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CUTHBERT, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1877.
CiOIIYK DOWN HILL.
A Story for the Times.
“That looks sad !” exclaimed
farmer White with an expressive
shake of the head, as he passed a
neglected garden and broken down
fence, in one of his daily walks.
“Bad enough,” was the reply of
the companion to whom the remark
was addressed. “ Neighbor Thomp
son appears to be running down
hill pretty fast, I can remember
the time when everything around
his little place was trim and tidy.”
“It is quite the contrary now,”
returned the farmer. “House, out.
buildings and grounds all show the
want of the master’s care. I am
afraid Thompson is in the down
ward path.”
“He always appeared to boa
steady, industrious man,” rejoined
the second speaker. “I have a pair
of boots, of his make, on my feet at
this moment, and they have done
me good service.”
“ I have generally employed him
for myself and family,” was the re
ply, “and I must confess that he is
a good workman ; hut nevertheless
I believe I will step into Jack
Smith’s this morning and order a
pair of boots, of which I stand in
need. I always make it a rule nev
er to patronize those who appear to
be running behindhand. There is
generally some risk in helping those
who do not try to help themselves.”
“Very true; and as my wife de
sires me to see about a pair of shoes
for her, I will follow your example
and call upon Smith. He is no fa
vorite of mine, however—an idle,
quarrelsome fellow.”
“ And yet he seems to he getting
ahead in the world,’’ answered the
farmer, “ and I am Willing to give
him a lift. But I have as errand at
the butcher’s. Step in with me for
a moment; I will not detain you
long.”
At the butcher’s they met the
neighbor who had been tho subject
of their previous conversation. 110
certainly presented a rather shabby
appearance, and m his choice of
meat there was a regard for econo
my which lid not escape tho obser
vation of Farmer White.
After a fesv passing remarks the
poor shoemaker took his departure
and the butcher opened his account
book with an anxious air, saying,
as he charged the bit of meat:
“ I believe it is time that neigh
bor Thompson and I came to a set
tlement. Short accounts make long
friends.”
“No time to lose I should say,”
remarked the farmer.
“ Indeed ! Have you heard of
any trouble, neighbor White ?”
“ No, I have heard nothing, bul
a man has the use of his own eyes,
you know ; and I never trust any
oue with my money who is evident
ly going down hill.”
“ Quite right ; and I will send in
my bill this evening. I have only
delayed doing so on account of the
sickness which the poor man has
had in his family all winter. 1 sup
posed he must have run behind
hand a little, but still I must take
care of number oue.”
“ Speaking of Thompson, are
you?” inquired a bystander, who
appeared to take an interest in the
conversation. “Going down hill,
is he, I must look out for myself,
theu. He owes me quite a snug
sum for leather. I did intend to
give him another month’s credit;
but on the whole, I guess the money
would bo safer in ray own pocket.”
Here the four worthies separa
ted each with his mind filled with
the affairs of neighbor Thompson,
the probability that he was go
down hill and the best way of giving
him a push.
In another part of the village
similar scenes were transpiring.
“ I declare!” exclaimed Mrs.
Bennett, the dressmaker, to her fa
vorite assistant ; as she hastily
withdrew her head from whence
she had been gazing on the passers
by, “ if there is not the shoemaker’s
wife, Mrs. Thompson, coming up
the steps with a parcel in her hand.
She wants to engage me to do her
spring sewing, I suppose, but I
think it would be a venture. Eve
ry one says they are running down
hill, and it is a chance if I ever get
my pay.”
“She always has paid us prompt
ly,” was the reply.”
“True, but that was iu the days
of her prosperity. I cannot afford
to run any risks.”
Tho entrance of Mrs. Thompson
prevented further conversation.
She was evidently surprised by
the refusal of Mrs. Beunett to do
any work for her, but as a great
pressure of business was pleaded as
an excuse, there was nothing to be
said, and she soon took her leave.
Another application proved equally
unsuccessful. It was strange how
very busy the village dressmakers
had suddenly become.
On her way home the poor shoe
maker’s wife met the teacher of a
small school iu the neigborhood,
where two of her children attended.
“ Ah, Mrs. Thompson, I am glad
to see you,” was the salutation, “ I
was about calling this afternoon at
your house. Would it be conven
ient to settle our little account to
day ?”
"Our account!” was the surprised
reply. “ Surely the term has not
yet expired ?”
