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Mil E AiVeekly.Faiiily Newspaper, devoted to Religion, Mok General Intelligence. tt, i:-, voirnm.NtJMBEit Ai. Published weeklf; ; BY J. II. CHRISTY & CO. - Vl fTnLllT IWUr. and Filtr CenU Jo III t month-r, 'lTiree uoiian 11 100 ena 01 uio m. retail nnMDeciin.i AdTMllmmU Iwiwtcd t One Dollar per om for he fim, wa Twenty-Fire CU for ech conlinuanca. - Court Orders wtfl bo charged twenty-fire per cent, eztrt. HIGHLAND MESSENGER. " For U Metoii jr. , THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES, ; c Whim-whams, and Opinions, OLIVER ODDFISlf, ESQ. ; If WBALCM WIIACXEMWBIX, iCTIOOL-MAKT 1NTK0DUCTI0X ' Rut for the history of iho past, would we know! nd what is tho history of iho past, but a record of thcyjnyings and loings ot the most consf&Tuous characters of tho ago and .countrjsr w hosa- history we read! The biography of theCajsars forms the most important ' part In tho history of far-famed Rome. Tho life of Napoleon embodies the greater portion of the history of all Eurbpo for several years ; and what eTtCTht3tory-eottkl&4avftt4he early days of the United States of America, thun is given in iho life of Washington f: ' Ljcurgus once filled tho eyes of all Greece, Mango Copac was tho adored of South America , tho departed spirit of Oden was lbng worshipped in Denmark; and a faithful biography of these illustrious eha raclcrs would form a complete condensa. liou of the history of "the ago and country in which they respectively Jived. Wlt viouldwe know of the world tor aconsiue. . . .. .1 . nP in fniirlh raolc lime nuoui mo v. century, had it not have been for tho say ings and doings" of Alexander of Maccdon T In truth, this is a world of men and women (perhaps tho reader will think I should say ladies sud gentlemen, but it most bo rccol. ".uctcd that 1 am a school-riraster of tho old stamp,) and its history is thoir history, and ihtir history is ilt history. To chronicle and hand down'to posterity the adventures cf great men, has alwajs been considered a plcssing and praisworthy duty. In cn. terine, therefore, upon tho task of collect. ing, collating, and spreading before the world, a faithful record of The rifemnd mlvpnturerf. whim-whams, ond opinions' f a personage so illustrious as Oliver OJJfih, Esq., no apology wiil bo expected 0 A great, nd perhaps the greater portion of what 1 shall present, will bo taken from tho diary, and other privito papcf of EaquiraOJdfish himself penned down by -hinvat-Uie-times-and places where rwrny of the events alluded to occurred. To use the language of Mark Antony in his oration ovci tho oVad body of Ctesar , " I have neither witj nor words, uor utter, ancf, nor powerof spooch to stir men's blood"; and like him, I. will Speak " right on." It is not to bo expected that one whoso business it has been through Ufo to " teach the young idea how to shoot," and who has - sfciit mosUofisysiihinhasolmnjil and sanctified walls of a sehool-room, .should detail matters of fact ia other than plain, straight forward language, such as will be well understood : nor is it to be . expected that he should be oilier than strictly attentive to those , important items which prove a man competent to bis task, whether he write in the didatic, pathetic, analytic, -ymhticTMaiCt-O . for instance, as correct , spelling, correct punctuation, and tho carefully crossing his t'a and dotting bis i's. To write a good hand and spell well, was -long considered the acroo of. perfection in the qualifications of & gentleman of my honorable profession ; "lately, however, the fastidiousness of the ago requires more; and the attention of too great a portion of the people has been called away from these important studios to that light and chaffy "stuff cmiTorndmentotranckii-on education." Nevertheless, I have a good hope that, with all my old fashioned notions, I shall still be able so to serve up the biog. raphy of Esquire Oddfish as that public taste, even in its present vitiated state, will find in it nothing of which it can justly complain. As Mr. Oddfish't character will be found to correspond with his name, the reader may expect to find a rare combina. tjjpn of odds and ends," fit and starts, regJaritlcs ind irregalaritieaj sobrieties and insobrieties, ups and downs, twistings 4I.V- end turnings,! la truth, bis whole, life, as j will be Seen, jm lived put, to uW the Un-. guage of a popular cotemporary, In big-gledy'-plggledj, helter-skelter, hurly-burly, topsyturvy, . pellmell, bcels'bver.hcad, rough and tumble sort of way. , ,.:t4 Having ' do4 undertaken (bo important