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(Written for the Quitman Reporter. )
AMENITIES OF HUSBANDRY.
BY AUNT MYRA.
I presume, Mr. Editor, that these
long, long summer days hang rather
heavily on the hands of you knights
of the Fourth Estate, waiting for the
opening of the coming campaign, not
from any shortcoming of your most ex -
cellent paper, but becauso you seem
to think that a few jottings from my
feminine pen tnav at least give a spice
of variety to your columns. But, do
you know I feel peppei-uh instead of
spicy, this morning ? Some other
time I may indulge my own, and
doubtless your preference, in some
rosy romance of sonic enchanting
boat-ride on Cherry Lake, as the
scene and circumstance of its founda
tion. Or should I he moved to in
dulge long shifted propensities and
supplicating—
-1 -Oh, my must.'! descend from heights on
high—”
I may be enabled to fill a poet’s cor
ner, if so bo it, you shall deem me a
worthy contributor.
Giving lectures is not my fancy,
not even curtain lectures, but recent
circumstances prompt inewitli Quaker
impressions to write on the subject
which heads this communication.
Perhaps, too, it is because the sub
ject of amenities is still warm in the
memories of news readers, from be
ing over the coals at the lato Press
Convention, Rejoicing in the senti
ments there promu'gated, the opinion
arises that amenities, which Mr.
Webster defines as “pleasantness,
agreeablencss of situation, etc.,” is a
subject in no wise more needful of
handling than ns regards husbandry.
We look abroad over our cultivated
fields and wo them blossom
mg as the rose or with golden tassels
waving. On yonder bills the sleek
cattle graze ou the lately dismantled
oat fields, telling of cheerful feet that
at setting sun will brig" full udders
of delicious nectar, which gives blootn
to the cheeks and sparkling eyes and
strong lithe limbs to our happy ehil
dren. Our eyes rest oY a moment
on the spreading vineyards and or
chards “wearing the livery of Eden.”
Our own Gulf breeze, dear to us as
the Nile to the worshiping Egyptian,
fans our animated frames, scattering
perfume everywhere, until there is a
song in our hearts shouting—•
My rtinnfry ? wti 'Ms theC !
Tlr nigh ’reft of liberty,
Thee I adore!
Ob ! every flower and tree,
(lyr bills and plains I see,
Shall clearer grow to mo
And beauteous more 1
Because such scenes as above de
scribed are so familiar our sense of
depreciation is sometimes blunted, or
never Laving had a very keen edge
of sentimental relish) we do not half
realize Low beautiful, Low very full
of tlie presence of God and His bene
dictions is the prospect before us.
But let us turn our observing re
gards to the inner sanctuary, the
household, for which all this is
growing and preparing. The hus
bandman’s household—is there pleas
antness—is there comfort—is there
the beauty of propriety and refined
taste there? There where dwell im
mortal minds,are the faces aglow with
beaming life ? Are the spirits or tem
pers there being cultivated and bear
ing fruits that will not decay or shriv
el in an atmosphere of ill-tnanners ?
Let us imagine that tho housewife,
the presiding genius of the house
hold, is all that she might be, and
has all the help that is reasonable.
Let the noontide meal be tho scene
of our entrance with the tutelary
lord. We will go as an invisible
spirit, for wo are not dealing with
holiday habits atid company manners,
but plain unvarnished every days in
the lives of our working farmers.
Well, we start with him from the
barn, whore he has seen his teems
well attended to, and wo go towards
tin) dwelling. Doesn’t his upright
form and lifted step as he walks and
looks around or drops his oyes in
busy thought, do not bis clear honest
glance and open brow bespeak him
every inch nature’s nobleman? How
the children run to greet him from
here and there about tho house and
tho neat flower garden, and from un
der the shady trees and from the
fowl yard where they feed tho bid
dies, with tho glad cry of father's
coming! father’s coming!
