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THF. MaN' or TOIL.
Man of Toil. would’st tltou he free,
Lend thine ear to Reason's call;
There’s follv in the Drunkard’s glee—
There’s madness in the midnight brawl:
i'hc ribald jest, the vulgar song,
May give a keener sting to care;
The riot of a reckless throng
May lead to ruin and despair:
Let truth unloose that fettered 3oul,
There is no freedom in the bowl.
Man of Toil, would’st thou be wise,
The paths of moral light explore;
Pierce the human heart’s disguise.
And track its motives to the core:
Creation’s boundless beauties scan,
Observe its wonders; search its laws;
Look on the vast, harmonious plan,
And learn to love the Eternal Cause;
Let truth illume thy darkened soul:
There is np wisdom in the bowl,
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Man of Toil would st thou he blest,
. * Hive thy purest feelings play;
Bring all that’s noble to thy breast,
Let all that’s worthless, pass away.
Let generous deeds bid sorrow cease.
Let gentlest words thy lilts employ:
Scatter the seeds of love and peace,
And reap ft harvest full of joy:
f.a’t Truth make glad thy harrassed soul—
There arc no blessings in the bowl.
TUB DESERTED WIFE.
ll* comes not—l have watched the sun go down;
But yet he comes not—once it was not so :
He tniitks not how these bitter tears do flow
The while he holds his revel in the town.
Yet he will come and chide, and I shall weep; j
And tie will wake mv infant from his sleep,
To blend its feeble wailing with my tears.
O! ho v I love a mother’s watch to keep
()ver those sleeping eyes, that mnio which cheers
My heart, though sunk in sorrow fixed and deep.
1 had a husband once, who loved me—now
He ever wears a frown upon his brow;
And feeds his passion on a wanton’s lip,
As bees, from laurel flowers, a poison sip ;
But yet [ cannot hate : 0 ! there were hours,
When I could hang forever on his eye,
And time who stole with silent swiftness by,
Strewed, as ho hurried on, his path with flowr’s.
I loved him then—-he loved me too :my heart
Still finds its fondness kindle, if he smile;
The memory of his love will ne'er depart;
And though he often sting me with a dart,
Venom’d and barb’d, and waste upon the vile
Caresses which his babe & mine should share ;
Though he should spurn me, I will calmly hear
His madness; and, should sickness come, and lay
Its paralyzing hand upon him, then
f would with kindness all mv wrongs repay ;
Until the penitent should weep and say,
How injured and how faithful 1 had been.
A PARABLE.
1 A certain young man going from youth
to manhood fell among grog shop*; where he
. was stiipped of his money, his character and his
friends, and left poor, ragged, and halt dead with
disease,
2. And bv chance there came down a certain
moderate drinker that way, and when he saw him
he scorned him, and passed bv on the other side
3. And likewise a friend of temperance came
where he was, and when he saw him he passed
by on the other side.
•1. But temperance man as he journeyed,
came who Who was, aojl when he saw him, he
had compassion on him; and weptoverhim,and
besought him with tears to repent and reform.
5. And then he persuaded him to sit on his
own beast, Total Abstinence, aud brought him
to his own family, and took care of him. And
on the morrow, spake kindly to him, and offered
prayers to him and departed.
Which of the three was the neighbor to him
t hat fell among the grog shops ?
Cross Wives and the Pledge,— A member
ofthb Washington Society', whoonlv signed last
Sunday week, says ho used to think his wife one
of the crosses! women alive; but some how or
other she had’nt been cross since he signed the
Pledge. When he goes home she smiles, and
when he gees out she smiles; and every thing is
now peace and harmony. These kind of facts
tell a big story for the Pledge.— Organ.
Drunkard's Love for Rum. — Thereisa good
member of our Society, who,when first asked to
sign/the Pledge, talked after this fashion; “You
are one of the worst enemies I have in the world.
‘Why, you might as well try to part a man and
wife, who arc. living happy together, as ty part
me from drink; ftvr I love rum better than any
man loves his wife!”— lb.
The Lord Mavor of Dublin says, that the last
ticket for tee-totaller, he saw signed by Father
Matthew, was numbered Jive million tiro thou
sand seven hundred and tiro! And it is said
that ten thousand more have taken the pledge
sinee*
TliWt are said to be 1200 vessels in the Uni
ted States marine sailing on the total abstinence
system.
“Come Abner, take some bitters,” said
an old cronev to our old friend Abner
Phelps, the other day, “ they say you get
high, if you have joined the Washingto
nians.
