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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO. A WOMAN'S ANSWER. Do yon know yoa have asked for the richest thing Ever made by the hand above? A woman’s heart, a woman’s life, And a woman’s wonderful love? Do you know you have asked for thrs thing Aa a child might ask for a tor ? Demanding what others have died to win, ilk the reckless dash of a bov ? You have written my lesson of duty out— Manlike have you questioned me? Now stand jit the bar of my woman’s soul, Until I shall question thee. You may require your mutton always to be boi, Your socks am! your shirt to be whole ; I require yonr heart to bo true as God’s stars, And as pure as His heaven your soul. You require a cook for your mutton and beef, I require a far greater thing ; A seamstress you’re wanting for sock* an*) shirts, I look for a man and a king ; A king for the beautiful realm called home, And a man that the Mak :•, God, Shall look upon as he did on the first, And say, “ It is very good.” I am fair, and young, but the rose will fade From my soft young cheek one day ; ill you love me then ’mid the falling leaves As you did ’niong the bloom of May? Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep I may launch my all on its tide ? A loving woman finds a heaven or hell On the day she is made a bride. I require all things that are grand and true — All things that a man should be ; If you give this all, I would stake my life To be all you demand of me. "if you cannot be tins—a laundress and cook . You can hire, and a little to pay ; But a woman’s heart and woman’s life Are not won in that way. OLD GRANDPA’S SOLILOQUY. It wasn’t so when I was young— We used plain language then ; We didn’t speak of “ them galloots,” When in earn n’ boys or men. When speak in of a nice hand-write, Of Joe, or Tom, or Bill, We did it plain-—we didh’t say, “ He slings a nasty quill.” An’ when we seen a gal we liked, Who never failed to please, We called lierpretty, neat, an’ goody But not “ about the cheese.” Well, when we met a good old friend,. We hadn’t lately seen, Wc greeted him, but didh’t say, “ Hollo, you-old sardine!" The boys sometimes got mad an’ fit; We spoke of kicks and blows ; But now they “whack him on the snoot,” Or “paste him on the nose.” Once when a youth was turned away By her he held most dear, He walked upon his feet—but now • He “ walks off on his ear.” We used to dance, wlion I was young, Aud used to call it so ; But now they don’t—they only “sling The light, fantastic toe.” Of death we spoke in- language plain, That no one did perplex ■ But in these days one doesn’t die— He “ passes in his cheeks.” W c praised the man of common sense : “ His judgment’s good,” we said; But now they say, “ well, that old plum Has got a level head!” It’s rather sad the children now Are Lamin’ all sieh talk ; They’ve learned to “ chin” instead of chat, And “ waltz” instead of walk. To little Harry, yesterday— Mv grandchild, aged two— I said, “ \ ou love your grandpa ?” Said lie, “ You bet your boots I do.!’ The children bowed to strangers once; It is no longer so— The little girls, as well as bovs,. Now greet you with “Hello!” Oh, give me back the good old days, When both the old and voting Conversed in plain, old-fashioned words, And slang was never “slung!” Probabilities*. The following beats old Probabilities out of sight: When you see a man going home at two o’eloek in the morning, and know his wife is waiting up for him, it is like ly to be stormy. When a man receives a bill for goods his wife bought unknown to him, you can look out for thunder aed lightning. When* a man goes home and finds no supper- ready, the fire gone out and’ his wife crusading, it is likely to be cloudy. When a man promises to take his wife to a party, and changes his mind after she is dressed, you may expect a shower. When a man saves his cigar money to buy h's wife anew bonnet and the children new shoes, it indicates a spell of sunshine. When a man dies and leaves a nice young widow with plenty of money, and you. see her walking out with one the executors on Sunday,, a change is imminent. - . m A fashionable lady says her husband is the latest thing out. ADDRESS BY MILES H. DILLARD, Delivered before the Lodge at Crawford. The human family is strangely con nected. Each one of us form a link of the great chain of life, bearing to each i other a common relationship for good or for evil; and until Providence sees fit, in His wisdom, to here and there remove a link front this chain, marr r s actions have no effect upon it, howsoever civic like he may be in his opinions, or how ever strong his inclinations may be to : withdraw from the rest of his race, and in his cave of solitude drag out a wcarv existence, where he fancies his actions ceases to influence man, and that he is ' no longer his brother’s keeper. But how j absurd. hen the Bible declares that ; * none of us liveth to himself, and no man dicth to himself;” we may appar ently, but really we do not. “We arc ! so bound by the laws of nature and mu tual dependence, that every man is a fountain ol influence, either good or bad, to save or to destroy. Our manners, habits, actions, all go to form the taste, mould the mind, and shape the destiny ! of others throughout the end of time, i Therefore we should ignore all selfishness . and make it our whole aim to do good to our fellow-man, for we are a part of the great chain of human creatures, linked together by the laws of nature, and every effort at separation brands the under taker a miser, a selfish, heartless wretch, without natural affections or any redeem ing traits of character. Shakspeare has said, “ The world is a stage, and men and women merely play ers. They have their entrances and their exits, and in time one man plays many parts.” The “ immortal bard ” brought up this illustration to enforce one special truth, and pointed and convincing is the effect upon the mind. He represents each in telligent being, as be springs from the plastic hand of Deity, an earnest partici pant in the great life drama going on upon the earth. Like the dialogues, con certs, and charades of the present day, •each has its part to act, without which the play is incomplete. And were it possible, for man to withdraw his actions and influence from the varying scenes and heart-felt dramas of real life. The great plans of creation would be changed and the object of our Creator a failure. Now, seeing our close connection with the rest of mankind, and that we are re sponsible to a certain extent for the ac tions of others, let us, as rational beings, consider for one moment and decide where is the most useful field of action, and in. i-ti apply our most strenuous efforts. The Church, of course, stands first in our estimation, but even in it the young member, feeling the responsibility of tampering with eternal things, and a con science burning with a sense of his own unworthiness, shrinks involuntarily from the duties which only a few of its mem bers carry into action. The grand and glorious institution of Masonry, whose actions have resulted in so much good, and has flourished behind the veil of profound secrecy for more tham three thousand years, mingles to gether the moral with the immoral, the Christian with the profane, the sober minded with the drunkard, to accomplish its indisputably great suits. The Knights of Jericho, w ith useful ness for its motto and temperance for its watchword, though the association with its. very name fills oar soul with legen dary love, and carries us back through the channels of history to those old days of heroic acts and noble deeds wrought by men whose lives were offered on the altar of their country, after the expi .ration of their pledge they leave the few that they have reformed away out on the surging billows of life, in an oarless bark and destitute of even the friends that had taken upon themselves a solemn obliga tion to protect and defend such an one in the hour of temptation. But now the poor, weak, newly reformed wretch is left again to drift into the porks of intem perance. Bat when we introduce the Independ ent Order of Good its motto;, its achievements, its aim, and its grand and glorious destiny, we seek no further for a field of usefulness, ami in it let us direct our combined efforts to accomplish our aim to reform drunkards, and suc cess will certainly be our destiny, and our motto strikes the fancy with a pleas ing, soothing impression. First is “Faith” — M hen oppressed with heavy cares, ami bruised with adversity and burthened j with the weight of pain, Faith serves as j eyes for the soul, ever looking upward in its flight; and discerning objects remote, j it lilts the soul above the grovelling things of this earth, and fits it for the contemplation of the Deity, and exist ence in eternity. Or it may be applied to that faith and constancy which we have one for the other, and which we are sworn to recognize and support.. Fext is “Hope” — M hen despair anti misfortune broods darkly around, laud the cloud of adver sity thunders enr destruction ’tis Hope ' that savs “ Be still, sad heart, and cease repining, Behind the cloud is the sun still shining.” And when darker grows the night, Hope emits a brighter ray, and “ springs enter nal in the human breast,” and gilds the murky waves of the past, and throws bright rays into the future to lead us on ward and upward to glory and to God. This, too, may be applied|to the I. 0. G. T. in its infancy, when friends were few and drunkards covered the land, and it emerged from its muddy wave. Last, but not least, i3 “Charity”— The greatest of the Christian graces. Pope says: “ In Faith and nope the world may disagree, But all mankind’s concerned in Charity. All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God, that blessed mankind, or mend ]" When shining Charity adorns the zeal of man he is moved by the noblest impulse, and feels better to have dried one tear than to shed a sea of blood,and when we pour blessings of Charity around