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THE FA KM BOY AND III* KRBAND.
I*** * • "
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, IN “ RHINO
A BOY.’’
'There are bo many bright spots iu
the life of a farm boy that 1 sometime*
thirjk I should like to live life over
aga# ; I should almost be willing to be
a if it were not for the chores.
Th< st is a great comfort to a boy in tko
anuTOt of work he can get rid of doing.
It is>Something astonishing how slow he
can jo on an errand—lie who leads the
schoila race. The world is new and
intonating to him, and there is so much
to tase ins attention off when he is sent
to dotavthiug. l’erhaps he could not
explf.ihiihnsclf, why, when he is sent
to amjjrhbor's after tywast, he stops to
stone the frogs; ho is not exactly cruel,
but h< wants to see if he can hit ’em.
No otier living thing can go as slow as
a boy sent on an errand. Liis legs
seem ti be lead, unless he happens to
espy a woodchuck in an adjoining lot,
wheu Is gives chase to it like a deer:
and it s a curious fact alxmt lioys.that
two wif. be a great deal slower about
doing Anything than one, and the more
you hire to help ou a piece of work the
less i: accomplished. Boys have a
great of helping each other to
do notiingj and they are so Innocent
about 4, and unconscious. f ‘ I went as
quick iacwt: I could,” says.the boy.,
llis fattrcr titfcs-him why he didn't stay
all nighs, When he has been absent
three hourt on a ten-minute errand.
The s ureas to has no effect on the boy.
Going aEr the cows was a serious
thing ia mjjday. Iliad to climb a hill
whfWfrW&s tovered with wild strawber
ries iii iliq skason. Could any boy pass
by rile berfies? And tlien, in
the fragrantVjl pastnre there were beds
of wintergreei with red berries, turfs of
columbine, roos of sasafras to be dug,
and dozms of tilings good to eat or
smell, tint I could not resist. It some
times evn lay in my way to climb a
tree to l*ok foya crow's nest, or to
swjuigtin Ik 1 top, and to try if I could
see the sseple of the village church.
It became very important sometimes
for me to steeple, and in the
midst of im 'investigations the tin horn
wotild bloWa gredt blast from the farm
house, whiu would send a cold chill
ddvfn mv b.tfk the hottest day. I
knew wiiat t meftt. It had a fright
fully impatint in it, not at all
like the sJffi note that called us to
dinner froßthe bay field. It said,
"Why on Bjh doesn’t that boy come
home, it isßujost dark, and the cows
ain’t milkeg|And that was the time
the oows h:*pto start into a brisk pace
and make uw lost time. I wonder
if any boy tine cows home late
who didn’t s!ll|bat,thpcows were at the
farther end <\j|be pasture, and that
.. -x. - - gjf| Udden in the woods
A HildriWhd tier for <%~+r sw
Old Mr.
t Mi
!>' lll
tli:it
lifted
( I the spider j MHr^'
cjnite high didn't ;iini
in his "fid consequently,
more quite n £r; W hit old Colla
gentleman turn^Bfi^ I'° 1 '° blow. The old
pee who darefl in a rage, to
him, and Sl, c/qa liberty with
gestures, ‘^ a, ‘explain with
Isut ot mhe occurrence,
manded wlß[ a a woud voice, de
painful to ~,, It was very
upon hilt*® °f the •
red in tttWfaco />„,) W’ anr * llc grew
a y 0(lr “ jere was
there'Bwhat's thn/’*--®- v ? Suppose
Collaßre, “
fee hM headed, voimfifc > ' Ifc ifc is to
“ It mis a spider,
the congregation smiled
ration began to r01l off
tartly it’s wider,” said %id
gmaor m it than yours. L;,*
a^ne—do yon mind ? You lafjßPt
m -ST
,ore, shrieked I loft, “ there V- a8 a
jn your head and I brushed him 2.
this way,” and Hoff made anther a* s
ture at Collamore’s head. The old
man thought he was going to 4-hfc him
then and there, and, hurling b
book at Iloff, he seized the lm, e ]; n "
stool on the Hoof of the pew -
about to bang Mr. Hoff, when tl-p.
