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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1921)
Uncle Walt's SPARING THE ROD 4( A H I came past Jimuelson’s house A. this morning,” said the asses sor, “I saw him applying a buggy-whip to his fifteen-year-old boy with a zeal worthy a better cause. I think a man should be arrested and punished for such an offense.” ‘inffiicT punishment,” ob served the village of going to press, as it was when Caesar double-crossed the Rubicon. ‘‘l believe that every man must be his own Judge about the management of his family. Jimuelson strikes me as an excellent citizen, and he should be a successful parent. If he finds it uecessury to wear out a buggy-whip on his heir, I huve no doubt that the provocation is sufficient. If his policy is wrong he ia pretty sure to realize it before long and change his tactics; meanwhile outsiders have no reason to butt in, and the idea of calling the po lice is perfectly ridiculous. ‘‘My father was an old-fashioned man who believed that an ounce of birch was better than a ton of educa tion. He kept a small sapling behind the kitchen door and applied it to my person whenever I violated the by laws governing our happy home. 1 think he probably carried his theory to extremes; whipping me became a sort of dissipation with him. But I am willing to admit that his treatment did me good, and I can’t imagine what would have become of me but for it. “My mother believed in moral sua sion, and used to plead and argue with me, but I can’t remember that her ten der eloquence ever prevented me from breaking into a melon patch or fishing in forbidden waters. Her method probably would have been successful in many cases. There are boys who are responsive to such appeals, but I was headstrong as a government mule and when I wanted to do something it took more than gentle counsel to head me off. “I had a profound respect for that sapling behind the door. It always • seemed to be quivering with impa tience to get at me, and my father re garded it with loving glances. It used to mystify me how he heard of every thing I did. There was no such a thing as concealing a crime or misdemeanor from him. “I’d swipe a few apples from a farm er’s orchard, for instance, and would be willing to make an affidavit that no body had seen me. I took all possible precautions against discovery. Yet in the evening, when I got home, my stern parent would meet me at the door and say, ‘So you have been rob bing Farmer Dofunny’s orchard, hey? You are fully aware that robbing or chards does violence to the peace and dignity of the state, and is contrary to the provisions of the revised statutes. Come, therefore, and receive the pun ishment prescribed by Solomon and other law givers.' “He always explained that it caused him the most poignant sorrow to pour the birch into me. but I couldn’t be lieve in Ills sincerity, for his eyes spar kled with unseemly Joy at such thnes, and if he had used the same enthusi asm when sawing wood, he’d have whacked up two or three cords in an hour. “I don’t know to this day how he found out everything I did, unless he did some quiet sleuthing with false whiskers and a dark lantern, but he always did discover everything, and when I fully realized that fact I de cided to reform and became a model young man. I was so extremely good that my father couldn’t dig up an ex cuse for chastising me, and a settled melancholy fell upon him and he pined aw r ay until he died. I’ll never forget the reproachful glances he used to cast upon me, as though asking wheth er l considered my course honorable or generous. I got into the habit of being good, and have never been able to break away from It.” Jud Tunkins. Jud Tunkins says the man who is too willing to take advice is liable to spend a whole lot of precious time listening to conversation. THE STORY OF OUR STATES By JONATHAN BRACE (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) CONNECTICUT §r»ONNECTICBT t* stands unique as probably the first state which was created in the world by a written consti tution. It was really an offshoot from Massachusetts, for In 1636 there was dissatisfaction over the form of gov ernment among the Puritans In Cam bridge, Watertown and Dorchester, the three towns surrounding Boston. A large ‘part of the§e three towns, therefore, decided to Journey to the Connecticut valley, as they had heard that there was to be found excellent farm land, and the Dutch from New Netherlands had been forced out the previous year by the erection by the English of a fort at Saybrook at the mouth of the river. The Cambridge people, under the leadership of their pastor, Hooker, founded Hartford, the Dorchester people settled Windsor, and those from Watertown established Wethersfield. For a few years they re mained a part of Massachusetts, but early in 1639 the people of these three towns met and drew up a written con stitution and ngreed to govern them selves. Meanwhile, in 1638, a large company of colonists under the leader ship of John Davenport arrived from England and settled the town of New Haven, later spreading to Milford and Stamford. These two distinct colonies were later united and took the name of Connecticut from its principal river. This is an Algonquin Indian name meaning “long river.” It became the fifth state to join the Union when It adopted the Constitution on January 9, 1788. It is sometimes called the Land of Steady Habits, but is more popularly known as the Nutmeg state from the humorous accusation that Its