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<Ehc §ucmi MbU A. SI. C. RIIISIILIi, IStlltor, HUFUH A. Ill; 8 HR LI., Amorlnle Editor Huenn Vlntn. TVI u*lo*i O ► t-3- t. FRIDAY MDhS'INO. APRIL 7tU, 187(1. Circulate* in the Mmt Solvent anil Reliable Portion ol' the (state. Terms of /Mvortising the namo ns thoso entub iUoti by the /’rusn Association of Georgia for tl.o Country l* reu. Bills for advertising arc duo on thft flint appear and of tho ailvortisouient, or when pro am ted, ex cept when otherwise contracted lor. WRITTEN FOII TIIK BUENA VISTA AHOTIU. EVERY MAN A lIAKHKR. Our notions rightly ketllcd up, No one a doubt can harbor, That all this world’s a barber shop And every man a barber. The fanner, he's n barber’s friend, And ready in a trice, sir, To lather with a recommend And shave us with a price, sir. Mechanics, they are barbers all, Nor lackeys at the play, sir, They lather when fur woik they call, And shave ua for the pay, sir. The doctor, he’s a barber, too, He lathers with a pill, sir. And many applicants or few, lie shaves us with a bill, sir. The m<*rchant, lie’s a barber, too, No one but him surpasses, lie lathers with fine calico, And shaves the beardless lasses. Our Congre s members lately havo Assumed the barber station, And without to shavo With double compensation. The printer, honct man alone, Though very close and saving, Content to pick a hungry bone, 13ut has no nack at shaving. Of all the suds bedaubing host, With razor whet the keenest, The lawyer lathers oiks the most, And shaves mankind the cleaned. WRITTEN FOR THIi BUENA VISTA AItGUS A Volumincustine. Tazewell, Ga., Feb. 14. Miss Elizabeth: Praps you'll be cxpnsed tn git or letter will no name attacked dcr on. But men is culiar critters, sicli crit ters, as tu aliens bo desirous of un. bussuniing dcinselves wid dcr tale ob luv tu der sweetheaits. Wlicr der deeds lie good or evil Ps no pro ft, but da Si cm to pivfer darkness red der dan li-c. But considir.g the knr nctcii.-ties ob dig culiar critters, I must koi fess I's one ob dem. And Miss Lizibeth, I’s got one berry por tant question tu ax you. Wuu dat I’s been studying on low dose many daze, aid some nitis tu, I'll tell dc trufnow, I sit till most breakfast time, think n ob do most proper “modus operandi” ob inducing dc subject. And last nitc white I sat wary, worn, haggard, pale, and rag ged tu, for my coat is te.ircd in pla ces as big as a yard seek. But tu'de subject. I said, while I sat, “thanks to my own self, I hit dc nail on dc bed.” And now, my lub, do you ask wbat. dc elusion was. Well, you see it was tu write a volumiuoustine, and in disway I might ax my portant question. And dis am de sum total, after all yer adding, multiplying de cube and V root tu, and dividing; for tis no use enlargin multiplicities, or simplicities eder, but tu ted the plane truf which is dis: I want tu git married. Will yoahabmc! Forgib me Miss Liz abeth, if Fsc hurt your l’eclins, for yu uo yu is de bright numerary of my exzistence- I will bring my letter tu a klosc by sayin I dont no what I ■cant tink uf dese big.words dat ex presses—well, I dont no what. Kon .sider dem all tu yurself ennyhow. Jerry Williams. P. S.—Miss Lizabcth, l’s jist, herd yuse g -vinc to marry anodder feller, if dis is so it will almost brake my hart. But if it is bo plesc gib dis to Miss Droociller, an tell her it was she □rot yu I intended tu ax my poitant question. With much luy fer Miss Droociila I remain undetermined what tu do. J. W. Address Suspense Post Office “ Minnie has been to see me to„day,” said little five-year-old, “and she be haved like a little lady.,” “1 hope you did, too,” said her mother. “Yes, deed,-I did ; I turned somersaults for her on tho bed.” THE BUENA VISTA ARGUS A- M. C. EUSSE-L, Proprietor. DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Annual Subscription, $2,25 VOLUME I. Written for tho Vista Argun. Education of tlio Mind. Cut-Off, Marion Cos., Ga., ) Apiil Ist, 187 G. j Mr. Editor: As M 3 lime is ni when tbo public schools will open and to cheer up parents and guardians to a senso of duty I think that a few lines on t lie above subject not out of place, will endeavor to offer them, though I feel my weakness for tho duty, and were 1 to consult my feelings alone it would go undischarged. The subject is of the highest im portance to all, and more especially