ton interfered. An explanatibl
written on the flv-leaf of the i"
book, whereupon Mr. Collamore il:,"
gized in a boisterous voice, rim. j
sumed his seat. Then the soft
proceeded. They think of askingJrT
Collamore to woritup elsewhere. 1'
A Slander on the South. 1
The following malicious and slandll
Tr‘ A J ndi , Ctment a^rainst the . 1
pie of the Southern States is an extra!
from an editorial of the New Y O ,I
7'imes: m
The majority of the white people!
younff and old, in all parts of thl
South, are lazy, without thrift, push
energy or enterprise. Accustomed all
their lives to have their work done
for them, they cannot or will not realize
whVh 6 f. 1 , me , wh ?' 1 “ a master could do
what be liked with his own” has de
parted, never to return again • and
fu. ng tokc? paM witlf the 'progress
of the age, they sit by the wayside 5 1
lift. idly. waiting fbr others to help
VOL. II —NO. 28.
them and wondering why they are con
stantly being left behind in the great ;
race for prosperity. Deny it or not as
they will, the men and women born in
In tlie cottort States, as a class, are
afflicted with laziness, which is almost
a disease. This may be accounted for
hy the climate, the funner habits of
life, or the system of slavery under
whioh they passed childhood or youth ;
but the fact remains, they are lazy in
every vein, llbre and nerve, indolent
and adverse to work. From core to
cuticle the average Southerner abhors
what people in the ANest and North
call honest work. He can live by all
sorts of devices, lint he will do no man
ual labor. He will be a preacher with
out a church, a doctor without patients
a lawyer without a brief, a civil engi
neer with never a call to survey a tow
path j he will make an attempt at edi
ting a vitlage newspnjier; he may. on a
pilsh, try to teach a school or attend a
store, but he seldom takes his coat off
like a man and wins success by deserv
ing and working for it.
A (Iranger’s Dream.
A Granger dreamed that lie died,
and went straight to the spirit-world ; he
knocked at the gate of the New Jerusa
lem and it was opened unto him. The
books were opened ; he was asked, “ did
you ever belong to any sfeefret societies?”
To which he replied : “ I did ; to the
Grangers.” “ Then, sir. you cannot lie
admitted, depart.'’ He then went to
the door of the bottomless pit, where
the same questions were asked him by
the Devil, and again he was told to de
part. Alter he had gone a little way
off'he was accosted by the homely ruler
of the pit, when the following proposi
tions were made; * Stranger,” said
Nick, “ I will not receive Grangers in
Hell; but I will sell you two hun
dred barrels of brimstone for cush,. ten
per cent, off , and you cau start a little
bell of your own with no agents or mid
dle meu.”
May bo W orth Preserving.
The Medical Home has the following
recipes, which may be made ot value?
A tea made of peach leaves is a sure
remedy for kidney difficulty.
A tea made, di sh.es nut leaves, an<l
drank in the place! of water, will cure
0 . V Arnosv in a
the place of I
. cure for n
scrofulous difficulty, however had
ur.tr T? made of fresh slacked lime
and fresh tar, is a sure cure for a can
com?Z ’ W,th *" itS roo,s
“Dis lettah’s from my bov Sam
wot s in Mississippi, I know's, an’ jis
want ye to read hit for me, sat. J
specs he’s in some trouble a mn~~he
alias is gettin’ in some mischief”
“AH right, aunty.” said the reporter,
stand still and hold your breath, and
I will read it for you. for it."
Ochecho jte, Miss.
.Junwary the 3
Mi Dere Muther. ijUn i n j a l e an
[ doant nevir expect to ft out a-on. j
was tride fur murder Kst weekend i
am going to be hung at leven
oclock good bicyou will ncvir see mo
agin yours rey’ekt/uily
“ Dah n<y said the old woman, as
she took letter and slowly rolled it
up in a of brown paper, “I top
him to A y at home— I ; es i
gi.ntcr some i,.iHol,i< r ,io ,!„1,
&■ ai >. n -o'*
him/ a few mo’ times.” ° ts
upuntenance which indicated that F*
Warded herself in the St of
rw "
, Mar : a Cdvot ™
■^£%z 4 ssssr&
•• Whv do vU a , kjn " cr:, pe veil,
one of th,X”, ar jj"*"" a,to ‘
tlv replied •* r • w kich she gen
pior iister'” I 'n? ,n mournin S for my
parricide who 2 k ? atchesthe French
Cdto LX? r ,ng as , ked what h *
killing W father 1 Cosn I deraation for
orphan.” ' werc y 011 a poor
I , danger attends teaching *.
