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THE CARROEE COUNTY TIMES.
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Carroll County Times.
published by
SHARPE & MEIGS,
fVKU y FRIDAY MORNING.
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' until ordered out.
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J«td for t»ch new inaert.on.
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w ** tr „ dur and will be collected at the begin-
Jd «»cli quarter.
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Ktiwnu-ntadiscontinued before expiration
l ÜB.tpr .fled, w ill be charged only lor time
a'dtrt of a peraonal or private character, in
dtd to promote any private cnterpriae or
1,8 . w j|| |,e ch> rged as other advertisements.
AO’trliac: * are requested to hand in their favora
Milr in the week an possible,
lb# above terms will be strictly adhered to.
S»t uidr a liberal per centage for advertising
.(Dfouraelf unceasingly before the public ; and
tmaitera not what business you are engaged in,
, inulligently and industriously pursued, a
fiioi will ba the result— Hunts' Merchants' Mag-
K 1 titer 1 began to advertise my Iron ware free
r buaiueii increased with amazingiapidity. For
l.mri past I have spent £3O,uU) yearly to keep
limerior wares before the public, llnd I been
midiu advertising, I never should have possess,
dnj fortune of £3so,ooo,”— McLeod Belton Bir.
ni fi<j!on.
idmiitinjr like Midas' touch, turns everything
,ru!d by it youi daring men draw millions to
Jirroller*."— smart Ctay.
"Whataudacity ia to 10 v«, and boldness to war,
t b, ain fni use of printer’s ink, ia to success in
luiiucii "—littchtr.
"Without tliw aid of advertisements I should
U*i 4ua« nothing in my speculations. I have
Hwowii complete faith in printer’s ink.” Adver
tam thi "royal road to business.” — Barnum.
PROFESSIONAL <fc IMJISINESN CARDS
Cards under this head will be inserted at one
doJJsrjier line, per aniium.
No cards will be taken for this department, a
lh» abort rales, lor a leaa period than one year.
GKO. W. HARPER,
Attorney at Law,
Carrollton, Ga.
GIO.W. AUSTIN
Attorney at Law,
Carrollton, Georgia.
J. BLALOCK,
Attorney at Law,
Carrollton, Ga.
Sprat! attention paid to all law matters.
lift. W. W. FITTS,
Pityaiciaa and Surgeon,
Carrollton. Ga.
B. D. TiIOMASSON,
Attorney at Law,
Carrollton, Ga.
IC. BARNES,
Gun Smith and Repairer,
Carrollton, Ga.
J O. MULLENNIX,
Boot and Shoe maker,
Carrollton, Ga.
*liG. W. MERRELL,
Attorneys at Law,
Carrollton, Ga.
SpKiil attention given to claims for prop
*'Hirti by iht Federal Army , Pensions, and
o:i| wOoTenuueni claims, Hoinsteads, Collec
tiotui, 4 Ci
Chandler, Joseph L. Cobb.
Handler & cord.
Attorneys at Law,
Carrollton, Ga.
Practice in the Superior Courts of-the
*l» ( 'sa and Rome Circuits. S|*ecial at
, « IT m to all business connected with
“ f Administration of Estates, and the col
-1 """of claims. Office in the Court House
Deese s school,
« L'irrollton, Ga., 1872,
5 [! D / or Forty Weeks, from sl4 to $42.
, > rom sl2 to sls }>er month.
Wis Monday in January next.
a ' one half in advance,
f?* r A. M., Principal.
UiTr ° r Buard a PPJy to Dr. I. N. Cue.nky,
**■ Scogin, Esq.
MED ICAL card.
&R I. N. CHENEY,
U "' * ,^ oin)S the citizen* of Carroll
lo^ttdfp 1 cou,it * es > that he is permnnently
"Carrollton, for the purpose of Prac
lojlf ,*hcine. He gives social attention
lh . r "!‘ ic diseases of Females. He re
r, i lo his frieu <lsfor past patronage,
% u close attention to the proses-
tl ie same,
F aroberson,
Ur l*enter and Joiner,
All kina Carrollton, Ga.
Carpenters work done at
Patronage solicited.
M REYNOLDS’ HOTEL, ”
t jj R Newnan, Georgia.
Stlw/ ynoldß ’. own « r a,, d Proprietor,
■lords' * n Up I >,ied wi,tl Cie best the mar
tt‘Gtyfai ' ~ rd as cheap as any whera
B '' “ oar( i Two Dollars per Day.