He steps with thoughtful lightness
upon the threshhold thinking that
perhaps tho baby may be asleep or
someone may have a headache, or he
is of such inate gentleness and natu
ral quiet dignity, that, without pre-
QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1870.
pense, he is every inch a gentleman,
and it never enters his mind to
think, “oh I’m nothing but a rough
farmer; I glory in my craft, then why
need I be particular.” No, no, he feels,
inherently, that there is comfort, yes,
there is living bounty in propriety,
and ere he can enter the door, he
has an nvolaucho of amber to shoot
from the noblo month that was made
for better purposes. Ho hangs the
old wool hat which it is economy to
wear, after dust and damp and sun
have done their worst, out where the
breeze cools his warm brow and the
crystal water from the shining basin
laves his hands, his face and all, and
then from where careful hands have
hung the largo loose duster, stiffly
starched, to make it cool, he deftly
dons it, anil buttoning it across his
bosom takes the handy shoe brush and
brushes the dark soil of the fields
from his brogans. Thus, in every way
that is so easy when there’s a will to
do it, he tidies himself up as becomes
the husband of that neat and smiling
woman, who, busy as she has been,
has yet found time to smooth up her
hair, and pin oil the clean collar par
complaisance.
The dinner is an every day sort of
oue, frugal but savory, careful and
clean, for you would know bv those
clear glasses and polished look of
those plates and dishes, that they had
come out of soap suds, through clear
water that was no great affliction to
anybody, for this good provider had
had a care for the water supply and
the pump is at the door. Wo have
not failed to note the pleasant glaucos
exchanged, or the cordial expressions
that pass from lip to lip. Our host
feels as he sits with his cozy family
aronmfliis well filled board that all
this calls for something more than si
lent thankfulncs. Suffer us now to
withdraw our spirit presence, for that
has food enough for reflection but
does need to share their repast as did
the angel with the olden Patriarch.
Scene 11, Time; next day. Now,
wo an; with our almost model man’s
neighbor, or by him, rather, lie
doesn’t seem to quite fill the bill
nearly enough to call neighbor, for
while he will do to sit on the line
fence with, and have long talks about
the crops and ways and means of
farming, the sensibilities of our yes
terday’s host will kinder close in ma
inosa like when t.ho farmer thinks of
making a social visit at llie house of
the latter. Just listen to some of my
cogitations as I was, in the spirit,
with him on an average day. Said I,
to myself, as wo walked along, puz
zled and grieved, was I, too: “He’s
tired of toiling I know, but if there
were vigor enough in his will to ena
ble him to kick off lethargy, I hardly
think his feet would drag so and jail
so heavily upon the ground, and he
would not walk so much like Pilgrim
with his great burden ou his back.
I’ve seen many like him, good enough
people in their way, I suppose, going
to town from up in , looking as if
their bodies were dressed up sacks of
corn or some sort of squarish bent
frames, with his faces stuck out from
one side of the upper end. Why
slight the pine gum that is so plenti
ful, for strengthening plasters! Is
there no way that they can manage to
sit lip like creatures made in the im
age of the Creator ! No wonder that
small fry merchant said, “whoever
knew a clod-bead to do anything
great!” Why they haven’t tho back
bone to stand up to a grange. Surely
they are more upright morrally than
pliisicallv.
lint while we were digressing, our
present hero has reached the house,
but not without finding some sign of
childish prank or neglect, so that he
makes the house ring with a volley of
scolding that does not fail to graze
the wife, if it does not fall plumb on
that devoted creature’s head, and
heart too, poor soul! The children
all scamper and slink away and hide
their dull faces, except, mayhap, “the
baby one” ventures to toddle up and
raise bis little arms, careful, when he
gets up high, to turn his face over
papa’s shoulder. The old, old pipe,
or the poison seeking quid is too strong
for the little one’s breathing. Not
like iho little fellow of yesterday, who
looked like a cherub as he closely
watched his gleaming smile
and toyed with his splendid whiskers.
Hut now our lioro is in the room and
has thrown that old wool hat right on
the white counterpane. It is a rainy
day, too, and aunt Jane, who is spend
ing the day with her brother’s family,
can't endure it’s odor, but she merely
seems to vise to get her brother an
easy chair, so that he can rest while
dinner is getting ready. It is not be
causo she is an old maid, and over fas
tidious either, that she feels “so sorry
that James will never wear his coat
nt home not even when ho comes to
the table.” His wife who was a wo
man of natnral refinement, and with
some knowledge of the world, and
with a pardonable daintiness concern
ing appearances and odors that come
about the table, lias often remonstrat
ed with him about the same foible,
but he intimates crustily, that she
wants to get above her station and
there’s uu put on —bout him. His
will is law, an 1 no other, so his meek
and quiet wife goes about the house,
and her work, constantly and faith
fully, but oh ! how spiritless.
