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£35” No Sabsariptibns, ttiiSivjßr » stabler
!iiiio than s'x month*. ■■Sib.ji
The snow Wuß failifi&jffcyL .a? wo
•■ stood ovbr tliAopea ready
»iienoo*tfi« beautiful
term 6f a little child about Lirco
?»«» old. All mast have eiructrbccin
l>y the pale patq. f-oe of Uyp
. ludther, as her'ehUA
. botfcm*inti'ie ; .gr|Ve,i
add ft fay white on tbdraqffiu, Bgt
.did they notioe a lame a few
years older than the Kate about
to bo buried, a*-he leaned otf his smaU
crutches over the corner of the grave,
and looked go earnestly into it ? Be
wag very small, and very pals,
tho first look at him showed that
ho must a cripple as long as he
lives. Lad lost his little Igger—
his playmate,his other gelt.
edtad been #o gentle, and no^Be^rt > 1»&
loving m him as hers. Ho stood-s&
tears. Ho stood like a marble kguio
upheld by crutches. lint W'litt^bo-'
eo.tehoavetd as if it wpuld burst ; and
thor'fh he uttered no sound, i Felt
euro bo was sincerely mourning.
Prom that grave the little follow
began to droop and wither. It was
soon notjgod that be Jftta but little,
and in the night he wouhHta heard,
as with a low voire repeated operand
oyer the little hymns that he used to
repeat with his little sister. They
thought it the griof of a child, and
that new ioys and new playthings
would bniiisfT'tt; hut the arrow hud
thus gone in lm> deeply to bo thus
houi% lie would go
nnd **ir in ;tfie little nook Whore he
to play, with his cbin
in' JJffT”jjknd—thinking 1 Sometimes
"lie "wetira iCMf'yfi-Jessie ooUld “rotltom
hcr now,” or if slio would “love him
still,” or if they supposed “sho 814I) g
the same hymns where she was gone”
■which they used to sing together, or
if “she would know bitnif alio would
rneot him without any crutches."
The hymns that spoke of Jesus and
his love, of heaven and its rest, of
the angels and tho rodoemed, seemed
to bo his delight. Though bo seddom
mentioned Jessie’s name, it became
fVtor a time well understood that lie
thought only ol her. Ho laid aside
his playthings as of no use, but would
bend over her little drawer, and ear
nestly gaze at what her tiny fingers
once handled.
Slowly and gently his life began to
ebb out. He had no siekness, made
no mention of pain, had no cough,
and no medicine could do anything
for him. When ho was compelled to
remain in his bed from sheer woak
ness, he begged that he on
the very bed and on the same spot
whore Joesie died. Sometimes in the
night ho would he heard to utter a
suppressed moan; and when his
hastened to him and inquired what he
wanted, “I want Jessie! Do you
think she has forgotten me ?” ‘T
want to go to Jessie, and she will
tell me ail about it.” Once, just bo
fore tho angel came for him, ho was
beard to break ont almost in a shout.
“What is it, ray son ?” said his
mother.
“O, I thought Jessie had come!”
“No. Bat, my child, you are going
to Jessie. You will soon see her.
The little crutches are now standing
in the corner of the mother’s cham
ber leaning against tho little bureau
that held Jessie’s clothes and play
things. His little bat bangs just
over tbe crutches. The pale face
is there no more. Side by side the
two small graves are seen under the
great hemlock that tenderly spreads
its shado over them. The cold
winds of winter whistle over them.
But where are the children ? Did
Jessie know him ‘‘ without crutches?”
Is he lame and palo and moaning now?
Or is the good shepherd leading them
to still waters, and educating and
training them up in the bright world?
There is no little boy on crutches
looking into the grave of a sister 1
General Wade Hampton, we learn from
tbe Virginia papers, is to address the Lit
erary Societies, at Washington College,
Lexington, Va., at the approaching com
mencement.
bly
PPPua ieej»ofldea l U>> world’s dedwuld.'