duty of it biogripher, the publiciriay expect to hear from tn with some tolerable degree of regularity-jVery respectfully, . " WHALE4 WHACKEMWELL. t. Schooljiasier, MISCELLANEOUS. - A. Coatippflre Story. KAKLY MlLITABf DI9CIPL1NB IN TXXAS. A cabital story was told ono m'ght by Capt. II.7 whilo a party of us were lying on the windward side of a mcss.fire at a enmp high up on tho Wichita. It ran something in this wise: f - Some six months after the famous battle of San Jacinto, and while the tide of cmi gration was rapidly setting towards lex is, numerous were the additions made to the population of the New Republic from Wert. ern Tennessee i and Northern Mississippi Among the emigrants from the formiff was Col. S. lie had been honored, while in Tennessee, with the commission of captain in the regular miliiin, n office which. he thought, he hnd filled wnn e re. dit to himself. He was eCOTU' innlv nmnd of his titie, and looked with not a little scorn upon any onewto might .k.nM. . Ujifs him without etvine tho military prefix to his name its longest, loua ct nu prouuesi souna Arrived in Texas, where nt the time ihere was hardly a man bob w the rank of Lieutenant, our hero or course anxious lor military advancement At an election for rpiri me lit H I offieera. which' shortly after took nlaceln the section in which he had located, Capt. S. was exceedingly officious, not only with stories of his military per. formances while in rommand of a small fraction of the nation's bulwark in Ten nessee, but also with a barrel of corn whis- kev. which he had purchased for election eering purposes, ana 01 wnicn uu iiwiy uuu cordially'irivucd evci votef tir pnrtako. 1 , -t u 1 r 1 1 Aman Avho talked so much of his own mllitarv talents, and who was so rery liber- at with his whiskey withal, was bound to win" in an election, and on counting tne votes after it was over, it was foundlhat he had been duly elected Colonel of tho regi ment bv a larce mni6rity. ' . ' ' Here was a long step towards the high summit of his ambitious hopes, and tho head of Cul. S. was rljw elevated and carried back in a decree correspondinR with his ad. imnoMiicnt. Hi really knew as little of military science ts a monkey docs of sacred psalmody; but iwther Julius Caesar nor Nanoh-on Bonaairtccould have convinced him of the fact by all tho arguments they murtered. He had read on abrklr-mcot of some work opon military tactics. had M trined' hiscomoany on sun dry occasions W til in Tennessee, and was thrr. fur lSetre'tca!lv and practically eon. Mfitni miih iIm rt and science of wsr ' -..red priiiciplct. ImA a few "wit k after his elevmlion, be called his n giintnt out for Inspection and review. A nw! Ir crowd, U was, armed with smooth.bor. nlke, fowling pieces muskets snJ doibte-barrtlled guns good hicks and poor locks, fl.nt locks, and per. euaaion locks. He formed bis men into lines, platoons and squares, 'such' as tbey weres but it Is djubtlul Whctber the ma nceuvering of th men who followed Peter the Hermit in his crusado for the recovery of the Holy Land, was ndfeonducted upon more scientific military principles. There Were two or three officers present at tbc time, who well understood the science gfLwhich Col. S, knew so little men who . . . m r I had seen much service, and belore Whom Col. S, was extremely anxious to " show off" to the best nossiblo advantage. " To do this moreefiectually , he finally bethought himself a better plan would be to give the officers above mentioned, a specimen of the manner in which his men could fire a gen em! volley. He accordingly," after much " eecinir aruH hawing, formed them in to linedirectlvTh front ofalarire field of corn. In order to make more sure of their firing in aSwdy, and all as nearly at the same moment as possible,-he next made them a abort and pithy address, somoihing trrthe tbllowicg styit Fellow Sogers: The eye of Texas, the eyes of some of her bravest officers, ;wyeyea are upon you... .England expecti every man to do his duty I expecj you wil d yours. Fellow sogers: just.imegiue that field of corn there to bo slaughtering, tomahawking, and blood.thirsty'Mexico, let loose unon you in full blast imagine yourselves to be Texas, drawn up in the V" mo -arrayja gntyourniq 1 nnAmo n.Hinir nnn imnnui vnrai imam. enemy particalar and tmequivocal " goes. Upon the result of the volley you are about to shoot, depends the very existence, now and for evermore,)f your beloved, devas tated and ferula country. If you shoot al together, so that the report of your well tried arms may sound even as one general, decided and all-at-onca