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For the Hamilton Journal.
MUSINGS.
What a wonderful piece of master
workmanship is the human mind.
How unfashionable and incompre¬
hensible. After all the philosophers
say of it, it is the wonder of the age
and in every feature declares that
“the band that made me is divine.”
Now here, and m a moment of time
far away pernaps hundreds of miles
visiting some scene or place long for
gotten and yet for the time being
really there ami living over agam the
eventsof olht,r Kara. How vivid
and real the fact appears. There
'Stands the old homestead, embower
ed m shrubbery, lower, and shade,
near by ,s the beaut,fu, river with the
mill on the floss and the sound of
many waters. Then comes ,he
- freaks , and . frolics . ,. of ftl boyhood days
with the loved companion in frolic
and fun. 1 here stands the old field
school, the worthy pedagogue with
b rch in hand and a feeling remem- j
brance of its Irequent use. There,
near by the long windows, answeiing
both for light and a writing desk, sits |
in grace and beauty the object of
cupid’s first dart or love’s first young |
dream. To the untutored heart she
was the very pink of perfection, see
ing and doing things more graceful
than all the world beside. The
thousand and one* things of kn
young dream comes in review won
derful distinctness and for the time
bein g a!1 clsc is forgotten. In the
long catalogue of naipes suggested
comes one J. M. W. , who was
the brightest boy of the period. Na
ture had done wonders for him—he
seemed to learn by intuition. His
thirst for knowledge was great, his
memory extraordinary and quickness
and perception remarkable. He was
prodigy and so regarded by all.
All loved Joe, as he was amiliarly
bailed. He came to maturity,studied
law and soon acquired distinction,
He went to the legislature and then
to congress, and seemed destined to
fame and fortune. But the fell de
stroyer came. King Alcohol claimed
jljm for his subject and after a bril
liaht career in congress he returned
F home and died in a drunken debauch,
How has the mighty fallen and yet
some say that there was less drunk
, enness then than now. Tis false.
The great temperance movement has
iione wonders fur the good of man.
%tt the noble effort be continued un-!
til the coming generation shall know
no' the last of ardent spirits. 1
O. P. T.
*‘I.eu Aliment and More Work Will'
Mak ■' n> Person Better Off.” ,
The not. of the Journal of the
farmers in council suggests some 1
thoughts. :
■K As wide s.s the universe is the (act I
hat man is the architect of his own
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fortune. If McCawber-like he waus : J
for something to turn up; he will be
,
disappointed If you wish a thing to
turn up make it turn up. Pluck aud
energy are the mogul engine to put
in motion the vast machinery of -
human success in any employment.
It is fashionable, and a habit with !
some P cra0ns wbo l iavc nut attained
much success, to claim that they are ,
the oppressed class, ami as such to
complain ami speak evil of others.
It is not true that farmers as a class
are oppresc a except from the opera
tion of a protective tariff. In busi.
ness relation the farmer is the most
independent character to be found
a nywhe,e if he makes himself so.
But if be be seized with the “coUon
craze,” neglects home suppl.es, sells j
his cotton befo.e ins planted, i
con
tracts debts and lives beyond bis
means, he has forged his own chains
and h^s no one to Fame but him
se if a The blessings of a kind provi
deuce are very equally distributed,
but if there be a favored party or
class it is the farmer. Who makes
the largest profits on his investments
proportion to the attention paid
to that investment? It is surely
true, iMMfir all Jl hings considered, that
the is the best paid
than ajglf other c if he adopts our
“briyfuTp” and ? argues less and works
It is certainly true of mt£t
farmers tha t they do not work more
than six months of the >ear, and
w hat other, class could subsist on
these terms? The farmer will say
that there is something tc do all the
y car round on the farm, but is that
something done ? vV henever you
find a farmer diligent, attentive to
business and conducts his farm on
business principles, you find a sue
cessful and ] rosperous farmer.
It is a weli ascertained fact that 90
out of every 100 merchants fail in
business, and this cannot be said of
farmers, but it can be truthfully said
that farmers live in spite of bad man
agement. He holds the key to the
go den gate, but will not unlock and
reap the golden fruit, but instead he
undertakes to live high, dress fine,
with a fine top buggy on a oik horse
farm and six months work. What
other class would undertake the ex
periment with any hope of success ?
Aside from the discrimination ol the
tariff the farmer is the tavored class
a °d ought not to complain.
Farmer
THE COUNTY GRANGE.
Delegates from the several granges
in Harris county will meet here on
the first Tuesday in xMay for the pirr
P° se of organizing a county grange.
At a meeting of the Hamilton
grange held Saturday evenirg last,
the fpllowing.<le!egates were elected,
~*no were also constituted a commti-
of. arrangements:-—l)r. S. G. Ri- j
ley,. Dr. F. Barnes, O.. S. Barnes, J
h. Mobley,. Dr. J,. W. Mitchell, J. L. i
Dennis, Charles Tadcy, Mrs. I. P. \
Cheney, Mrs. J. H. Mobley, Mrs. \V.