*' J ' patuan & co.,
Carpenters,
Won],} Newnan, Ga.,
inform the citizens of
to do all l ■ V ! Cinil Y they are prepar-
k ™* of C»rp.„t/r, work at
. corutni,, i. U P° 11 tke °f terms.
f *n*n, Mij I,cal| °us addressed to them at
e Punctually responded to.
A Hou s f £ ,a ßtin,
' 8i S«, Carriage
‘ ,ld 2 r, »mental Painter.,
J K P] * i oaudd NeW,ian * Ga -
Psjl aew iieg 8 ' a | , Jt aln l e l* a f >er hanging done
jßfr* tended to A » orders
.elicit (roraClrrolltoi)
Written for the Carroll County Times
Wit vs. Debts.
Xr'SibtCATKD TO ‘ SZLAH” A SO.
A certain oed “limb of the law” In this city
Undertook to $.-t ofl something racy and witty;
Since “Rail Road came out in the paper before
To trv to get “Selah” to settle his score.
It made him quite angry to nhtlce the “dun”
Not having paid np as he ought to have done;
And so to got even, he starts his “masheen,"
Nine verses were ground, air, “ Wearing the Green’’
Deploring the fact that the “limb ofthe law,
Concluded to bring, said delinquent to taw;
Or perhaps he was thinking, how nice it would be,
But. to be the attorney and Anger the fee.
Bnt as this “young limb" was preferred by the road
Bad rhyming and—(T)so forth, the‘old limb’ ahowed
Oh! how be takes on, and bolls over to »ee,
Sharpe & Jfeigs swindled out of their regular fee;
Seems to pity the editor! which is not so,
Else the Times would have been spared bis verses
I know.
Dear reader, I’ll show how the verses were burled
To the wondering gaze of a wondering world;
How tne author ashamed to acknowledge his child
Entrusted the same to another “limb" styled
Jo—cosely a !awyer, or “twig" of the law,
Os quire poetic taste, and quite proslac mate.
Being young and ambitions hia sensitive spirit.
Conceived that the verses were fraught with great
merit;
Laying business aside to the printer he goes,
Emissary for somebody else, I suppose.
Vicegerent to act, and traneact for his “Selah,"
Engaged by this rhyming and measureless “fellah.”
Reciting his mission, he leaves like a vapor,
Feeling a.ikious to see it come out in the paper;
Expecting to Bee in the next County Times,
Long articles praising bis excellent rhymes;
Large fees to the printer, were certainly paid,
Or a promise to do so, most solemnly made,
Has given, or else it is clear in ray mind
Such stuff would’ve been to the scrap pile consigned
If the printer in fixing his fee should decide
To charge by the merit anu thereby abide,
A jury would rentier their verdict and call
Out “ He And him entitled to nothing at all."
So we hope Mr. “Selah" will bring us the "change,’’
And this will afford him a more ample range
To “ let " a few verses get up some fun.
And “Rail Road" will bother no more with his
“dun,”
Kind reader I hope I’ve done nothing amiss
Dont try to make out an Acrosctic of this
And iF it is one I will just simply mention,
That it just happened so—without any intention
on the part of “Rail Road."
For the Carroll County Times.
Mr. Editor:— You will please al
low ine a short space in your Times to re
ply to my worthy friend, whose name has
appeared in your paper several times
under articles headed “ Education and
the Public School System.” While I
am an advocate for Public Education
so far as it can be given upon Consti
tutional and equitable principles, I
abhor any system which was only in
tended to enrich a few office seekers
from the private treasury ofthe people
by taxation. That this is the case un
der the present system, is plain from
the high salaries, which it pays to the
State and county commissioners,
while not one dollar has ever been ap
plied in any other way. The salary of
the State commissioners is $ 2,500, and
each county commissioner is allowed
$ 3 per day. Now allowing the coun
ty commissioners pay for 300 days in
the year it would make $ 900 each,
there are 134 counties which will make
that expense alone amount to $l2O,
600, almost equal to half the net earn
ings of the State Road, the principal
source from which this system draws
revenue, for it is generally conceded
that it takes the greater part ofthe tax
es on liquors, shows etc, to collect it.
