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is PBE1*ABEU TO L?o ALL KINDS OF
An Example to bo Followed.
In one of the towns of central Iowa
there resides a wealthy banker whose
'eldest daughter has but recently be
come engaged to be married. As would
bo expected from the position of her
family this young lady has had the
benefit of the best social and intel
lectual advantages at home, besides
having been a student at Vassal* for
some time, and traveled considerably,
from all of which she has attained
quite an unusual degree of culture
for a lady of only twenty years.
To an ordinary observer it would
seem that her training had been all
that could be desired ; but her father
thought differently. When he found
that she had decided to take upon
herself the duties of wifchood, he,
knowing how greatly the happiness
of families is affected by the house
wifery qualities of the woman at the
bead, declared lhat the marriage
should be delayed until she had made
herself thoroughly acquainted with
the duties of a housekeeper.
To be thorough, he knew required
more than mere theoretical knowl
edge, so with wise tboughtfulncss ho
was careful to provide the means
whereby the practical worth of all in
struction received could be fully test
ed ; and to this end the mother was
requested to retire into the back
ground for a season while the daught
er should assume the responsibilities
of housekeeper. The mother consent
ed and the young lady undertook the'
duties of her novel position with a
will -to do her very best. Several
months have elapsed, yet her interest |
is never known to Hag, although her
position is no sinecure. The family
is very largo, and being exceedingly
hospitable, the house is seldom with
out the presence of guests from
abroad; but inspired by Iho ambition
to acquit herscif creditably in the
,present, asTwell as b'y the sweet hope
in ihc Tutore, when she shall preside I
over a home of her very own, her zeal
and enthusiasm increases from day
to day as experience adds to her pro
ficiency.
V~Inj order t44^M^^.^^4?fl^->*-5y-s--:
temalic, she is allowed a certain sum :
of money each month with which to j
supply the lable, and as a special in
ducement to the exercise ol economy j
all that can ho saved therefrom is |
placed to her private account for in
dividual use. The monthly allowance >
being by no means large, she is
obliged to exercise care in the ex
penditurc ; therefore the minutest de
tails arc studied, and not a dish
muk?s its appearance upon the table
without the cost having been fully es
timated previous to its ordering. In
this manner she is learning many
things lhat may be ol* great value to
her in the future.
Not long since she was heard to
remark that it is really astonishing to
discover the many ways of economiz
ing possible to woman ; and as an in
stance of her own experience, said
she frequently found, for some expen- j
sive dish desired, that something else
equally as wholesome and fully as
palatable, could bo furnished at half
the cost.
The father often accompanies her
to market and instructs her in the so
?lection of vegetables, the cutting of
meats, etc., showing such as are suit- ?
able for different purposes, and how j
to avoid wasteful and unwholesome !
purchases.
Does not this little sketch contain
a valuable suggestion for the benefit
of'other parents ? This young lady
will gain iu less than one year, at an j
expenditure of probably one-third the
vital energy required in the school j
room, knowledge that will contribute j
a thousand fold more to the happiness
of those depending upon her in the j
future, than any amount of school
training could possibly do ; yet how i
few think to give daughters similar j
preparation for the home catcs and;
home duties so sure to form a part Of
every woman's life. Wcie parents'
more thoughtful in this respect, the i
burdens of young wives would be
greatly lessened, while the amount of j
money which would be saved to young j
husbands would oftentimes be sufli- j
cient to lay Hie foundations of great j
wealth. The thought is worthy of
consideration on I ho part of those j
Who may hohl in their hands the
shaping of a young girl's future.
It always takes the sunshine out i
of a man's soul to put on his winter i
underclothes ami then Ihe first day
turn out to bo warm enough to justi
fy n small boy in going swimming
Story of a Woman's Devotion.