kind of crack, then are we safe, and our hearths and jams, re main unpolluted if you don't we are gone plum used op we. . I will now give tho work make ready, take aim,re." ' Phiz, jiopi'liang,' snap,' crack, went the difTerent implements of war in the hands of Col. S.'s men, one at a time, and in do ASHE VILLE, N. kind of order, Each soldier manifested a zeal truly eommendable to get his 'gun Off at aome time, though they appeared entire. ly to have forgotten the emphatic injunction of their commander to fire as nearly to gether as possihle. Some who ' had flint locks that missed fire, picked their flints or rubocd tne brims of their wool hats against them and snapped again.' Some fresh prim ed their guns, while those who had per. cussion locks, put on new caps if they miss, td fire, and gave a second trial. 1 In this way the rattle was almost incessant for se veral minutes during which Col. S. was horror-stricken at the result of a trial which he had fondly hoped would redound to his glory., He awate I patiently the Cessation of the firing, and bs lho'last report of a musket, which had been three times picked died away, ho raised his hands as though in agony, and exclaimed with much emotion, " Texai la lost, jm blamed if she am'tr Eccentricities of a Madman.7 Mr. l a lawyer in Vermont, do. ing a good business, at once becune imane and took it into his head to abandon the practice of law, and engage in ticket ma. king. .Hol was "at" first , a -vcryl awkward hand at this employment, but, bv dint of perseverance, he soon becamo very skillful, and could 'weave a basket as well as he had formerly, woven an argument at tho bar. He followed this business about six months, wheh. taking a new notion into his hca. he abandoned it for that of "Ottom. 1 he material used m this occupation was bark, which ho stripped from the trees In summer, when it peels most easily.' Hay. ing come home, one day covered from head to foot with mud, he wds asked where he had been, that ho had got so thoroughly be- daubed. He answered, that ho had been in a neighboring swamp after' elm bark, of which he exhibited a strip about forty feet long. 11 -- ' " Do you remark this T' said he trium phantly." ' ' "Yes; but how does this account for your being so muddy T It isn't 'usual to find mud on the top of a tree' ' No ; but you may sometimes, find it in the bottom, 'though. I'll tell you how' I found it. I cut the hark near the root of the tree, and then stripped it upwards, expect ing it would come to an end and break off, and run itself out after a while. But-it hung on like, a suit in chancery and I stript and stript, until it ran up forty feet and strong as ever. Thinks I to myself, there's no use in pursuing the thing any farther, and so I'll enter a nolle prosequi. But not to lose benefit of what I had done that Was the' point to be decided. I wished at least to save cost but, pshaw! I forgot I'm nof a lawyer now. Well, as I was saying, I looked at the subject to seo how I could secure the bark. At any rate, thought I, there's more than one way to skin a cat,' as a butcher would say. If 1 cannot break ofn this bark , I can climb up by it. No sooner said than done. I seized hold of the strip, and, placing my feet against tho trunk of tho tree, ran un hand over hand. By this method of climbing, you will perceive my back must have been downward, and near. ly in a horizontal position my feet being braced agninst toe tree, and my head stand ing from it in an anzto of nearly ninety do Rrws. , I laving arrived at the propor height l was then in a quandary, how to get my knife out of my pocket, and how to get it open when it was out. If I let go with one hand. I was fearful the other would not hold me. However, says I, its neck or nothing? Ill try the experiment at any rate so 1 gripped powerfully, with my left hand, while I took nut my knifo with my right, and opening it with my teeth, whipped off the bark as clean as the law would dock an entail. ' And what do you think was the rcsulfct" Why, you come flat on your back of " Kight gentlemen o the jury a very correct verdict indeed. I came down flit in the mudT-: Never was a client luid flat ter on his back than I and never was one so completely bedaubed with filth and mud But thanks to the yielding nature of the soil, I saved my bones, and only brought away the mischief on my coat. I gained my cause too which is more than I can say of all my undertakings." " The company laughed heartily at the ex lawyer's arcourttTf hid' exploit while the latter, hanging his coat up in the sun, said, that the mud, like the old