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THE GREENSBORO’ HERALD.
‘ POETRY,
Prom the Renner of ths South.
THE SOUTHER* SOUUIKRS’
LA3IENT
Where is tbs flag which ones floated so proud 1
» her* are the brave arms which one* spoke to
lend 1
Where are the brave hearts that held Ibes at
bgj 1
Where are the hoys in j*QUat, of grey 1
Down is the flag which ones floated so high.
Lew lie* Hie hearts the, said “Ouuqusr or Die"
Stacked are th* anus that so-proudly w* waved
Lost 1, the eauw wbieh ws swore to have saved
Hope bad departed, life lost all Its ehsrws,
111,banded our army, »y comrades in arms
Taunted and loomed, In thotr JaokoM of grey,
I oavy tbs brave heart, wbieh fell in tb* fray.
Lonely end weary th* soldier return,,
Tell, he a paroled, and hi, manly eheek, hum,,
Life without Liberty -unooasing uein,
Wolud I'd been numbered long sinee with th#
•lain,
Hardships and toll four long year, endured,
Honor end triumph—-by brave heart, preeared,
Won to be lo«t by ooward, and knave,,
Deiersing their banner, that they might be
•lav,,,
Easy poor heart, sink quietly to reit,
One oonaolation that lightens th# breast”.
I stood by our (lag, I heard th* last gun,
And say now with pride I my duty have dene,
IN MKMORIAM,
yelverton~plyton king
Was born, April 23d, 1794, and
died July sth, 1868. He wag a
native of Green# county, Georgia,
which was his home during his long
eventful life, and in the bosom of
which now sleeps his honored dust,
A newspaper column does not
furnish sufficient space to pay a fit
ting tribute to his memory. The
writer proposes merely to group to
gether some of tho prominent points
in his public record, briefly deline
ate his most striking traits of pri
vate character, and leave tho pleas
ant duty of filling up the picture to
someone of the very few now liv
ing, who were the companions of his
early days. ,
(fill. Kirtu tOM W**V {Jltjitu
to admission to the Bar, in Lexing
ington, Ga., under tbe instruction
of Hon. Thomas W. Cobb, (after
wards Judge of tbe Ocraulgee Cir
cuit,) and was lioensed to practieo
in 1814. Among his early rivals
for professional usefulness and dis
tinction in his own county, were
Thomas Foster, Wm, C, Dawson,
A. B. Longstreet and, afterwards,
Francis H. Cone, Os these, all
are dead, except Judge Longstroet,
and all attained to eminent distinc
tion in their profession. Notwith
standing this bright array of talent
with which he had to compete for
the meed of professional renown,
ho maintained an honorable position,
and was “ Clarus inter clarissimos.”
At the time of his death, he was,
perhaps, the oldest practicing law
yer in the State—certainly, in the
Ocmulgee District, Tho profess
ional labors and responsibilities of
more than half a century left not a
stain on his fair escuteheou. Punc
tiliously faithful to his clients, em
inently courteous to his legal Breth
ren, fair and honorable to opposing
parties, he won the esteem and ad
miration of friends, and command
ed the respect of enemies. His en
emies were remarkably few for one
possessed of his warm, generous,
strong, quick impulses, unusual
candor, and uncompromising scorn
and contempt for any act the least
dishonorable.
He was Solicitor-General of tho
Ocmulgee Circuit when Longstroet
was its presiding Judgo, with whom
he remained on the most intimato
terms of friendship to the day of
his death.
He was Aid-dc-Carop to Govern
or Tronp, and aided him in that of
ficial capacity on the memorable oc
casion of Gen. LaFayette's visit to
the Capitol of the State. ( En pas
sant, it was at the dinner table on
this occasiou, that Gov. Troup ut
tered that short, terse, thrilling sen
timent, “The union of all heads to
promote the nation’s welfare—the
union of all hearts to welcome the
nation’s guest,”)
In June, 1830, Gov. Gilmer ap
pointed Col. Kino Superintendent
of the Public Lands then in the oc
cupancy of the Cherokees, and en
closed the Commission in a letter
urgently soliciting him not to de
cline the appointment, as it was im
peratively necessary for one of his
“character, intelligence and firm
ness” to discharge the delicate du
ties of that office. Correctly did
the Governor appreciate the difficul
ties of the position, and wisely did
he select the agent to occupy it.—
GREENSBORO', GA., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1868.
