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PEOPLE’S
A. B. S. MOSELEY, i . . ,
MBS. JUBMB P. MOSELEY, - Relate
MEV. L. K. OWALTXEY, I Edlt ° rS '
Rome, Ga., Saturday, Feb. 8, 1873.
We intend to introduce another de
partment into our paper, ri'z.: that of
Floral Culture. True the green leaves
buds and blossoms are hidden away
in their mother earth, but every tree
and shrub and root is dreaming of the
gladsome spring, and we must think
of our duty to the earth, to ourselves,
and to others—the duty of beautifying
our homes —and begin the work. The
best way to do this is to send and get
Vick’s Floral Guide, James Vick,
Rochester, N. Y., and buy seed as well
as instruction from him. Or, quite as
well, send to Briggs & Bros., Roches
ter, N. Y., for their splendidly illus
trated Catalogue of Howers and Vege
tables. From either of the above firms
you get the catalogue for twenty-five
cents; SI.OO additional will bring you
the worth of the money in. seed and the
books free.
Something for the Young Folks.
Ss. Valentine’s day is approaching,
and as it is both a pleasant, and beau
tiful custom to celebrate it, we present
to our readers the following epigra
matic and varied verses, written ex
pressly for the young people, and
intended to suit all classes and sexes;
as it may interest those unacquainted
with tlie origin, and intentions of St.
Valentine,” or the custom of sending
love messages on that day, we copy
the explanation thereof as set forth in
the Ameruan Encyclopedia:
“St. Valentine, according to some
ecclesiastical writers, a bishop, accord
ing to others, a presbyter, wasbehead
e 1 at Rome in the reign of the Empe
ror Claudius (A. D. 270), and was ear
ly canuontzed: Wheatly says, ‘that
St. Valentine was a man of most admir
able parts, and so famous for his love
and charity, that the custom of choos
ing valentines on his festival, (which is
still practiced) took its rise from thene.
Others derive the custom from birds
1 eing supposed to select their mates
on this day; others again from a prac
ti :e pravalcnt in ancient Rosne at the
f stivals of F.nperealia held during the
month of F< bruary, when among oth
er ceremonies, the names of young wo
men were placed in ava.se, from which
they were taken by the young men,
as chance directed. The pAstors of
the early churches finding it impossi
-1 le to extirpate this pagan ceremony,
changed its form. As once practiced,
it was the custom on the eve oi Feb
ruary 14th. St. Valentine's day, to have
the names of a select number of one
sex, put into some verses by an equal
number of the other; ami thereupon
every one drew a name, which, for the
time being, was called his orhcrval
eutine. The custom oi choosing val
entines < xisted very early, ami was
much practiced in the houses of the
gentry of Englund. There are fre
quent references to it in Shakespeare.”
Oi the following list each vorsi is a
at . ’ ,nv, an i we doubt not out of the
uaru ty the most fastideous mav find
:< ’ tiling "just suited to his mind.”
A AT.ENTIXIX
" ii ; s: y St. Vah nt ine's day's v.as set
apart,
' sending otie'.> true low aim ssage;
T: d then we most truly lay open our
hearts;
A.-r of lite's boding ills have a pres
age;
J . :g minus a sweetheart, then I will
ch< >ose you,
And vend you my hand and heart in it;
] ut none of pour vaunting I say twist
us two.
1. ' ..a lien like, change in a minute 1
Oh fair little maid,
If this be the day.
To tel! the due arts of dread cupid,
Then ope’ my heart's laid,
Here see his foul play.
Ami care if youthink me not stupid.
You've sworn that you love me full
many a time,
Ret d.i .t did n t make me believe you;
Yet if you speak truly here lam .!«-
fai!;
Y?t this 1 say. but to relieve you;
For ’tw ixt us I think that this business
of luring.
Though pleas.mt Ls vanity’t school
Siiicv wisdom is vanity let us be wise,
Plav / rs/nb/i, and fotbui l.w rule!
If birds choose their mates on St. Val
entine’s day,
Pray, why may we not be as civil ?
I’ll have you my dear—if you will love
me,
If not —you may go the d—ll
Sweet maiden if you love the birds,
Why follow their example,
Choose one to love from one the throng,
But let me give a sample;
I'll tell you that you stright may know,
Whenever he kneels to you,
’Tis one who longs for pour sweet love
Would humbly for it sue !
Come love and trust me,
I’ll guard and cheer thee!
If you will, I am thine,
My sweet Valentine.
You wish my hand then there’s no use,
In this ado about it,
Jut muster up courage and swear,
You will not do without it I
Love me ! I’ll love you ’
The Bible declares we must “love one
another,”
I know you uro the “one,” I think I’m
the other.”
At morn, at eve, at noon, at night,
Love fraught, my thoughts to thee
take flight.