When the
tthe class, each boy knew w!,?t * Xa ™! ne
r e would be asked anT nhJ'Z
hpecied of him. It * w ***s
bn, “Did God make you?” Waa ' lf
, in ° rder - the r epTy Zt
kmal and astounding, yj •
i^~sMr.eal
ALL COTTON AND STARVE.
WllM Senator Hill of *<*rgl Thinks
About It.
a,arUf(on. S. C., AVw and Countr.
The Hon. B. 11. Hill, of Georgia
made the following terse and pointed re
murks in a speech recently delivered by
him it that State. lie said:
I tell you to-day, I caro not what
seasons may conic, what large crops you
may raise, still, under existing condi
tions, you will grow poorer, who produce
cotton, and they will ever grow richer
who, handle ft after it is
Without a change the Southern
States are destined to become so many
plantations, practically owned by the
Northern people, and the Southern peo-i
pie so many hireling slaves to work
them! And in this condition you
will reap scarcely the wages, and
not half the respect you accorded your
former slaves. And yet the very reverse
of this fate is in your power. Under
the present policy the next generation
of Southern people will become the
poorest, the most powerless and the most
contemptible of earth’s inhabitants,
while under a wise policy the next gen
eration of Southern people may become
the richest, the most powerful and the
most respected of people. M hich desti
ny will we choose ?
Bdt you ask how can this better des
tiny be secured? I will tell you.
First— Make cotton your surplus crop!
In these five words lie the Samson locks
of your futuie power. Make your own
by resting, cropping, grassing
and manuring your lands. Thus you
become independent of the guano mer
chants. Raise your own provisions.
Thus you become independent ol the
provision merchants. \ our cheapest
and safest line of transportation runs
from your own fields and hog pens to
your own barns and meat houses. AN ith
no debts for your supplies you will need
no mmoSation credits nt two per
cent, per month. Thus you become in
dependent of brokers, totton factors and
lien merchants. You can then sell
your cotton at your own time tt> your
own cliosen buyers, and will get your
own money. None of these things can
a cotton planter do who plants on credit,
and borrows money to buy his pro
visions. ~f
I ing and
was taught. Staler lie never
I
Itlicm brought tmm Ihe 2nd ri“ V '
1 10 wu at the nearest ,h;J* and f ,ven
I il ! 1(J charges. Ifou LtS fn f] fi° St
place, if we 1,1 the first
of cotton we wiij ~e f llll,lons of bales
them than we would V?°!f “ on< T for
that number. Then outrf",,° ne - I,a,f
amount realized ’ e * tke Biim e
“ve ...ill,™ jr,Ef° r "“• *•
duction. Hulfthphih *T L ot P ro '
employed in ratine- f. ° F ?. ad Bu Pph‘es
cotton could be Hifnf'lr U> - . f ' ilies of
Plic* without reduefn/the'vaTu *‘VT
cotum cron one dollar. Bu t L?
labor would raise nm™. tt Ut lia “ t,JIS
for supplies Yon l i ian - you needed
improviiur vour nr„. - U a,,ds a °d
The. yJLX/tZtZ X "“■'•*•
rL w L h £“f u c ,f of ,u " ,“ f ". °i'
money for in f?*}?* 8 fuJI of
jou invest it? In ■ A,K ! how .would
the waterfalls wi th ? 7 . factoric on
*">£*.
J his would make vV.n ; ?" s P ln dlcs.