woman's grease would rub off when it was dry. He continued a while longer to follow his occupation of chair bottoming, when, sud denly becoming sanfl again, he resumed the practice of law, and has," ever since, preferred laying his oppnents on their.backs in a legal way, to being laid on his own in so ludicrous a mannei ns that above related. The Cincinnati Chronicle says : ' Noth. ing is more certain than that Christanity frowns upon the separation of man and wife. The sacred mystery of marriage is assum ed as the most perfect symbol of .the union of Christ wilh the Church. The purity of tne Mate rests on that of the family on the sanctit of. the marriage bond. No nation has ever long prospered which disregarded the purity of the family."" It h reported, says the N. Y. Tribune, that Mr. David Leavitt has gone to Europe to ce-qper&te with Mr., Parker, who went out some rime since, in the matter of bring, ing suits on the Bonds of the States ddin quent in interest. ) u, i 3IAY 20, 1843. fttrThe following sentence was lately pronounced by Judgo O'Neal," ot South Carolina, against an old man named Davis,' who had Deen conviciea 01 murucr. seriously recommend it totho attention of all young men in particular. I ' ' "' 1,1 Jobs jjayis 1 J1 " ! The termination of this life ot all times and under all circumstances, is on event, which few, very few can meet without fear and trembling; but n death ol'ignoininy and shame for crimes," foul crimes, can hardly be expected to be encountered,' dtherwise than with heart-rending emotion of griwf, shamo, and terror, chaslened it is true, sometimes, with a belter.hopo, beyond ,tho grave. It is my duty nou as well us. can, to prepare you to' die, ah'1 to meet 'yolir thtr, let me say to you, do "not trust foS m chtatho recommcn iniion tam.orcy nodoubtjthe Gov -niur will pay that re spect to it which ouht to ba paid to the wishes of virtuous aud intelligent men but he may find that, in your case, when he comes to examine it, wi !i may closethe door to in' rcy ! ' Youstiuid bcfuo mo with, the gray -hairs of ago and expent ronra liiive COIIKJ U o ; rivra4ia scvem.3-L. , I thc-rin ihv fullmss ot her hearty felt like the moihor of tho human family, "when she exulting ly exclaimed " I have gotten a man rWjiii the lord!" If your mother could be recalled lo life, and could stand along sido of youto.duy, how driTerent would be her feelings ! Shamo and sorrow, without hope, would ba tho portion which your shameful and awful fate would give to her. ' When 1 looked first upon your grey hairs it recalled to my mind the beautiful Ian cuatro of Elihu to Job," days shSuld speak and 'multitude of yearn should teach wisdom. But instead of occupying this honored post which age should every where wort hily com mand, you stood belore mo a criminal, whose drunken hands were red with the blooJ, not of ono but two human beings, cut down in tho prime of manhood, and without a moment's wnrning, in" tho rery mida of revelrv, thrust into the, everlasting judgnent! How cab you, contemplate thtu bloody night! jlow can you bear the thought that such a poor perishing worm as you are, withone foot in tho crave, should have braved the wrath of God, in slaying man iauu3 in his own imago, to . grainy your drucEp iTvengence ' Jjay ngTytttyuQffl0u1 mo lutiering uociion inai uie ruuu ihhji riiis- chievctts boys, who so disgracefully figured on ma-mciunoiioiy ocoaaioo, prorouuu yon much. -It has failed Tory properly, no doubt, altera most calm, merciful, and dis passioiata consideration , of your, case to reduccyour oiTenco to manslaughter. In tho jutmcnt of God, it never can excuse you! "our passion, mad, guilty passion, struck lown Under and Brnwley, without aoy inl'Olioc on tlicir part, to harm you. L'kc may other men in tho community, they n doubt thought thcro was no harm to laugi at tho folly of a drunken man. A wlull; have they suffured for it ! and tor their suTering the fearful judgment of death, death u the body awaits you. " You'snd casowillJLhoi), be a warn ing to tlie peuplo of this ond every other commuuity against the use of intoxicating drink; Your drunkenness was to you '.he cause o! your crime. The uso of strong drink anong those who stood around you to provoki you, was the direct means which brough; the slain within the reach of your drunkei venjrence. Had it not been lor the botto ol brandy unthouglitcdly and in noccnth carried into tho room, when you were BjieepBruwley aud Lindcr would not have fallen by your hand, a id I should not be called to pass upon you the judgment of deatJ Let mo therefore through you, aged, g-i-I'y