The Indianapolis Sentinel relates
this: Twenty years ago there was a
wedding. The bride was of good
family, and sho loved her husband
with the characteristic dcvotiou of a
wife. But she found herself grievous
ly disappointed, foriu time ho inllliot
ed a scries of studied injuries that
eventually ended in the loss of her
character and a separation. She
diift.'d to this city and became pro
prietress of a house of bail repute, in
which terrible business she remains
to the present day. For years there
has lingered in her heart memories of
what she might have been but for
this wretch whom she owned at one
timo for a husband \ and she had noth
ing but curs.8 for the irreparable
ruin he had wrought. '1 he husband
continued at his old home, and pros
pered, and the world treated him ns
an honorable man. lie surrounded
himself with new domestic tics, and
apparently prospered, but the old
saying, "the mills of the gods grind
slowly, but they grind exceedingly
small," had illustration in his case,
for with reverses in business came
disease, ami disaster followed so
swiftly that in a few years there was
none so poor as to do him reverence.
Consumption incapacitated him from
I making a living, and the public hos
pital was his only resort. Then it
was that the cruelly treated wife,
whose life of degrcdation bad been of
his own making, scut for him, and be
was brought here, and is now lying
on his death bed in a residence
lapatt from her own, but surrounded
j with every luxury that can possibly
'smooth bis descent to the grave. One
I of the leading physicians of this city,
a gentleman high in the profession,
j is bis constant medical attendant,
and there is hardly an hour of the
day or night but this woman is
watching over him with the lendercst
solicitude. This is no fiction.
Just Sentiments.
Ex-Gov. Chamberlain, of Maine,
recently delivered a speech in that
J?ia.tc, at the -ditdiention Qf-^mesfai
incnt to the memory of Union sol
diers, that is a just and fitting rebuke
to the men who arc laboring to keep
up the war iecling in the county,
lie said : ''There arc some who will
not have it that the war is over till
they have their own way. From
much of the talk of late one would
think that all the toil and trial of the
war was in vain ; that these soldiers
and sailors of yours did nothing of
lasting value ; that the gloiions war
and God-given victory must count for
naught, and that the real way to save
the country is to keep certain politi
cians in ollict,-, and that servile follow
ing of them is the only test of loyalty
to the Union. For one, I resent this
perversion of our motives and this
belittling of our nehievmcnts. Iam
indignant at this insult to that great
company of noble souls who nie mar
tyrs In a sacred cause and a triumph
ant cause. Do not mistake the issue.
Your sons will not have died in vain
because rebellious Stales are brought
back into the Union and send their
best men to represent them in Con
gress, even though they had the cour
age to wield the sword instead of the
pen in the time of mortui struggle.]
Men who freely poured out their
heart's blood for their convictions, !
though wrong, are less to be feared
than those who skulk in the rear and
gloat over the strife so long as they
can fill their pockets with plunder,
snatched alike from foe or friend."
A Married Pair who Never Scold.
An ex-mayor of St. Lhuis asked
his wife to convey some real prop
erly that he desired to sell, and she i
surprised and angered him by refus
ing. He swore that, unless she com
plied, he would never speak to her
again, and she was still obdurate.
That was sixteen years ago, and al
though tlioy had been a loving coup
le and have since lived in thd same
house, they have never exchanged a
word directly. They roomed apart,
but sat at the same table, and were
never guilty of any disrespect toward
each otlur, save that of silence.
Win n circumstances made commani
cation between them adsolulcly ne
cessary, they icspcclivcly nbdrcsscd
their daughter, and she spoke for
both. Their questions, so put, were
always framed in the third person
The daughter died a short time ago,
but the parents are said to still decline
to become reconciled.
Niggors.
The ridiculous fancy' of niggers for
the word ""colored" is one of the
strangest phenominn of the times.
You intiy kick a nigger from New Or
leans to St. Paul and bnck if you on
ly call him a "colored gentleman."