Such little inroads on family etiqntto
are little things it seems to some, too
insignificant to write about, some
think, lint, they' come of lax feelings
in regard to that refined respect for
propriety, which is necessary, in order
to keep the vocation of husbandry on
a par with others.
It is such violations that necessi
tate company manners, in order that
our children may*)e welcomed in
good society, and company manners
hardly ever wear easily or look natu
ral, too much like borrowed clothes.
They look constrained, and for all'
mama has ruffled and starched—your
daughter, good man, and for all she
has lectured your young hopeful son
before she lets him depart on liis hol
iday visit to his cousin’s, some imp
will loudly whisper, cracker! the mo
ment lie sees him. If cracker meant
simply country boy, there would be no
harm, of course, but cracker means
greenhorn, ignoramus, in most cases.
Because one is a farmer is the very
reason why one should cultivate him
self, and slr'\e t > have! is 'amily do as
much for themselxps and each other.
“Grow in grace,” ns a religious pre
cept, rtf next in imp*•-'Lx,*!* 1° “Ke
pent and believe,” find likewise . so
cial beings, if we do not gl ow, wo ret
rograde.
I have, for a long time, been wish
ing to see some ; bl< ■ pen engaged on
this subject, but shou’.d hardly 7 have
ventured my own, rusty as it is, had
it not been for an incident that oc
curred not far from hero a. few days
or weeks ago. It was, as follows:
A certain bachelor planter had,
some months ago taken to liis home a
pretty young bride, who, from her
prettincs;, as well ns other commend
able perquisites, was of passing inter
est in our spars )ly settled community.
After having made the first formal
call which had been duly returned, a
certain lady of high standing and in
telligence. as well as marked social
proclivities, went over to spend the
day with the young house-keeper, a
not usual custom with us country
folks. The gentleman, by the by, is
exceedingly handsome, which I could
hardly 7 concede were it not a fact that
he is likewise quite intelligent, being
conversant with the current literature
of tlit; day, hooks, as well as newspa
pers, a good talker, and evidently ac
customed to good society in the
neighboring Georgia village from
which be came.
'Well, the lady’s good opinion, of
the aforesaid gentleman, received
quite a slam, when upon dinner being
announced lie came in from the fields
where ho had been reaping his large
crop of oats,using the scy the himself
brave and worthy work—yes, he actu
ally came in with a fellow reaper and
despite the earnest protestations of
his wife they 7 sat down (At dinner with
out their coats!
In the upper part of Brooks comi
ty, there resided, a few years ago, a
farmer and his family, not wealty peo
ple either, whose fame for elegant
stylo of living, has spread farther than
they have any idea of. I cannot recall
the name, if I wished to herald it thus,
for one of their neighbors told me
how they lived. The family consisted
of the father and mother, their eldest
son, a young Mr. J)., who worked on
the farm, for some reason, a grown up
daughter, some younger boys and per
haps a girl or two more. They did
all their own work, anil yet their dress
and manners, whenever they entered
the family sitting room, or whenever
they met during the leisure hours of
the day for social entercourse, did not
indicate that they were working peo
ple,any more than those of our most
nfflued merchant and lawers’ families.
It seemed to lie no trouble for the
young men, and even the old gentle
men, to coino through the bath Louse
that stands by the pump, and come
out cool and presentable enough for
any ordinary company. Then the
young lady, my informant, said that
the table was always spread with the
whitest linen, and every meal was a
feast of nice things, good enough for a
camp-meeting! Wlmt a pity it was
necessary that they should he Yan
kees !
Oh yo grangers! brothers and sis
ters in the bonds of our common farm
ing interests, though T know ye not in
the alliance of a formal organization,
let us all study the esthetics of farm
life more. Ye fathers, whom we revere
and love, and husbands and brothers,
whom wo adore, and to whom we cling
as the vine to the sturdy oak, we beg
you to bring the powers of your strong
superior minds to think earnestly and
constantly on this great subject, and
wherein \e havo esteemed good t.asto
ns worthy of so little consideration,
let us ask you why toil so assiduously,
to feed us as animals, while our no
bler being, our minds, our souls are
thirsting and starving for the pure wa
ters of affectionate sympathy in our
taste for the beautiful ? Let ns culti
vate better, higher, purer, holier lives.