Old and New Eng],L? blit! ® f
so, you would mine your own 1 f KD ’ a "
implements of industry S/™ 1 ??
make you independent of £ , W ° U,d
a 1 v fr hUS^
he limit up iu v^,r “ proven,ent would
all the piUt/of tW l? U " lry> a,id
'vould go into your ow^pS; 0 " 10^
cotton t^ur'chief r c r op V ' a nd ng j rnakin £
the doom of your dnVi * Javer y u
children’s children fcJveT A ’'’'T
who depend on other 1 i \ f^'P lo
- 4 **
*0 horse should he IB j •
on the road longer than r l° r ' nven
mall, compared with the Sf '° rßC 18
and he digest, hi ß %\*£ ° r °*.
hours, at the evr.irot; 1 „ ee or four
after feeding, and a ranhl ° L bat . time >
strength follows * ‘ exhaustion of
Therefore, feed after stomach.
If nve USJ S“• *lv
one hour after feeding. 1 h ° rse reßt
e T ,afmed . a •
elevated rudder strut taf Bpine and
table; “see Kfctv? * afoun<l
can’t shut her tail down.” 80 ““*** sLe
of three and a half "r
cause he hadn’t * J mißs> be *
35. r.tf "M o
HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH G, 1878.
PRECOCIOUS RASCALITY.
Two UlißCtra Hoy* Stool U.ftOO Drool
tkolr Carlo nnd Run Away.
ChronifU and OoiwMtulionalitt.
Lust Tuesday morning two small
boys came iuto the city on the passen
ger train of the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, and left for At
lanta on the day train of the Georgia
Railroad. When Conductor .Tames
•Johnson went through the latter train
collecting the fare, lie called on the two
boys. One of the little follows prompt
ly ran his hand into his pocket nnd
fished up a handfhl of silver from which
he paid Conductor Johnson the amount
of the fore to Atlanta. The other
youth handed out a $lO bill and re
cei\<ed the change. A short time after
wards as Conductor Johnson was going
through the car he noticed one of the
boys trying to cover up a huge roll of
bills. “ You needn’t try to ldde it
from me boys,” said he, “ I am not
going to tukc it away lYom you.” This
seemed to reassure the boys, but their
actions bad aroused Capt. Johnson’s
Each of them had a navy
a ' lo,t ' c °f whisky. Capt.
ascertained that one
of the boys was twelve years old and
the other fourteen. Soon after reach
ing Atlanta, Capt. Johnson received a
telegram from a Mr. Drafts, dated at
Augusta, asking him if he had soon
two boys answering to the description
of the above mentioned. Capt. John
son stepped into the telegraph office to
answer the telegram, and was writing
it out when the bo_vs walked in, and
said they were going back to Augusta
with him. Capt. Johnson added to his
telegram tho fact that the boys would
return with him, and forwarded it to
Mr. Drafts. Yesterday morning the
boys left Atlanta for Augusta, on (’apt.
Johnson’s train. When the up and the
down trains met, Mr. Drafts, who was
on the former, boarded the latter and
took charge of the runaway boys.
Clapt. Johnson then learned that Drafts
wns the uncle of the youngsters, and
that he lived at Lexington, S. C. Mon
day night the two precocious youths
managed to get hold of nearly eighteen
hundred dollars in gold, silver and our
reicy. belonging to their uncle, and left
''“"'l
mmmrr-nrrrrrmn uawi mnppp|; j,,.
ro see the world. Mr. Drafts
. Peered $1,670 of the money. The
eveniiif, ♦fie remainder. Thcv left
n ' B f Mr4
s*;, r"*w ~
ftfld iu some of If < I 1 . (U,lollH >
wg. Mr G r £l • ,,8 interest
t * in Inw ivrirlr A
Japanese, it tin!" Amt
Kif hi, ~'2 ;; r
i in* r >! ,l, " k " ni "'
whih lu , , bcNo "' B with ids
witli both hands 10 lj"L U,,<Jham ! u ? ril >K
in the fire ad l h *'*™r*i irons
! I~e cooper holds his tubs „.j,7
and the Asiatic European
" “ ll "" wc *> ‘hi"*,
& C tL JnpunZ Z Bi( lLt°"' n ' ° r
reversed. Tl.ev 'lll y t,mt we arc
“ crab writing,’*
goes backward ” Ti, r •
3‘’?L7S' i a j*i
trfe ki,]B b ™* lf to ’ pite
Which has | M< ' ra< ? :h
p! ,c“ n, STm , VV ' lliol ‘
frtahdJTwJSi" trutl,?