man, warn all men every where to fiy fi mii the use of that whir.li covers the hand w th blood, poverty, shame and misery I hope that the dreary winter which you hava peseod in prworJTand trr sobriety j has been profitably passod. I rejoice to hear that the Bible Tias been the companion of your solitary watchings. It is, it will be the means of bringing peaco and life to all who read it in faith. It points to the high, way, o way of holiness, " where the way. fareing man, though ofool, shall not err therein.'' It points oil to Christ the tie. decmer. lifted up on the cross, dying for men, a ad says " look and tne" I hope you have looked and will continue to look) until you can sec his dying smiles overcome tho agony ot death?-as the merciful suppli cation ascends-" futher-forgiv4imr-or bo knew not what he did. I Jrust no false hopes will delude you, that you will he in stant in season and out of season in making preparation fur that awful judgment day, which, to you, must he soon present, in which you are to be washed and made white from all your sin, by the blood of the Lnmb or to go out from the presence; of God a condemned and guilty spirit, tho smoke of whose torment is to ascend up forever and ever! Ob let me entreat you, escape this awful (ate ! Fly to Christ and live, yea live forever. . The sentence of the law is that you be Ukeu hence to the place from whence you last camcpnd there be closely and securely confined ontil Friday the 1(M day of June next, on which day, between the hours of ten ia the forenoon, and. two in the after, noon, you will bo taken by the Sheriff of Spartanburgh District, to the place of "pub. lie execution for the said District, and there be hanged by the neck until your body be deadend may God Jiqwmery n'yoiir soul. J TV Lrli ... - ' !' An eicitliiff story. "The following fact will show tho fearful 1 dangers to which solitary : travellers are sometimes exposed.. A .man belonging to Mr. Schoolman s congregational Uiinanv , returning homewards from a visit to his friends, took a circuitous courso in ofderto pass a small fountain, or rather pool, where he hoped to kill an aniclopo to carry home to his family..,. Tho sun had risen to same hemht bv tho time he hud reached tne spot, and seeing no go mo, he luid his gun down on n 'shelving low rock, the bock part of whicn was coverea over wun a siwcies ii ... . . . , : i.l . - f dwarf thorn bushes. He went lathe water, topk a hearty drink, and returned to tho rock, smoked a pipe, and being a Jittlo tiled, fell asleep. In a. short timo llio heat ro. fleeted 'from thd' rock awoke him, -and . . i . i W.: opening .hi eyes, ne saw u largo nun crouching before him, with its eyes glufing in his face; and within lilt In mora man a yard ,ofhis feet. - lie sat motionless for some minutes, till ho had recovered his presence of mind, then eyeing his gun, moved his hand slowly towards it ; the lion seeing him, raised its head, and gavc-tr troniondous roar: ho made another and, another attempt, but the gun being far be. . K. r. ;, J I UU VII y IIV jii U At, gave it up, as the lion seemed well nwaro of k obiect. and was enraged 'whenever ho attempted to move his hand. His situation now becane pain ful in the extreme; tho rock on whieh.be sat became so hot tfiat ho could scarcely bear his naked feet to touch it, and kent moving them, alternately placing ono above the other. The day passed, and the night also, but the Hon. never moved from tho spot; the sun roso .again, ond its intense boat soon rendered his feet past feeling. At noon the lion rose Ond walked to the water, only a few yards distant, looking behind as it went, lest tho man should move, I and seeing him stretchout his hand to take his, gun, turned in ft rage,' aud was on the point of springing upon him. The animal went to the water, drank, and returning, lay down again $1- tha edge of tho rock. Another night passed ; the man in describ ing it,-said he knew not whether he slept, but if ho did, it must have been wi;h his eyes open, for ho always saw the lion at his feet. Next day, in the afternoon, the animal went ogain to the writer, and while there, ho linlened to somo noise, apparently from on opposite quarter, and disappeared in tho bushes. Tho man, now niudo an othcr effort, andZjseized his gun ; tut on attempting to raise, he fell, his nnclei bciiig wilhout power. With l"s tfun ia hi hand, ho crept towards tho water and drank, but looking at his feet, ho saw , ns ho expressed it, his " toes roasted," and the skin tnm off with the grass. There ho sat . a lew nir. merits, expecting the lion's return, when he was resolved-lo send.lho conteiiti of tUo gun through its head ; but as it did not tip pear, tying his gun ta his back, the poor man made the best of his way on his hands nnd knees to the nearest path, hoping soma solitary individual might pass. Ho could go no farther, when providentially n person camo up, who took him to a place of safety, from whence ho obtnined help, though ho lost his toes, nnd was n cripple for life." MoflWt MissicmariJjahors Wife lost Scene in ;i Steamboat. An actual occurrence. Which is tho captain of this boat ?' in quired a tall, athletic man, as lie' came up Irom tho gentleman's cabin with great pre cipitancy. 