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VAGRAYTS.
Straoge as it may appear, vagrancy
is a regular profession. It has mem
bets of every conceivable worth and
worthlessness. It may properly be
termed a learned profession. To live
by one’s wits, and endeavor nbovo all
things to avoid auy labor, requires
more skill, tact and training than it
would to earn a good support in some
legitimate manner The very uncer
tainties, the utter ea.relessuess and
abandon of the profession, constitute
such a charm that its members prefer
its chances to the certain rewards of
honest labor. However, all vagrants
are not poor. There are times when
some people possessed of cansiderable
wealth, are no less vagrants than the
miserable tramp who begs a scanty
subsistence.
What is a ttramp ?
Every person who is not engaged in
the product Lou or manipulation, of the
mental or material products of the
world, is a vagrant. Whoever is not a
producer or purveyor of those things
which are needful to man, as a humane,
moral and intellectual being, is a drone,
and the possession of ill-gotten goods
should not shield such a person from
merited contempt.
The tramp, the beggar, the burglar
the assassin, the pirate and the brigand
are universally acknowledged to be
drones and vagrants. But who bits
said ns much o! the genteel and well
to-do" gambler* who seems to be ui.s*
ler of fortune ? Upon his deals and
throws, luck always seems to attend as
a willing and obsequious vassal. He is
assassin of reputations and pi rote
of private purses.
Gamblers ami therr retainers, pu
gilists and their h"sts of adherents, —
all whose business is to give evidence
of fi-lie, and markmanship of skill,
throughout the country, rob the poor.
live on their sustenance, arid arc va
grants. Such classes are tolerated,
even courted, and encouraged by Socie
ty. This is only another evidence
that society is willing to extend the
broad mantle of charity and pardon to
offences of almost any character, pro
vided they are joined with success.
Sucoess covers a uiigli y multitude of
evils; BOthing succeeds like success
The monster thief who can steal a mil
lion dollars and keep it. instead of be
ing regarded as a monumental criminal,
i9 often used as an illustration of suc
cess, and posterity is urged to emulate
his example. His children are the l
spoiled favorites of society as long as
their money lasts. Losing that, they
are then forgotten and others are sub
stituted. The means by which such a
man accumulated hi- wealth ui iy have
been most foul, fie may have lied,
swindled, bribed, stolen, misrepresent
ed or committed the entire catalogue
of crimes, but he has succeeded aud
has money. Society goes no further;
it asks no uncomfortable questions
His life and antecedents are metiers of
minor importance. The woi.d has
adopted the maxim of Walpole, “Ev
ery man has his priee.”
Money buys admission to the first
circles ; money secures the society of
the most refined and cultivated, for
coarse and illiterate familis. The
money of libertines, whose names are
foul with the mosf detestable and crim
inal vices, enables them to associate on
terms of equality with' pure minded
maidens whose thoughts are as a
snow-flake. The pure and virtuous,
the cultivated and refined, literally sell
their society to capture the wealthy
vagrant After that their lives be
ctuie a living sacrifice These
things only show the omnipotence of
wealth. They proclaim the doctrine of
our civilization that wealth should first
be sought ; That its attainment should
be the highest motive of every human
being The advice of logo is constant
ly reiterated, • Put money in thy purse ’
While society recognizes (be fact that
there is an actual and real difference
between the poor vagbaond and the
wealty vagrant, so long will it be pos
sible for the worst classes to mix with
the best, and so long will the attend
ant evils curse and' blight,—Texas
Siftings,
.Will UK KKKOKMKO.
‘You must excuse me, gentle
men, for 1 Can not drink anything,’
said a man who was known to the
entire town as a drunkard,
‘This i9*the first time you ever
refused a drink,’ said an acquain
tance. 'The other day you were
hustling around after a cocktail,
and in fact you asked me to set
’em up ’
‘That’s very true, but I am a ve
ry different man now.’
‘Preachers had a hold o£ you V
‘No, sir, no one has said any
thing to mo.’
‘Well, what has caused the re
formation r
*TH tell you. After leaving you
the other day, I kept oa hustling
for a cocktail, as you term it, until
I met a party of friends. When I
left them I was about half drunk.