We believe there is none so
elevated that he may not rise higher,
anil while we yise let us strive with
the law of kindness on our tongues
to woo and win our families and
friends to bear us blissful company.
Whosoever is gross and unrefined,
whatsoever is sluntern and slothful,
whatsoever is selfish and arrogant, let
us disdain it.
Whatsoever is lovely and of good
report, whatsoever elevates and is
beautiful, whatsoever is just and
makes us happier, ’et us cherish it.
I have known young ladies who
had bean brought up in comparative
ly 7 elegant homes, accomplished in
music, painting and embroidery, used
to neat and tasteful attire, and to the
pleassing address and general fitness
of things of the old anti-war time
homestead, have to sit down at their
own tables, in the small beginnings of
their newly married lives, with tlicir
young farmer husbands in blue
ilemins shirt ana coraurov pants,
much damaged by dust and damp,
and —no coat! when there was no
shadow of excuse that could ho found
outside of want of taste,and, shall i say
it— indolence!
All this is written as a good natured
deprecating protest, in pure good will
to all, but most especially to those of
your feminine readers who may be
painfully cognizant of such evils as I
have endeavored to apprehend, trust
ing that if any one shall cast a throw
of disparagement at my humble effort
no oue will know the name of the well
meaning author. The spirit of the age
makes us very fearful of a certain kind
of adverse criticism, therefore, I beg
leave i*z disclaim any spirit ot' unlawful
insubordination or proclivities foreign
to true southern womanboad.
Why Bristow Resigned.
New York World. 1
Mr. Bristow at least has no illu
sions as to the attitude adopted by
the Republican party at Cincinnati.
He recognizes the nomination of Gov.
Haves for what it is, a contemptuous
dismissal of the question of admiuis
trativo reform from all places in the
programme of the party for the Pres
idential campaign, and for the next
four years, should the people be mad
enough to clothe it once more with
power. It was announced last night
that the Secretary’s resignation is in
the President’s bauds, and will prob
ably lie accepted and take effect on
Tuesday next. The announcement is
coupled with the statement that
Bristow sent his resignation in to the
President a week ago, obviously of
course in tho expectation that he
would be nominated at Cincinnati
would be equivalent to an open dec
laration of the Republican party
against the principles and the prac
tices of Giantism. The failure of the
Cincinnati Convention to nominate
him, therefore, is interpreted by him
ns it must be interpreted by all can
did ami clear-sighted persons of all
parties whatever, as a deliberate in
dorsement of tlie principles and the
practices of Giantism.
The Gukat Dksert. Tho desert of
Sahara covers about 3,000,000 square
miles. Moat of it is about 1,500 feet
alfovo tho sea level, but. a portion cov
ering 12(1,000 square miles is below
the sea level, aud a project for inun
dating it from the Atlantic Oceania
talked of. An engineering party to
investigate the feasibility of this
scheme sailed from England on Sat
urday for tho Northwest coast of
Africa. It is supposed that mush a
work can bo cheaply accomplished,
and that soir e beneficial climatic ef
fects would follow. These engineers
before making tins inland sea had
better ascertain with precision the
probable effect of displacing so large
a body of water. It might, change
the equilibrium of the globe. Kir
Charles I,yell thinks tho Sahara was
an inland sea in the glacial period,
and that a sea washed across from 1
the Mediterranean at Tripoli to the j
Atlantic at about twcutv degrees
North latitude. ■
A Scandalous Practice.
[Now II ivua K ;;i-.tor. ]
“Suppose,” said an lowa attorney
;to a witness whom lie was cross-ex
amining, “suppose, sir, 1 should toll
! you that 1 could bring a dozen of your
; own neighbors who would swear that
they 7 would not believe you under
i oath? What would you say to that
i And the witness replied very pleas
antly “I should say you lied.”