4 That gentleman yonder,' said a by stundcr. -' Are you theenptain, birf Yes, sir.' , . Where is mv wife?' Indeed, I don't know sir I'vp not seen hor. that I know.' Now, captsin, this is tobad. I came on board this boat last night, nnd paid you six dollars passage for myself and wife and I should liko to know where my wife - has-been-putl : ' Have you been in the ladies' cabin?1 1 Yes but she is hot there.1 ' Shall I have tho pleasure of the lady's name, sir T Mrs. Miroh Smith, tho wife of Jerome V. Smith, your humble servant.1 Mary, (to the chambermaid,) is lira Smith in tho ladies' cubin T Mrs. M No; sir I've inquired and she s not inquired and there.1 ' There I told you so,' said Mr. Smith in much uneasiness. ' Captain,' said a wag standing by, ' sup. J pose- Joho-shouMjingjhc. bdlj nil . through the boat, and sav Mrs. fllira omitn.w.no camo on board last nightj-cannot te found? ' Thai s a good idea, echoed a hundred voices at once. --- -- ' So John a cream colored Leon, with an eye like logo's set his bell agoing, crying aloud at every intcaim ' Lost, Mrs. Mira Smith'. Anypcrson whoknows where she is, will please hand her op to the Cap tain's office, for the benefit of her discon solate husband.' John bawled through the boat, somewhat to the amusement of the passengers, and finally reached the upper deck, when, in passing the state rooms, in a sort of despe ration for his want of success, ho raised bis voice to the Stentorian pitch of a Knox, LostMrt. Mira SmiA' when the foirlady rushed out of K., evidently disturbed in her slumbers, with, " Who says I'm lost? Here I am Where's Jerome T It is needless to say that this gave a very nlinnt turn to the whole affair and the Captain (good soul) escaped the eliarge of Stealing n man a wuc "wj ,v' WHOLE NUMBER 148. Cannot.: W very moch rjucttion whether there is a word in the Engl isli language productive of -much m'relilef s tho on placed at the bcd of thi article. Indeed U has no buiiness where it is to frequently found I for it ia an intruder on our form of apcccli, and deemed unworthy of notice by the lcxicptrrapher 1 yet there ara,oroe. men who aro always osinjr it, and find it ever at their tongue's end. Wo like a man, aye, and woman too, who at proper times can niter plain pluraji No; for that little word may be their aalvatmn ; but it they meet yoa with cautious eanno de. pend upon il, tbey will "for a consideration.' Auk the farmer why bo allowa that bottle" of pirits to bo earried into his harvest field ; and a tho ill eut and acattored rraia atteata, to his mani. feat loss, and he replica that ho has been eo long in t!io habit of doing it, that lie cannot do without it when working bard. All nonsense. Thou . caadb if not millions, have demonstrated the con-.' trary before '.un face the present year. The truth js, tho farmer lovea the ' good creature and hi cannn' is trie partial opiate no farces upon bis conscience to dtKguiso tho fact. Auk that farmer why ho allmts hie Colds to bo overrun with tbistleisjulmsworth, daiacs, his crops choked with stcinkrout chess and cockle ; bis corn ovcrtoped by pigweed, and his garden by chick- weed, purltuit, etc. ; and bo arm won he cannot attend them all, hn has so much work to d t that Boma mu?t bo neglected. . Such an answer only makes a bad matter worse. It prove! that he n a bad (ukulutor, as well M a bad worker, Tb) farmer has no business to plan so much work, S te be Hnabk-tn perform every part well ; and th cannot in tho case can deceive no one. Neighbor, the bar to youf cornfield are very defective, and the gate to your wheat field ia so insecure, that I wonder at your leaving them in such a condition, whon there aro so many unruly cattle running at large. " Ah," he answered, I know it well enough. I intended (his very week to have mado somo new bars, and had a new ffufe hung ; but I have Jort so much timo in at. tending that lawsuit, that I cannot do it now and must put it off