us, we are pouring healing balm to our own sick onls. Charity, too, may be considered as the great driving wheel that moved the I. 0. G. T. into operation. Now, as good soldiers, enlisted under the banner of “ Faith, Hope, rrid Char ity,” Jet us live up to our mottos, and we will ever have that case of conscience that fills the big soul of the man who has (lone his whole duty to his God and his fel lou-man. It is certain that we all have a work to do, from the least to the greatest. The influence of our most active members is very perceptible everyday in our commu nity, and the more reserved in manners can, by their example, work wonders in our order, and the otweure can, by giving us their names, help us swell our num ber, and make our cause attractive. There is not one of us who may not gladden many hearts between the rising and setting of any sun. “ A cup of wet ter given iu Christ’s name shall be re warded.” There is a great host of weary men and women, toiling through life toward the grave, who need cheering words and hopeful ministeries. It costs but little and is worth a great deal to the needy. A bunch of flowers from a friend will fill onr room with fragrance for a whole week, a cheering letter, breathing the spirit of love and gratitude, is like the meal prepared for the old Prophet. We can go on its blessed strength for many days. An encouraging word, a warm pressure of the hand, will make a lasting impression on our minds, freeing from this how ice enjoy these trifles that make up the sum of human happiness, let us remember that they will be more highly appreciated by the poor inebriate (who would give worlds for the power to re form,) 1 and his unhappy family. And these ministeries, properly direc ted, help to strengthen our cause, and helps to roll back the sin-blackened tide of intoxicating liquids, that is sweeping, with almost resistless fury, through our midst, and many innocent flowers, dear est to our hearts, who have perchance lodged upon its banks, to watch the dance of its sparkling bead, and the fan tastic actions of its unhappy victims, are swept from its banks by the swelling tide, drifted into its rapids, and sinks be neath its wave. Let 15s, in “ Faith, Hope, and Charity,” rescue such. But the most important part of our work is with the ladies of the Lodge. For “woman can revolutionize the world.” Woman is superior to man, but not in actual achievements upon the grand theater of fame, because her op portunities are different from man’s, but been perception, unfailing ingenuities, and brilliant wit give her the victory in every encounter, where the circumstan ces conies fully under her observation and within her investigation. While she may not always soar to the highest realms of sublimity, from which the mas culine orator delights to hurl his thun der, in the beautiful pathos of her ear nest appeal, in her smiles and tears, she Avields a power which does not sweep with the wild fury of the storm, but like the rosy warmth and gentle dews of bul-: my spring, calls forth flowers clad in ; beauty to ripen rarest fruits. Her strength and influence is like that j of the vine, that twines itself for support j around the grant form of the forest oak, i and extending its tendrils from branch to surrounding objects,, form ties which, j though tempest-tossed and thunder-riv- ! en, sustains the old oak still, She can fill the soul with pure emo- j tides, and lift it above drunkenness, crime, and riee, prepare it for a higher station on earth and existence in eter nity. And if Faith, Hope, Charity,and hum ble obedience to the Divine will are at tributes honored in Heaven, the brow of woman, true to herself and race, true to her dying Saviour, and first at the tomb of her risen Lord, will glow with the Ce- j lestial diadem, her hand shall sweep the golden lyre, and her voice-shall-call as ever —“Come up higher I”' Thus we have seen that byherstrengtb and influence she moulds the mind of man and virtually rules the world—not like the glaring sun of day, but like the \ palo empress of night, sweeping with maiesfy and serene beauty through ceru lean fields above. And when such influ ence can be exerted, we entreat the la dies of the Lodge to concentrate its pow er, in one focal point, upon the drunk ards and moderate dram-drinkers of our country, and we shall henceforth expect, from this great source of power, to suc ceed in dethroning King Alcohol, and in j banishing intoxication from our midst. THE FAIR SEX, S£aT“ Owing to the wag v.r were handled last week by the fair ones, we are now under the necessity of asking the Ladies not to read this column. “ The cause of woman suffrage”—Scar city of husbands. A stout old woman got mad, at the j Glade, recently, because Hunter would ! not let her fan herself while she had her I picture taken. The longest name probably ever inflic ! ted upon a child in Massachusetts was ! “Aldebarontiphoscofornia,” twenty-three letters. The girl afterwards became the I wife of a Boston merchant. Devout mother