But the poll tax, is .set apart for this
purpose says ray friend. That is true,
but the very Legislature that framed
this system and which clamored so
loudly lor public schools, when it be
came necessary to serve party pur
poses, after they had unconstitutionally
used the money for other purposes,
declared that the collection of the poll
tax was unconstitutional, and pro
hibited the further collection of the
same. But says my friend, “ this sys
tem has never been tried.” The reas
on why it has never been tried is be
cause the Act itself is so intricate that
not even half of the framers of it un
derstand it themselves. The Act pro
vides that there shall be commissioners
in each Mliitia District, whose duty it
shall be to take the names of all the
children of a certain age in their re.
spective district; apportion and locate
the schools “ and many things besides,”
but does not they shall
have any piy or salary whatever,
while they attend to all neceseary bu
siness. Knowing this they did not
feel disposed to lose their time
in studying and trying to carry into
effect a system which promised no re
mnueration to them, nor any benefit to
their children.
My friend alludes often to the num
ber of persons in our county who are
unable to read and write, in order to
influence the people to change their
minds on the “PublicSchool System,”
and instanced the State of Vermont,
which he declared did not far exceed
Carroll county in the number who are
unable to read and write. That is a
State which has had a system of pub
lic instruction from “ time almost im.
memorial,” and the statistics of that
State show that there are 9000 adults
who can not read. The State of
Georgia will not far exceed that
amount in whites. I can not hope to
touch upon all the points made by my
friend in his elaborate article, on this
subject. Indeed I dont think it nec
essary, for experience which is better
than precept, has shown that Act to be
impracictable, partial and unjust, espe
cially the last point made “ that the
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1872.
taxable property ofthe State’should be
taxable to make up the deficiency <fcc.”
This I believe is contrary to the spirit
of our constitutions for they declare
that ■“ Protection to person and prop
erty shall be impartial and complete,’’
and when the Government legislates
money from one class of people, and
appropriate it to another, it can not be
impartial. The white people own the
property they have, by industry and
economy acquieed it, while the colored
people have no taxable property, and
not one halt ol them has ever paid
poll tax. The whites are therefore to
pay all the taxes tor educational pur
poses, and the negro to have an equal
share. I ask iu all candor 4 if this is im
partial f Is it just? Is it equtable?
let reason and common sense answer
Nay, it is taxing industry, to encour
age vagrancy. It is argued that we
should be compelled by taxation to
keep our promises to provide for the
families of our decersed heroes! to
which I respond a hearty amen, but
there w'as nd pledge ever made that
the people would give their property
to educate any class of people who are
able to work and provide for them
selves. Then if we are to have schools
equally free for all, let all who are able
to work, contribute equally, let the tax
es be equal, reduce the officers and
salaries; let the Ordinaries of each
county distribute the money out to the
teachers, then the law will be “ impar
tial and complete.” But I have con
tinued this subject further than “ex
pected,” will say no more, but like ray
opponent, leave the subject to the
sound discretion of the people, and re
tire from the contest.
Respectfully,
J. L. Cobb.
For the Carroll County Times.
Sum Reflections.
A La Josh Billings.
Eye wish too sa a fu wurds inn this
konnecksliun—Bhoys shud bee kere
ful inn thee seeleckshun uv a partner
fur life—Marrig iz a day vine instei tu
shun and shud knot bee abused—
Marrig iz a hoam instertushun and
a man ort tu patronize hoam instertu
shuns—Marrig is thee fust and last
thing a gal thinks uv when shee Dtoinks
uv marrig—Eye luv gals—Sum bhoys
ain’t like uthers— Thee rite seson uv
thee yere for marrig iz inn the Sum
mertime orr thee Spring when every
thing luks purty — Luv wus fust in
vented in the g irdin uv Edin— Whar
the ga?din uv Edin is Eye doant no-
Thar iz moor kinds uv love than wou-
Two strangers ort knot tu faul inn
luv with each uther accept inn Kases
where tha hav ben furmillyer with
each uther tur yers— Luv is keteking
ai.d shuld knot bee phooled with—
When a young man fawls inn luv thee
fust tigin with a gal hee hasn’t got
nothing agiust noboddie inn thee
wurld.
When a bhoy iz doubtfull inn his
own mine whether hee iz in luv with
a gal hee shud give the gal the benny
fltt uv the doubt.