peddlers were accustomed to palm off wooden nutmegs to their cus tomers. The area of Connecticut is 4,965 square miles, the third smallest of our states. Its population, however, entitles it to seven electoral votes for President MASSACHUSETTS ®m*A SSACHC -I*l SETTS was an Indian word, 'mass- - awachuset, which means “at the great hill.” It was used by the Algon quins to designate the tribe living near Blue Hill in Mil ton, now a state reservation near Boston and the highest hill In the eastern part of the state. This name was later applied to the great bay which Blue Hill overlooks. It was from this bay that the state was called the Massachusetts Bay colony, and after that the Province of Massa chusetts Bay until the Revolution made It a commonwealth. Even today It Is often called the Bay state. It was Capt. John Smith who first made a map of the New 7 England coast and named the Charles river In honor of “Baby Charles,” who after ward became King Charles I. Other captains visited the coast from time to time, but It was not until the fall of 1620 that the Mayflower brought the first permanent settlers to the Massa chusetts shore. The landing of the Pilgrims at Provlncetown and Ply mouth three hundred years ago was recently celebrated. Of the original one hundred passengers on the Mayflower more than half died during the first winter. But the sturdy survivors, with indomitable courage, soon be came firmly established and from their beginning, augmented by the Puritan settlements of Salem and the towns around Boston, grew 7 the state of Massachusetts, which now extends over 8.28 S square miles. In propor tion to its area Massachusetts is sec ond only to Rhode Island in popula* tlon and has eighteen presidential electoral votes. This makes Massa chusetts one of the six most important states from a political point of view. Lines to Be Remembered. A gentleman puts words into deed, and suits what he says to the deed. He is broad and fair. The vulgar are biased and petty. A gentleman con siders what is right. The vulgar man considers what w ill pay. A gentleman wishes to be slow 7 to speak and quick to act. He *helps the needy; he does not swell riches. —Confucius. Rich Kitchenware. In the days when the Roman em pire was at its height, if you went into the culinary department of an ele gant establishment you would find saucepans lined with silver and pails of various descriptions richly Inlaid with arabesque in silyer, and shovela handsomely and intricately carved. HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA. GOOD ROADS FIND ASPHALT BY ACCIDENT Discovered in Switzerland and Used for Purpose of Extracting Valu able Bitumen. Asphalt, though covering thousands of miles of roads in all countries, was discovered quite by accident. In the middle of the last century it was found in Switzerland in its natural state, and used for the purpose of ex tracting the valuable store of bitumen it contained. In time it was noticed that pieces of rock which fell from the wagons, and were crushed by the Wheels, formed a very fine road sur face when half melted by the heat of the sun. An experiment was made and a road of asphalt laid in Paris. It was so successful that the new road material became adopted through all the big towns of Europe. All sorts of materials have been tried since, from rubber to seaweed. It /S very likely, in fact, that in the future the streets of our big cities will be paved with some form of rub ber mixture which will be practically noiseless. Very extensive experiments have already been carried out with such a mixture. In New York several streets are paved with steel, and a steel road has been in use in Valencia, in Spain, for the last 110 years. Perhaps the most curious material for a road is sea weed. This compressed into solid blocks, is used to pave the streets of Baltimore. These seaweed blocks are bound with wire and dipped into boil ing tar before being put to use. DESTROY ROADSIDE WEEDS Because— 1. They act as centers of weed in festation for adjoining fields. 2. They may be carried for many miles by passing vehicles and animals. 3. They harbor harmful insects and plant diseases. 4. They create insanitary conditions. 5. They are unsightly. Methods for destroying roadside weeds, approved by specialists of the <<y ! Weeds Along Roadside Harbor Injuri ous Insects and Various Plant Dis eases. United States Department of Agri culture, are: By— 1. Mowing twice a year while they are in full bloom, usually in June and August. 2. Utilizing the roadsides for grow ing hay. 3. Grazing with tethered animals. 4. Converting weedy roadsides into lawns. GRADE ALL ROADSIDES SO THE WEEDS CAN BE CONTROLLED. WIRE MESH GOOD FOR ROADS British Army in Egypt Used Chicken- Wire in Building Temporary Routes in Sand. The British army in Egypt has used chicken-wire in the construction of roads. Loose sand was smoothed and lev eled and then covered with chicken wire, whiPli was firmly pegged down. The passage of troops or motor transports seemed to affect the road very little, while the passage of ani mal-drawn vehicles damaged the im provised road badly. However, it was possible to make repairs quickly and the road was easily kept in good con dition. Of course this wire-mesh road was purely a temporary expedient for the military. The old Romans still hold the palm as the champion road-mak ers of the world. Many a foundation of the roads they made is still in use in Europe, tne surface alone being modern. 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