“Yes, Ido get high —l have got high
every day since I joined the Washingto
nians ! I have got up from the gutters —1
arn high in spirits, for my conscience up
braids me not—my credit has got high
along with me—my meal barrel keeps
high all the while—l carry mv head high
for I feel lam a sober man. I used to
go home singing, and the old woman
would cry—now, when Igo home she
sings and the children love me and I
cry for joy, and then I am so high —the
honest and tbe sober man only can tell!
And friend, let me tell thee, you had bet
ter throw down that glass and come and
get high with Abner, for he has learned
how to do that thing without having the
head ache or the blue devils!’ — Niles'
Register.
The Pilot’s account of s'gning the Pledge.
Mr English said, in our meeting of Saturday
evening (Christmas evening,)that on his late trip
to New Orleans, he met with a pilot who told him
how he came to sign the pledge. Said the pilot,
“Mv home had become i*.domestic hell. I drank
all I could get, and have not been home for three
weeks to mv family without being intoxicated
Ofcourse I was always ready for a quarrel. 1
went one night to a Washington meeting 1 was
sober. I listened to what was said. My heart
leaped for joy at the hope that l might be reform
ed, and I signed the pledge.
I went homo to my family; it was earlier than
usual. I took a seat! hut said nothing,—l observ
ed a frown upon the countenance of my wife, as
if she expected abuse as usual. But presently
the cloud cleared away, and after obser ing me
for some time, she inquired, “ Husband, are you
sick 1 What is the matter with you V’ “ No,” I
said, “I am not sick, and there is nothing the
matter with me. lam sober; I have been to the
Washington Temperance meeting, and have
signed the pledge.”
“Is it possible 1” said she. “ Yes, it is true
that I have signed the Washington pledge, and
I intend to stick to it as tons; as I lire. ’
“ In a moment,” said the pilot, “ all the wife
was up in her bosom. Her eyes were full of
tears. She clasped inc round the neck with her
arms, and I thought she would have smothered
me with kisses.”
Oh, the joys which this reform brings to many
stricken hearts!--[ Western Morning Mar.
Ninedv B.ts since last Wednesday.—Said
a Washingtonian in St. Louis, on Tuesday, 1 1
have saved just ninety hits since last Wednes
day.’ Said another gentleman, ‘ I have saved
just one dollar a day ’ Said a third, ‘ I have
saved ten dollars a week: I’ve earned twelve,
and for a year past have spent ten of it a week
for liquor.’ How many comforts have already
been brought to the families of these men since
they have withheld their earnings from “ the
tormentors.”
Character of a Sot. — Pie is like a statue placed
in moist air. All the lineaments of humanity are
mouldered away, and there is nothing left of him
hut the rude lump of the shade of man. He has
drowned himself, as it were, in a butt of wine.
PPe has swallowed his humanity and drank him
selfinto a l>east. Ho is like a spring tide, whrn
he is drunk to water mark, he swel sand looks big
and overflows every thing that stands in his way.
But when the drink within him is at ebb. lie
shrinks within his hanks, and falls so low am!
shallow that cattle may pass over him.— Miners
Journal.
A few day ago a rough looking man, covered
with the dust of a smith’s shop, came into the
Bowery Savings Bank and handed out $5, which
he wished to deposite. Some gentlemen present
was interested with his appearance, (says the Jour
nal of Commerce,>nd inquired about his con
dition. Said he, “1 am a journeymen mechanic;
I am a good workman and always had good wages,
but I spent half my time in sprees and drinking,
and so was always poor, and my family deititute
and wretched. A few months ago I jointd the
Temperance Society, and since that time have
been steady at my work. I have procured clothes
for mv familv, and made them comfortable in all
! respects, and now. for the first time in my life, I
! have got a five dollar bill for which I have no im
mediate use.”