Whpn was Christ Born.
ChtitUan at Work.
K J%“U> mistook ii„
a. to XL 6 v . a "' l “th
L ~. .' <;ar > Christ was ccrtainlv
GrTat b wt r Mat e t h ,Ca ? ° f v kiD # the
Matthew). Kow lh. r ,i .1
ft h “ vc ”ttompt
it a nearer anproximatioi,
L..StoL t rk'S 8 ,* h ' <>elp of
£?-SS
UErJ* : Christ • 85* &
i>uf fh° ,n J’ ear Rome 781
A“gStor;r"“- k r
of Rome. Now if our Savior was
about thirty years old iu the year of
Home 7SI, He was born about the
vear of Homo 751. If in tho yenr of
Rome 779, then He was born about
the year of Home 749.
Scandal.
What " they say” ia beneath yonr no
tice. What’s the use of lying awake at
nights with the unkind remark of some
false friend running through your brain
like lightning? What's the use of get
ting into a worry and fret over gossip
that has been set afloat to Tout disad
vantage by some meddlesome busybody
who has more time than character?
These things can’t jxwsibly injure you,
unlew, indeed, you take uotice of them,
and in combatting them give them char
acter ami standing. If what is said
it bout you is true, set yourself right at
once; if it is false, let it go at what it
will, until, it dies of inherent weakness.
To rrcrcut thp Hair from Falling.
Pour a wine-glassful of dry table salt
upon a sheet of puj>or. AN bile the hair
is dry dip a metallic hair-brush or a stiff
bristle bair-bru*h into the salt, rubbing
it into the roots of the hair.' Apply ev
ery day until the hair ceases to fkll ;
then discontinue. Alum water will
check the full of the hnir that has be
come Saturated and drowned with the
use of oils, acting ns an nstringent. A
strong decoction of the herb "boncset”
is a good tonic for the hair.
A Yankee parson, who was not over
promptly paid by his parishioners, ou
entering the church one Sunday morn
ing, met one of the most wealthy of hi
flock, and asked the loan of a dollar.
“Certainly,” said the man, at the same
time handing over the coin. Dominie
put it into his pocket, and preached his
sermon in most caprtaT style, and ou
coming down handed the identical coin
to the man from whom he lmd borrow
ed it. “ Why,” exclaimed the leader,
•' you have not used the money at all.”
“It has been of great service to me
nevertheless,” replied the. parson ; “ I
always preach so much better when 1
have money In my pocket.” The hint
was taken and the*balance of his salary
was got together the next afternoon.
1 e-nochoalcr, l. t
'Jtnl Mays': “If anyone desires to keen
putty for any length of time, they can
(j ''l ’ tlh oY WAftJv it in an old jar
k originated lIT ?°^ ne ' J
sltiH
Last March f nut n l‘ D P. rcservin g it.
‘■HvejuathcentolrS ntl and k 7 1
*oft, Pliable and ready for uLT
~J,y I put it 8 the
f
lcTh, 11- l for once, ,t
A !“-’
hcld hk *4™ --cli
Jhn (icnern) ConffiiCTW" of Mefh
fi? "'McmF?
from tl,i ol | .dj„i, lln 151( ,," f If;*
fcvsranr 4 wS
■"ta.-jsss, :*? p“ri y
flower follows f-ii/. the eun
it life, so rny heart Toll 80 " T, lj . idl & iveß
the blue brJL [. T t!,,nc - As
course to the sen q f UIS us unhindered
Koes to thee.” f ” S,nver^
that we’re eniraced will ’ Ifen !7’ now
cut corns3Kj “ J ° Ur n *°- bl * a nd
£ ** do„ w ; f 0 z't
for some tune with iiis i„„ ° at for
eted on Airs I'ill.,nj f, ' aze riv
ssybe
l*r B you n ieS^i? n ca , ; i c! f an orjl '
o P an
sent home my w JZ-.""“"T
guishing reply. e ’ * M t,ie ext ‘n-
Cftmplior on* - poparts ; spirits
Mm P'“W i thej
WHOLE NO. 80.