I’ll tell thee dear one,
My heart is undone,
If you’ll love me all right,
If you don’t its no spite!
Cherish not anger—forgive and fin get it.
The heart that hath wronged, doth full
soon regret it,
The light ot love’ sun will shine but the
clearer,
If clouds have obscured it —thou'lt cherish
it dearer
’Tis St. Valentine's day’
And I thought I would send
You something that’s good for your keep
ing;
Your braying stop —pray,
And your fool acts amend,
For like .Midas, your ass ears are peeping.
’Twere vain to utter all I feel.
To tell my dearest wish to thee,
Bright tears would from thy soft eyes steal.
But would they look in love on me?
I dare not hope—no boon I seek
'This simple pledge of love I send.
My yearning thoughts I cannot speak,
While low in grief my heart doth bend!
i ’Tis as on-y toconnt the stars in the heaven
Or foam flecks that drift on the sea,
To tell where the rose rays of light go at
even,
As to utter my heart’s love for thee
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OUR SUNDAY MORNING.
BY MAIIGIE P. MOSELEY.
“In EitUi and Jlopc the world will disagree.
I But all mankind's concerned in t'lu.oit;/.'
says Pope. Ev< u this philosopher of
all philosophers-—he who “spake tis
never man spake,” has pronounced
charily the gr< itest of all . i/fi>c . But
what is charity? Tin word uggests
the picture, to some poeple, of a man
pampered and happy, h: J-grudgingly
drawing his par - .rings, while before
’ him stands the guant image of poverty
and misery, with outstretched hand to
receive the scanty pittance! This is a
miserable picture! No v. mi ler that
every delicati nature shrinks from the
very thought of being an “object of
■ charity." I say it is no wonder, when
this is the prevalent idea of charity!
1 But it is rot the true idea. We arc
I eV, to more or less extent, the “objects
iof charity. " We ail have failings and
: shortcomings; we all d--sire that our
' I neighbors should not view these fail-
! ings through magnifying glasses in
■ de-d, Ave prefer that they should be
; viewed through a lens which would
render them more diminutive the lens
of charity! And even when thus view
de, they appear much larger to others
than to ourselves; for we possess not
. the power
“To see ourselves as it hers see us,”
1 and in order to have rren ji'dire done
■ tis, (by our reckoning) we must be
. come the objects of charity to others.
We get down and pray that “Our
Father" will "forgive us our trespasses
l as we forgive those who trespass a
gainst ns;" but have we forgiven them?
■Would, we confer favors upon our en
emy, even as we ask God to confer
( them on us? Verily, charity is not in
us! Whatsoever ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye even so to
them, said the Seer of Gethsemine,
and we who take “Faith, Hope and
Charity” as our motto, swear to do
this, yet wrangle at our brothers. Is
this right? It is not just, to say
nothing of charity. Verily we arc
hypocrites, when our walk differs so ,
widely from our profession. We arc
the pitiable objects of an unbounded ■
! charity, if we, after’ such failings, ex-
I , . ° i
, pect to receive the esteem of the good '
i and earnest! But man is frail, you
! say. Perfection cannot be expected.
i Too true; but we must “strive to enter ,
! in at the straight gate, the gate of truth
■ and honor. Many will fail; indeed,
none shall entirely succeed, but “chari
ty covers a multitude of sins,” and “the
drying up a single tear has more of
honest fame than shedding seas of
gore.” Then ere you say, I have no
thing to be charitable with, pause and
consider how much good a kind word
can do; how a smile can cheer, and
how potent is the blessed sunshine of
sympathy to the sad heart resting on
the shadow of sorrow. Don’t fold your
hands and say, destiny did not bless
me with money, therefore I am
exempt from the first of all Christian
virtues. Not so! God requires a part
of you.r “mite.” If you can’t bestow
alms, bestow the tender amenities of
life, which to some hearts are far dear
er—for a smile, a cheerful greeting, has
a wonderful power to lighten the bur
dens of life. But if God blessed you
with this world's goods, woe unto you
! if you pass suffering and want unheed
ed by, for “as ye mete, it shall be meas
ured to you again.\ He that giveth,
to him shall be given, for not a spar
row falleth without His notice, and
verily we are of “more value than many
sparrows!” There are a thousand ways
in which to do good. Go to work and
find them out! First make your own
heart right and it will suggest these
ways. Be good, and do good! Be
happy and disperse happiness! Speak
the truth, inculcate a love of it in others!
; Be honest, earnest, sober, virtuous, in
| dustrious and liberal, and if God docs
not prosper your undertakings, then
‘ there is no truth in faith!
e* ...
Is the Temperance Cause Advancing, or
is it Retrograding?.
This question is one of most vital
and serious importance. “Is it true
that so many lodges are going down
i and are surrnedering their charters?”