There is nothing on earth will rile a
niggor quicker or more effectually
than to call him a nigger. The lite
rary niggers are worst of all. We
get several nigger newspapers in ex
change, and the fellows talk about
colored papers I The darkey editor?
are talking about holding a conven
tion of colored papers ! Just think of
it! Colored papers! And we read
about colored bands, colored schools,
colored votes, and all kinds of color
ed things, meaning at the same time
nigger papers, nigger bands, &c. II
Sambo, after getting his eyc-lccth
cut, had insisted on calling himself a
negro, all right; but he is nearly as
much ashamed, or at Least he gels as
mad, when called a negro as when
dubbed a nigger. He must be color
ed or nothing, though the word is
meaningless. Colors vary from thai
of a frozen pumpkin to that of a brin
dle steer; and a "colored individual"
may be any lint from a ytiller dog to
a black snake. Negroes, Mulultoes.
Quadroons and Octoroons are specific
and well known names that mean
something. Nigger is a generic name
is short, expressive and sociable.
There is an aroma of hail-fellow-well
met and even tenderness in the de
spised word, "nigger," that is dissi
pated by the Flora McFlinsey affecta
tion "colored." llow man)*, many
millions of us in our youth have been
touched with the song "There was
au old Nigger, and his name was Un
cle Ned," and mourned over the
good uncle's departure? The word
nigger is immortalized in a thousand
songs that awaken kindly and lender
thoughts ol I lie darkey. The plain
j tive melodies dwell in our ears,and the
nigger lives on their sympathetic
strains. If wo were black we would
insist on being called a "nigger."
- _ - JO. -P^LcsJi& Htsa^rrom.
The Sumler Watchman publishes
the following extract from a letter re
ceived by a Republican in lhat town
from a colored man named Smart, re
cently removed from that place to
Kansas: "C. P. Leslie, Land Com
missioner, and sorro time boss of
IJarnweil County, is here. He has
been enjoying perfect obscurity till I
found him out. He was very no votis
on the subject of being carried back
to South Carolina for trial 'till I men
tioned to him the infamous compro
mise that look place in Charleston ill
April. That intelligence threw him
in convulsions of joy. lie says the
only thing he is sorry for is that he
did not steal the whole God damned
Stale of South Carolina, and that if
he had to do it again, lie would try
his level best lo steal it all; that none
but a fool would suppose a man was
going to risk his life in the South
without stealing whatever he could
get hold of. ''Taint human nature,'
said the old veteran thief as he warm
ed up willi his theme. He has been
here near two 3 ears." The people ol
Kansas had better keep their eyes on
the old scamp, as he may take n no
tion to steal that state.
The Partner for Life.
Many a man has seen his choice for
a partner in life in the humble girl
far beneath him in the opinion of the
world, and although love ami pride
might have struggled with him for a
while, yet pride triumphed, and he
sought one from the higher walks ol
life. In all the vicissitudes of social
cxi&lcnco, there is holhing capable of
inflicting more certain misery than is
sure to follow such a course. It dis
tracts the general harmony of our
days, mis-shapes our ends, shortens
the length of life, lessons the stature
of manhood, and is contrary to the
divine instructions of the Bible ; for
it declares where love is there is
peace, plenty and tin iftiness. Every
thing is sure to follow a happy union.
Let not pride interfere in this mailer.
Last week a Wisconsin Judge was
shot down in his doorway, and on the
next day his assassin was walking the
streets unit olested. Three foul mur
ders were committed in the vicinity of
Juncsvillc, Wisconsin, within a short
time, which somehow or other have
been overlooked by tho Republican
press of the North. The stalwarts
have of late been hunting np Southern
horrors. The North has no outrages
to speak of.
Goods Are Going Up.
Wo have information from business
bouses at Ilia North that all classes
of goods have gone up from 10 to 15
per cent, on curly fall prices. This
is always so. As soon as cotton goes
I up and the business circles at the
North are pretty well assured of it,
goods are at onto put up to lake in
the extra profits of the planier. The
same plan is pursued with reference
to Western producers.
