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‘W !(■ UTLER HERALD. Published \\y W. N. BSNN3. |a weekly democratic newspaper,devoted to industry and civilization, j Terms, OXE DOLLAR A YEAR. In Advance Volume 3. BUTLER) GEORGIA. TUESDAY, JULY 1879. WHOLE NUMBER 1«». THE BUTLER HERALD. W. N. BKNNS. Kdltor and Pulislier. Subschiptxon Prick Sl.UO. Pm Annum. TUESDAY JULY 15!h 1879. “If We’d Tliouglit.” If we’d thought at our Inst meeting With the friend we loved so dear By hie grave we’d soon be Handing, Dropping down the Htlent tear. Wonld that word we apoKe so lightly Have been uttered by cs then ? Would that in our silent sorrow We could call it back <igaiu ! If Wd thonght that soon a parting Would us sever far and wide, That some ct tLe gladsome faces Wonld be sooc across the tide. Would the hasty word and action, Would the satire sharp and keen, From our lips have ever t'alleu Or the actiun e’er bieu seen ? If we’d thought the friendly counsel Was the list we e'er should hear Would we then have scoffed so ligbtly— Let our heedlesHuuss appear V If we'd thought tile kiud inquiry boon would ceuht forever tucro. Would It then have becu n tr*ub>e. Wonld we then have wibLed it o’er? If Wf’d thought that act ol' kluducss Win the last our friend should seek. \S Duld we have by cruel harsLiurs Broil gut the blushes to bin cheek ? If we'd ihou> ht our hi artless Mly Wonld have left so deep a ‘-ore, Would we tuen lm^e spoken rudly ? Would we theu have wished it o'er ? If we’d thought—alas! the sorrows That the words awaken now; If we thought, ah, tln-n the wrinkles B on'd he lew r </u the brsw. •If we’d thought that death wuscomiug,' Will that be our kt.st cry? God forbid ! we know he’s coming, Let ns think—hi. drnwc'b nigh ! Saved From Death- A Story 4 nf Hie Knit. One or two young men came nut ot the Academy of Music when the opei-q, was over, anti lingered in tlie lobby t,o watch the passing of the crowd. Young Fred Suulter came up to them while putting bis pearl loignette iu its case. ‘‘Nice bouse, eh ?” he said, languid ly, “Very well dressed. She Fanny Swann? Wretched taste for young girls to wear diamonds! What d’ye think of the new tenor, eh? Misera ble, I say.” The older man answered him civilly and Walked on, leaving him with some lads of his own ngn. “What would Miss Swann say if she heard that cub criticizit g her?” said Dr Pomeroy. “The most insufferable creature in the world to me is a con ceited boy, assuming the tone of a man of position, when he has not yet proved bis right to be alive.” “I thought young Saulter had mon ey,” said one c.f the party. “He drives a fino horse, wears clothes made l v a bette r tailor than I can afford, and lunches at iho best restaurant.” “Money 1” said the doctor, angrily. “Why, his father is head book-keeper for Smile &. Son, with a family of six. JLe strained every nerve to educate this boy, who now looks upon every practical way of earning his living as plebeian. I’ll warrant you the fellow never has 20 cents in his pocket of his own earning. His restaurant aud liv ery-stables bills come in to his poor old father at the end of the months.” Meanw hile young Suulter Stood com placently twisting his opera hat and watching the pretty girls as they pass ed. He caught a g impse of his dap per little figure in a great mimr—the waxed mustache^ lavender gloves, wir ed rosos in his button-hole, and look c d pityingly after the doctor and his friends. ‘•How iho«»e old fallows must envy im I' 1 he said. “Wine, with life in its sparkle, and drcgS; <*h? Ghj bv the I way, I saw a curious thing to-day. Dick Knight—you remember Knight in our class, who took the scientific course to fit him for a civil engineer? Well, it appears that, times beings'* hard he could find no proper work to do, he hns taken to improper. In stead of laying bv, as I have done, wailing quietly for an opening for an educatedftnan to step into, he actually is— I’m ashamed to tell it.” “What? What is he?” asked his listeners. “Driving an engine on the Central road! Fact! I saw him all grimy rith smoke iu his little caboose to-day. Good heavens!” I said. “Knight, are you mad?” ‘Not mad enough to starve,’ he said laughing. ‘1 asked hitn why his father did not support him and keep him from such degradation.’ Then he was mad. ‘Do you think I, with my strong body, will be a burden on an old man?’ he said, aud began to talk nonsense about laziness being dt gr- ding; that man was ever degraded by honeRt work, with inure of tliesume sort bosh, a’.l very ridiculous and very disgra ful. You’ll sue hitn to-night if yol take the 11 p. in. train. ‘Tut! tut!’ the lads said, and ‘Pi Knight, he was a good fellow!’ pre cisely us if he were dead. Indeed, from the light aud brilliancy of the scene about tlye.ni—the music, the beautiful, b»w voiced women,them selves daintily attired,that gay and hap py part of the world—there was a gulf like death to the grimy engiuesdri er in the daik depot—a gulf which none but a madman, they thought, would willingly orosH, They sauntered out of the opera house, and a few minutes before 11 reached the depot, in time for the traiu that run off to the 6nrlmrl.nu town where they lived. “There he isl” whispered Saulter* “He took our traiu out; but the ens giiiH is not put to it.” The engine was oh a siding, puffing aud spitting littlo jrts of steaui, and Dick Knight, a tull, manly young fel low, was coining at the moment from the Superintendent’s room.. He caught night of his old classmates, laughed hesitated aud raised his hand to his hat. “Going to speak to him, hey?” said little Billy McGee, anxiously. The young tuen grew red and em barrassed. Some of them nodded to Knight awkwardly, ami seemed inclin ed to go and meet him. “I say no!”said Saulter peremptorily. “If ho chooses to leave the companion* ship of gentlemen, I shall not follow him. I talk to him. I talk to mechan ics and all that sort of people who never had a chance to he anything better, but Kuiglrt is a social suicide, “That'* true,” said McGee. “How well Saulter puts things!” he added, aside. “.Social suicide! Well, I shall not bring him to life.” Knight saw that the young men wished to avoid him, and turned aside with a bow and heightened color, while they hurried into the train. It was just five mi antes until the t ime of starting. The train of passenger cars was on the mail track—the engine still being detached—and the peop'o were hurrying in, most «•! them coming d r„*(t from the thea ters and other places of amusement Inside of the rare and in the depot' there was a good deal of jesting and gayety between acquaintances meeting ou their way home, the •rain being rt locul one,and tunning only through surhurban village*. Just then, a short distance up the track, there was a hiss and a voice shrieked out in horror: "A nm at 10 to-morrow, ho said to the 1 Livn within your mean* and Dil atation ransier. ' body will know how much you “Whoin that?’ naked Fred Saul- have ahead; but the moment v„u ter, breatbleesafy, ol tho official, j borrow a cent pen,de know how “The President of the rood j |jC10r y0 n are. On it while you Dick Knight, if ha live*, has an are y()UOgi fho duties ofahouas open mad to fortune now, and ho j a ,„l f HID jjy will come soon enough, deserves it.' j Tnke it easy white you may in vour Fred Ranker crept into the car | early married life, to go home. His lavender gloves j Be puiient, and wait and watch were soiled, nml the wind rose to j aD d—pray. Just, previous to the his button Tide was falling to j birth of your first child you will pieces with a sickly, deoay.-d smell. 1 possibly find your wife fie'tul cross Life itself was sickly and decayed, 1 peevish, pnuty j runaway train on the main track! j Passengers in the dr*pot! Out of | the oars! Out of the car**! j A runaway freight train was on i the track The firemau had etart- jed it for the purpose of taking it j into the freight depot. By some .accident, before it had left the main passenger track, the man had stumbled as he was at his woik, and had fallen nearly upon the ground. Half stunned, he had jumped up, but could not catch the moving engine, which u,,,< ,f<,el1 vvail s,( -K , y and decayed, peevish, polity and troublesome, was gaining speed every second, bought, w nh a yawn, and he 1 Just, ag many good kind, amiable and he had shrieked out hia warn-1 ^* reW ^ ,e w iB«d rose out of the and loving women have been be- : n , r . [window. Yes; and to a 1 ! conceit It so happened that the switch- «««»»»nate natures like his it tender, through freight or sotm : urn xplained cause, did not move his switch to run tho train off the main track, and now the huge ma chine, with its train behind, was rm-hing toward tho train in the depot witli a speed tlml promised fatal disa-ter. The new officials who were near had time to but gasp with horror. At the moment when the ciy ol danger was elir eked out upon the night air Dick Knight was attach* ing his engine to the passenger train. From the cats and platform rose »\ yMI of Iraniic terror, in which Saulfet’s voice was tho high est. Death seemed rushing upon the people, who had not time to get .out of tli»* cars befoto the dry ing train would he npon'fhem. The office s in the depot watch ed Knight with Hatched facet. “He’ll he crushed to atoms! mut tered one stout old man, standing by Dr Pomeroy, But Dick had put up steam up on his engine. Apparently he did not. think of leaving Ins post.There he stood with his hand on the le ver, calm and determined, Ills huge machine sprang for ward. It met the coming locomo tive with u crash that threw both monsters forward, as it they hud risen to wrestle and throw tucli other. Then Dick’s engine was thrown one side, hut the force of the run away train was overcome, and the machinery of the engine so injured .. , , . . ... ° A . allow a quarrel to last over night that all movements was stopped ,... i i "he is likely to prove what Sun Iter's imagination pictured it that night 1V Added Idle. Advice to a Newly Married Man From an Expkiu enced Benedict. Friend: —It. is to he presumed that you have chosen a wife after mature ri flection, and not alone from selfish impulses. Neverthe less, do not imagine that you can possihiy have foremen all the du ties, responsibilities, an*l ev*n tri als to which married life may ren der you liable. In your intimate relationship and eomp.iniomdiiji your wife will appear to each other in an entirely new light You will find defects in her and' she in yon, which can only be prop ♦ rly ra-'t hy