“ Only half of it, but my pres
ent rule is to collect my money at
that time. It is a plan which many
teachers have adopted of late ”
"I was not aware that there Lad
been any change in your rules, and
I have made arrangements to meet
the bill at the usual time. I fear it
will not be in my power to do so
sooner.”
The countenance of the teacher
showed great disappointment, and
as she passed on, she muttered to
herself;
“ Just as I expected. I shall
never get a cent. Everybody says
they are going down hill. I must
get rid of the children in some way.
Perhaps I can get a pair or two of
shoes in payment for the half quar
ter, if I manage right, but it will
never do to go on in this way.”
A little discomposed by her ins
terview with the teacher, Mrs.
Thompson stepped into a neighbor
iog grocery to purchase some tri
fling articles of family stores.
“ I have a little account against
you. Will it be convenient for Mr.
Thompson to settle it this evening?”
asked the civil shopkeeper, as ho
produced the desired article.
“Is it his usual time for settling?”
was the surprised inquiry.
"Well, not exactly, but money is
very tight just now, and lam anx
ious to get in all that is due to me. In
future I intend to keep short ac
counts. There is your little bill, if
you would like to look at it. I
will call around this evening. It is
but a small affair.”
“Thirty dollars is no small sum to
us just novr,” thought Mrs. Thomp.
son, as she pursued her way toward
home. It seems strange that all
these accounts must be met just
now, while we are struggling to re
cover from the heavy expenses of
the winter. I cannot understand
it.”
Tier perplexity was increased by
finding her husband with two bills
in bis band, and a counternanco ex
pressive of anxiety and concern.
“ Look, Mary,” he said, as she
entered, “ here are two unexpected
calls lor money—one from the doc
tor and the other from the dealer in
leather of whom I purchased my last
stock. They are both very urgent
for immediate payment, although
they have heretofore always been
willing to wait a few months until
l could make arrangements to meet
their claims. But misfortunes nev
er come singly, and a man once gets
a little behindhand, trouble seems
to pour in upon him.”
“Just so,” replied the wife. “The
neighbors think we are going down
hill, and every one is ready to give
us a push. Hore are two more bills
for you—one from the grocer and
the other from the school teacher.”
Reply was prevented by a knock
at the door, and the appearance of
a lad who presented a neatly folded
paper and disappeared.
“ The butcher’s account, as I
live !” exclaimed the shoemaker. —
“ What is to be done, Mary ? So
much money to be paid out, and
very little coining in, for some of
my best customers have left me, al
though my work has given satisfac
tion. If I could have as much em
ployment as usual, and the usual
credit allowed me, I could satisfy
all these claims, but to meet ihem
now is impossible, and the acknowl
edgement of my inability will send
us further on the downward path.”
“We must do our best and trust
in Providence,” was the coneilatory
remark of his wife, another knock
at the door aroused the lear that an
other claimant was about to appear.
But the benevolent countenance
of Uncle Joshua, a rare but ever
welcome visitor, presented itself.
Seating himself in the comfortable
chair which Mary hastened to hand
him, he said, in his somewhat eccen
tric but friendly manner :
“Well, good folks, I understand
that the world does not go quite as
well with you as formerly. What
is the trouble V*
“There need be no trouble, sir,”
was the reply, “if men would not try
to add to the afflictions which the
Almighty sees to be necessary for
us. The winter was a trying one.
We met with sickness and misfor
tunes, which we endeavored to bear
with patience. All would now go
well, if those around me were not
determined to push me in the down
ward path.”
“ But here lies the difficulty,
friend Thompson. This is a selfish
world. Everybody, or at least a
great majority, care only for num
ber one. If they see a poor neigh
bor going down hill, their first
thought is whether it will effect
their own interests, and provided
they can secure themselves, they
care not how soon he goes to the
bottom. The only way is to keep
up appearances. Show no sign of
going behind hand, and all will go
well with you.”
“Very true, Uncle Joshua, but
how is this to be done? Bills which
I did not expect to be called on to
meet for the next three months are
now pouring in upon me. My best
customers are leaving me for a for
tunate rival. In short, lam on the
brink of ruin, and nothing but
a miracle can save me.”
“A miracle which is very easily
wrought, then, I imagine, my good
friend. What is the amount of
these debts which press so heavily
upon you and how soon, in the com
mon course of events, could you
discharge them ?”
“They do not exceed $200,” re
plied the shoemaker ; “and with the
usual run ol work I could make it
all right in three or four months.”
“We will say six,” was the an
swer.
“I will advance you $250 for six
months. Pay every cent that you
owe, and with the remainder of the
money make some slight addition
or improvement iu your shop or
house, and put everything about
the grounds iu its usual noat order.
