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SATURDAY SEPT. 12
Office Holding - Testimony of a
Veteran.
Albert G. Drown, of Mississippi,
ex-Governor anti ex-Senator, was ap
pointed br gadier general of the Stati
militia when only nineteen years old ;
was elected to the Legislature before
he was twenty-three, and to Congress
at twenty-six. At twenty-eight he
was chosen Circuit Judge of his dis
trict, and while on the bench, in his
thirtieth year, was made Governor of
the State. From that time forward
he became one of the foremost and
and ablest of Southern politicians
and took high rank as a Senator in
Congress. His official career closed
with the rebellion in 1805. For thirty
three years he was continually in
high official and political station.
Like Carlyle and Raskin, this vete
ran looks back upon the work of his
life with regret, and delights his ima
gination with pictures of the happi
ness to he found in other callings
his own. There is much, however, in
his advice to young men to eschew
office holding, that, deserves consider
ation. In a letter lately published in
the Corinth, Miss., Herald, Governor
Brown says :
True, as you say, I held many
offices. Indeed, I may say that 1
never knew defeat in any of my as
pirations. And it is just because J
had success which people called won
derful, that I feel competent to ad
minister a word of “caution" to the
young men of this generation. My
young friends, do not be deceived by
the glitter of office. I am now past
my three-score years, and am fast
traveling into the ten. I have held
almost every office in the gift of the
people, and I can truly say with the
preacher, “it is all vanity and vexa
tion of spirit.”
Looking back over a long, and 1
hope not unsuccessful life, I can say
with a clear conscience,*my greatest
regret is that I ever made a political
speech or held an office.
There is a fascination in office which
beguiles men, but bo ~&ssrirei\ my
young friends, it is the fascination of
a serpent, or to change the figure, it
is ignusfatuus which coaxes you on
to inevitable ruin.
I speak of that which I do know.
If my young friends will be goverened
by my .advice, 1 have this to say, after
all my success as a public man, now
when my head is blossoming for the
grave, 1 feel that it would have been
better for me, if Iliad followed the
occupation of my father, and been a
farmer.
The mechanic arts aro all honor
able. To boa blacksmith, a carpen
ter, or an artisan of any sort, is no
discredit to any man. Better that
than be a jack-leg lawyer, a quack
doctor, counter-hopper, or worse still,
a wretched seeker after cffice.
Of all the pursuits in life that of a
farmer is the most respectable, it
may have its trials and disappoint
ments. so do all others. The me
chanic may loose the wages oi’ his
labor, the professional man his fees,
the editor may weopr over delinquent
subscribers, but the honest, industri
ous farmer is morally certain ol a fair
return for his tabor.
True, “Paul may plant, and Apollos
water., but God must give the iu
creas’e.” But where is the faithful
cultivator of the soil, God’s heritage
to man, who ever yet suffered tor
bread.
Allow me again to “caution’’ my
young friends against the beguiling
influence of office, and to advise them
most earnestly to stick to mother
earth.
How to Put Children to Bed. —Nul
with a reproof for any of that day’s
sins of omission or commission.
Take any other time but bed time for
that. If you ever heard a little crea
ture sighing or sobbing in its sleep,
you could never do this. Seal then
closing eyelids with a kiss and a bless
ing. The time will come, too soon,
when they will lie on their pillows,
lacking both. Let them, then, at
least have this sweet memory of a
happy childhood, of which no future
sorrow can rob them. Give them
their rosy youth. Nor need this in
volve wild license. The judicious pa
rent will not so mistake my meaning.
If you have ever met the man, or the
woman, whose eyes have suddenly
filled when a little child has crept
trustingly to its mother’s breast, you
may have seeu one in whose child
hood’s home Dignity and Severity
stood where Love and Pity should
have been. Too much indulgence has
ruined thousands of children; too
mucL Love Dot one.
A student is each day detailed
to watchdbeside the tomb of General
Lee, in the memorial room of the
chapel of the Washington-Lee Uni
versity, Lexington, Va. He is styled
a “watcher,” and his duty is to re
main there during the day and re
ceive visitors, snowing them the
proper courtesy and attention. As
there are nearly three hundred and
fifty students, no one is on duty more
than once a week.
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1IROAI) STREET,
DARIEN, /G?A.,
RETAIL DEALERS IN
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GROCERIES, DRUGS & MEDICINES,
I
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KKBP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
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of everything in their line of business.
I*IIOMPT ATTENTION PAID TO OKDEItS.
Masters of yesels would do well to give them a call,
Tlirv invite the attention of the public to their new
4 ■ %
Spring* Stock,
A fine assortment of
STRAW GOODS AMD ITS,
11 of the latest styles.