It is not often that the tables are
thus turned on a brow-beating mid
insolent attorney, for, unfortunately,
tlie latter always has the advantage,
and too often is disposed to press it
| unfairly'. There are instances of this
i almost every diiy hi our -churls. A
modest, quiet business man, uimsod
to stand before an audience, is placed
jin the witness box. lie unluckily
j knows some important facts about a
| ease on trial before an intelligent ju
ry. He states these facts truthfully
and without malice. They are, though
. not with any connivance on his part,
. fatal to the other side. The only rem
edy, then, is to destroy the evidence.
' Consequently, an important little fcl
: low, with bristling hair and pompous
tone, prepares to extinguish him.
Leaning back in his chair and glar
; ing at tho modest man, the attorney
<.>pens j,
“Now, sir, what is your name ?”
Of course he knows it, the jury
knows it, the court knows it, lutt the
attorney asked again, as if it were of
! the greatest importance, and the wit
ness might deny his name on the sec
ond thought. Ho lie says:
“Now, sir, what is your name?
‘‘Thomas Brown,” responded the
1 modest man.
“Wliat!” screamed the lawyer.
Speak up, can’t you ? You are not
ashamed of your name are you ?’’
“No, sir,” replied Brown.
“Very 7 well! Then speak up, so the
jury can hear you. Now, sir, what
is your interest in this case ?” with a
j significant look at the jury.
, “I have no ifitefest in it," replies
! the witness.
The attorney loffl'
total depravity of the
glmiciat tin- jury a- iiuu|Sf|
, i ■ :iv, ■■( b 1 Kq
hold Mi mi turpitudeV" jMH
speaking
sizing every word with a beck ol liis
forefinger:
“Do von swear, sir, before thin ju
ry, and in the presence -of this court,
and on your solemn
jH
a: fl
“Ytu, you luce or yiXf. V
M
“1 1 avc not. '
••Haven’t you 1 wKjjsg
past week to tluee dil'fcren'u
that yon have an interest,?”
“No, sir,” replied Brown, trembling,
and Irving to think if lit: Inis littered
a word that could ho tortured into
such an admission.
“You swear before this jury, says
the attorney, “that you never talked
; about this matter ?’’
“1 did not sav 1 had not talked, re
plied the w it ness.
“Ah, ha! Then you have talked!”
exclaimed the attorney. “I thought I
! could refresh your recollection."
“I only said—” continues the wit
ness, desiring to explain; but he is
i stopped abruptly.
“Never mind what you said, sir.
When I want to know what you said
I will inquire of you. I understand
you now to admit that yon have talk
ied about the matter. Is that right ? ’
J “I simply talked—•”
“Will you please answer my ques
tion ?” thundered the attorney. “Have
you talked, or have von not? Yes or
no.”
| “Yes, but—”
I “That will do; you need not go on,
i sir. That is ample. At last you ad
mit that you, a witness, an important
witness, in this case, have been around
the to*vn discussing the matter! Do
| you think that is the proper thing, sir,
| for a witness to do V”
The witness, abashed and humili
ated, remains silent.
“Will you answer, sir?” continues
the lawyer, threateningly. “Do you
come before this jury, expecting to be
believed, while admitting that you
have made this cuso the subject of
hope and tear, and discussing it on
the street ?”
The witness tries to explain, but, is
told to stand down, and leaves the
box feeling that in some way he has
been made to appear like a rascally
perjurer, when he is as absolutely free
from bias or prejudice as tho most
disinterested spectator in the room.
Any on who is at all familiar with our
courts will see that the above is a
very faint picture of the badgering to
which witnesses are subjected. In
deed, a man giving his testimony
might think he had escaped very ea
sily if he met with nothing worse than
ibis, and yet tho imputations contain
ed in the above would be resented
with a blow in any place than tho
courts. Such attacks are cowardly
and disgraceful, and still they lire per
mitted and winked at by our judges.
We call upon tho latter to begin the
correction of this scandalous imposi
tion. It is as much their duty to pro
tect witnesses from gratuitous insult
as it is to protect innocent men from
unmerited punishment.
Sponge Pudding. —Three eggs, the
w eight of the egg in butter, sugar and
Hour. One teaspoon till of cream of
tartar ami n half teaspoonful ol soda.
It is best wine sauce.
Nov. suajKT lliU’roviTTs.