to the young. I desire to impress upon the minds of your many readers tire degree of importance, which at taches to it, and to remind them of 'he necessity of cooperation on the part of every person, of every age and sex, in the community, in order that it may successfully attain its le gitimate object. The subject of “Education,” per haps, is as old as written language itself; but one the importance of which can never be too deeply im pressed upon the human mmd, and one which should bo devoted to all of our best and never ceasing ener gies. The first great duty in life, outside of those which apperta in to the next world, is the ed ucation of the mind, in order that it may be the’better prepared to meet successfully the many and heavy re sponsibilities which are the inevitable lot of all. The pampered child of wealth, not less than the humble heir of poverty, is beset through life with responsibil ities as onerous and unavoidably. Indeed, the greater the elevation oi man in the scale of wealth, the more extended is his field oi duties and hk responsibilities increase in proportion to the means acquired in meeting them. This important fact, is ignored by many, but it is declared t hat to whom much is given of him shall much bo required, and those who disregard the warning contained in this short verse of scripture will surely receive the reward of their folly. Every man and woman evercise a certain degree of influence in society, as truly as that every atom of terrestrial compo sition atlracts and influences those with which it is brought in contact, and it is therefore of the utmost im portance that the minds of the young should be properly trained in youth, in order that when arrived at matu rity they may be exercised for the greatest amount of good, instead of being, as is too often the case, per verted into channels which can lead to nothing but evil. For these reas ons this theme cannot be dwelt upon to excess. “Had I the force of a Demosthe nes, the eloquence of a Cicero, or the wealth of a Rothschild, I should de light to devote my w'hole life, abili ties and means to the encouragement and development, among the young people of this county, of this* most important of all earthly interests, “The Education of Mind,” And when we behold it in its beauty and reflect on the rustling of tho pages, and as the lamp glows with its soft and steady light, we seem to live in another world, another age. We are cotemporary with the discoveries, the ages, the philosophers of centuries past, or penetrating the mists of the future. Wo then revel in a world of our own creation. Those who have never roamed through tho elysian fields of educated thought, can have BUENA. VISTA, MARION COUNTY,’ GA., APRIL 7, 1876, no conception or appreciation of the balmy breezes, wafting along the fra grant breath of flowers, the morning meadows, and tnc whispering leaves, tho murmuring brooks and the azuio sky, which constitute tho peaceful scene, in which (lie educated mind "delights to dwell. It is not in the province of words to describe these pleasures, they must be experienced to be understood, and none but the educated can realize them in their perfection of beauty and joy. Enlightened mankind may be divided into five general classes: Professional men, literary men, mer chants, mechanics and farmers, to which, perhaps, may be added one more, that of gentlemen of leisure—in plain English, “loafers," —a class for which I am free to confess that I en tertain but little respect. These classes arc almost whol’y composed of the creation; though fe males are not unfrequently found oc cupying high positions in all of them, except tiie last two, end even in them they may sometimes be found. For example, those ladies occasion ally who superintend their own farms, and 1 hose other ladies who superintend nothing but their dress makers, and whose hands are too delicately Dir to touch the batter spoon, or lift a smoothing iron. ’While, however, I believe that wo men are qualified mentally to fill sta tions in either, of the classes named, with credit to themselves, and strict ly speaking, without any breach of tiie rules of modesty or propriety. J am not one of that class denominated strong-minded, who believe in female ministers, lawyers and physicians. I think woman’s mission is domes tic in its character, and that her pro per