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THK ATHENS GEORGIAN: SEPTEMBER 25, 18/'.
Communication.
imt, it is time that she should. A
.omaii who countenances utterances
[For the Georgian.] <»f levity is greatly to blame; it’slu*
Athens, Ga., Sept. 14, ’7,7. encourages unbecoming conversation.
Several days ago, in the course of j 8 |, e l econn s guilty. The soc ety
a conversation with Mr. A T Luckie, j w hieh tolerates levity of s; cech ami
I was informed that heyvns the happy • coarseness of manners, is not much
possessor of a little l»aby girl two j above the level ofthe demimonde.
years old, who, when asked by one of. The woman win* says that she is uu-
our most popular druggies: “,Wlioj M v,le to repel remarks unfit for ears
gave yon sueh pretty eyes ?” rever- I po iite. lnings an idle excuse. The
ently answered, with her face directed
Heavenward: “ God !’*
Such a sublime and heautiful a.:-
swer can only originate of an early
home culture. “Education is a pa
rent’s noblest legacy.” What a world
of thought is contained in this short
sentence! What vistas docs it not
open to our inquiring minds! How
true is this motto, and yet how often
sadly neglected. Do parents always
realize that education is the highest
boon that they can confer upon their
children, and do they know that edu
cation must commence at home ? Are
they fully aware that in many in
stances, 1 may say in most cases, the
failure of their children to become
useful members of society is directly
traceable to the parent’s want of fore
thought, to their neglect to give to
their children home culture. Do
the fathers know that they are doing
wrong in allowing their minds to be
so engrossed l>y the pursuits of btjsi
ness that they can devote no time to
the laying of an {esthetic education
in the minds of their children ? Do
they fully appreciate the fact that it
is their duty to develope by their
example and moral teachings the
germ of intelligence ? Do the moth-
el's always know that it is their
province and sacred maternal obliga
tion to instil, by their deportment,
their speech, the'r daily practices,
into the minds of their children the
refinement which is so imperatively
needed, and the want of which is
often so pa'nfully felt?
Where is the mother who docs not
desire to see her children, beautiful ?
And is not the human face the mirror
of the soul ? Does not the soul find
expression in speech ? ^cultivated
mind will choose- wasioYRul elegant
language as naturally as'the coarse
mind will he led info gross and au k-
ward expressions. Men of refined
manners would scorn .ribald talk
among themselves as polluting. It is
degrading him who utters it; it de
grades the listener. A celebrated
author has said: “Tell me with
whom you associate, and I shall tell
you who you are.” It is an ineontro
vertible truism. And if it may be
boldest man can be checked by the
glance of a lady. Hu may call her a
prude, but in his,heart he will respect
•er for assertiiig her dignity. lltc
young girl who tolerates anibiguot s
conversation, wrongs herself; the
mother, under the same condition;
wrongs herself, her husband, and her
family. Children imitat e their‘pa
rents even before reason matures. If
the mother’s deportment : s dignified
and graceful, each inflection of their
youthful forms will be a reproduction
of the mother’s charming example,
and they will b-'come her living, re
juvenated images. If the mother’s
language is genteel and chaste, the
utterances of the child will be equall y
beautiful. „
Home culture lays the first foun
dation of true refinement. The breath
of the pare atmosphere of home calls
into life impressions, thoughts, facul
ties, which education, will foster and
enhance Most of the great minds
that adorn the pages of history and
fill the niches in the temples oflitera-
ture, have kissed the germs of their
greatness and immortality from • lie
lips of their noble mothers.
Respectfully, M. J. M,
Letter From Utah.
The Savannah News says - We
are permitted to make the following
extract from a private letter written
by a young Georgian, now engaged in
mining iu Utah, to his father in this
city, giving some interesting informa
tion in regard to Mormonism and the
probable effect of the death of Brigham
Young on the future of the Saints :
“ Diamond, Sept. q.—* * * I
sent you last week a Salt Lake paper
with an-nccount of Brigham Young’s
death in it, and will semi you by next
mail an aecnuut <>f Ids funeral. Ilw
death, we outsiders think, solves the
Mormon question, for it has been pret
ty weil understood here that the govern
ment has delayed prosecution on account
of his iil health, as he has been suffer
ing for some years from “ diabetes,”
and at one time last year was ex|»ected
to die of it. His successor, or leader
of the Mormon Church, can never
applied to the associations of uiJn in I have tl,e illfiueiice he h:,s hafl . it
the walks of every-day life, what ! is m - v °I ,inion ,hat the churc, ‘ " i!l
powerfal effects must it possess in the ! gradually break up into various lival
relations between parents and chil- I 8001 s Tlie *"'» s,,ns ,,f Joseph Smith,
dren. IIow necessary is :t that the ! the originator of Morinocism, are
faintest approach to coarseness should | already iu the territorV, and are or-
be avoided, lest the example leave its ; ganizitig what they call “The Re-
stain upon the plastic mould of the formed Church of Jesus Christ of
juveuile mind. j Lntt r Day Saints.’’ They find mast
To the mother, in n still higher | of their converts among the Xauvoo
degree than to the father, belongs the or Mormons, win* knew tliei
formation of the child's mind. She is
the one who is to develops tl e hud
into a heautiful flower; and as the
perfume is emitted l»y litc rose, so
ought refinement emanate from her.