ESbetiso the sweet pdtwto.can be gromf
jJkWjulou* quantum*, I, a t its perish#:*
11 to homo eoufa
, Bjcjjcrononts .have'p^H
with the kifijSS
weighs fifty”
'founds, fit dried, only
ten pounds, fo£|pbree fourths"
Half a pound wttjH) boilCtJ tijrec-quar
dir>eoloia,]fJfell.'s a in colof^
and fiavorjwrecisefy hki; tie root of
youst table at this soason'ot the yoat.
Twenty centra, dish . woigd not be
considered high, and yeV*n gives
three dollars and seventy-tjonts
Jbe planter, lor ten «C«ts jjijffifl pay
tbe cost bf^jdrying,-^hdi|Lwontv-
Ae(|}s that .o#-- fiftxinrdKd to
* "* .
inurgitf 'ftdbssg*3iirf -lid
cotiJn tMHMflEjciJ"
cuiibiJcr thiai fif* ' fagßfgyJv,.
the acre is-not uhtW
aware that the awe# un-
a cheiniele change a few
weeks after being *>£. At first ft is
dry and mealy a«d an universal favor
ite; btft then it becomes soft and am*.
gy. nndfis rejected by many. “’Ft is.
evident that no such changes canviake
place in % thej specimen enclosed, hard
a’s flint stonos. This delicious vege
table, therefore, can now be placed on
the table every day in the year in its
best condition. Thoro must boa great
toreign Uo.ikukA, fur in Kuropo it is
scarcely known, and oven In ©fir own
country, West and North, it is seldom
seen.—\ r oo will also find a specimen
of dissicatod Irish potato. Tho first
trial was a eompleto failure; they
came forth almost black, and 1 came,
forth almost black, and I gave up in
despair; hut subsequent reflection
suggested that when boiled they be
came white—what a difference ! Ac
cordingly they wore submitted for a
few minutes to slcam, in order that
the outer surfuco might be cooked, to
form a mucillage impervious to the
atmosphere. Tho result was very
gratifying—they appeared bright and
almost semi-transparent. When boil
ed and compared with others, you
can perceive no difference. It is evi
dent they will keep during tho lon
gest voyage, How valuable for sea
stores, with only ono fourth the origi
nal bulk, and one-fifth the original
weight. How important, too, in a
sanitary point of view, for thoro is uo
scurvy with potatoes twice a week .
Pulpit Promises —“Mother,” said
a little girl, just returned from public,
worship, “vvhydops notour minister
tell tbo truth?” “Why, child, what
do you mean?” “Why, mother, after
he had preached three quarters of an
hour this morning, he said only a sin
gle remark further, and I shall bo
done; but ho went on talking fiftoon
minuter longer. Did he tell the
truth?” In that child’s mind weari
ed with the length of the service, ex
pectations were then raised and dis
appointed. Wbocan tell tho effect up
on her moral nature ?
We have now a published sermon
by a popular preacher, who says, af
ter a practical discussion of the first
part of his subject, “Two or three
sentences only upon the second point;"
and then folllow seventy svriteDces, be
sides two quotations of poetry! How
did tbo children understand im
plied promise ? What is the law of ve
racity in regard to expectations vol
untarily created ?
We know a preacher whose ser
mons are always short; and always
concluded whon finished. Never has
he been known, by any word or
change of tone, to intimate when or
where be might bo expected to stop.