This rise in cotton will go far to
meet old scores, but if our planters
want to get tho benefit of fulI prices
for their crops, they must persistent
ly make their farms self-supporting
as far as possible. The business
edict is, and \\c cannot escape it: I
Diversify and live ; pursue one exclu
i give industry und die?and die in
debt at that. Let not, then, enhanced
cotton prices deceive our planters.
Let them not neglect tile bread and
meat question ) for the Western pro
ducer has become a necessity across
the water aa well as w'ejrfj They will
be now the great exporters ami the)"
will depend upon the market abroad
for their range in prices!''. Tim con
sequences will bo, they will be forced
into the protective system of the
North and Ilia business of the conn
try will be brought to a safe, business
like basis, in which producers will
get their own. It is a long lace that
has no turn. Wo at the* South can
I no longer control the price of provis
ions. The only safe way is to raise
them for ourselves and take a clean
advantage of the rise on cotton when
it comes,, without having to waste our
earnings on costly Western provis
ions. A burnt child should dread
the fire, and it is time our people
should have learned this thing down
to the bottom, and as soon as they
are foot loose from their old debts
turn over a new leaf in this regard.
We arc not in a hurry about the fu
ture of the South, and we do not care
a grot for the Blames, and Conklings,
and Chittcndens, and Kill3. There
are gj|eat inisu)CSS--qjiti^OiisJ^oming
"up which, if we have sense enougfr-to
wait for and heed, win lake""care of the
country and set aside issues that are
sprung upon us of the South with
chronic regularity. Let us be wise
our in day and generation, and put
our house in order, not for bailie, but
for better things, and they will conic
?very surely they will come.?Co
lumbia Register.
Nobility of Farming
Ex Governor Horatio Seymour, ad
dressing the farmers at a fair in
Oueida county, N. Y., the other day,
said : "I am not much of a farmer,
I and have little right to stand before
you as such ; but I brought over here
I for exhibition some potatoes that
I certainly exceed my speech. In refer
ence to the depression of the limes,
let me iceall to you an ancient fable:
There was once a giant so powerful
that he could not be overcome. But
he derived his strength from his moth
er-earth,'for no matter how exhaus
ted he might beeomo, he regained his
! powers the moment that bo came into
contact with the soil. The way in
which lie was finally overpowered
was by coming into contest with an
opponent so strong that he could lilt
him lrom the ground and hold him
suspended in the air until he was
strangled to death. Now there is a
lesson in this for US. So long as this
people of ours ca:i seek its support
from mother-earth, so long it cannot
be overcome. There never yet was a
President of the United Stales who,
when he left his oflL'O, did not seek
Ihc country and retire to his farm.
Washington did this ; so did Adams
and JcHerson. Our greater stales
men have sought for rest, health and
peace in retirement to their farms?
witness Webster and Clay."
Death by a Cotton Gin.
On Wednesday* h?sii while working
I at a coiion gin, Mr. Calhouu Hull, a
young man well und favorably known
I throughout Ibe lower portion ol
[ Greenville county, and sou of the lale
Louis Hull, met with a sudden death.
He was operating a gin at the resi
lience of bis cousin, Mr. F. L. Hull",
heing ihc old homestead of the late
Ph ik man Hull, and in endeavoring
to push seed down and out ol Ihc way
of the lint, one of his hands became
entangled and severely cut remov
ing the thumb. From this wound pro
fuse bleeding set in, which, with the
great shock ho had received, produced
his death early the next morning.
Why is It?
Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
Will the Demcouat bo so kind as
to answer a few simj)le questions:
Wliy is il that the Orangdnirg Times
is so mild in its sayings about Mr.
George Bolivcr? 1 noticed in the
last municipal election be seemed to
have been a popular candidate on one
side, but the Times bad but little to
say about it, whereas your paper
came out in full blast and gave us all
the desired particulars. Why was it
that the 'Times didn't do likewise.