—
The Power oe a Motxitrs Lsflu
fn’ce. —How touching is this tribute
of Hon. T. H. Benton, to his mother's
influence. My mother asked me nev
er to use tobacco. I have never
touched it from that time to the pres
ent day. She told me not to gainble ?
and I have not gambied, I can’t tell
who is losing in games that are played.
She admonished me, too, against hard
drinking; and whatever capacity for
endurance I have at present, in what
ever usefulness I have attained through
life, I have attributed to having com
plied with her pious and correct wish
es. When I was seven years of age
she asked me not to drink, and then
I made a resolution of total abstinence:
and that I have adhered to it through
all time, I owe to my mother.”
Os Interst to Publishers. —Sir
Edward Thornton, the British Minis
ter in Washinton, has been applied to
from home to obtain copies of every
newspaper, periodical and magazine
publisher in the United States, to be
placed on exhibition at the Interna
tional Exposition to take place in En
gland this year. Minister Thornton
on Thurseay called upon Mr. Joseph
Shillington, the well-known-book-sell
er and news agent of Washington,and
requested him to take the matterin hand
which Mr. Shillington has consented
to do. The publications will be arran
ged by States and sent to England.
It will be remembered that a collection
of American newspapers and period
icals excited much interest at the
English exhibition in 1851, but it was
far from complete, and it is desirable
that thia collection shall be as perfect
as possible. —Savannah News.
— «♦»
Sunday Out—Betsey: “ Shall
you be a-goin’ out this a’ter noon,
mem? " Mistress : “ I think not, Bet
sey. ’ Betsey ; “ Cos you can if yer
like, I don’t want to go out.”— Fun.
The Pocket.
There is not much metaphor in r*v
the brains of some men are in the
pockets of their unmentionables. The
pocket is the great sensorium—the
head center of all sensation. As all
radii of a circle terminate in center,
so all feelings and aspirations tend to
the pocket. When one of this class
meets with blightened prospects, un
like him who laboring under head
ache says, “O, my head,” he ex
claims, “O my pocket.” This regard
for the pocket travel with him all day
and visits his dreams by night; it
nestles among the wrinkles of his
brow', sparkles in his eyes, suffuses his
cheek, auimates his steps, and throb
bing and vibrating rushes to its home.
It dwells in the humble log cabiu
and in the palaces of kings. So great
and controling is its influence that it
causes men to violate the first com
mand of the decalogue, and this leads
to the violation of the tenth, and the
violation of the eighth follows as a
matter of course.
The pocket is not always flexible,
and though sometimes plethoric, has
its necktie tightly drawn, and is deaf
to the tones of misery. It has no eye
to see, no ear to hear and no heart to
feel. There is in it no public spirit, but
selfishness is supreme. It heeds not
the calls of human enlightenment and
civilization. It is a sullen, putrid,
deadly lake, the abode of reptiles and
vampires, but a foe to the life of hu
manity.
In its legislation it foster?, cliques
rather than the public good, and a
government established by the wise
and patriotic, must be torn into frag,
ments, or erected into an empire, in
order to cheerish selfish ends. No
ray of genuine philanthropy ever pen
etrates the blackened mass of corrup
tion that threatens to pervade, engross
and possess the whole political fabric.
No maledictions are intended for
those who are patiently industrious in
acquiring wealth, and where the rights
of the neighbor are respected. They
are useful members of society who
do good while obtaining it The lives
of such men are a blessing to the race
and not a curse. The w'orld is not all
bad, but ever makes longer or shorter
vibrations between good and ill. One
thing, however, is certain, the millen
ium is not come, nor do we see the
dawning of the brighter day.— Grijfin
Middle Georgian.
Tariff’ on Type.
The American Newspaper Reporter
remarks that if the tariff on type used
by the American printers were removed
type coult be bought for about three
fifths of the present price. If it be
claimed that type founding is an
American industry, hundreds of times
more important—employing hundreds,
perhaps thousands of times as many
mechanics and as much of capital as
type-founding. Printers are manufac
turers of no small importance, Any
bounty of tax upon their tools and
implements is a tax, not only upon one
of our great industries, but a tax upon
knowledge and educat ion. Tax on type
makes the primer and spelling book
cost more to all the children of the
land, to say nothing of its being a
clog upon all public and private libra
ries.