If be is to have three or seven points,
ho never in advance indicates how
many or wh a t they are to be, bat pro
ceeds with t6om consecutively, »nd
take his bearoVs along with him| di
rectly towards the issue sought. , As
he makes no pi ro#4ae*, so he violates!
nono. The attentive listeners
do not forescle fir “hastening!
to a close.” Children never suspect 1
IV.ISIfiNGTOMftVHKfi) .COUNTY, GA,. FRIDAY, MAYIBGB-'
nomjHb
i
i :< ’ lu!! kan 1< ■. A|j
ght,” I
Plpt with th%aitm.ast diflt
|«uity uflyp for
-1 ‘oo^d
tlio oFten j-earaof
*uy! life were blotted fhtJ', Jlo pans
wta moment, raneh afSl^ted,'anJ ken
in a tina.i voiMy '*jMimptlQfl(|
must ho said of my "» n mjJkorTJK
lb muko the impression
jtkafcT wish to produce.” "•
i**Your speaker once ;
Iho respected members of tlrg.,
Nay, moro than that, ho
st-St in -Congress far two
pe’nnds. “And more4han.-that,” lie
eonUnuodj his voice sinking into’ a
tola expressive of deep emotion," »<he
pnee had a tenderly Joved wife jfnd
But all tlu-so
havo* du-
Ho was unwortliy
Wwroff'becauSo he had debased him
aeif and, disgraced tlieiri. And more!
tbap ail, she who had idveci him
votedty, the riioihdf of liis two
was forced to ahamfSu Liqg
in her j;utira%k%Wpro.
t Could 1 becfteielo . .
od in sMf'ew shorYyears? Wfi|f pioAr
of was there to M 'debase m'6 tlmt my
feliow-boings-eptrrqcd, and
wife of my bosom turned aw’nyke’irt
stijoken from mu? A las, my friends,
it was a mad indulgence in intoxica
ting drink 9. But for l)iis, I wore an
a—-»roMo ami usctul reptosemau m
in tho hulls ot legislation, and blessed
with home and wife and children.
“But I havo not told you all. Af
ter my wife was separated from mo
l sank rapidly. A slate ol' sobriety
brought too many dreadful thoughts.
I drank moro deeply, and was rarely,
if over, free from the bewildering ef
fects of partial intoxication. At lust
I became so abandoned that my wife,
urged by her friends, no doubt, filod
an application for a divorce, and as
causo could bo readily shown why it
should bo granted, a separation was
legally declared ; and to complote my
disgrace, at tho congressional canvass
I was left off tho ticket, as unfit to
represent tho district.
“When I heard of this now move
ment, the great temperance causo, at
first I sneered, then wondered, lis
tened at last, and at last threw myself
on the groat wavo that was rolling
onward, in hope of being carried far
out of tbe roach of danger. I did not
hope v. itli a vain hope. It did for me
all, and more than I could havo de
sired. It set mo once more on my
feet—once more made a man of mo.
A year of sobriety, earnest devotion
to ray profession, and fervent prayer
to Him who alone gives strength in
every good resolution, restored mo to
much that I have lost; but not all—
not tbo richest treasure, that I have
proved myself unworthy to retain—
not my wife and children. Between
myself and these tho law had laid its
stern, impassable interdictions. I
have no longer a wife, no longer chil
dren, thougli my heart goes toward
these loved ones with the tenderost
yearnings. Picturescf our early days
of woddod love are ever lingering in
my imagination, i dream of the
sweet fireside circle. I see ever bo
lore rao the plaS/d fase of my Alico,
as her eyes looked into mine with in
telligent confidence; the nioeic of her
voice is ever sounding in t->y ears.”
Hore the speaker’s emotion over
came him; his utterance became
choked, and he stood silent, with
bowed boad and trembling limbs. —
The dense mass of poople were hush
ed into an oppressive stillness, that
was broken hero and thero by half
stifled sobs.