Again. Why was it in the Doli ver
ily as seandnl the Tinv-s was so mild
in its comments, Byas hi my esti
mation was perfectly justifiable in
what lie did, and as a Democratic
people we should see that IJyas gets
justice. Have wo forgotten how in
strumental Byas was in the last two
or three cainpaigps? We will need
help again. Who would not have
acted as Byas did, especially with
such a man as Bolivcr, whose name
will be a disgrace on the pages of Or
angeburg's history. I think the Town
Council did wrong in making Byas
pay a line after he was followed to
his house and brutally assaulted by
two men. Who, Mr. Editor, would
hot have acted as Byas did? We
must be thankful fur what we have
received and remember that we will
i need help again (lempbra mutantur
\cl nos mat a mnr in Ulis.) Mr. Editor
hoping yon may bo able to enlighten
! me on Ll;c "hove I remain yours re
-
spectfully.
11 kal'TOXTl mokl'm KXOL s.
How Ladies Kiss
Two ladies meet. They pucker
their mouths into an angular protub
erance, and cocking their beads to one I
side, as a hen will before picking up I
a grain of corn, two faces, full of un
Fpcakablc resignation and inflexible
devotion to duty, approximate, touch
and retire.
The school-girl kiss is a very dif
ferent affair. As unlike the kiss of
friendship as August is unlike Do
cmnber. as lire is unlike ashes, as life
Jis unlike dea'tliT**' S"**h' *" *
I The two school-girls meet. Mouth
llics to mouth and lips to lips.
Each would swallow the other, it is
well it is so.
The swallowing tendency of one is
olfset by the like tendency of the oth
er.
Thus arc both preserved for the
sons of man.
And they talk while they kiss!
Each says to each, "Oh, you dear,
darling creature! Where have you
been these ages? (since morning.)
I've got so many things to tell you !"
etc.. etc., etc.
And this is all said contemporane
ously with .that kiss ; in the same in
stant of time.
Keep it to Yourself.
Y'ou have trouble?your feelings
arc injured, your husband i? unkind,
your wife frets, your home is not
pleasant, your friends do not treat
you fairly, and things in general
I move unpleasantly. Well, what of
it? Keep it to youself. A smoulder
|ing fire can bo found and extinguish
ed ; but when the coals are scattered,
I who can pick them up? Hury your
I sorrow. The place for sad and dis
gusting things is under tue ground.
A cut finger is not benefited by pul
ling oir the plaster and exposing it
under somedody's eyes. Tie it up
and let it alone. It will get well it
self sooner than you can cure it.
Charity covcrcth a multitude of sin.
Things thus covered are often cured
without a scar; hut, once published
and confided to meddling friends,
there is no end to the trouble they
may cause. Keep it to yourself.
Tioublesnre transient, and, when a
sorrow is healed and past, what a
comfort it is to say : "No one ever
knew it until it was all over."
No Objection to Womon.
The Harvard Lampoon publishes a
! speech made by Deacon Hardhead,
Of l'odunk Karins, at a debate on fe
male sulfrage : "I dunno," said the (
: deacon, "as there's ary objection to
i the wiminin's liinnin' the dcostriot
i ,
schools. But as to given' cm any
right to make laws, both Scripture
I an' common sense is clean hgiti it.
I In the first place, how on nirtli are
: they going to git 'ein iuforcod? This !
iGov'ment by majority is based solid
Ion the fact that el the the wust comes
to the wust the majority can lick the
minority. El* they can't lick, they
can't iuIc." Tue speech created
I a great sensation,
You'll Never Guess.
I Know two eyes, two soft,bro Wn eyes,
Two eyes its sweet und dear
Vs over danced with gay surprise,
Or mulled with a tear;
In whose fair rays a heart may bask?
Their shadowed rays serene?