The State was engaged in an un-1
pleasant controversy with tho Uni
ted States as to winch Government
was entitled to jurisdiction over tho
Indians: the Indians were uneasy,
turbulant and restless: and the
whites were intruding upon the
public lands, rendering it necessary
to institute numerous legal proceed
ings to arrest tbeir enoroachmonts.,
The subjeot of this memoir did not
disappoiut the confidence reposed iu
him by the Governor, but proved
himself amply adequate to the du
ties of his aelioate trust.
He frequently represented his
county, sometimes in the Senate,
at others in the Representative
branch of tbe General Assembly.—
This he always did with honor to
himself, usefulness to his State and
to the eminent satisfaction of his
constituents.
In 1848, he was on the Taylor
electoral ticket, and assisted in cast
ing the vote of his State for that
distinguished military Chieftain.
In 1860, he was appointed by
President Filmore, Charge d’Af
faires to the Bepublio of New Gra
nada. For this position he was,
perhaps, as well fitted, physically,
morally and intellectually, as any
man in the nation. Possessed of
a fine, commanding form, an eve
beaming with intelligence and flash
ing forth the light of a genial heart,
a face suffused with an unusual ex
pression of kindness, of oourteous
and winning deportment, for varied
and extensive information, when
standing in tbe presence of a for
sign Court among the Representa
tives of earth’s Nations and King
doms, they would intuitively recog
nize him as one of nature’s noble
men, and as a worthy Minister of
his Government. After remaining
at this post of honor for more than
two years, on account of ill health
>'«« VKIIV f<i van &,1 vnin-ut rat «.t
Washington, requesting his recall.
In reply, he received from the Sec
retary of State, Mr, Webster, a
very flattering letter, compliment
ing him upon the success of bis
mission, expressive of the high ap
preciation, by tho Government, of
his public sorvicos, and granting
his request.
In 1865, when our old ship of
State was just emerging from an
unsuccessful revolution, storm-boat
|en and shattered, when all eyes
| were searching for the most compe
tent and reliable architects to refit
her for a renew ed career of Empire,
reluctantly consented, at the urgent
solicitation of his confiding coun
trymen, to represent them in the
constitutional Convention. Tho
work of that Convention, (to which
he liberally contributed,) whon the
storms of fanaticism and political
corruption shall have blown over, if
ever, and reason and patriotism
shall assume their sway, will be
considered as an imperishable mon
ument to the wisdom of its construc
tors. This- was the last act in tho
official record of our distinguished
friend, and no one who is left to
mourn his loss, has any cause to re
gret the manner in which he finish
ed his public career. The last acts
of his official life were performed
in vindication of Constitutional
liberty: and as if unwilling to sur
vive the degradation of his noble
old State, he closed his eyes on the
scones of time, the day succeeding
the assumption of the reins of her
civil Government by Radicalism
and nogro equality.
But no one is half prepared to
appreciate Col. King’s worth, who
did not know him in his private and
social relations. Here his excel
lencies shone out with unsurpassed
lovelines and brilliancy. What has
been said of another, is true of
him: “lie had all those qualities
that excite the love and admiration
of friends, and the respect of foes;
no dishonorable word or act stains
his bright name. In the private
relations of life, as husband, fath
er, friend, he was a model—he was
without reproach. His friendsnip
elevated and ennobled, for the whole
tone of his character was lofty.”—
Notwithstanding he was possessed
of a quick temper, and strong im
pulses, yet the writer, who was per
haps more intimate in the family
and visited them oftener than any
of their numerous male friends,
never heard him utter a petulant
word to a single member of the
family. He was married to Miss
Eliza F. Strain, in Greenesboro’,
“ YIINCIT AMOR PATRIjE,”
Ga., in November, 1817, whom,
with three sons and & daughter, he
left to mourn over the irreparable
loss of a kind and affectionate hue
band and father. May they re
unite with him in the land beyond
the stars where heart! are never
wrung by tho [dissolution of affec
tion's ties. L,
Tribute of Respect.
Ban Marino Lodge, No. 84, F. A, M., I
Gneneibore’, G*. July U, 1888. |
A. t., 5868.
At a cftlled communication of
San Marino Lodge, convened this
day, for tho purpose of giving ex
pression to feelings of proromu sor
row, which fill the hearts of its
members, at the demise of our broth
er, Col. Yelverton Pevton King,
which occurred on the sth instant.
On motion of brother John E.