Press Goods, Prints, Cloths,
Casimers and everything pertaining
to the Dry Goods trade can be found
in their store.
They also keep on hand a first-class stock of
Harness. Harness trimmings, Saddles, Carriage
trimmings, &c. Their stock of Crockery, Stone,
China, and Glass wares are of the best qualities
THE
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PUBLISHED EVERY
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GEORGIA,
at
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ADVERTISING RATES LIB
ERAL
WM. SHENCK,
BOOT & SHOE MAKER,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
IS NOW prepared to do any port of work in t lie
Boot and Shoe line. Custom-made boots furnish
ed at reasonable prices. Shop at B. Pfeiffer’s, oppo
site Magnolia House.
May 80—
Altamaha House,
M. MAIIO NE Y, Agent.
DARIEN ; GEORGIA.
rpHIS HOUSE has been put in GOOD ODDER.
1 Good clean beds at FIFTY CENTS per night,
for lodging. Also good meals at Fifty Cents per
meal. Takes pleasure in inviting the public to the
same. The choicest nines and liquors kept on hand.
Attached to this House is a first-class VARIETY
MALL. which will be opened by a First-Class 'Troupe
from New York the ensuing seaaun.
June 20-ly.
BURR \V INTON,
CONTRA C TOR A NI) IIVIL D ER,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
F>LANS and Specifications furnished on short no
• tice. V\ ill contract to erect Buildings ir every
style. A'so superintend Buildings at uaswiiable
prices. Ad orders left with the firm ot Atwoods &
Avtry, Darien, Ua., will be attended to with dis
patch. Julv 4 tf.
“ HJISSEI,
PLASTERER and BRIOKLA YER.
Is prepared to do plain and
ornamental plastering.
BRIG3C worn
—AND—
House nuiniiiig ii: etcis sfyle ai
sstor< notice.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
CROCKERY,
China, Oiasswaie, House and
Furnishing Goods,
IHISIII LAMPS. IE.,
FOR SALE IN
Original Packages or Packed to
Orders.
E. B, SCYTHE,
Cmifjir.it; and Si. Julian Sired
Savannah, - Gkouhm
May 16 —3m.
JOB: PaiiSflfClSC
HAYING POWER PRESSES, NEW TYPE AND F X
tures, large stock of ruled and tint papers, card stock, Ac., on
hand, and first-class workmen,
THE APPEAL PRINTING OFFICE,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA,'
I
fs prepared to promptly execute all classes of Job Printing,
on short notice and at. places that will compare with the lowest,
, —workmanship*aml material considered.
ORDERS SOLJGiTED FOR
PAMPHLETS,
BILL AND LETTER HEADS,
MONTHLY STATEMENTS,
HAND-BILLS AND PROGRAMMES,
BUSINESS AND VISITING CARDS,
BLANKS, OF ALL KINDS,
And all other classes and kinds of Job Printing, in plain black,
or as many colors in ink or bronze as desired.
The Appeal office being splendidly furnished with new type
and fixtures, there is no establishment in this section better pre
pared to do all classes of Job Printing, on short notice and at
reasonable prices.
TERAIB CASH, on delivery of work.
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ORDERS SENT DIRECT will receive the same attention as
if attehded to in person.
April 25-
MAGNOLIA HOUSE!!
DARIEN, : : GEORGIA.
’if ANY additions have been made in this house
- I ' l during the past month, and the Proprietor taken
pleasure in eajing to his old
CATRONS AND FRIENDS
and to all who desire FIRST-CLASS accommoda
tions, trait he is ready to satisfy them at the follow
ins rates :
Board and lodging per month $30,00
Table Board “ Aoo
Board and iodgirg “ week— 10,00
Board “ “ per day —m
Meals each _vV
Lodgings •• 75
A. E. CA.£?I?, Proprietor,
M. CONV/AY, Clerk.
0. II OP K I NS,
% LAS CRAB AND INSPECTOR
OF
Timber and Lumber.
Respectfully solicits Patronage.
Daiuen, - - . Georgia.
May-2 6m.
Putnam’s
LIVERY STABLE,
DARIEN & HIU >.SVtl({i, GA.
A, T. PUTNAM, Prt’r.
May- 2-tf.
F. G. FERGUBSON, M.
Physician, Surgeon, Accoucier,
Bit UNS WICK, GEORGIA.
May 30—
WILLIAM HONE,
DEALER IN
Wines, Liquors and Cigars,
13 St. Julian & 151 Congress Streets;
Savannah, Ga.
May •(!--6111.
W, Hebert Gignilliat,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DARIEN, GA.
T)ROMPT ATTENI ION "iron to nU legnll urines
I in the mid Hiiin wick Circuit**, aud i
the umrirl St Hie;- Court s at SavaiiJudi.
April 25—ly.