'is asked by a correspondent. With
the permission of the editor of The
P ioi’Lc'.; Fi.iend, we propose to answer
ii, and answer it satisfactorily, cheering
ti e hearts of all good and true temper
ance men and women in our beloved
Fouth, who are actuated to this noble
work from principle and not from sel-
■ fish desire.
Now, brethren, we must first pre
mise that we belmvc your hearts are
i in the success of the temperance move
ment. That n<> cliques nor clans oc
cupy your attention to such an extent
' as to hide from view the great fact that
ours is a work of love, that love born
of a Christian desire to do good to our
fellow man, and elevate and raise him
1 from his fallen condition and once
i more placing him where he feels again
self-respect and self-importance. A
day never passt s but what brings with
it the accomplishment of just this ob
ject, obtained through and by the in
fluence of some Good Templar doing
his duty; each day lightens the home
and brings hope to it, where before all
i was dejection and <lespair. Tims “by
1 the littles and little.-.' are we gaining
' ground, and are adding to our num
bers such as will be save d everlasting
ly. The Good Templars were neve r
I in a more prosperous condition than
at present. They are more in earnest
: ami more determim <1 than over b< fore.
It may be time some lodges fail to re
port, but still their secret, silent influ
' ence abounds. Some local or unim
portant measure may for the moment
estrange them, yet with a returning
sense and a little rc-animation, soon
again they fall into line and battle for
the right. New lodges and old ones
i
are continually being organized and
re-organized, and that too, on a firmer
basis, with the past experience that ;
enables them to steer clear of the
' quick-sands which once drove them
; into the whirlpool of schism and chaos.
. There appears to be a desire on the
part of some who were once our breth-
. ren to run after strange Gods, and to .
rear for themselves altars “we w’ot not .
; of;” avlio seem to think the success of ■
their ideas mainly depend on the in
roads and havoc they can make in the <
ranks of those who are working truly 1
'in the temperance cause, by scattering >
fire-brands and dissensions among
them. Their purpose is too palpable
and they will not succeed in doing any ,
j material damage to the I. O. G. T. An (
order as successful as ours has been,
and is, may be expected to have ene
mies. They may be looked for either
from those who say they are with us,
wearing our garb, and singing our
songs of jubilation, yet being at best,
but “whited sepulchres and dead men’s
bones.” By so much as our brothers
have fallen, by so much are we injured.
Our duty is to save, not to criminate
nor recriminate. Men may malign,
may traduce, but we will not be their
enemies. Let those -who dig a pit for
the destruction of others, be xvarned
by the distitch, lest, perhaps, they fall
into it themselves. ,
“He digged a pit, he digged it deep,
lie digged it for another ;
But by his sin he did fall in
The pit he digged for t'other.”
No, brethren, we are all right. Tem
perance is our motto, not strife.' All
; that is necessary for us to do is to
work, work earnestly for the. redemp
tion of our fellow-mortals, with prayers
to God to bless us and our cause, suc
cess will always attend us.
J. H. S.
For The People’s Frikm>.]
A Tour in South-Western
Georgia.
I left Marietta on the morniag of
the loth of January, and arrived the
' same night at a late hour in Spaul
ding. This is a new and beautiful
village, the seat of the Spaulding Sem
inary for boys and girls. Here is a
gallant little lodge battling against the
destroyer. The lodge here is kept up
mainly by President Wilkes and his
noble daughters. Indeed every mem
ber of the faculty is a Good Templar.
Hence, it will be as safe to send boys
here as anywhere in the State.
I lectured also at Montezuma. This
is a flourishing town on Flint river, in
the heart of the cotton region. Here
much bad whiskey is consumed by
both races. It is absolutely fearful to
think of the ravages of alcohol in this
section. I addressed the lodge at this
place, together with a fair audience of
the ctizens; the effect of the address 1
seems to be good, as quite a number ;
have joined the lodge since the meet- '
ing. The writer is indebted to mem- ;
bers of the lodge, and especially to Dr. |
J. L. Gibson, for favors shown. The ;
lodge here seemed to be in its funeral >
vestments, but now seems resurrected, ;
wide-awake and at work. Had there
not been good working here, the lodge I
had long since gone the way of all the
earth.
Tiie Millwood lodge in Dooly is one '
of the largest in all that section. I 1
addressed them on a cold Sunday, but
not without evidences of appreciation.
Under the noble leadership of brother
(’one, his sons and daughters, tin's
lodge will contrive to thrive and per
form its benevolent mission. >
In company with President Wilkes
of Spaulding Seminary, I visited Hen
d< rson, Houston county. On the Sat
urday night of the meeting wo had a
delightful family mealing at the resi
dence of one of the sisters. This was
the msst pleasant little meeting I ever
attended. Bro. (’. Pearce, Dr. Cole
man. sisters Magechee, Hodges and
others constituted the. Saturday night
meeting of Magechee Lodge. On
Sunday I had the pl'-.isnre of address- .
ing a smitll but select audience. There
is an earnestness with the members ,
here that augurs success.