Walker, a Committee of seven,
consisting of brothers Walker,
Weaver, Turnell, Zimmerman,
Johnson, Dickey and Nickelson,
being appionted to prepare a suita
ble notice of the death of our de
ceased brother, made the following
report, which was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased ’he All
wiso Ruler of the Universe to re
move from our midst our worthy
and beloved brother, Col. Y, r,
KING, who for half a century was
connected with the Order, and who,
during all that time, in his daily
walk and conversation, illustrated
tbe truth of its principles. Broth
er King was highly esteemed by
the brotherhood for his zeal as a
Mason, and for tbe alacrity, cheer
fulness and fidelity with . which he
discharged all the obligations de
volving on him in that connection.
In his performance of tbe duties of
all his earthly relations, he was
scrupulously exact. Asa lawyer,
raent and manly bearing, «mr
law was not ouly a noble, but an
ennobling profession. Asa mem
ber of society, high-tonod and a
gentleman, highly endowed with
rare intellectual gifts, which had
received the highest culture, he im
parted a charm to his mannors that
will be gratefully and affectionately
remembered by all who enjoyed his
friendship, or who wero admitted
to social intercourse with him. As
a neighdor and citizen, every mem
ber of this Lodge and every person
in this community will bear willing
testimony to his obliging, charita
ble and benevolent disposition, his
general usefulness, his frank and
candid bearing and to his honesty
and uprightness in all his dealings.
Whilst deploring with sincere sor
row the loss of so good a man, we
would yet bow submissively to the
will of Providence in removing
him from us, and forgetting his foi
bles, if any he had, let us imitate
his virtues. Therefore,
Resolved 1 st, That in the death
of brother King, the Brotherhood
of Masons haro lost a true Mason,
a worthy brother, and one of its
brightest jewels; society one of its
most gifted members, the communi
ty an upright, honorable and uso
ful man, and the State a pure and
patriotic citizen.
Resolved 2d. That we tendor to
the widow and children of our de
ceased brother, assurances of our
sincere condolence and sympathy.
Resolved Srd. That in token of
our respect for the deceased, a
blank page on our Minute Book be
inscribed to his memory, that the
furniture and jewels of the Lodge
be draped in mourning, and the
members wear the usual badge for
thirty days.
Resolved 4th, That » certified
copy of these proceedings bo sent
to the family of our deceased broth
er, ami that the same be published
in the Greenesboro’ Btrald, and
Sparta News.
John E. Walker,
Wm. M. Weaver,
Robt. Tubnell.
Jno. F. Zimmerman,
11. C. Nickelson,
Mark Johnson,
Jab. M. Dickeit
Committee.
A true extract from the minutes.
C. C. NORTON, Sec’y.
Eve was the only wife who nev
er threatened to go and live with
her mama. And old Adam never
tauntalized his wife about “the way
mother used to cook.”
Traveling 1 on hi* Wit*.
We were once traveling over tbe
railway frota Washington City to
Baltimore, when wo observed a pe
culiar tort of a man sitting hard by
—a tall, slim, good natured fellow,
but one somohow who eeemed to
boar the impress of a person who
lived by his wits, written on Ins
face. A friend who was with me,
answered tny inquiry as to who he
was, and at the same time asked me
to keep between the object of our
notice and himself, least he should
1 come over to our seat, as my com
panion said that ho knew him, but
did not wish to reoognizo him here.
“That is Bean ———,” said ho,
“a man that is universally known
in Washington as one of the most
accomplished fellows in tho city,
always ready to borrow of, or drink
with you. He sever ha* any mon
ey, however, and I am curious to
know how ho will ever get over tho
road without paying j for he’ll do it
in some way."
“Probably he has got a ticket—
borrowed the money to buy it with
or something of that sort," said I.
“Not he. Beau always travels
free, and boards in tho same way,
He never pays money whon wit or
trick will pass current in its place,”
said mv friend, confidently,
“What a shocking bad hat he
has got on, 5 ’ said I, observing tbe
dilapidated condition of his beaver.
“Its sonio trick of his, doubtless,
for tho rost of his drosa, you ob
serve, is quite genteel." «
“Yes, I see.
My friend went on to tell me how
Beau bad done his tailor out of a
reoeipt in full for his last year’s
bill, and the landlady at his last
boarding-place, and also various
other specimens of his ingenuity
and wit.
“He owed me ten dollars,” laid
—> ** *—•”>'( - mt» in
collect it of him one day, I’ll be
hanged if he didn’t get ten more
out of me, so I think I shall let the
matter rest there, for fear of doub
ling the sum once more.”