,in,e. Saturday mdniiii'*, eight
o'clock. Scene: The brink fast-table.
A rap i. heard at the door, and tho
newspaper is for a few moments open
ed before the lire. “Come, John, it
won t do t'i dry it long, lor I see
neighbor Snooks is sending his sou
after it.”
Another rap at Mio door.
“Father wants to Know if yon will
just lend him the newspaper five min
utes: if you ain’t done with it, he will
-lid it right bar!;. lie only wantstt>
see if the Brig Star has been heard
from, what our Tom went in.”
“T.. 11 your father the Brig is not
reported ”
11.-mo he Li[ an ! < ihly ho .re
turns.
“Mother wants to know who was
hnric 1 vest' rdav; can’t yon lend it tot
her just two minutes V”
“Tell your mother that all the
deni Its tids vo ck are Mr. , and a
child of Mr.-- .”
In a few moments another lap.
“Sislci Nu an wants to kuow if
anybody is married tihx week, and
uncle Josh wants to know what tho
news is from Virginia, and aunt
Snooks wants to know it there is any
more pretty si cries about that Jarvis
woman; it you can’t spare the paper,
why can’t, you just write down what
there is, ju-: cause I don't want to
keep running back and forward so—”
“J I my lad, tik • this paper to
your father, and round to all yonr
unc’ and aunts, and have it back,
whatever is-left of it, next Saturday
morning at ci rid o'clock precisely,'
when you come to borrow the next.”
Ten applications on Saturday by
borrowers, all sent to neighbor
Snooks, with a particular caution to
return it there when done with it.
Mondai morn ing u rap at the door,
and the boy with the pat or is usher
ed in. ‘‘Mother .-.a;, s it is too much
plague to keep tho paper all tho
week, people keep coming artel* it
so.”
!MIP tb ‘ United
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h had m
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UHwiu . cl ktt.or was
. - ( •! that
with the of spring business
would iiaVe so far improved as to ar
rest this movement, which is evident
ly draining this country of it„ wealth
nroduciug forces. But this hope has
not. tho: far lcu rcali;:- and. The ont
llow not only continues unabated, but
is appari niiy i a to, inez, ~. . Week
before hist tho outgoing Cunard
steamer took oue hundred and sixty
i bcra- a passengers, and last week
two hundred and five. It, is evident
that a largo number of unemployed
foreign born laborcs, factory opera
tives and mechanics, bailing from nil
parts of New England, have been
waiting through the v.intir to see
what opportunities for business tho
coming season would bring forth.
But being disappointed In their ex
pectations of better times they aro
now taking nil v.-mingo of the mild
weather to reeves - the Atlantic and
take the c1;..n0, s. [ improving their
fortunes on the other side.
Tiib :&uU‘.
The mule is the most unhealthy an
imal in the world -unhealthy to have
around you.
lie is continual'y possessed of n
yearning desire to iiims-• iJ, especially
his hind legs.
V, t; have known this yearning to
make trouble in several families.
Ho 18 also possessed of a great heal
ing power.
No man ever sees a mule kick him.
Tin: man is usually seized with
obscured visions just at that junct
ure.
Y\’e have seen a map up after a
mule had kicked him (very rarely
though) and swear with both bauds
uplifted that he didn't believe the an
imal had stirred a peg lie looked so
immovable and unconcerned.
A mule is a very quick animal.
(treat quantities of bis substance
1 lie hidden away lvneath hi s toe-calks.
Asa great explorer, the untie is
! equal to Stanley.
When he goes exploring for a man
he always liuds hiuj.
The safest place to stand by a mule
| docs not exist..
He is the dinamite fiend of the four
legged kingdom.
The mule is a very headstrong
j beast.
He is likewise exceedingly heel
strong.
CoLoitiTD itmiiiM (’..mi.—Quite a
number of our colored men held a
meeting on last Thursday evoning and
i organized a llefovrn Club, designed to
aid in the election of Drew and Hull.
They are to have another meeting this
! week, and the prospect is that their
I numbers will bo largely increased.
. They Can do much good during tho
! campaign, and they should be aided
j and encouraged in every legitimate
j way by the whites. TaUdh a-r v Flu*
vidian.
No ' 18*