The next appointment I filled was in Vi- i
enna, Dooly county. Here I was welcomed .
to the hospitalities of brother Lilly and h
noble wife. On being introduced to siste
Lilly, she remaiked that she once knew two
William Atkinsons in Greene county, and
at school they were known as “Big Will”
and “Little Will.” 1 told her I was “Lit
tle Wil!,’’ which create! much merriment
with the family. The Lodge here is neither
dead nor asleep, but will live and thrive
while such spirits as brother Lilly and sis-*
ter Hodges live in it. I expect to visit j
there again before the Ides of April. Sue- i
cess to the noble band of workers.
The next day I addressed the people in
the neighborhood of Forest Lodge, in Doo
ly. This lodge h-s had a steady and
healthy growth. They work true and their
work tells. Old brother Harvard and his
son Whit area team in themselves.
The last appoinment in this section was
in Americus. Here our noble P. G. W. (I.
T., brother C. W. Hancock and his lady
received me with a generous hospitality.—
I am sorry to say ‘•hat the cause here is in
a state of coilapse for want of a room to
meet in. The leading church members
and especially ministers of the gospel do
not support the canse as they should. 1
trust the earnest appeal of brother Han
cock at the close of my address will not be
in vain. Surely the thrilling remarks will
not pass unheeded, especially by the minis
ters. I have no doubt but that the causa
will soon start forth on a new and more en
couraging basis. Next week I canvass
Cherokee county.
Yours in F. 11. and C.,
W. D. Atkinson.
Grand Lecturer.
• e
Whal a Rum-Seller Contributes
to Society-
We find the following in an exchange, with
out any indications of its origin. It pre
sents the business of the liquor dealer in
striking contrast with trades which arc use
ful and honorrble.
Every individual in society is expected
to contribute something to its advancement
and interest. We remember to have read,
years ago, of a company of tradesmen who
had united themselves into a mutual benefit
society, and each one had to relate what he
could contribute to its support.
First, the blacksmith came forward and
said:
'‘Gentlemen, I wish to become a mem
ber of your association.”
“Weil, what can you do?”
“Oh- I can iron your carriages, shoe
your horses, and make all kinds of imple
ments,”
“Very well, come in, Mr. Blacksmith.”
The mason applied for admission into
the society.
“And what can you do?”
“I can build your barns, houses stables
and bridges.”
“Very well, come in; we cannot do with
out you.”
Along comes the shoemaker and says:
“I wish to bccomau member of your so
ciety.”
“Well what can you do?”
“I can make hoots and shoes for you,”
“Come in, Mr. Shoemaker, we must
have you.”
In turn, all the different trades and pro
fessions applied, till lastly an individual
came in who wanted to become a member.
“And what ai you.”
“I am a rum-seller.”
“A rum-seller! and what can you do?”
“I can build jails.jand prisons, and poor
houses.”
“And is that all?”
“No; I can fill them. I can fill your
jails with criminals, your prisons with con
victs, and your po r-houses with paupers.”
“And what else can you do?”
“I can bring the gra" hairs of the aged
to the grave with sorrow; I can break the
heart of the wife, and blast the prospect of
the friends of talent, and fill the land with
more than the plagues of Eirypt. ”
"Is that all you can do?”
“Good be;.vein!” cries the rum-seller;
“is not that enough?”
Black Snow.— The Keokuk (Iowa)
(nnixtituth-m of the 13th says; “On last
Tuesday afternoon commenced the great
snow storm of the winter, and the greatest
storm of the We t for inatiy years. It con
tinued until Wednesday afternoon; then
set >n a furious wind, which took the snow
from the hills and piled it up in the valleys.
On Thursday morning the inhabitants of
the northern portion of this Stare, when
they awoke, were not a little surprised at
seeing the earth covered with a black in
stead of a white garment, as it was on the
n’mht before. This strange and unnatural
phenomenon is accounted for on the suppo
sition that after the wind had swept the
snow off the hills then the dry earth was
taken up and scattered over the face of the
snow, gi v ing it this peculiar coloring. This
would be a satisfactory explanation if this
unusual appearance had been confined to
localities, but accounts say it was general.”
The proud “Old Domi r.ion.” the pro
ducer of Presidents aud of prime smoking
tobacco, is in rather a humiliating position,
but one of her own prophets suggests a good
way of getting out of it. She is so weighed
down with debt that she raves widely a
bout repudiation, but the Richmond Dis
patch tells her calmly but firmly that “half
the money spent in whisky in Virginia
would pay the necessary tax to relieve her
honor.”