A little boy just old enough to begin to wish
to be independent of his parents in his daily op
erations, was very much dissatisfied that he must
eat his food with a spoon, while his parents used
forks for the same purpose. His mother toll him
of the sad consequences of children’s using such
instruments—how they frequently injured their
eves, &c. Not long after, a respectable citizen,
whose eyes revealed the fact that he was enlar
ging the bounds he had set to the temperate use
of ardent spirits called at his father’s house. Af
ter he had left, the little boy exclaimed, “Mamma,
I guess by Esq. ’s eyes, that his mother lets
him use knives and forks too! Temp. Enterp
YoUN J M r.-i—Menial Cultivation a Rejrubli- j
can duty. —Young man, you are a mechanic or
farmerto vou are confided two invaluable
trusts: mimf and freedom. The first is the pre
server ofthe latter; but unless you strengthen it ,
bv mental cultivation it will prove a weak an< j
inefficient protector. Neglect your mind, amt ,
vour rights, with the greatest blessings vou ran
will be ravaged fromyou. \\ bile vou
and vour fellow-working men labor with tneir
hands only, men who iabor with their minds
alone will, through government and ether means,
rob vou of your toil, and then insult you because
o r vour tame submission. Would you avoid
this 1 Then cultivate your minds; become
familiar with the institutions of your fellow
mechanics and institutions established for mutu
al benefit. You will thereby develop* your
mental powers and social feelings, which are
sources ofthe most delicious and profitable plea
sures, and more and more you will feel the true
dignity and nobility of an intelligent laborer.—
Cincinnatti Elevator.
Promptness.—Promptness in mechanics is of ,
the highest importance. The farmer who sows
or reaps out of season, will not lose more by doing
things out of the proper time, than will the me
chanic. in a long run, by neglecting to perform
work, and fulfil orders, as promised.
The fanner sees plainly by the operations of
nature around him, the importance ot promptness
and despatch. If he is late sowing, he finds that
the season of genial rains and sunshine is pass
ing away without preparation on his part to profit
by them, and the green fields of his neighbor arc
an evidence of his loss which spurs him on to ac-
tion. _ i
But the mechanic has less evidence ot hi* less
by neglect. The cust. mer that is often disap
pointed. may bear the evil silently, hut resolve to
learn by experience, and look for one more
prompt tor the future. Disappointments in me
chanical work are serums evils; and a great many ;
cxellent workmen, who have but little to do, are ;
among the first in their profession in skill, anil !
could do large business, were they as much ]
noted for their promptness as their skill and in- j
genuity.
Home.— Home! tis the loved spot where rests ;
the refulgent rays of the radiant star ot hope,
where dwells the bright angel of happiness,
where within the sphere of the social and domes
tic affections may he found all of bliss which this
world can give." Home! ’tis a word to which •
our hearts however far we may roam from the
once loved spot that gave us birth, will ever re
spond. With what thrilling ami unearthly tones ,
does the exquisite strain of ‘home, sweet home,” ■
fall upon the ears of him who hath wandered |
far from the home of his youth, who is sojourning i
among stranger* in a strange land. Deep and j
overpowering arc tliesensalions that fill his heait
as the receollection of by-gone dayscoine rushing
o'er the tide of memory. Again he stands beneath
the parental roof—-again he hears the loved voice
of kind parents--again he is clasped in the arms
cf a beloved sister—again he drinks in the rich
tones of affection from her sweet lips—again the ;
kiss she imprinted upon his lips as she clung to j
him in the painful agony of separation seems
Ireathing warm, hut alas! the swiet illusion is |
short, stern reality dispelsthe light of imagination, i
and he awakens to the heart-chilling reality.
A Rustic Commentator.— Jim was employed
to cut wood by the day. The boss came along
and found Jim lifting the axe as leisurely as flat
boats go up the Missis-ippi, and accompanying
every blow with a gTunt.
“Slow work. Jim, slow work."
“Boss, the Bible says we must use moderation
in all things.”
The boss was nonplussed. At dinner Jim
plied his knife and fork with remarkable industry.
The boss reminded him of his morning text, hut
Jim was ready.
“I’ve been reading the Scriptures since, Boss,
that whatever the hands find able to do, that do
with all thy might.”
Boss told Jim lie was entirely too learned tochop
wood, and therefore very jnilitely requested him to
take up his hat and walk.
Corporal Punishment. —Corfioral punish
ments have generally a hardening effect on the
minds of both old and young. A blacksmith
brought up his son, to whom he was very severe,
to his own trade. One day the old Vulcan was
attempting to harden a cold chisel, but could not
succeed. “ Horsewhip it, lather,” exclaimed the
youth; “if that will not harden it, nothing will/’
Real men and women never sneer at mechan
ics and operatives; but self-styled gentlemen and
ladies not unfrequently do. We have heard of
a lady who once left a ball room because a me
chanic entered. She married a basket maker i
and died a washer woman!
An Irishman seeing a new gallows erected
very naturally inquired who was going to swing;
and was answered that it was one Vowel.
“That may be,” says Pat, “but thanks to the
good saints, ’tis neither U. nor
No Doubt.—" I see,” said a young lady, yes
terday, “thatsome booksellers advertise ‘blank
declarations’ for sale. I wish I could get one.”
“ Why,” asked her mother.