At this moment there was a move
ment in the crowd. A siDgle female
figure, before whom every one appear
ed instinctively to give way, was seen
passing up the aisle. This was not
observed by the speaker until she had
come nearly in front of the platform
0 n which she stood. Then the move
is car*hf« ej-A that in
' igijSk?,by the kind
:"..0 MgtfßHMPoctcd'
v] >: •
when Ah,
|*A' ’ .•
*
Jk , n ->ti . th.’u ‘came for
\9H9|lr genily *Vparifted thorn.—
jWSA -.suid rh‘C reformed Congross-
MKva cannot «ake her away from
’ -'fSD-forbjd'that IVhouid,” said
“but "your own con-
shf is not your wire.”
is not,” returned tho spou-
*'Jier ytftvs
Hwfbr|. all
Hitef din£§ a’td low dry oyos, ,tht>
l|»riagcceroniopy -was r again jrer
pl'med, that -
Bm to eafeh utiheK %» the raluistor,
Wfaged man, with tb\gi locks,
the marriage-site, ho laiij!
fPfeJiarvdsf upon tho heads, of tho two'
d in III" V'ahd
VifLinMJfai liis streaming said in
“What God hath joined
tqgi'tli'ajt let not rum put asunder.”
»./-TAt»fcn !” was oried by the whole
asßomWly, us with a singlo voice.— Old
Oaken liucke',-
J,*- M
' DISHONESTY if? fRADE.
'
WARD lIEECHER. ,
A maiu ljginge at pearl inta your
sjiqjLitu|ii holding,it up, says :“I was
i«p7p of'ljie"bank, and I found
yffis'tJhingi don’t- know whether it
& ijttl' oe not, but they
f?ot a dollar for it.”
HD, on, say “I- guess it is worth
Wat. |. will give yot: '* dollar for it.”
And yon take the pearl and give him
the dollar; and you eheckle over it,
and boast »f it. You not only do not
think thativou have dotus Ural wLfoli.J
i- j. ior ‘w. blit ypn go toyour part
ner, and let id up tho pearl, and exult
ingly say, "I bought it for a dollar.”
And when you go home at night you
rub yonr hands, and say T ANARUS, “My dear, I
had a rare stroke ot luck to-day.”
‘What was it ?” asks tho wife. “Why,
an ignorant fisherman came into tlio
shop wiili a magnificent pearl, and I
gavo him a dollur for it; uud lie wont
away as tickled as any man could bo;
and I guess I was another man that
was quite as happy as ho was, for it is
worth five hundred dollars!” O that
tho woman could use a woman’s office 1
O that sho could give expression to
her moral judgment! O that she
could flush and say, “I am ashamed of
you !” O that thoro could ho in overy
household a faithful companion to
rebuke those tendencies to choating!
For I call it nothing less than cheat
ing-
-1 suppose this is that which wo fool
whon wo hunt out old picturo stores
and grope round for ancient and black
ened canvasses, hoping that that
which wo buy for a mere song, on
being washed and rubbed and restor
ed, will prove to be a liapbasl, a TiLi
an, or something of that kind. A
hereditary property, after being han
ded down from generation to genera
tion, at last comes into tho hands of
some poor, uneducated woman; and
with other tilings that she does not
understand tbo value of, ihore is an
old black faced picturo. A men goes
and looks at it, and says to himself, “I
should not be surprised if that is a
magnificont Murillo.” Ho sees that
the woman is unconscious of its value,
and he takes care not to have her di.--
covor that ho suspects it to be valua
ble. But wlionovor he can got a
chance without being obsorvod, bo
goes to it,!arid b gins to woilc at one
corner of it, rubbing and scraping it.
He steals in at different times, and
continues tho rubbing and scraping,
using various turpentines and var
nishes.