If it be true, as we state above, that
the printers of the United States pay
two-fifths of alLtheir type purchases, as
a tax to a monopoly, is it not about
time they represented the fact to their
members of Congress? This tax does
not go to the Government, because
scarcely any type is imported. No
fine-spun theory of protection will
help retain a tax so unjust to so large
an industry, so useless for revenue
purposes, and so detrimental to the ed
ucational advantages of the nation.—
Griffin Middle Georgian.
H. I. Kimball House S jld.
Yesterday the Kimball House was
sold by the Sheriff at public outcry be
fore the Court House door, under a
builders lien for purchase,money, and
for State, county and city taxes. Dr.
Joseph Thompson was the purchaser,
paying $15,010. The State, county
and city taxes amount to $9,090, and
builder’s lien $6,090. Dr. Thompson
is liable for about $54,000 of purchase
money also, making his outlay aggre
gate abouts69,ooo. Considering that
the building cost about $600,000 this
may be considered, at first thought, a
handsome speculation. The building
is mortgaged for $200,000, and of
course it will require much litigation
to release it of thia incumbrance, and
possibly some time and embarrassment
to secure perfect titles.
The builder’s lien was in favor of
J. C. Peek <fc Cos., Olive, Hall <fc Cos.,
and Healy, Berry &, Cos., Mr. B. H.
Hill, counsel for Dr. Thompson, paid
the $15,010 to the Sheriff, and secured
the titles to the property. —Atlanta
Sun.
Tax on Words.
What a pity there is not a tai on
words! what, an income the Queen
would get from it! but, alas! talking
pays no toll. And if lies paid double
the government might pay off the
Natioual Debt; but who could collect
the money ? Common fame is a com
mon liar. Hearsay is half lies. A
tale never loses in telling. Asa snow
ball grows by rolling, so does a story.
They who talk much, lie much. If
meu said what was true, what a peace
ful world we should see! Silence sel
dom makes mischief, but 4 talking is a
plague to the parish. Silence is wis
dom, and by this rule wise men and
women are scarce. Still waters are
the deepest; but the shallowest brooks
brawl the most; this shows how plen
tiful fools must be. Auopen mouth
shows an empty head. If the chest
had gold or silver in it, it would not
always Talking comes
by nature, but it needs a good deal of
training to learn to be quiet ; yet re
gavd for truth should put a bit iu every
honest man’s mouth, and a bridle upon
every good woman’s tongue.
If we must talk, at least let us be
free from slander, let us not blister
our tongues with backbiting. Slander
may be sport to talebearers, but it is
death to those whom they abuse.
We cau commit murder with the ton
gue as well as with the hand. The
worst evil you can do a man is to in
jure his character; as a Quaker said to
his dog, “ I’ll not beat thee nor abuse
thee, but I’ll give thee an ill name.”
All are not thieves that dogs bark at,
but they are generally treated as if
they were, for the most [part believe
that where there is smoke there is fire,
and what everybody says must be true.
Let us then be careful that we do not
hurt our neighbor in so tender a point
as his character, for its hard to get dirt
off if it is once thrown on; and when
a man is once in people’s bad books,
he is hardly ever quite out of them. If
we would be sure not to speak amiss,
it might be as well to speak as little as
possible; for if all men’s sins were di
vided into two bundles, half of them
would be sins of the tongue. If any
man offend not in word, the same is a
perfect man, and able also to bridle
the whole body.”
Gossips of both genders, give up
the shameful trade of tale-bearing;don’t
be the devil’s bellows any longer, to
blov up the fire of strife. Leave off
setting people by the cars. If you do
not cut a bit off your tongues, at least
season them with the salt of grace
Praise God more and blame neighbors
less Any goose can cackle, any fly
can find out a sore place, any empty
barrel can give forth a sound, any
brier can test a man’s flesh. No flies
go down your throat if you ke«p your
mouth shut, and no evil speaking will
come up. Think much, but say little;
be quick at work and slow at talk; and,
above all, ask the great Lord to set a
watch over your lips.—John Plough
man.
Front th« Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Lucky Negro.
Mr. William Harden, a well known
gentleman of this city, returned a
short time ago from a tour through
Arkansas, and relates, among other
things, that he saw at Duvall’s Bluff,
a full bloded negro, who ten years ago
was very black, and now is very white-
The darkey belonged, during slave
times, to Esquire Mann of that place,
and was thought to be the blackest
negro in the neighborhood.
A locust bit him on the shoulder
some time during the first year of the
war, and a small white circle formed
at <>nce around the bite. The circle
gradually extended itself, and finally
covered the whole body with the ex
ception of a small black spot on the
neck and also a narrow ring which
gird around the eyes.