“ Because, ma, Mr. G is too modest to
ask me to marry him, aud perhaps if I could fill a
; blank declaration with the ‘ Question. 1 he would
sigait’’
The Biter Bit. —“ Stop! stop!”
cried a gentleman to an omnibus cad,
but the cad would neither hear nor stop.
| “Stupid fellow,” *aid the gentleman,
he’ll find it out to his cost, by-and by, for
1 have given him a counterfeit five shil
ling piece!” But on looking at the
change, he exclaimed—“ Well, I never !
hang me if the rascal l.as’nt given me
four shillings and six pence bad money *
But, never mind, I’ve had my ride ior
I nothing.”
PROSPECTUS
OF
MU W^.fcSl2Ws’@S¥2^3Sr si
OR, TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVOCATE,
Derated, to the Cav.se of Temperance.—published
semi-monthly, in the City of Augusta,
BY JAMES McCAFFERTY.
A S it is certainly desirable that such a publication
** should find its way into every house,the low price
of subscription will, we hope, guaranty it a wide cir
culation. Such a paper we believe is required in this
community, especially at the prest nt time.
The i!eti rrnination our citizens have evinced,
to drive the Destroyer from the land,has awakened the
most intt mj erate to as, nse of duty . This should be
hailed as in antra anil harbinger of good. The spirit
of Reformation is aw akened thioughoutthe length and
bitadth of our coitntrv—the Temperance Cause is
every where happily advancing, bearing dow n all oj>-
position, scattering blestings on every hand, drying up
th** teais of the diitreised and causing the heart of tl e
widow aod the drunkard’s w ife to sit.g for joy. It is a
glorious cause—the cause ol humanity nndviitue: our
country’s highest good is involved—her prosperity,
honor and safety. Oh! then, let us not prove recreant,
but come boldly to the rescue, and with united heait
and hand, assist in del vet ing out beloved country from
slavery to the worst, most cruel of enemies.
To impress the necessity of such a work upon the
I friends of Tempt ranee, nothing can be more appropri
ate than ttie closing paragraj h of a report from Mr. S.
i S.l iiipman, an indefatigable Temperance agent.
1 “ Whatever other agencies ma) be used, the Cause
must laugnirh without publications to tliffuse infornui
j tion and keep up an inten sr; they alone keep the sub.
1 ject blazing before tlie public mind. Temperant e lec
! tures may arouse the people from their slumberr,
strengthen the weak, confirm the wavering and re
i claim the wanderer ; but the temperance publication
! comes too often w ith their cheering accounts of the
onward progress of the* ause, with their inteievting
lacts and anecdotes, and with their stirring appeals, to
• permit the interest wholly to subside, or the slumbers
of the temperance men long to remain undisturbed. If
; the arrival of the temperance paper does not excite n
• special interest in the breast of the father, the children
! hail if a* they would the return of the long absent
friend ; they gather around the domestic firesidt—
i they devour its pages, and its contents are read and
1 repeated w ith oil the glee and enthusiasm ofcbiklhocd—
and youth: and with the stated return of such a moni
| torvthe interest is kept up and the cause advances.*’
The Washixc.tomax will he printed semi-monthl} ,
i on a half royal sheet, and contain 1 large quaito page. o ,
I to each number making a volume suitable for binding
: at she end of the year, of 96 pages, on good paj>er. The
I price of subscription fora single copy for one year,
I will be One Dollar—forsijj copies, to one address, Five
i Dollars—for ten copies, Fight Dollars, and so in pro
| portion. Payments, in all cases, to be made in advance.
OQh All communications b) mail,must be post paid,
| to receive attention.
June llth, 184 i.
COOK AND JOB PRINTING,
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Catalogues, Labels,
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Together with FANCY JOBS, in colors, for framing.
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Common Pleas, City Sheriff's Executions, Forthcoming
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will be paid to the prompt and ccriect execution ol all
orders for Printing; and he hopes, by strict attention,
to merit a continuance of their custom. *
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June Uth, 1542.
BOOK BINDERY & BLANK BOOK
MANUFACTORY,
OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE, ACGOSTA, GEO.
TJLANK BOOKS, of every description, made toorder,
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June flth, 1542. T. 3. STOY.
TAISSOLUTION —The Co-partnership heretofore ex
isting in this city, under the firm of Browne 3t
McCaffertt, was dissolved on the 14th of May last.—
All demands against the said firm will be settled by
James McCafferty, and all indebted willmake payment
to him s. S. BROWNE.
JAS McCAFFF.RTA'
A igusta. June Uth. 184" 1