“ Algernon ” Wn ds „
h. <tc lares: tC uS? r“
me m the silent tomb "? , , hr
there ? Yo *u ■* . 01, th ere is, is
re. tes, there is: lots nf if v
K bo ’ m “*'
, re ,s ln a silent tomb with k„ir
y ” ,n a,(t * r 3'OU and fighting OVPr ”
Vou crawjinto tbc tomb for a iJSi
quiet time, if you want to A] *
but you j H8 t take your revolvfr^L’
'Eye. aH Ul ° Bame —Burlington Jlawk■
to the woods to avoid it *L * toolc
found aslpfn u\ ’* n 1 there was
went tn h " Pln ß asked why he
went to the woods, he said : “To „riv*
yo*%roX v ™'dr> 7it
£&■&***
I reparations are beintr marln > a
sa rFF™'-
TOM’S GOLD DOLLAR.
Tom Caldwell threw a atone at Dea
con Ulster’s horse as the old deacon
was riding by the other day. The
stone struck the horse. The horse
kicked. The deacon’s hat and wig were
knocked off Into the mud, and the dea
con himself camo very near being
tlirowu, Tom didn’t exactly mean to
do it, although he did cast the atone,
and did join with the rough boys In
laugliing heartily at the sad plight Into
which tho deacon waa put by this reck
lessness.
Good for yon, Tom,” said a red
vested and red'nosed horse-jockey who
stood bv the livery stable door and saw
the catastrophe to Deacon Ulster.
“ Here's a dollar, Tom. Its worth that
to see pious pride put into pickle.”
Ami the jockey reached out a gold dol
lar and offered it to Tom. Tom was
surprised. He hesitated a moment,
but could not resist tho prise, and so,
pocketing the dollar, joined in tho
Jockey’s jolly laugh at the deacon’s ex
pense, aiid 'then walked on feeling a
little ashamed of liiuiself; and yet cov
ering his conviction with the thought of
how many nice things a gold dollar
would buy.
Tom lmd gone but a few steps when
he heard a voice on the opposite side
of the street calling him. He raised
his eyes and saw Doctor May bine, an
old Quaker, standing in his office, and
beckoning Tom to come over.
* What did the fool pay thee for thy
folly, Thomas?" asked the old man.
Tom blushed. His fingers fumbled
in his pockets; and the gold dollar
seemed to burn them more than the hoi
blushes burned his cheeks and brow.
He answered nothing. What could he
answer? 7
•• Didst thou sell thyself, Thomas?”
asked the old doctor.
Still tho condemned boy was speech
less.
•• Thoughtlessly thou did do a foolish
thing. Mischievously, thou didst lnugh
with fools at thine own wrong. Cow
ardly, thou didst shrink from confessing
thy wrong. Covetously, thou didst ac
cept a bit of gold for a had and con
temptible deed ; and canst, thou now
rejoice in gold thus ill-gotten from ba3o
hands?”
The scarlet face was turned upward,
and Tom’s blue eyes, brimful of tears,
gazed into the whito face of the indig
nant old man.
“ I am ashamed of thoe, said the doc
tor.
“I despise myself,” said Tom, fling
ing tho gold pieeo to the pavement, and
bursting into a flood of tears.
“ Thn pick up that gold; go to the
giver ; plaeo it in hie hand and say, * I
blush that I dared to touch itgo then
to Deacon Ulster's and confess thy
wrong.” , _
' And Torn^knS ie ~ doctor
™ ijj i ,ror " i ed. And on h£
reproofs of the w| Be are sTeel i
tbe rcw rd, „f the wieked.” h ‘°
'-■’m'S pretty end
'•""Hr ...i,-,, t&zzrv; *“ r
rsas? :t,r; ins r -*
s?^Bsr£*“'^ o fS^s|
farjaaSSP
afnrosfti.l, and that about r? • / n
'-'f-.v^Lsvr ”";! roM
>" "rlwTO it l,„l b^„
s^a*£TKr~2
*? *,£" ifitW
I" very S
weather was ooW m f e * l h,
after putting a match to the kfnHli*™ ’
.? crept into the funmre 5„ c e "Z'
s: nSirf ™'
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