sphere is within tiie home circle. But to fulfil that mission properly her mind should undergo a proper system of training, in order that, while she performs faithfully the du ties ot a wife and mother, site may be a lit companion for her educated hus band, an ornament to intelligent so ciety, and be prepared, should un toward circumstances require it, to maintain herself by resort to those pursuits which more properly belong to tho opposite sex. It may, to some of your readers, seem out of place for me to speak of the advantages of education in that kind of business which belongs to the female sex; but it may be remember ed that it lias been, in the past, my duty to superintend the early mental training of botli sexes, and that in or der to discharge my duty properly, I should have some conception of the object, for which that training is de signed, and this must be my apology for what I write in regard to them. Among professional men are nu merous ministers of tho gospel, law yers, physicians, composers and ar tists. My truthfulness will not be doubted v.hcu I assert that ministers of the gospel, holding as they* do the highest office which is the lot of man to fill, ought to make use of every available opportunity for the educa tion of the mind, in order that they may be the better prepared to win and to hold the attention of their congregations, and make themselves entertaining and instructive to ihose to whom they are sent to dispense the words ol eternal truth. Incognito. [Concluded next week.] What the tyranny’s coming to : The mistress, having heard three rings on the street doer, goes to open it. Housemaid—“Oh, please m’m, if that’s anybody for me, I am not at home.” A Bachelor's Whim. “V'ell girls,’; said my uncle Ba:- r abas, “and now what do you pro pose to do aboutnt?” We sat arorftVd the fire in a discon solate sorni-gircle that dreary, driz zle r Mv nitibt.. when Up. i-An qat,- tc’Jwf a ;j; llnT tnc the poor little daffodils in the bohl ci’s shook and shivered as if they would fain hide their golden heads once more in the mother-soil. My mother. Eleanor aud I. The first, pale and pretty, and silver-haired, with the widows cap and her dress of black bombazine and crape ; the sweetest looking old lady I think that I ever saw. Eleanor sat beside her, look ing as she always did, like a prin cess, with large, dark eyes, Diana like features, and hair twisted in a sort of coronal around her queenly head. While I, plain, homespun Susanna—commonly called, “for short,” Susy-—crouched upon a foot stool in tho corner, my elbows on my knees and my chin in iny hands. Uncle Barnabas Berkclin sat in the middle of the circle, erect, stiff and rather grim. He was stout and short, with a grizzling mustache, a little round, bald spot on tire crown ot his head, two glittering black eyes t hat were always sending their dusky lightnings in the direction lea-t expected. Uncle Barnabas was rich and we were very poor. Uncle Barnabas was wise in the ways of tho world, and we were in experienced. Uncle Barnabas was prosperous in all lie did, while if there was a bad bargain to be made we were pretty sure to be the ones to make it. Consequently, and as a matter of course, we looked up to Uncle Barnabas, and reverenced his opinions. “\Vhat do we propose lo do about it?” Eleanor slowly repeated, lift ing her beautiful jetty brows. “Yes, that’s exactly it,” said my mother, nervously ; “because, Broth er Barnabas, wo don’t pretend to be business women, and it’s certain wo cannot live comfortably on our pres ent income. Something lias got to be done.” My mother leaned back in her chair with a troubled face. “Yes,” said Uncle Barnabas, “.something has got to bo done ; hut who’s to do it ?’’ Another dead silence succeeded. “I suppose you girls are educat ed,” said uncle Barnabas “1 know I found enough old school bills when I was looking over my brother’s pa pers.” “Of course,” said my mother with evident pride ; “their educat ion has been most expensive. Music, draw ing, use of the globes—” “Yes, yes, of course,” interrupted Uncle Barnabas. “But is it practi cal ? Can they teach ?” Eleanor looked dubious. I was quite certain I could not. Mine. Le noir, among all her list of accomplish ments, had not included the art of practical tuition. “Humnh 1” grunted Uncle Barna bas. Queer tiling tin’s modern idea of education. Well, if you can’t teach you can surely do something. What do you say, Eleanor, to a situ ation ?” “A situation ?” The color tluttcred in Eleanor’s cheeks like pink and white apple blossoms. “I spoke plain enough, didn’t I?” saul Uncle Barnabas, dryly. ‘Wes, a situation.” “What sort of a situation, Uncle Barnabas ?” Well, I can’t hardly say. Part servant, part companion to an elder ly lady/' explained tho old gentle man. “0, Uncle Barnabas, I couldn’t do that. ” “Not do it ? And why not ? It’s too much—too much, whisper ed Eleanoi’, losing her regal dignity in the pressure of the emergency, like going out to service. “And that is precisely what it is, retorted Uncle Barnabas, nodding his head. Service 1 Why, we’re all out to service, in one way or anoth er, in this world. Oh, yes, I know, faltered poor El eanor, who, between her distaste lor the proper plan and her anxiety rot to offoud Uncle Barnabas Berkclin, didn’t quite know what to say ; “but I—L’ve been educated to boa lady. So you won’t take the situation, eh ? said Uncle Barnabas, starting up at a little wishy-washy water col or drawing of Cupid and Psycire, an exhibition-piece of poor Eleanor’s NUMBER 28. which hung above the chimney-piece. I couldn’t, indeed, sir. Wages .twenty-five dollar a month, mechanically repeated Uncle Barna bas, as iflie were saying oil'a lesson. Drive out every day in the carriage with the missus, cat and canary to take care of, modern house with all Sunday after noon“o’ yourself, and two weeks, Spring and fall, to visit your moth er. No, Uncle Barnabas, no! said Eleanor, with a little shudder. lam a true Berkelin, and I cannot stoop to menial duties. Uncle Barnabas gave such a pro longed sniff as to suggest the idea of a very bad cold in his head, indeed. Sorry, said he. Heave n helps those who help themselves, and you can't expect to be more liberal mind ed than Heaven. Sister Rachel, to my mother, what do you say ? Mymolherdrew her pretty little figure np a trifle more erect than us ual. I think my daughter, Eleanor, quite right, s tid she, The Berkdins have always been ladies. I sat quite silent, still with my chin in my hands, during all this family discussion ; but now I rose up and came creeping to Uncle Barna bas’ side. Well, little Susie, said the old gen tleman, laying his hand kindly on my wrist, what is it ? If you please, Uncle Barnabas, said I, with a rapid throbbing heart, I would like to take the situation. Bravo ! cried Uncle Barnabas. My dear child! exclaimed my mother. Susannah! uttered Eleanor, in ac cents by no means laudatory. Yes, said I, twenty-five dollars a month is a great deal of money, and I was never afraid of work. I think I will go to the old'lady, Uncle Barna bas. I’m sure I could send home at least twenty dollars a month to moth er and Eleanor, and then tiie two we< ks, hpiiugand fall, wou’dbesonice. I’lease, Uncle Barnabas, I'll go back with you when you go. What is the old lady’s name ? Her name ? said Uncle Barnabas. Didn’t I tell you ? It’s Prudence— Mrs. Prudence I What a nie.! name, said I. I know I shall like her. Well, I think you will, said Uncle B irnabas looking kindly at me. And I think she will like you. Is it a bargain for the nine o’clock train to morrow morning ? Yes, I answered stoutly, taking care not to look in the direction of mother aud Eleanor. You’re the most sensible of the lot, said Uncle Barnabas, approvingly. But after he had gone to bed in tiie best chamber, where the ruffled pillow cases were, and tiie chintz cushioned easy-cliair, the full strength of the family tongue broke on my de voted head. I can’t help it, quoth I, holding valiantly to my colors. We can’t starve. Some of us must do some thing. And you can live very nice ly, mother darling, on twenty dol lars a month. That is true, sighed my molher ftDin behind her black-bordered pocket handkerchief. But I never thought to see a daughter of mine going out to—to service ! And Uncle Barnabas isn’t going to do an} thing for us after all, cried out Eleanor, indignantly. Stingy old fellow ; I should think he might at least adopt one of us ! lie’s as rich as Crcesus, and never a chick nor a child. lie may do as he likes about that, I answered, independently. I pre fer to earn my own money. So the next morning I set out for the unknown bourne of New York life. Uncle Barnabas, said I, as the train reached the city, hew shall I find where Mrs. Prudence lives ? Oh, I’ll go there with you, said he. Are you well acquainted with her ? I ventured to ask. Oh, very well indeed, answered uncle Barnabas, nodding his head sagely. Wo took a hack at the depot and drove through so many streets that my head spun round like a teetotum, before we stopped at a pretty brown stone mansion—it looked like a pal ace to my unaccustomed eyes—and Uncle Barnabas helped mo out. Hero is whore Mrs. Prudence lives, said he with a chuckle. A neat little maid, with a frilled wlntc apron, and rose colored rib bons in her hair, opened tho door 1 (The til -Av'.U'j ! " C*.