The negro is still a negro in all
other respects. The hair for instance,
is kinky, the nose flat and broad, and
the lips thick. His complexion, Mr.
Hardin says, is exceedingly fair, and
shows a wonderful change wrought?
as is suposed, by the bite of the locust.
The medical profession tells us that
there ai*e recorded in the books one
or two similar cases, with the excep
tion that the locust bite had nothing
to do with them. White men, they
say, have also been known to turn
black, and look, as regards their skin,
just like negroes. The cause of the
change is not exactly known, and is a
question for scientific investigation.
The locusts, if found to be so useful,
will be imported and cultivated by
our colored population till the whole
country is undated with them. The
negroes then will become white peo
ple, and peahaps the white people will
become—not negroes, but colored peo
ple.
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There is a heroic innocence, as well
as a heroic courage.
Wisdom and Truths.
A poor spirit it poorer than a pcor
purse.
It is fruition, and not possession,
that renders us happy.
Whatever makes men happier makes
them better.
Gravity is the inseparable compan
ion of pride.
It costs more to avenge wrongs than
to beat them.
Never let your honest convictions
be laughed down.
We should not retain the remem
brauce of faults we have once forgiven.
The grand essentials to happiness
are something to do, something to
love, and something to hope for.
Truth is immortal ; the sword can
not pierce it, fire cannot consume it,
prisons cannot incarcerate it, famine
cannot starve it.
Grief knits too hearts in closer
bonds than happiness ever can ; and
common suffering is a far stronger
link than common joy.
The worthiest people are most in
jured by slanderers ; as we usually find
that to be the best fruit which the
birds have been picking.
He that was taught to live on little,
owes more to his father’s wisdom than
he that has a great deal left him does
to his father’s care.
The greatest of all injustice is that
which goes under the name of law;
and of all sorts of tyranny, the forcing
the letter of the law against the equity,
is the most insupportable.
Youth beholds happiness gleaming
in the prospect. Age looks back on
the happiness of youth, and, instead of
hopes, seeks its enjoyment in lhe re
collection of hopes, Thus happiness
ever resides in the imagination.
Courage, when genuine is nevea
cruel. It is not fierce. It foresees
evil. Its trepidations come either be
fore or after danger. In the midst of
peril it is calm and cool. It is goner
ous, especially to the fallen. It is sel
dom attained.
It is a noble and great thing to cov
er the blemishes and to excuse the
failings of a friend ; to draw a curtain
before his stains, and to display per
fections ; bury his weakness in silence,
but to proclaim his viriure3 upon the
house-top.
One should not be downcast at fail
ures. They are often far better for
the student than success. He who
goes to school to his mistakes will al
ways have a good school master, and
will not be likely to become citheridlo
or conceited.
There is no greater every day virtue
than cheerfulness. This quality in
man among men is like sunshine to
the day, or gentle, renewing moisture
to parched herbs. The light of a
cheerful face diffuses itself, and com
municates the happy spirit that inspires
it. The sourest temper must sweeten
in the atmosphere of continuous good
humor.
A Good Word for local Papers.
—The New York Times eavs you
might nearly as well forget your pur
chases, your academies and school
houses, as to forget your local paper.
It speaks to ten times the audience
that your local miui§ter does, and if it
has any ability at all, it is read eagerly
each day from beginning to end. It
reaches you all and if it has a lower
spirit and loss wisdom than a sermon,
it has a thousand times better chance
at you.
Laying, as it does, on every table,
in almost every house, you owe it to
yourself to rally liberally to its sup
port, and exact from it as able, high
toned a character as you do from anv
educator in your midst. It is in no
sense beneath notice and care—unless
yourself are beneath notice and care—
for it is your representative. Indeed
in its character it is the summation of
the importance, interest and welfare
of you all It is the aggregate of your
own consequence, and you cannot ig
nore it without miserably depreciating
yourselves.
The Secret ok Health.— First,
keep warm. Second, cat regularly and
slowly. Third maintain regular bodi
ly habits. Fourth, take early and very
light suppers, or better still, none at
all Fifth, keep a clean skin. Sixth,
get plenty of sleep at night. Seventh,
keep cheerful and respectful company.