Try this plan a few weeks, and we
will sec what effect it has upon
your worthy neighbors. No, no,
never mind thanking me. lam on
ly trying a little experiment on hu
man nature. I know you of old,
and am not afraid to risk the mon
ey.” Counting out the sum, with
a friendly “good evening,” the kind
ly old gentleman departed.
Mrs. Thompson, too much over
come to speak, sank into the chair
Uncle Joshua had left vacant, and
burst into tears ; while her husband
counted and recounted the money
rattling the crisp bills iu his hands
to make sure that he was not dream
ing. Finally he spoke :
“God be thanked, wife ; and now
cheer up, all will go well. We will
commence to climb the hill again.
The evening closed more brightly
than it had commenced and two
thankful hearts were lifted to God
in praise that night when their
couch was sought.
Forty eight hours more, and all
the bills presented had been paid
The butcher subserviently exhibited
his fiuest beef, hoping Mr. Thomp
son would excuse the sending in of
his little account, but he had some
bills to meet.
Grocer and leather dealer both
seemed a little surprised at the
promptness with which their bills
w’ere honored, and all had
mering excuse that the butcher had
offered. Farmer White soon again
met his friend, and barely waited
for the customary salutation before
he exclaimed :
“ I thought you told me that Mr.
Thompson was going down hill.”
“ Well, we both said so, I believe,
was the reply. “He is, isn’t he?”
“It don’t look so much like it. 1
just came past his place, and no
ticed the painters at work on his
house, giving it anew coat, and he
is putting up anew fence.”
“You ought to be careful, Far
mer White, how you give a dog a
bad name,” was his companion’s re
joinder. “For I don’t believe these
boots Jack Smith made me are go
ing to wear at all.”
“Just what you ought,” reitera
ted the farmer. “My wife has grum
bled not a little at the ill-fitting
shoes I bought of him.”
Mrs. Thompson soon receied a
polite note from Mrs. Bennett, the
polite dressmaker, informing her
that the rush of business was now
a little over, and she had made
arrangements that would enable
her to oblige her with that sewing
at anytime during the ensuing week
if she yet wished to have it done.
The doctor just dropped in for a
friendly call as he was passing by,
to see how the baby’s teeth came on,
while the teacher accompanied the
little girls from school, and stopping
to tea, could not sufficiently praise
their scholarship and deportment.
Mr. Thompson called upon Uncle
Joshua at the expiratiou of five
months instead of six, with both
principal and interest money in his
pocket.
“ Well, well,” exclaimed the good
old gentleman, “ you fouud my plan
worked well, eh ?”
“Work well, Uncle Joshua ! Peo
pie were as ready to give me a kick
up hill, wheu they saw I was climb
ing, as previously they had been
with their kick down.”
“The way of the world, the way
of tlie w’orld,” chuckled Uncle Josh
ua. “And now friend Thompson
all I ask of you is to remember this,
climb up.”
“Never fear, I will remember,”
and Furmer White himself, before
many years passed on, tested the
truth of it, for misfortune rapped at
his door, and had not Mr. Thompson
helped him to keep up appearances
he might have lost a farm that
both he and his wife toiled over
thirty years to gain.
Don’t Lose a Minute. —Keep
bupy. The man who has nothing
to do is the most miserable of be
ings. If you have no regular work,
do chores as farmers do when it
rains too hard to work in the field.
In the occupation we forgot our
troubles, and get a respite for sor
row. The man whose mind and
hands are busy finds no time to
weep and wail. If work is slack,
spend the time in reading. No
man ever knew too much. The
hardest students in the world are
the old men who koeiv the most.
If you lack books, there are free
or very cheap libraries, at least in
cities, at your command. The man
who does not at your command.
The man who docs not acquire
some item of useful information be
tween daybreak and bedtime must
mournfully say, with the Roman
Emperor, “I have lost a day!”
Wiiat !—What shall I teach my
child ? Teach him that it is better
to die than to lie ; that it is better
to starve than to steal ; that it is
better to be a scavenger or wood
chopper than to be an idler and
dead-beat; that it is just as crimi
nal, and more reprehensible, to
waste Monday as to desecrate Sun
day ; that labor is the price of all
honest possessions ; that no one is
exempt from tho obligation to la
bor with head or hands, or heart ;
that “an honest man is the noblest
work of God that knowledge is
power ; that labor is worship and
idleness is sin ; that it is better to
eat the crust of independent pover
ty than to luxuriate amidst the
richest as a dependent. Teach him
these facts till they are woven into
his being and regulate his life, and
we will insure his success, though
the heavens fall.