1 would not have stopped at this,
tut my friends bed to burry away
to catch a train. To a man of my
temperament, a. half drunk is a
miserable con,di;ioo, for the desire
for more is so strong that he for
gets his self respect in his efforts
to get more to drink Failing at
the saloons. I remembered that
I there was a half pint of whisky at
home, which bad been purchased
I far medicinal purposes. J ist be-
I fore teaching ibe gate I heard
i voices in the garden, and looking
;over the fence I saw my little son
j and daughter playing ‘No, you
■be itia,’ saulithe boy, ‘and I'll be
i pa. Now you sit here and 111
ieome in drunk. Wait till I fill rov
I bottle.’ lie took a bottle which he
Iran away and filled with water
j Pretty soon he returned and enter
in<* the cl a v house, nodded ilioti
i
cal 1 v at the little girl and sat down
without saying anything.
Then the girl looked up from her
work and asked:
‘James, why will vou do this
way ?’
‘Whiazer wayF hs replied.
‘Oettin’ drunk
‘Who’s drunk?’
‘You are, an’you promised hen
tho baby died that you wouldn’t
drink anv more. The children are
almost ragged, an’ we havn’t any
thing to eat hardly, but you still
throw your money aovay. Don't
you know vou are breakin’ my
heart*’
I hurried away. Tho acting wa3
too life-like. I could think of
nothing during the day but those
1 illle'children playing in the gar
den, and I vowel that 1 would
never take another drink, and 1
will not, so help mo God —[Ex.
imBF •
Influence of flic Weather ou
Crops
The weather exerts great influence
upon crops, and each crop requires a
different climate condition for its per
fect development; An excess of water
in the soil prevents such development
and causes a loss of nitrates and oilier
s luble plant food- ::i the drainage wa
ter. Dcepl rooted crops, such as
wheat, red clover and mangels, are
best fitted to resist drouth while shal
low-rooted crops, as gra-s and turnips,
are those which suffer most from it.
In a damp, cold summer the harvest
is always late, growth haviug taken
place slowly in the deficiency of light
and heat ; the season is olteo too short
for maturing erbps.
A knowledge of the climate best suit
ed to each is of great service to the cu!
tivator io selecting cri ps for any spe
cial location Thus, wheat requires
hot and dry weather for its ripeoiog
period, while oats will ripen in a damp
atmosphere. Mangels require heat,
and will resist the drouth, while tur
nips succeed best in cold, moist air.
In adverse seasons a good, ridi soil
is the farmer's only hope. With p!cn
ty of plant food to induce a great
amount of vitality in the plants, crops
will often succeed in nroducing advar.-
Devoted to file Cause of Truth and .Msiire, ami die Interests of Idle People,
GREENESBORO’, G FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20, |sBT
tagonus yield when th - • on poor soils
fail to mature. Poor soils yield their
best results iu seasons ot slow, but eon
tinu 'us growth, when the crop’ has a
long time in which to collect the seamy
supply of,ford they contain In hot
seasons, with an early harvest, only
soils well supplied with plant food can
produce lull crops.
Any Fool Ought to linow It.
Bill Brelsford is a wefl-to-do farmer
of I)e Witt county, 111. lie was a wit
ness one day in court. The bantering
lawyer in cross examining asked Brels
ford if lie saw the defendant wounded in
the fracas.
“No,” said BreLfitrd, “he was hurt in
the cornfield "
Everybody laughed, but the lawyer,
with preceptjble warmth, contiuued by
saying; “'lt seems that you don’t
know what a fracas is ; auy fool ought
to know that."
‘ Yes, probably any fool would, but
what is it? replied the witness.
“Oh, never rniud ? it's a legal term
we lawyer’s use. But tell the jury
what you were doing when the fight oo
cured.”
“Snapping corn, sir.”
“And pray tell what you menu by
snapping corn."
“Oh, it's a term wo farmers use when
we cat her corn with the hu-k on, any
fool ought to know that ”
The legal sharp quick subsided upon
o deafening roar of laughter.
An irishman, crossing by steamer
from Dunlin to Glasgow, feeling sea
sick, was greatly annoyed by the lam
entations of a vamvway couple in tie
next eotapacimerit, who had evidcily
GJleo out poring the’r eb.'jxMfiecK
“Look what I have thrown up for you,
George," sighed the fair one—“my
father, nj.y mother, and a comlartable
home.’’ “And what have I not ib.rown
up for you ?" retorted her companion
“a good situation, and " ‘‘Arrah
howid your tongues there," cried the
irate son of Erin, “what have you both
to cry about ? Come in here and see
whit i have thrown up. .Redad, I’ve
thrown up more than the two of you
put togatber !’’