But. little maid, you must not ask
Whose gentle eyes I mean.
I know a voice of fairy tone,
Like brooklet in the June,
That sinys? to please itself alone,
A little ohUworld tune;
Whose music haunts the listener's ear,
And wid not leave it tree;
but I shall never tell you. dear,
Whose accents they majr be.
I know a golden-hearted maid
For whom I have built a shrine,
A leafy nook of murmurous shade,
Deep in this heart of lllhl'c;
Hut in that calm and cool recess
To make her home she never eame?
But, Oh! you'd never, never guess
That little maiden's name.
Not so IViuch of a Shower.
As the olllcial vole of Ohio shows,
the triumph of Foster was not such a
Waterloo as the Republicans hoped
for and the Democrats at first con
ceded, The total vote for Governor
is staled ollicially at 000,037, of which
Foster, Republican, received 330,201 ;
ICwing, Democrat, 319,132; Stewart,
Prohibition, 4,145, and Piatt, Nation
al, 9,120. Foster's nnjorily over
Kwing, 17,129 ; over all, 3,855. We
lind therefore Ihal, in a Republican
Slate, after prodigious exertions and
[the concentration of the whole Radi
! cal machine, directed by the President
and Iiis Cabinet, a beggarly majority
:of 3,855 has been secured. The Au-j
gtistn Chronicle adds': Remove lrom"I
the calculation all volets who oppos
ed Kwing simply because they could i
1 not endorse bis financial ideas, and I
we venture to say that a clear majori
ty, or fully 350,000 Ohio men, do not
sympathize with the Stalwart idea as
j to the South or State Bights. This,
we think, will lie demonstrated in
1880, when Mr. Sherman ami his
money bags will have some other
work to attend to, end cannot be
dumped into a single Commonwealth.
The Democrats have much to mourn
over, but they need not grieve as one
without hope.?News und Courier.
A Double-Headed Woman^_
Mill}- Christinc,^MT"doublc-heat1cd
; woman, although not a particularly
attractive person, has had five Offers
of marriage during her life. Count
Rosebud, one of ihe midgets, is in
love with the nightingale on account
of her winning ways and accomplish
incuts, and would marry her to-mor
row if she would consent. One head
is willing, but the other is not,
it is asserted, and the two heads
have been disputing about this mat
ter for the last two years. It is, in
fact, about the only subject about
which '.hey arc not fully agreed. A
man wdio would marry a woman with
two heads and subject himself to the
raking fire from such a double-barrel
led gun as that whenever he came
home late ut night might elieil ad
I miration for his valor, but not fur his
discretion.
A Norristown Story.
An exchange tells of a man who
turned gray in an hour. lie slipped
from the side of a canyon, and catch
ing a protruding rock, his body was
suspended in the an- a thousand feet
I above the roaring waters of the Ar
kansas. We once heard of a young
woman who experienced a similar
metamorphosis. She had jet black
hair, all of her own raising, reaching
to her waist. She fell -in love.
The wedding day was named, and
that young lady, who manifested con
siderable nervousness during the
marriage ceremony, turned Gray as
soon a9 the clergyman pronounced
the couple man and wife. The fact
that her husband's name was Gray is
supposed to have had something to
do with the change.
Sensible and True.
"Senator Bayard," says the New
York Herald^ "is coming to the
Democratic front. If one state is as
good as another, according to Dcm
octalic doc line, why is sot a Senator
from Delaware or Hhode Island as
good as a Senator from Colorado or
Texas? and if Senator Bayard is a
good man, why not Georgia give him
her vote as readily as if he were from
Illinois? This may not bo politics,
but it is common sorice."
j Tub fact that two million years
from now the sun will have burnt it
self out and a six-inch coat of ice
cover the surface of the earth, is
enough to strike terror to the heart
I of the most stolid ice dealer and pro
duce a panic in the coal market.