Wiiat would You Do? —Would
you have wealth ? Go to work then
like a rnan and get it ; go to work
bravely and you will succeed.
Would you have fame? Goto work
and win it. With a stout heart
and untiring perseverance, you can
not fail to win the prizj. Don’t say
‘I can’t;’ if you do you will certain
ly fail. Remember that true cour
age never stops to talk with fear.
Would you be wise? Begin 10-day
and get wisdom. Don’t put it off
till tosmorrw; jt never has existed
and never will exist; it is hut a phan
tom, an imaginary pleasure that will
still be a day ahead of you if you
(ollow it till you die; if you would
be truly great, learn to be truly
good ; and if you would bo truly
good begin now. Remember that
time is our master if we sleep, our
servant if awake aud at our post,
faithful and true. If thou hast
aught to do ; if thou wouldst win a
name, be great, or good, or wise,
or powerful—then seize the golden
moments as they pass. The living
moments of to-day are thine, nor
thou nor angels know what lies be'
yond.
A John Bull, conversing with an
Indian asked him if he knew tho
sun never sets on the Queen’s do
minions. “No said the Indian.—
“Do you know the reason why ?”
asked John. “Because God is
afraid to trust an Englishman in the
dark” was the savage’s reply.
Help Each Ollier.
So many more would be happier
than they are if they would help
those about them. If they would
do the deeds of kindness that cost
them nothing. We see so many
who arc all the time souring them
selves by not turning hand or head
to do a kindness, when they know
and feel it would comfort another
to do so. Its pure selfishness, and
the very worst kind, to not do a
kindness when it costs nothing.
Each such selfish act butts the one
doing it. We have seen men in
street cars spread themselves out
as much as possible, and take up
room enough for two. Someone
else comes in and looks for a seat
but he never moves, though he
knows well enough that he could
easily make a seat for him and still
be comfortable himself. But he
sits still and thiuks, “I am comfor
table and he can stand, so I’ll let
him.” He is nursing a cancer in
thoughts that will, before long, such
appear and make him ugly to every
one. His life will be uubappy, and
his companions will despue him.
Not so the one who does the lit
tie acts of kindness which each day
every one has a chance to do.—
There is satisfaction iu such deeds
themselves. Such a person will
look happy, aud be so. lie will be
welcome everywhere and will have
a good word to say for him.
“Well my son you’ve got into
grammar have you?” said a proud
sire to his thickest chip the other
night. “Let me hear you decline
some adjectives.
Chip—“ All right. Little, less,
least; big, bigger, biggest; mow,
more, most.
Proud siro—“Hold on sir, that’s
not right, you —”
Chip—Toe, tore, toast; snow,
snore,snort; go, gore, gout; row,
roar, rout —”
Proud sire—“Stop,l say ; those
adjectives—”
Chip—" Drink, drank, drunk; chink
chauk, chunk ; wink, wank, wunk;
think, thank, thunk ; —”
Proud sire—“ You infernal little
fool! What in thunder— ’’
Chip —“Good, better, best; wood,
water, west; bad, wusser, wust ; bile,
biler, burst; sew, sewe, soup ; pew,
poor, pup. Ouch! oh, geminetty,
dad. (-)uso o! ’ The outraged pa
rent had brokeu into the recitation
with a bootjack.
Chicken Cholera. —Jas. A.
Ilollock, Frankford, Del., writes.
“I will give tho public a recipe for
the cure of this troublesome disease
which I have been useing for over
four years, and find perfect. The
number of fowls that I have is thee
hundred head. Take one gallon of
meal, two tablespoonfuls of epsom
salts, four of lime, aud ten drops of
tincture of iron. Stir the mixture
well in the meal, then mix it with
water, not too wet, but so that it
will crumble. It takes half a bush
el tor the number which I keep.
Once a week is often enough for a
preventive; oftenerif they,are actual
ly diseased, and plenty clean water
for to drink. When the cholera
first visited me I had over six
hundred head, I lost them all but
sixty-three, not knowing of this val
uable medicine at the time.”
A Word to Boys. —Who are res
pected ? It is the boy who conducts
himself well, who is honest, diligent
and obedient in all things.
It is the boy who is making an
effort continually to respect old age,
and who never gets into difficulties
and quarrels with his companions.