The New York IS on says, that
a successful search has been made
for the remains of the wrecks of
the Boussole and Astrolabe which
went down near Vaoikoro, in the
South Pacific, a century ago,—
They were the two ships with which
the ill-fated LaPerouse went on his
last voyage. Anchors, cannon, and
numerous other relics were found
and conveyed to Notrtna in New
Caledonia. They were received by
the French authorities with impres
sive ceremonies, the garrison and
blue jackets being ordered to give
military honors, and a salute of 21
guns being fired by the guns of the
forts. Among tho trophies of the
search is a bronze cannon dated
1621, and the anchors are covered
over with coral in tho strangest
manner. The relics will be sent
to the Louvre, and placed in the
La Perouse room.
A good dish fur breakfast is made
by chopping pieces of cold boiled or
fried ham just as fine as it is pos-ible
to chop them; mix them with cold
mashed potatoes, an egg or two, a little
butter or cream, or both, form into
balls, flour them, melt a little butter in
a frying pan, and brown the balls.—
Serve hot. *
_ - •*' -*
A Frenchman, boasting in com
pany that he had thoroughly mas
tered the English language, was
asked to write the following dicta
tion; “As Hugh Hughes was hew
ing yule log from a yew-tree, a
man dressed io clothes of a dark
hue came op to Hugh, and said;
‘//ave you seen my ewes? 1 ‘lf you
will wait till 1 hew this yew, 1 will
go with you any where in England
to look far your ewes.’ ”
solid case of Diaui ml
Dyes. Analine and Extract of Lig
Wood, Tube Colors and fine paiot? in
one pound cans, ground in oil. We
have all colors.—Copelan, Seals A Ar
mor.
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A. A JEIINIUAN. V K. ADAMS |
Drs. Jernigan & Adams,
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Fhysicians and Siirgeom
li*r(lifer their professional sc-rylee* .
all who may naedi them.
Greene County, On., Hajsh, 2,’82. 1
WANTED— Ku-t I’n" ‘ < bus |\as,
li idles, Tallow, B-csvax, Coni .
Eggs, ct 6 , 'The highest m ikrt price
paid incash. —Copelan S'als Su Armor,
—<® . ■
put, up Buggy Wheels
$8 to #l3 f ! 1 übs, PpokVs and rims,
ali sizes and dimensions finished and
unfinished buggy and wagon Shafts
and Crossd’ieee- ; Buggy Boles—ail
the extra parts of Wagon end Bug.
gies kept by, Copelan, Seals & Armo.r
t .<a ‘
80l„1!v odds the pirtliest Prints in
town, at Copelan, Seals & Armor’s.
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and Fjindrcth’s. All kind af.Garden
Implements, //oes, Rake'. P and vemrrs,
Garden Libes. Copelan, Scats * Ar
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VV Bloom tilN, I Minimi- ■ i , ‘.IN’, w'rtli feeders and cMiden-ers
for ail of them. Write lor term and ciivi lrtr'.
We will give our pm* mil attention to neighing And sellingColton, and guarantee
iquick sales nigd prompt returns. tYe hop ■hy close attention to l>usince;s to merit a
liberal sharec of t.h.t; shipment ofcot,tim. • jj l ’fd 11, td.--
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Augusta, Georgia.
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SPAIITA, Ga . July IT. >BB3.
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•A. I! satisfied with : . ■ (liu tyid Krtilo'.' Sit Mill l*#M tflfb’Sief I 'foriM pfiwM 'he
!in!! Gtn. Rrspeei'fully, O.VVFIj DICKSON.
CULVETTON, Cl , May 31. 1881.
Meitftn. .WArim. Wallace RCo -I n nnivi vlo your inquiry ato tn\ ojiinion of
the lUlMiin, I think I can,.-.iJV.Jv -tv, that. 1 have never used a hotter Un than 'he
Jlal. I have never -oeti my thin" to equal i: *n cleansing Hie seed of lint. I hav*
rrj M ned about do hales .f cot tori on the Gin, and have saved half enough lo {> ri V for il in
th wav of clpnrmtjrtge s:'"d. Il ma':es a g>>*td sample, c ,liable the hc-t as to durahil
ity it has no HUperinr. ■ I think tie fhdller ia a good thing. I have never used the cun*
d,tier. therefore f ’-innot ay anything as to its use, hut it is highly recommended hy
those tliat have use*l it. There is uu Cln better, than the Hail its tajweity is g I
enough On aTO sivi/A Irl mu .gin 0 hales of e non a day, makin .* a f*al wnrjdo,
with a fouv horse errgt .e. 8 { <Mts m’ost reswtfully, *1 "■ MtMJItK.
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