Eighth, keep out of debt. Ninth,
don t set your mind on things you
don,t need. Tenth, mind your own
business. Eleventh, don’t set up to be
a sharp of any kind. Twelth, subdue
curiosrity.
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A gentleman traveling in Ireland
said to a very importune beggar,
“You have lost all your teeth.” The
beggar quickly answered, “An i’ts
time I parted with uro, when I’d noth
ing frq- to da’'
Humorous A
A cynic remarks that the only time
a woman forgets to bo vein is when
site is sea sick.
Josh Billings says: “ Knowing how
to sit square on a bile, without hurt
iug, is one of the lost arts."
A cemetery sculptor lately published
this card: “As the holidays are ap
preaching, and the time for presents
nearing, T beg to call attention to my
stock of tombstones.”
An experienced boy says he regards
hunger and the chastening rod as
about the same thing. They both
make him holler.
Brisko advertises as follows: “ W ill
the fellow who stole my hat at a col
lege sociable oblige me by wearing
the same in broad daylight ’
It is said if you take two letters
from money, there will be but one left.
We have heard of a man who took
money from two letters, and there
wasn’t any left.
When a mau and a woman are
made one, the question is which one?
Sometimes there is a long struggle be
tween them before the matter is set
tled.
A lady on being asked by a gentle
man, what do you hold on the ques
tion of female sufrage,” replied, “ I
hold my tongue.” »
An Indiana cooper put his son in
side a cask he was finishing, to hold the
head up. At last account he was toy
ing to find some way to get him out
though the bung hole.
“ How would you like to si ton a jury?
asked a gentleman of a strongminded
old maid.” I’d as soon sit on a hatch
et,” said the spinster, with a shake of
her bombazine skirt.
“You cant do too much for your em
ployers, man,” said somebody to a big
fisted’ strong backed man-of-all-work,
on the wharf the other day.—“Arrah,”
replied Pat, with emphasis, “ neither
will I.”
A little girl not far from Schenecta
dy, after noticing for some time the
glittering gold-filling in her aunt’s
front teeth, exclaimed “Aunt Mary 1
want copper-teeth like yours.”
An exchange says; One of the
prettiest sights the human eye ever
nested upon is gold in its liquid
“ state.” Whereupon another sug
gests that “ the human eye in this vi
cinity would be satisfied if it could see
any of the metal in its solid state. ”
A Kansas paper’s co-w obituary says:
“ There is not a farm wagon in the
country that she has not stolen some
thing out of; not a gate’iiOown that
sho has not opened: and the stones
that have been thrown at her would
make miles of turnpike.”
At the late Plymouth church pic
nic, Mr. Beecher was asked why he
did not dance. “ There is but one
reason,” he replied, I don’t know
how. The only dancing’!! ever did,
w'As when my father furnished the
music, and used me as a fiddle, I took
all the steps then.”
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VST “A Mr. Ilayno has written what
is a “Piize Ode,” on “The Sufferings
,of the Southern Soldiery,” which jvo
not seen, but which, we will take
it for granted, is a fiue~ piece, because
a Southern critic says of it: “It rings
like the blast of a tempest toward the
conclusion, however, sinking into a
wailing minor which expresses the in
most spirit of despairing anguish.”
Why will not these Southern dyspep
tics understand that what the South
needs in a musical way, is not a wail
ing minor, but a good muscular and
masculine major? Whatever its qual
ity, the milk i3 spilten, and all the
tears in the world will not restore it.
Do not seusible children stop crying
when their intellects are convinced
that even parental affection cannot
give them the moon? If these Lost
Cause men will but take offtheir coats
and go to work, they will feel bettc r
on the very first day.”
It is, perhaps, needless to saj that
the above paragraph is from the col
umns of the New Ybrk 7'ribune.
None but a Philosopher (?) —a “ Later
Fiankl.’n”—cculi have written it, and
none but a “ Philospher ” could have
been profoundly mistaken in regard
to the existence of a necessity for such
advice. The Tribune man has not
read CoL Haynes poem which he re
fers, to. If he will obtain it ard read
it, and read it thoughtfully, he will
arise from the reading with the con
viction impressed upon his mind that a
climate that fosters a genius capable to
originating such a poem, is not a cli
mate that fosters a muscle enervated
by idleness and a false pride. There
are thousands of Southerc’young men,
born to affluence, who have learned to
wield an ax as lustily as the lusty old
farmer of Chappaqua. —Atlanta n ~
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