"Going to the Fair/'
Editor Oranyeburg Democrat':
Beautiful and bright was the big
ilay of the Fair, and of course all
wanted to goi Our kind hearted
Professor gave hta pupils the day
and expected all would attend. Tho
result of which was, that before night
had thrown her sable curtain over oav
land, fathers and mothers were sur
rounded by pleading hopefuls. Wo
drew a long breath and thanked kind
Heaven that such things do not come
olten. It is really an exciting time
when such things as Fairs, Camp*
meetings,etc.,. arc to take place, even
In our country home. Fathers and
mothers, the feeble as well as tire
strong, are moused by tho youngest
perhaps of the little brood, in order
that they may arrive at the Fair in
due lime. Early breakfast must be
had, lunch baskets fixed, conveyances
male ready, clothes laid out, and
as the kind hearted mother is busy
ing herself in these essential prepara
tions, her cars assure her that she is
not alone in the great bub-bub for tho
Fair. Coachman and nurses are
warned that they will be left or arc
too late. ?Seif pride is seen, heard or
felt. One by one the young Ameri
cas sally forth from their apartments,
all arrayed in their Sunday best, and
as proud as young roosters with their
first Bpurs; and you can Judge how
im portal: t they feel from the manner
in which their shoe heels meet the
fioor. The young lassies and ladies
arc perplexed about this or that
dress, bows, curls, puffs, etc., and as
they often ask, "how do I look?" or
'?how doe3 this suit you !" they re
mi d some of that beautiful tarn?
fowl that when the sun is bright they
delight to look at their gay plumage,
but to others lliey arc as sweet as
transparent pies, and as fair as fresh
blown roses. AH made ready now,
the where with to get into the Fair
must be had, the last desire of tbe
youthful Fuir-gocr. Of course each
has his idea how much he must have,
or what will be rcjpwed to make tire
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plishc-d, fathers and mothers, havfn?
been worked up to a high key, may
now gradually descend, and thank
God that their household does not
con ist of a baker's dozen. Parting
advices good-byes, and kisses nre
given from their dear mother who
hopes they will spend a pleasant da}',
and they arc off. Mother ma}' now
rest her weary and excited self, for
well she knows what the night Wlfl
bring. This, Mr; Editor, is a fair
picture in some of our country homes
when the Fair comes off. The sights,
the awful or pleasing sights they will
sec nt the fair, a recital of which
each must give for themselves. Hard
indeed is the parental heart which
docs not delight in the sweet and in
nocent prattle and enjoyments of
their offspring. 'Tis then wo forget
the bustle and weary excitement of
the morning, and almost regret that
these pasftimos do not come oftener.
We arc sad, then glad, we arc weary,
then rested, we sigh and then rejoice.
Such is life. And while our thoughts
delight to dwell on the fleeting enjoy
ments of earth, we sigh to think and
arc impressed with these solemn
thoughts, how slolhfully some make
the great preparation for that fair
land of everlasting vest, where
pleasure never dies. A. M. R.
Oak Gkovk, Oct. 31st, 1879.
The Theological Seminary.
The condition of the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary in Columbia
has evoked a lively discussion in tho
Georgia Synod. An Augusta paper
says "certain loading questions by
Mr. Gordon, of Savannah, and Dr.
Irvine, of Augusta, Ga., brought out
the sad information that the funds of
the Seminary had been wofully de
pressed by tho loss of ten thousand
dollars, through the failure of a bo
gus and bankrupt factory in Alaba
ma, seventeen thousand dollars by
the failure of a commercial house in
Augusta, Ga., and very recently by
the failure of a house in Charleston
the Boatd of Trustees had lost twen
ty-live thousand dollars, making, in
all, a loss of fifty-two thousand dol
lars."
A sociable man is one who, when
he has ton ininut.es to spare, goes and
bothers somebody who hasn't.
Be magnanimous. If tho butter at
youi boarding house is stronger than
you are, dont' tackle it.
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