At this moment the conductor
entered the opposite end of the car
to gather tho tickets from the pas
sengers, and givo them checks in
return. Many of them, as is often
the case with travels who are fre
quently called upon on populous
routes to show their tickets, had
placed theirs in tho band of their
lmts, so that the conductor could see
they were all right, and not trouble
them to take them from their pock
et at each stopping-place. I
watched Beau to see what his expe
dient would be to get rid of paying
his passage. As the conductor
drew nearer, Beau thrust his head
out of the car window, and seemed
absorbed in contemplating the
scenery on that side of tbe road
The conductor spoke to him for his
ticket—there was no answer.
“Ticket, sir,” said the conduc
tor, tapping him lightly on the
shoulder.
Beau sprang back into the car,
knocking his hat into the road, and
leaving it in a moment nearly a
mile behind. He looked first at
the conductor, then out of the win
dow after his hat, and in a seeming
fit of rage, exclaimed—
“ What in the d—l do you strike
a man that way for ? Is that your
business l Is that what the compa
ny hiros you for f”
“I bog your pardon, sir; I only
wanted your ticket,” replied the
conductor, meekly.
“Ticket I O, yes its all vory well
for you to want my ticket, but I
want my hat!” replied Beau, brist
ling up.
“Very sorry sir, really, I barely
desirod to call your attention, and I
took the only means in my power,”
said the conductor.
“Yon bad better use a cane to at
tract a person’s attention next time
and hit him over the head with it
too, if he happens to look the other
way !” replied the indignant Beau.
“Well, sir, I am ready to apolo
gize to you again, if you wish. I
have already done so once,” said
the disconcerted official.
“Yes, no doubt; but that don’t
restore my property—that’s gone.”
“Well, sir, I can not talk any
longer; I’ll take your ticket if you
please.”
“Ticket ? Haven’t you knocked
it out of the window, hat and all?,
Do you want to add insult to inju
ry l"
“O, your ticket was in your bat
band 1” suggested the conductor.
“Suppose you stop the train and
so back and see," said the hatless
loau, with indignant soorn deplet
ed on his faoe.
“Well, sir, I shall pass you free
lover tho road, then,” repliod tho
conductor, attempting to go on with |
his duty.
“Tho prtco ot a ticket," said
Reau, “is one dollar ; my beaver
cost me aV. Your good sense
will at once show you that there is
a balance of four dollars in my fa
vor, at any rate.”
Tho conductor hesitated. Boau
looked like a gentleman to any ono
not perfectly well posted up in the
human face ; he was well dressed,
and his indignation appeared most
honest.
“I'llnoe you after I have collect
od the tickots,” repliod the conduc
tor, passing on through tho car.
Beau sat in silent indignation,
frowning at everybody, until the (
conductor returned and sat down by
his side.
Beau then, in an undertone, that
wo could only hoar occasionally,
talked to tho conductor “like a
father,” and wo saw tho crestfallen
man of tickets pay the hatless pat■
senger four dollar l l
The trick was at once plain to
both my friend and myself, and the
next day over a bottle of wine at
the Monument House, Beau told us
that be was hard up, hadn’t a dol
lar, picked up an old hat at Gads
bv’s Hotel in Washington, clapped
his cap in his pocket, and resolved
that tbe hat should carry him to
Baltimore; and it did, with four
dollart in the bargain.
Excuses for not going to
Church.—A gentleman, who pays
to iucii scatters, as
sured a eotemporary that, within
the past six months, ho has heard
the following excuses made for not
attending Church; Overslept my
self; could not dress myself in
time; too cold; too hot; too win
dy ; too dusty; too wet; too damp;
too sunny; too cloudy; don’t feel
disposod; no other time to myself;
look over my drawers; put my pa
pers to rights; letters to write to
friends; mean to take a walk; go
ing to take a ride; tied to business
six days in the weak; no fresh air
but on Sundays; can’t breathe in
Church; always so full; feel a lit
tle feverish; feel a little chillv;
feel very lazy; expoct company for
dinner; got a headache; intend
nvrsing myself to-day ; new bon
net not come home ; tore my mus
lin dress coming down stairs; got
anew novel, must be returned on
Monday morning; wasn’t shaved in
time ; don’t like the liturgy, always
praying for the same thing, don’t
like extemporary prayer; don’t like
an organ, ’tis too noisv; don’t like
singing without music, makes me
nervous ; the spirit is willing, but
the flesh weak; dislike an extem
porary sermon, it is too frothy;
can’t bear a written sermon, too
prosy; nobody to-day but our own
minister, can’t always listen to the
same preacher; don’t like strangers;
can’t keep awake when in Church;
fell asleep last time when I was
there; shan’t risk it again; mean
to inquire of sensible persons about
the propriety of going to such a
place as Church, and publish the
result.