to young lady who is burning up letters: “ What are you doing there, my dear? Are you burning incense? Young lady—“ Oh, no, ma ; I’m only burning nonsense.” When a Tennessee husband will horse whip his wife for washing potatoes in his Sunday plug hat, it is time to inquire whether this generation of men isn’t get ting to be too confounded high-toned for | the age of the country. A South Carolina clergyman knocked j his sister down and sat on her. This is | all the information that reaches us ; but | if she had the spirit of a woman (and any | pins) in her bosom, he won’t be able to j sit on anything else for a goodly period. “ What! you take your mother-in-law j out shooting ?” says a French sportsman, j in one of Cham’s pictures, to another j sportsman. “ Yes,” is the reply, “ with as3 gun that I have presented her; there is no knowing what may happen.” Mrs. Tracy, ofMissouri, had been sick for a long time, and Tracy had her coffin in the barn. When she died the coffin was found four inches too short, and the neighbors worfln’t even let him saw four inches oft’the body to make it fit. A young lady having promised her grandmama that she would never marry a certain young man “on the face of the earth,” repaired with him, after the old lady’s death, to the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, and was there married under ground. A Georgia citizen has lately ta ken to wheeling his baby around—as folks suppose. A young- lady recently met him and insisted on seeing the “ little one.” She only discovered a jug of corn whiskey, which he had taken this novel way to get home. It is reported that one of our peace loving husbands, a few months ago, agreed to give his wife $3 a week to maintain comparative silence, deducting one cent for each superfluous l word she uttured. She now owes him nearly enough o pay the national debt. A Rhode Island clergyman says that ! meeting a good woman soon after a great j railway horror, she exclaimed, “ Oh, Mr. j - j pened! The engine and cars on the 1 road collapsed, and before they could execrate the passengers twenty were sophisticated.” “Haven’t I got a better {[undershirt than tliis ? It’s split clear down the back,” is what an Athens man snarled at his wife Sunday morning. And when the lady looked in and saw her indignant huslyind standing with his arms rim down the legs of his drawers and looking for some place to put his head through, she shrieked and ran out of the room to conceal her emotion. Sidney Smith was once visiting the conservatory of a young lady who was proud of her flowers, and used (not very accurately) a profusion of botanical names. ‘"Madame,” said he, “ have vow the Septennis psoriasis?” “No,” she said very innocently; “ I had it last win ter, and gave it to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and i* came out beautifully in the spring.” Septennis psoriasis is the medical ivime of the seven-year itch. A fond mother in Kails county, Mo., has named her daughter Mazin Grace. A neighbor inquired how she came to select such a name. “ La,” savs she, “ I got it out of the hymn book.” The neigh bor expressed surprise, and said she had never seen the name in any hymn book she had used. “You haven’t,, said the mother of Mazin Grace. “ Why don’t you remember the familiar old hymn commencing ‘ Mazin Grace,, how sweet the sound V ” An lowa paper has discovered a wo man who will get up at 6 o’clock, kindle the fire, get breakfast, route out the fam ily, wash the dishes and six children, sew a button on the neck of her hus band’s shirt and hunt his- hat, go to a mission Sunday school and teach a class, attend church, rush home and- hanre din ner over and the things cleared away in time foe afternoon Sunday school, read the Sunday school papers to the children, and talk on her way home of Suuday as a “ day of rest!” PROSPECTUS OF THE ECHO. everTfamilTin OGLETHORRE COUNTY SHOULD SUBSCRIBE FOR TIIE OGLETHORPE ECHO! 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Collections and searching of records a special! v. MERCHANDISE AND DRUGS. THE Ql KS I KKN WHERE CAN WE BUY GOODS CHEAP Has long been agitating the minds of the citizens of OgletncCpc and I adjoining counties. It need no longei trouble yon, for it is settled bevoud all controversy ! that 1 McMahan Si Melts ;is the place. You will find there EYERY i THING usually kept in a |FIRST-CLASS RETAIL STORE! And you will MISS a good chance if you leave Crawford without visiting their stors. Articles are too numerous to mention, but rest assured that you will find WHATEVER YOU WANT (if they have it.) T hey will be found in the HouseFormerlyOccupied by Martin 4 Cos, RE SURE JXI) CALL OX TIL'EM IIEFORE PI 11 (lIA>IXCI ELSE WHERE. oot'Mf R. T. BRUMBY & CO., DRUGGISTS AND PHARMACISTS. HEALERS IN Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, driggists’ srximiEs, Faints, Oils. Lamps, Gluss Shades, (’luiinoiK Shins, Sponge*. i:<e., Eo.. ( <*ll eye -.venue, between Rook Store and I*. O. 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