It is the boy who leaves no effort
untried to improve himself in know l
edge and wisdom every day—who
is busy and attentive in trying to do
go<>d acts towards others.
Show us a boy who obeys his par
ents, who is diligent, who has re
sped for age, who always has a
disposition, and who applies himself
diligently to get wisdom to do good
towards others, and if he is not re
spected and beloved by everybody,
then there is no such thing as truth
in this world. Remember this, boys
and you will be respected byjothers,
and grow up and become useful men
A Mississippi Granger is op
posed to rai'oads. He says when
he goes to town they ‘brir.g him
home so quick that he hasn’t time
to get sober before he arrives/
“Will you take a wing?” gushed
a young swell, extending bis arm to
a sensible young lady just out of
church. “Not of a gander,” she
quietly replied, and walked home
with her mother.
NO. 46
The Habit of Rending*
•*I have no time to read,” is the
common complaint,and especially of
women, whose occupations are such
as to prevent continuous book
perusal. They seem to think, be
cause they cannot devote as much
time to books ns they are compelled
to their avocations, they can not read
anything. But this is a great mis
take. It isn’t the book we finished
at a sitting which always does the
most good. Those we devour in
the odd iuomeets, often give us
more satisfaction, and are more
thoroughly digested, than those we
take particular effort to road. The
men who hare made their mark iu
the world have generally been the
men who have in boyhood formed
the habit of reading at every availa
ble moment, whether for five min
utes or five hours.
It is the habit of roading rather
than the time at our command that
helps us on the road to learning.—
Many of the most cultivated per
sons, whoso names have been famous
as rtudents, have given only two Or
three hours a day to their books.—
If we make use of spare minutes in
the midst of our work, and read a
little, if but a page or paragraph,
we shall find our brain quickened
and our toil lightened by just so
much satisfaction as the book gives
us. Nothing helps along rnonoto
nous daily rounds so much as Jresh
and striking thoughts, to bo con
sidered while our hands are busy.
Anew idea from a volume is like
oil winch reduces the friction of the
machinery of life. What we re
member from brief glimpses into
books often serves as a stimulus to
action, and becomes one of the most
precious deposits in the treasury of
our recollection. All knowledge is
made up of small parts, which,
would seem inßignificaut in them*
selves, but which taken together,
are valuable weapons for, the mind,
substantial armour for the soul.—
“Read anything continuously,”
says Dr. Johnson, “and you will be
learned.” The odd minutes which
we arc inclined to waste, if careful
ly availed of for instruction, will, in
the long run, make golden hours
and golden days that we shall ever
be thankful for.
Hindoo Justice.
Four men, partners in business,
bought some cotton bales. That
the rats might not destroy the
cotton, they purchased a cat.—
They agreed that each of tho four
should own a particular leg of the
cat, and each adorned with beads
and other ornaments thus
apportioned to him. The cat, by
an accident injured one of its legs.
The owner of that member wound
around it a rag soaked in oil. The
cat going too near the hearth set this
rag on fire, and being in great pain,
rushed iu among the cotton bales
where she was accustomed to hunt
rats. The cotton thereby took fire
and was burned up. It was a to
tal loss. Tho three other partners
brought a suit to recover the value
of the cotton against the fourth
partner, who owned this particular
leg of the cat. The judge exam,
ined the case, and declared it thus:
“The leg that had the oiled rag
on it was hurt. The cat ceuld not
use that leg ;in fact, it held up
that leg, and ran with the other
three legs. The three unhurt there
fore, carried the fire to the cotton,
and are alone culpable. The in%
jured leg is not to be blamed. Tho
three partners who owned the three
with which the cat ran to tho cot-*
tou will pay the whole value of tho
hales to tho partner who was tho
proprietor of the injured leg.”
Just Human. —“Save me, doc
tor, and I’ll give you a check for a
thousand dollars 1”
The doctor gave him a remedy
that soon him, and he called
out :
“Keep at it, Doctor, an 1 I’ll givo
you a check for five hundred dok
lara !”
In half an hour more he was able
to sit up, and be calmly remarked ;
“ Doctor, I feel like giving you
a fifty dollar bill.”
When six months had been gath
ered to Time’s bosom the doctor
sent in a bill amounting to five dol
lars. He was pressed to cut it
down to three, and after so doing
he sued it, got judgment, and the
patient put in a stay of execution.
The poet was pretty correct when
he wrote:
“ I know no man whom I would trust •
I buy and sell for cash ;
Each day I know what I am worth,
And thus avoid a ?raash,' J