S
SEI ECT HIGH SCHOOL
FOR
Young & Middle-aged Men
WILL OPEN THE REGULAR TERM OF TEN
MONTHS
At Canton, Georgia,
ON THE
FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER.
THE CURRICULUM
embraces a thorough course of the English,
Latin, Greek, and German language; the
Natural, Mental and Moral Sciences ; the
United States Military Academe Course of
Mathematics, and a Practical Business
Course. Special attention is given to Note
and Letter-writing, Land Surveying, Science
of Accounts, Legal Forms and Commercial
Law, and the Applied Sciences.
THE SYSTEM OF TEACHING
discards in toto the inemoriter and rigidly
enforces the rationale — the reason wA.y and
wherefore —method. Students arc taught
to think for themselves.
THE TEXT-BOOKS
used are the very Vanguards of Scientific
Progress.
THE RECITATIONS
are always lively, awakening and delightful
to young men who earnestly desire to get a
solid and progressive education in the
shortest time and at the least possible ex
pense. Only a small number of young men
will be admitted, and to them the Principal
will give every needed attention. Young
men who have time or money to throw
away—who do not mean to study for the
love and use of it —are not wanted.
CANTON
is situated on the banks of the Etowah,
twenty-four miles above Cartersville an I
twenty-five iniiei north of Marietta, on the
projected Marietta and North Georgia Rail
load, is surrounded by beautiful mountain
scenery, water as pure as gurgles from the
earth, the atmosphere salubrious and salu
tary, its popul ition quiet, industrious gen
erous, and highly moral—just the place to
do earnest, hard studying.
BOARD
‘lias been engaged at the justly popular
Canton Hokd and with select families at
from $8 00 to $12.50 per month.
TUITION
invariably five dollars per month.
REFERENCES.
Believing young men who have for the
most part been educated by the Principal,
and who are now in life’s arena, are the
best judges of his competency and efficiency,
he takes the liberty to refer those interested
to the following former pupils :
E. D. Little, M. D., DuhHh,Ga.
Henry Strickland, Principal Bay Creek
Academy.
W. L. Moore, M. D., Gainsville, Ga.
Geo K. Looper, Attorney, Dawsonvi le.
Geo. W Hendrix, Attorney, Canton, Ga.
J. B. Brown, Merchant, Tilton, Ga.
J. C. Hughes, Teacher, Mt. Zion, For
syth County, Ga.
D. D. McConnel, Attorney, Acworth.
M J. L‘ wis. Clerk, Atlanta, Ga.
W. P. Hughes, Teacher, Big Creek, Ga.
D. W. Meadows, Teacher, Danielsville.
J. W. Estes, Merchant, Cumming, Ga
Thos. O. Wofford, R. R. Agent, Carters
ville, Ga.
I. N. Strickland, Civil Engineer, Duluth.
Geo. W. Collier, Teacher, Atlanta, Ga.
Allison Green, Clerk, Atlanta, Ga.
T. G. Donaldson, Farmer. Atlanta, Ga.
J. z Ga’t, Farmer, Canton, Ga.
II 11. Parks, Traviliug Agent Atlanta
Constitution.
J. A. Baker, Farmer, Cartersville, Ga.
For further particulars, address
JAMES U. VINCENT,
Canton, Georgia.
Aug 4, l--lm
“ Secure the Shadow ere the Sub
stance Fades.”
A. OVERLAND,
Photographer,
Opjxisite McAfee's Hotel,
CANTON, - - - GEORGIA,
WILL remain for a short time, and
Would respectfully invite a call from
all who wish anything in his line.
Alts zes and kinds of pictures made in
workmanlike style.
Satislaclioa given, or no charge.
A. OVERLAND,
aug 4 l-'f
Bargain Offered- ’
CANTON NEEDS A TIN-SHOP.
VNO. 1 SET T of Tinner’s Tools, with
a small quantity of Raw Stock, can
be Itought at low figures, or on short time,
with approved notes. For information,
app y to the editor of this paper,
Aug 4,13 m ‘
j~F YOU WANT PRINTING DONE,
I with neatness and dispatch, call at this •
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