A young lady, notod for her af
fected manners, recently entered
the show-room of a fashionable
milliner, with whom her family
were acquainted, for the purpose
of making some trifling purchases.
On being asked how her mother
was. she replied—
“ She is not very well,”
“Ah ! what is the matter with
her?”
“She fell down stairs and hurt
her courtesy bender
“Her what ?”
“Her courtesy bender.”
“Courtesy bender? What is
that ?” inquired the milliner.
“Why, ner knee,” was the reply.
An Irishman remarked of a lady
who bad been very kind to him.
‘Bedad, she’s a perfect gentleman.’
A rainy day is “damp,” but the
refusal *f a young lady is a “dam
per.”
IT. 11. MORGAN, Printer.
NO. 15.
Trv Me on Leather A gon* .
tleman once in a stage coach tried
to get into conversation with his
only fellow-passenger, but could
get nothing from him beyond a dis
claimer of any knowledge on any
of the subjects introduced. At last
he said, “Sir, I like to talk to pass
away the time in traveling Is
there anything you do know any
thing about ?’ Tho silent man re
plied, “Try me on Leather.”
Wo commend this t recdote to tho
eminent Republican statesmen and
the impatient public who have been
trying and waiting to get some
opinion on something out of Hiram
Llysses. Ho is theirs now for bet
ter or for worse and they must
make the the best out of him as be
is. He is not supposed to have
many oppinions on many subject*
—in fact, he is not positively known
to have any in particular, except
that Grant is Grant and ought to be
President. lie may possibly know
something about leather. His
father, Jesse, says ho did not like
'to make it, and it is certainly »
very respectable thing to know
something about. He ought to be
tried— Danville Advocate.
A Stump Speech. — Feller-CUi
zent!—lf I was standing on the
adamantine throne of Jupiter, aad
the lightnin was flashin round me,
I’d continue to spout. lam full of
the bilin’ lather of Mount Etny,
and I won’t bo squenched! I’ve
sprang a leak and musi bowl like
a bear with a sore head. Flop to*
getherl jump into ranks and bear
uao through.
Feller-Citizens I—'Loot me to
Congress, and i’ll abolish mad
dogs, muskeeterß, and greenbacks,
and go in for the annihilation of
niggers, camp-meetings and jails.
Ml repudiate crow* and hawks—
I'll have barn raisins’ every day,
and lickor enough to swim in.—
j vs, feller eitizsuß, lect me to
Congress, and I eahll be fed to ex
claim, in the terrific language of
Bonypart, when preaching to tbe
wide wilderness,
' Riehnrd’, hiip—lf
On then! onward to the polls t
gallop apace, ye fiery steeds, IIlc»
turn, strictum, catnip, abranto, Bre
zcel, Eugloony and Baffin’s Bay.—
What do you think of that ?
“Go it porky—root bo* or die,"
as Rhakespearo said when Caesar
stabbed him in the House of Rep*
resen tatives.
in. m m n.
Tilton—Ho has called Grant s
drunkard.
Phillips—lie has called Grant s
drunkard, and as “brainless as his
twapple,”
Sumner—lie says Grant is not
an “irreversible guarantee,” and
“made a witewashing report to for
tify Andrew Johnson.”
Chase—-“ Grant is a man of vile
habits and no ideas,”
Anna Dickinson—“l am going
to England to got out of advocating
this bungler,”
Mr. Stanton—“ Grant says noth
ing, and knows less than nothing.”
Wilson—“l will never, so help
me God, support any but temper
ance men for office.”
Greely—“The Presidency re
quires a man of ideas and states
man.”
Colfax—“l declare, in advance no
doubtful man shall havo my ballot
for President,”
Kelly—“l will die on my tracks
before I will subscribe to this
white washing.’’-ATew York World-
Female Temper. — No trait of
character is more valuable in a fe
male than the possession of a sweet
temper. Oh! we can never be
made happy without it, It is like
the flowers that spring up in our
pathway, reviving and cheering us.
Let a man go home at night,
wearied and worn by the toils of the
day, and how soothing is a word
dictated by a good disposition 1 It
is sunshine falling on his heart
He is happy, and the cares of life
are forgotten. A sweet temper has
a soothing infiuonce over the minds
of a whole family. Where it is
found in tho wife and mother you
observe kindness and love predomi
nating over the natural feeling of a
bad heart. Smiles, kind words and
looks characterize the the children
and pea:® and love have their
dwelling there. Study, then, to
acquire and retaiu a sweet temper.
It is more valuable than gold; it
captivates more than beauty ; and
to the close of life retains all its
freshness and power.