till next week." s The next aun. shiny morning, ho finds a whole heard of unruly animals in his fieldn, his crop half destroyed, and a beautiful foundation for another lawsuit laid. . Sec that poor man, onco rich and talented, reel ing through the street ! Ha is a sacrilico to that accursed cannot. A beautiful wife has wept tears of entreaty ; friends have uttered" Word of re. monstrance; reformed itehrintes have taken In m by tho hand, and pointed out tho way by which ho may be again a man ; but to all these the re ply, fatal to hope, boa been, I cannot. He can. Ho can forsake bis cups; he can bring joy and gldncs to his family; ho can again rejoice hia friends; bat ho must first renounce and repudiate this snuland body destroying cannot. Young man, Whatever may be your profession or pursuit, if you would hopo forsueec, never use the word cannot. You may as well aticmut to swim with a Scotia grindstone at your neck, and a Tuixhan shot at your hefls, as to expect to accomplish any thing worthy of a man while this word is in your vncabulary.rr-Whcn tho gallant Miller, at Ihe battle of Niagary was asked by Scotl if ho could carry the enrmy's batteries, aup. pose, inteud of tho determined I'll try," he had whined out-1 cannot," where would have been ' his fame, and what the result of that day ? Can not accomplishes nothing but tho ruia of him who Uses it. Furmor, keep shy of cannot. Uso not tha word yourself ond be careful how you employ thoso that ill. Napoleon never allowed the use of the word jinKsiblc ; and in the 'management of a farm thero (ihotild bo no place for cannot. You run Ho all that is ijiccossary to be done, if you set nlMjut it in the right way, and at the right linle. .If you do not, your lubor will bo like thut of Sysi. phm; ever beginning, never ending. Neglect nothing ; keep u mindful eye over everything ; see that every part moves in harmony, and lo. gcthcr ; and you will hare no use for "cannot." Spare time. What tozy, shiftless characters those in. dividuals'arc, who always exclaim when solicited to do any thing that requires labor oi". immediate action 'il will attend to i; when I get somo sparo time." They seem never to have leisuro for any thing that ouht to ho done, and yet they are never employed in any thing useful or profitable, Tlioy s,it and lounger,- and mope away their days with no definite object in view, and everlastingly complaining that they havo.no lime to sparo. Awake! ye that sleep, and be determined to do something worth living for. Arouse ! ye sluggards, and put forth tho energies which God has given you and accomplish something- while - youJiye at least earn enough to pay for your grnva clothes, coffin and tombstone unless you are determined that tho sea shall be your charnelhouse. You do not really live ye t merely, linger by tho way while you sigh nnd groan and make wry faces at a job of work nchiccm it a taW to move your feet , lift your hands Or stir your brains. Ttwr voIjc of naluro cries and it js the djct,ates of reason do something- nnd do it now. The longer you mope and doze away exist enco tho longer you may, until ' wisdom h pushed out of life1 and the earth feeU ashamed to claim your ashes in your kin dred. Up, then, and to work.- This dsy this hour this moment drive at some thing no matter what, if ii is a beginning Il you have nothing elso to do commence rrrppi ng urrihe-aeaw4th -bucket f and 1 14 will open the way for useful. something mont . With an active disposition and an ener gelic soul, we are certain no man need t rust out. hcrsntreThoustrhdetdf labor to a docn workmen waiting as they have been for years to be dug intof Uvjown up and tilled by strong cuscies and active nerve. Labor then' "work hard keep ot it, and you will bo successful Mountains will fall valleys will rise oceans To drained, space annihilated, and the wholo ! earth be converted into ono vast work shop ; where all mankind can nnd sumcicni to a to employ them during a hundred lives, had they each as many to bestow. Peach trees. A subscriber from Me rcdith (Con.) tells us that he has no trouble with worms fir the roots of peach trees. On inquiring of him how he heads them," he say he has practised throwing lie',ashes, &c., about the roots 'every month in the turn mer. Our readera will see in this a con. firmatioh of our own theory; thattbe ap plication should be made when ft will pro duce effect in fly time. Ploughman.
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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May 26, 1843, edition 1
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