And by and by ho begins to seo tho
end of a figure—a foot, and he says,
“Nobody painted tiiat foot that was
not i) master painter.” But ho affects j
ignorance, and takes the woman at an j
advantage, and buys it. And ho is
anxious to get it homo as quickly as
possible. He takes it, and fairly runs
down the street for fear the woman
may call him back. He succeeds in
getting it away without awakening
| any suspicion, and is delighted, no
' at once puts it into the hands of a
! restorer, and it tn rns out to ho a pic
ture worth fifteen hundred dollars.
l^,nd lifgHGe boasts ’6f how he.
jlj&Mfpffhd in refuting the circumstance
says : “It cost wu t - m»; 1
Imbng tho pyeat fAh'^h>BtS|ft«|
He is so imoeWsctqus -of .tho simp®
IrfW'pf 11 o11 qr^prrig!if thatyAafflifl
as he lives. on -this ,"f;ml|laml
- i.is * *• ',
-Jk
W&.'-
whom NvSV. |,.
if.n, pi j
:■ ; ‘ r r”"
1 i-ejkw-l^ir
iho sudr i>f
rei'o acoustrftefl fSetrip’dPSpSmA
(ftrSos whc£o
One
and were ’ ret^;-
retire, the rushytgin, much
a at hiß ifieifer had
f !I *' l' n. *; i lhii Vinii Ii .>, >i. t 1I > *
Iheyhad boeg ■digging a well, which
'vah j ajH-m £fteoo foot down, and had!
witli boards, and the
imd gone
'^o'fivhele: jjftKty .iV.qiiD&it witb.
their lanterrMi,toybejp tjio fritter”
out, and, of course-, (hj ehiof' oßgiMor
"who was-a scientiffoimu 1
of tlio job.' lie urdiTuu a
to bo brmfglu, by whicKthey meas-,
tl\e dmith of'tho and thm/
he and his'assistant weqt\into tbe
barn to make a calculation nsAo’ how
far from the well they would have t.o
begin to dig a trench, in order to got
a proper inclination, so that tho“erit
ter” could walk out to the surface
Above tbs woll was arranged a hori
zontal windlass, turned by cranks,
which wai the earth out
of the well.
As sboh as tho man of science had
gono into tho bhrn, tho thought struck
the practical M,ujor that they might
tie a rope round the heifer’s neck, and
hoist her out, before the.engineer got
tlirhuah with liis calculations.
xm; kj ■•f' • ■ ■•
old man, who seemed to \ o rather
taken with tlio idea. So procuring a
rope, ho wont down into the woll ac
cording to tho Major’s direction, to lie
it round Iho animal’s neck.
“Whatkind of a knot shall I tie?”
said tho old man.
“Any kind yon please—:a slip noose
if you like,” replied tlio Major. “We
will get her out beforo she chokes,
any way; only place tho knot under
tho jaw.”
So tbe old man adjustod tho rope
und came up. They began to turn
the windlass, and tho heifer was very
soon brought to the surface and swung
off on tho ground. They all thought
sho was dead at first, but trying ono
leg after another and finding all right
sho got up and walked off as if noth
ing had happened. In a few minutes
.out came tho man of figures with his
calculations all complete.
“Get your spades,” said ho; “we
have got to begin so many feet from
the well to dig the trench.”
But a few minutes only had elapsed
whon the whole crowd broke out into
a bearty laugh, and the mystery was
made known to the engineer.
“That,” said the Major, “is what I
call common sense against science.”
The engineer got to angry about
the matter tiiat lie did not speak to
the Major for several weeks. —Maine
Press.
A Beautiful Allegory.—A trav
eler who spent some time in Turkey,
relates a beautiful parablo which was
told him by a dervish, ar.d which
seemed even moro beautiful than
Stereo's celebrated figure of the ac
cusing spirit and the recording an
goi:
“Every man,” said tbe dervish, has
two angels, one on his right shoulder
and one on his left. When he does
anything good, tlio angel on the right
shoulder writes it down and seals it,
bocauso what has boon done woll is
done forever. When lie does evil, tbe
angel on tho left writes it down, and
he waits till midnight. If before that
time tho man bows bis bead and cx
j claims, Gracious Allah,’ 1 have sinned;
i forgive me! tbe angel rubs oat the
j record; but if not, at midnight he
'seals it, and the beloved angel on tho
j right shoulder weeps.”