She outfit to he characterized by the
otter absence of an ambiguous word,
of a doubtful action; Frivolous ex
pressions may be tolerated among
tnen, but a woman who uses dubious
language, lowers herself beneath the
-station which Providence has assigned
to her. A woman must represent to
her husband and to ’her family the
idea of charity; she most he the in#
carnation of refinement. Take away
these two qualities from the matron,
and sho loses the noble aureola, the
golden halo, which wo worship and
admire! There is but one step from
the sublime to the ridiculous; there is
only one step from the spiritual to the
gross. Wo admire wit, but we de
spise coarseness. There is a barrier
between the two, which, slight as it
is, ought to be insurmountable to the
refined mind.
There h an enormous contrast
between graceful freedom of manners
and licentious behavior and .speech.
The man who indulges in undue i‘a-
-miliarity of speech to a woman, does
not respect her.
four years ago, and his youngest child, j
horn of Mary Van Cott, was then
three years old. Young was the
father of fifty six children, and left
seventeen wives, sixteen sous aud
twenty-eight daughters. The will
aims to make an equitable division of
the property lietween all the wives and
children, with no preference to any.
Most all of them already had some
thing deeded to them.' On this a val„
nation was set, and it is to be charged
to the recipients as part of their share,
though not necessarily at the valuation
he put on it. That is to be equitably
adjusted, when the estate is divided,
upon the yuunge-t * child coming of
age. Meanwhile the income is to go
to the various mothers, according to
the number of their children, and they
can withhold the shares if the children
behave badly. All are provided for
as far as their present needs are con
cerned. His first wife and Amelia
are given a life interest in Amelia
Palace—a large, modern, new fine
house; but he is known to have
changed his mind about thxt chiefly
because they decline*] it, for reasons
best known to themselves, although
nothing in or out itf the will has yet
come to light showing it, aud they are
not otherwise provided for, except by
their share cr income. Deceased held
many interests in. trust lor the Church
and individuals.
His executors are directed to turn
them over. The Church is forbidden
by law to hold more than $500,000
worth of property, and so it was large
ly held by Yppag in trust. Ilis
friends will not entertain the notion
that he ever abused that trust.
There is no .ihventory of property
on the estate, and it is widely scattered.
With the country prosperous and full
of money, it would lie worth twice the
valuation above stated. Recently
Brigham Young endowed an academy
with hinds at Provo, and another at
Logan, the lattef with 12,000 acres.
He had determined to endow one at
Salt Lake, but he did not live long
enough to do so.
A person present at the reading of
the will says it seemed to lie very sat
isfactory to all qwicernpd- ft will lie
probated as soon us possible. It will
be wonderful if some dissn'isfacliun
does not creep in within the next thir
teen years.
Talmago On Laughing.
Brother Talinnge spoke as follows
in his sermon last Sunday: God says
that the hi hie is true; it is all true.
Bishop Coleman laughs and Herbert
Spencer laughs, Stuart Mi 1 laughs, all
the German universities laugh. Hal
yard laughs softly, a great many of
the learned institutions of this coun
try, with long hnvs of professors sit
ting on the fence lietween Christianity
and infidelity, lnpgh softly. Now with
this perfect tiihle in my hand, let me
tear out what modern scepticism de
mands to he torn out, “ Well,’* says
a man in the audience, “take out all
that nonsense about the creation of
the world.” Away gees Genesis.
Now take out all that miraculous
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FOSTFOlTEMBirT'i j PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
hither, Irnck in Missouri. It woulil be
a good thing for us if Congress at its
next session would pass an election
law for Utah, prohibiting polygamists j stuff about the wandering of the Jews
from voting, and throwing out all the | the wilderness,” says another,
fraudulent] naturalization papers, of
which there are hundreds in th<* terri
tory, then we could begin to do some
thing. But as it b. we are complete
ly outvoted, the Mormons votiug not
only their wives, but also their children
who are under age, aud in some in
stances are said to have had their
horses and cattle registered ns voters,
and have voted them, as it is the cus
tom for the head of the family to
deposit bis ballot and those of htB
family at the same time. We are
enjoying now most beautiful weather,
our heated term having passed, and
our cool westl i ) * yet arrived.’’
Brigha.us Will.
Iluw the Prophet Divided hit Worldly Wealth.
The New York Tribune s Salt Lake
special says Briglmm Young’s will was
read Tuesday in the presence of ail
his wives and children and a few
friends. Brigham Young, Jr., George
Q. Cannon and Albert Carrington are
says
Away goes Exodus. “ Deuteronomy
and Kings contuin things not fit to be
read.’’ Away goes Deuteronomy and
.Kings. •* The book of Job is a fable,'*
says one man.. Away goes the book of
Job. “ All that implies the divinity
of Christ ought to go. out,’’ says
another. Away go the Evangelists.
“ The book pf^Rqvelations is prepos-
torous,” says another. Away goes the
book of Revelations. Now, there are
still a few pieces left. “ Oh!” says
some man, “Ldon’t believe a word of
the bible.’’ Away goes the whole
bible. Now you have put out the last
light of the nations; now it is the
pitch darkness of eternal midnight.
How do you like it? When the bible
comes to lie preserved, as a curiosity in
our city libraries, the koran on one
Fall Term oflST?,
Will open on the 29tli of August. Tiio price
of Board, witli Tuition in tlso highest class,
will be about $52, uncording to Dividend.
KT’Send fm - Circular t» J. W. GLENN,
Principal, or J. E. RANDOLPH, Secretary of
Board.
sept4-4w.
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Practice of M edicine
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tho disease of Infants and Children, and the
Chronic Diseases ot Females.
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