- ' ’w- iJ' ..... Published Every Friday. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION! INCLUDING POST ARE. One Year $2,2”* Six Months. 1 15 Three Months 80 Always in Advance. Country Patlucc (alien \v lien Subscribers cnnn:t Fay Caslij Best Advertising Medium in this Section of Georgia. with a courtesy, and I was conduct ed into an elegant apartment, all gilding, exotics, and blue damask, when a plump old lady, dressed iu black silk, with tho loveliest Valen ciennes lace at her throat and wrist, came smilingly forward, like a sixty year-old sunbeam. So you’ve come back, Barnabas, have you ? said she and brought one of the dear girls with you. Come kiss me, my dear. Y r es, Susy, kiss you aunt, said Un cle Barnabas, flinging his hat one way and bis gloves another, as bo sat complacently down on the sofa. My aunt, I echoed. . Why of course, said tho plump old lady, don’t you know ? I’m your Aunt Prudence. But I thought, gasped I, that I was coming to a situation. Well, so you are, retorted Uncle Barnabas. The situation of adopted daughter in my family. Twenty-five dollars a month pocket money, the care of your Aunt Prudence’s cat and Canary, and to make yourselt generally useful. Oh, Uncle ? cried I, .Eleanor would have been so glad to have come if she had known it. Fiddlestrings'and little fishes ! il logiciiiiy responded my uncle. I’ve no patience with a girl that’s too fine to work. Eleanor had the situation offered her and chose to decline. You decided to come and here you' stay. Ring the bell, True, and or der tea, for I’m as hungry a hunter, and I dare say little Susy here would rel sh a cup of good tea. And this is the way I drifted into my luxurious home. Eleanor, in the country cottage, envies me bitterly, for she lias all the tastes which wealth and a metropoliton homo can grati fy. But Uncle Barnabas will not hear of my exchanging with her. No, no! says he. Tho girl I’vo got. is the girl I mean to keep. Miss Eleanor is too fine a lady to suit me. But he lets me send them liberal presents every month, so I am hap py- Prepared expressly for the Uueua Vista Argus. Valuable Reoipes. Rheumatism Cure.— Take of prick ly ash, white ash and cherry tree bark one handfnl each; and of black walnut double handful. Put into a half gallon of water, boil down to three hail pints, and add half pint of syrup and one quart of whisky. Dose: wine glass three times a day. The above recipe is also a sovereign remedy for neuralgia and has cured where all other prescriptions have failed. Remedy for Poisoned Cattle.— Give blue stone, a piece the size of the end of your little finger, and feed on Jerusalem oak as much as they will eat. Immediate relief is the re sult. How to Keep Off Hawks.— Whenever those high-flying aristo cratic birds stoop from their high po sition, making frequent abrupt visits into the poultry yard, creating un pleasant feelings among the inmates, all that is necessary to stop their fre quent incursions is to mix pulverized nux vomica with the food of tho smaller fry and those visits will very suddenly stop. Dr. Six Hammers. Lookout’s Crumbling Palisades. —An immense mass of rock weigh ing about six thousand tons, which had been breaking off from, the Palisades of Lookout for several days, fell on Monday morning, completely blocking up the ascent of the mountain. It landed just below the toll gate, about two thirds the way up the mountain. Efforts will soon be made for its removal. —Nashville American , 29 th. Tutor—“ What can yon say of the se cond law of thought?" Ntudent —“It cannot both be arid not be. For exam pie, the door over there must be shut or open.” Tutor—“ Give another ill nation.” Student—“ Well, take the case ol another door.”