: Lsst week a copy of Eliot’s. Indian Bi
ble, a work which no living man' can read.
| was sold at auction in New York city, for
' the extraordinary sum. of $1,130, the higli
-1 est price ever paid for a printed book in
this country.
!' • ENDS.
n• » ' * ■ •.
t JLofd Teri&eyden had ,an
jhs% of, snubbing witjessc®. 0#
fcycro,
aattf take .yofiisOß ? amTI wlff Wonblo
JwßpAh say yes or no, withonV i , hA ,. tir
n u,or '’’
! Ji while in Bedford jatl7
was-upon’ by a Quaker dosiroWi
spfviiakiog„a.,convert of him. Friend
fjohp* I have come to tbee with a mes-
Sttfyo from the Loyd, and after hayinan
for thee in-all tb« ||HH
-E>iahfr < A,ii.jgin' glad that I have found
Hordi has son|,
you,” refhrned Bunyan, “you needVuft
havo taken so much pains to find me
out.; for tho Lord fi"nowß.l'havd beety;
hero for twelvo'y'ears.” _
: *V. .
A,good oW minister in
thought to economize
his own Bugar. After the
fivsf- run I'uim his sugar-place, be cali
cd cm a andtolAhlm that
white hvery ono else got much sap
and nice sugar* RrsgWenoe IV owned
on his trees; they gave-iiftlG sap and
vegy -quoor Sugur. Thg ntamfcffip
•' iiyiejl the .ministers ahd
1 foima sprue? 1 , Innulock,
euro some "whisky for a young
who bad been bitten by a rattlesnake.
At first tbo agent did not credit J.hp
story, but the oarnestness of the Ifi*-
diun and tho urgency of the case over
came his scruples. Ho asked the In
dian “how much bowantod?” “Four
quarts,” answered tbe Indian. “Four
quarts,” tho agent, with
much surprise, “as much as that?"
savagely as though about to wage a
war of extermination on tho wholo
snake tribe. “Four quarts—snake
very big.”
ENVIOUS AMBITION.
The forost of Lebanon once hold a
consultation to choose a king, upon
tho doath of tho king, tho Yew-tree.
They agrood to offer the crown to the
Cedar; and if tho Cedar should refuse
to invito tho Vine and Olive to offico.
Tboy all refused the honors for the
following reasons: The Cedar refus
ed, “because,” said he, “I am suffi
ciently high as I am.” “I would
rather,” said tho Vine, “yiold wine to
cheer others, thanrecoive for myself.”
And in tho same manner, the Olive
prefored giving its oil to honor others
rather than receive any honors to
itself’.
All these having rofusod the honors
offered them, they next agreed to
call tbo Thorn to the government;
and if ho should decline, to choose
the Bramble. The Whito Thorn, in
its beautiful dress, received tho hon
or, Speaking thus to itself; “I have
nothing to loose but tho white coat,
and some red berries; and I havo
prickles enough to hurt the whole
Forest." But the Bramble instigated
a rebellion against tho White Thorn
and kindled the fire of pride in tbe
forest, so that all the lre«s were set
on flame.
Two or three vain and proud men
in a peaceful congregation, have, by
contending for the preference, dis
turbed tho peace and obstructed the
prosperity of many a chnrch, while
there was no more virtue in them
than thoro is of value in the whito
thorn or prickly bramble.— Sermons
of Christmas Evans.
Charles P. Bronson, in his day the most
celebrated teacher of elocution in this
country, died last week, aged sixty-six
years. More than thirty thousand people
have been taught by him, and liis book on
elocution reached a circulation of one hun- »
dred and twenty-five thousand copies.
The principal work of liis later life was the
preparation of a Bible, so printed as to
show accent, rhetorical pauses and em
j phatic words. This immense labor is
| complete, but has not yet been published.
A fond mother in Boston tbe
j other day determined to whip her
! unruly son, but tempered justice with
| mercy by giving him chloroform be
fore administering the rod.