one course, and tint is mutual conciliation. Strive *■(’0 which can exetciee the greatest leniency toward e«ch other. Th secret of happin ss in married life is mutual confidence. Trust one another. Have no secrets from one another. By nil menus, n* ver call in n third party to interfere iu any way in any family j us You will be more than human if you and your wife nan always per fectly agree; but while you cm not prevent differences, you can in vent any evil consequences arising from them. If you hove trouble keep it to yourself and wife. Com promise will secure you undoubted happiness. By all means never re is mischief in brooding and pouting. Don't be ashamed by yielding when youaro iu the right. There is no sacrifice or self denial in yielding only when you are in the wrong. You must consult your wife’s whims and caprices us well as her reasonable desire. Man kind is generally governed by the passions not hy the reason. There is no excuse for trampling upon u wifV-’s desire because you think them unreasonable. Women have at times the privilege of being un reasonable. Dick* was hurled uenseless, several feet from the place of collision. Tho stout old mnn arid Dr.Pom eroy, with all the other men in the depot, ran to Knight, picked him up and carriid him into the wash ing room, where he was left with the physicians. “Well, well," said the old gen tleman, impatiently, as Dr. Pom my came out, “how is he? will he live?" “I think so. God forbid that I should have to take him home dead to his old father !" “You know him then? Won is he? Do you know what I owe him?" and his voice broke, “My littlo girl is on that train. Dr. Pomeroy told Kniclit’s sto ry, briefly, informing the old gen tleman that he was thoroughly educated, but ho looked upon any work us butter than independent dlencss. “He’s the true grit, sir,” was tho ani mated reply. ‘There’s no work so hum ble that he cannot show the best qual ities of nia hood in it, ns we have seen to-night. It is not the daring courage l approve of in him so much as the. I>reseucc of mind, the keen eve, to sec what to do and how to doit. Request Mr. Knight, if you please, to caM on * you above asking fav< fore her. It such should be the ca*e, don’t get mad. don’t expost ulate, don’t rehnUe or reproach her. The b> st thing you can do is to grin and bear it. Tue first smile of the baby will atop it aid pay for all you have endured. Don’t think yourself immacu late and set yotirselfnp as a pat tern for your wife. If she wants to go to church and you don’t, re member lhat it may not do you uny harm to g > to church. Don’t scold your wife, aud don’t beat your children, if you have any. Teach your children bv example. Be a copy for them. Excuse t..ein for such of vour faults as the in herit. Don’t bequeath then a hasty temper amt whip th«ru for it. D*»n’t gossip before them and punish them for gossiping. Dou’t prevent their romping or having minds of their own. Don't fright en them with ghost stories. Don’t lie to tlu*m Don't you nglect to give them anything you promise th RIB—even punishment. Don’t forget that you were n child once, d do as you would have others do to you. Don’t, get crazy if yi.n have a w buttons off your shirts. Re member all the time that you are i poor, weak mortal, liable to err, and in all probabil.ty no more perfect than your wife. Bathe often, look at your health and never go home drunk. Yours, John. “I’ll Never Marry You, Sir!*’ [Perry Home Jo&nal.] In Crawford county, not far from Fort Valley, last week, a young ;etii)eman was to have been mar led to a very eriiwnb'e young la- ly. The invited guests had as sembled to witne e the certuuouy and participate in the f e«t:vity- of lie occasion; the clergyman who was to make the couple a happy pair was present ready to perlorui part; the table was prepared with the usual dainties; the bride with a throbbing heart anxiously awaited the arrival of her lietroth- Avoid personal habits wldch are| ed. At a tardy hour lie came. (Tensive to your wife, or, if you: IBs appearance told too well that 1 lie had broken the pledg; which ho had seriously and &o sacred- Keep clear of’your wife’s relations! more. The firm and resolute and have her k*ep clear of yours, i young maid rose to her feet, and in all business matters if possible^ w iHi au iuviucible detei mi nation If either of von ehonld form nn »l'"ke i« worde too pla.n to be mis- , . *, , . ... understood: -‘111 never marry noathies to the relatione of 'hr yoH) .f r |- Consternation and oou- other, those antipathies must U j f. non ensued. Friend*interceded consulted, ani.if not removed) and earnestly besought the maiden must he respected, or else your f&m- j to retract the words which wereso ily jars will he numerous and itrn-, fatal to her conjugal felicity, the concilable. ' bridegroom pleaded with all the Let your married life begin witli j vehemence and en.queuge of a liope- *yrtt»niatic frugality. Devote I. ful lover, but still the maid would specific portion of your income fojhave her will, ami said nay. She tiie 'uture ul vour family. Your, boaided the train a day or two l*. savings will iu this way augment ter for south we t Georgia, anil almost imperceptibly, and plait!' took her bridal tour without th# would-be bridegroom.’