\ Farley, .
At the last meeting of Copeland
grange the following delegates weic
appointeil to meet other delegates in
Hamilton for the purpose of organic
i„g a county grange: ,
p N Sparks, R B Mobley,
w 1 ‘ Bridges, Willis Martin, !
H C Jones, R E Fort, f
l
Mrs I F Bridges, Miss N EStev-ns,
Miss Lilia Fort, S. S. McCarter, ;
Secretary,
T)ear Bro. Dennis:-O ur secre
(ary ^ yQU a , is , ol (lclcgatcs frotn
CaUu , a grange by haiul> bu , as j |
know you )Hl v e not rcc.tved them, i
enclose the list:
r 1 ’ H Kimbrough, GAB Dozier, j
J B Pate, T Roberts,
J H Toler, Mrs S Oneal |
Mrs Kimbrough, “ Toler.
The appointment of delegates does
nat piuhibit as many as may wish lo
come, but is only to secure a sufficient
number from each grange. We hope
many others will come prepared to
make the meeting a success.
T. H. Kimbrough.
The delegates from Waveriy Hall
grange, are:
J T McGehee, W H McCullohs,
1 ) N McCullohs, W G Slaughter,
Gus Story, Miss Julia Bickicy, j
MissW D McCullohs s “ Ella Wallace.
Csrd of Thank*.
Mr. Editor: —Words cannot ex¬
press the gratitude of our hearts in
response to the untiring efforts to
render Mrs. McGregor comfortable
during her recent illness; also the
many acts of kindness so freely given
by the good Christian ladies of Ham¬
ilton. We feel greatly indebted to
Drs. Mitchell and Riley for their
skillful and kind attention, also all
the oiner needful helps given by sev¬
eral brethren and friends. We ap¬
preciate the Christian spirit in which
ail these things were done as much
as the kindnesses themselves. In
0..e sense of the word we feel it a
luxury to be sick in the midst of such
a people. Be assured, kind friends,
that you have made a place in our
poor hearts that time shall never ef
face. And while we feel that we can
never'repay you, be- doubly assured
that we will remember you in our
humble prayers to Him who said:
• 4 Inasmuch a» you have done it unto
one of the least of these iny disciples,
yuu have done it unto ine.”
Yours, with gratitude,
W. I). McGregor and Wife.
lie Give* Them FU*.
Not the kind the doctors have to
cure, but fits a n an is proud of as
long as he wears bis clothes. Thai's
yflf
Thomas, the “No Shoddy clothier
next door above Rankin House, Ct
lumbus, Ga. He now has a full lin
of clothing selected especially for 1 v.s
trade and every suit is a Parga.
Vou can get clothing from him oel
ter in every way than the ready made
suits and at a saving from
twenty dollars on the xui
matter of course if jou are awkward
ly formed he cannot fit you but Ins
readymade suits will fit tbe aveiaue
man better wan the special order suit:.
In luis, Thomas has the genuine
Stetson, that by ail odds is the best
hat in the market. It cj.sts a little
more than some others, but it has
more value for the money than anv
other. H.s line of furnishing goods
is complete ami if you need any Kin
.
call on 0 . E. Thomas,
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Haralson Banner: Work on the new
railroad is progressing rapidly. 1 he
track has been laid seven miles this
side of Ccdartown, out is stopped at
P ,csent on account ot not getting ma¬
f ialto build trestles fast enough,
* bc grading between Buchanan and
Ccdartown is about completed, and
the tL* contractors are dotting the
line with ties all along. The bridge
men have commenced work, prepar¬
ing to put iu the iron bridge at the
river. The bridge across the street
in Buchanan will be bult next week.
The trestle No. 16 bet wee » Buchanan
and Bremen will also be built next
week.
Work between this place ami lire
men is also progressing at a lively
rate, and track laying will commence
in earnest at Bremen in a short time.
No track of any consequence uas
been put down at that place yet.
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Kerch NprlB| Ruliblr*.
Beech Spring has just organized a
Sabbatn school.
Mr. W. C. G., a young man of our
settlement,1s the best on foot in this
section. He outran a mule about
two mile** last week, but aftei aw hup
almost exhausted,gave it up. He said
it was a ban! race. This is the best
running he ever did. Pretty goni.
Will.
A P. N.
School Xotkc
At the suggestion of the jmDops
the tuition in VVett Gj. A. & M.Col
lege have been reduced to $i 50,
$2.00 and $2.50 per month fur Pri¬
mary, Academic and Co hgia»c de¬
partments, re»|>cetiVfly. We solicit
friends at d j»atrons to give us their
hearty support.
H. A. Haves.
President.
The Augusta Exposition promises
eclqisc the Picdmoi t expos it. or, of
year.